Civic Engagement Institute

Launched in 2007, the Civic Engagement Institute deeply explores one civic engagement topic during a day-long gathering. Only campuses that are part of the NC Campus Engagement network may attend. 

Participants from each campus typically include an interdisciplinary team of faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners who share a particular interest or expertise in the selected topic. Starting in 2018, the event changed from annual to biennial (on even-dated years).

Past Institutes

2020 — Engagement 2.0: Civics, Civility, and Civil Discourse

2018 — Education for Democracy: Promoting Civility and Problem Solving through Deliberative Pedagogy

2017 — Social Innovation and Community Engagement in Higher Education: Sharing Lessons, Cultivating Collaborations

2016 — Democratic Education: 100 Years Beyond Dewey

2015 — A Common Agenda for Collective Impact: Campus, Community, Compact

2014 — Anchoring Community Vitality: Linking Campus Community Engagement and Economic Development

2013 — Becoming Citizens, Becoming Community

2012 — Intensifying Impact:  Engagement Matters

2011 — A Deep Commitment to Our Communities: Anchor Institutions, Engagement and Collaboration

2010 — Civic Engagement Through Social Entrepreneurship

2009 — Next Generation Success: Retention and Civic Engagement

2008 — Community Partners as Co-Educators

2007 — Developing and Expanding International Service-Learning on Your Campus