Hello CU Engage community:

Welcome to November!

Curious about how CU Engage has been keeping busy these past few months and what we have planned? Please take a look at the newsletter below with news of upcoming events and updates about our community-based learning and research projects.

With warmest regards,
UPCOMING EVENTS...

CU Engage announces spring courses

Interested in classes focused on leadership, social justice, and building community across differences?


Got Leadership? (and dinner plans tonight?)

Grab a bowl of noodles and learn about CU Boulder's Leadership Studies Minor! 

Wednesday, November 2nd, 4-6pm
CU Boulder Museum of Natural History, located in the Henderson Building, next to the UMC 

This event is for all undergraduate students who wants to learn more about the Leadership Studies Minor. ...Read more
CU Engage to lead sessions at ODECE Diversity Summit

This November 8th, two CU Engage programs,  INVST Community Studies  and  CU Dialogues , will be leading sessions  on diversity and inclusion during the  2016 Diversity Summit , "Building the Road Map: I Am Because We Are." ...Read more

CU ENGAGE NEWS AND UPDATES...
First generation student and Puksta Scholar helps families navigate road to college

Alondra Palomino didn't know if she would ever go to college. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Palomino's family was supportive of her academic pursuits but, like many immigrant families...  ...Read more
CU Engage to launch new research hub

CU Engage, in collaboration with CU Boulder's  National Education Policy Center (NEPC), has received funding from the Ford Foundation to launch a research hub that will contribute relevant and timely research about education policy issues.  Flipping historical paradigms of university-based research.. . ...Read more
CU Boulder Public Achievement Coaches Bring K-12 Youth to Campus, Collaborate on Youth-Led Social Change Projects

Over 100 middle and high school students from Boulder County joined 35 CU Boulder undergraduates on campus October 21, to tour the campus and participate in workshops with community and campus organizations to address public issues impacting their communities. ...Read more
INVST Community Studies - Apply now!

Early application deadline for the 2017-18 INVST cohort is November 14th. Applications are received on a rolling basis through February.

Read more about INVST's summer program studying sustainability throughout the southwestern United States. 
2016-17 Cohort of CU Engage Community-Based Research Graduate Fellows Selected

Spanning six diverse disciplines including Psychology, Sociology, Education, Mechanical Engineering, Geography, and Technology, Media and Society (ATLAS), the latest group of CBR Fellows will be conducting research in partnership with community organizations to address complex public challenges. ...Read more
Students Teach English to CU Employees through the SWAP program

"Nobody really thinks to talk to the people who clean the dining hall or residence halls. These folks are all people with their own stories, and many of them are not originally from this country." -CU Boulder student Nitin Beri ... Read more
STAY TUNED...
Check the CU Engage website -- and follow us on social media -- for up-to-date information on all of our programs, including upcoming calls for applicants to the Faculty Fellows 2017-18 cohort (RFPs will be due February 1, 2017) and the Graduate Fellowship in Community-Based Research.
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