Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

2017-18 CCAR Annual Report | 5 Areas of Focus • Facilitate lectures, round table discussions, and skill development workshops on issues of social importance. • Create and implement opportunities for student leadership and mentoring through substantive student-staff positions, task-based committees, and programming. • Program service and civic engagement events that provide opportunities for the Pace community to actively engage with timely issues and practice active citizenship through community service, civic action, and social activism. • Facilitate and conduct research to further our knowledge on topics related to civic engagement and social justice. • Provide infrastructure needed for the development, support, and assessment of Pace's Civic Engagement (CE) course requirement. CE courses at Pace are 3-6 credit courses that utilize the pedagogy of community-based learning, are rooted in a discipline, apply material to real-world community issues, and reflect upon the notion of citizenship. CCAR supports faculty collaboration with community organizations, assists students in finding service placements, and connects community partners with Pace students. • Coordinate national service and civic engagement initiatives including Project Pericles, the Andrew Goodman Foundation's Vote Everywhere program, the Jefferson Awards, and the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement. Civic Engagement at Pace University Pace University maintains a leadership position in community outreach and civic engagement as a strategic priority and is currently home to dozens of programs and projects committed to addressing community needs. Pace has been a leader on the national front as a founding institution of New York State Campus Compact and Project Pericles, and has made a significant academic commitment with the Civic Engagement and Public Value (CE) undergraduate requirement in the core curriculum. The Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR) at the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences is the location of Pace's most comprehensive civic engagement programming. CCAR programs are designed to empower students to be civically engaged during their years at Pace and throughout their lifetime.

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