Community Engagement

Administrators Conference (CEAC)

Launched in 2004 as the Community Service and Service-Learning Directors Conference, CEAC (pronounced c-ack) is designed for community engagement professionals – both faculty and staff – who facilitate civic and community engagement programs and initiatives. Renamed in 2008, this gathering allows participants to reflect on their role and work through presentations and workshops, facilitated discussions, and networking. CEAC is usually held in June at an NCCE member campus.

CEAC 2025

“Resilience and Reimagining: Co-generating civic joy and authentic hope in challenging times”
June 10th at Elon University (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

Learning, connection, movement, fun, purpose, personal care, art, play. This is how we will spend June 10 when we come together for NCCE’s 20th CEAC at Elon University.

We are in a “moment.” Every day there seems to be a new challenge facing our communities, campuses, higher education generally, the nation, and the planet as a whole. However, our nation’s ongoing struggle toward a more perfect union is a story of resilience and reimagining grounded in the values of hope, joy, and love. How do we hold space for both of these realities generatively – acknowledging the challenges and reimagining a better future together?

NCCE has been mobilizing the higher education and community engagement field in NC
for 31 years. Undoubtedly, this is the most unprecedented moment in our work, filled with uncertainty and challenges and even fear. So how do we face the reality of the moment and explore and deepen our values and commitments?

We invite you to a day of authentic engagement with the realities of this moment and the possibilities for a better future we can co-create together. After you register, you will have the opportunity to participate in co-creating the conversation: You will receive a short survey through which we will surface your innovations, questions, and concerns and determine the best ways to bring them forward throughout the day. The day will be designed such that everyone present will have an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the conversation. Some of us will present briefly on an innovation in our work that speaks uniquely to this moment. Some of us will share our thinking about the “big ideas” we need to focus attention on in the coming year. Some of us will facilitate a self-care activity (e.g., meditation, dancing, crafting). In short, we will all come to this day ready to give of ourselves and to receive gifts from others, in the service of further deepening our community, lending one another strength for the days ahead, and learning to integrate joy and hope into our work.

Registration is $75 pp for individuals from NCCE member institutions and individuals from the 400+ campuses who are members of organizations in the states/regions represented in the Alliance for Campus Community Engagement (ACCE). It is $100 for individuals from non-member institutions. Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack break.

ACCE member organizations (check their website to confirm your institution is a member): Community Campus Coalition (OH), Community Engaged Alliance (IN), Engage KY, Engage NJ, LEAD California, Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement, Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (NY/PA), Pacific Education Alliance for Civic Engagement, PEACE (HI/Pacific Islands), Seed Coalition (IA/MN), Transform Mid-Atlantic (MD/DC/DE/WV/Northern VA), Washington Campus Coalition for the Public Good.

Register

Registration deadline: May 30, 2025

Location and Parking

The conference is located in the Moseley Student Center. You will park in the McMichael Science Center parking lot (across the street). GPS: 314 N. O’Kelly Avenue, Elon, NC. The interactive campus map is here. You can click on “McMichael, KBC Parking” and enter your address for direct driving instructions. You will see “NC Campus Engagement Event” parking signs directing you to the lot.

One week before the event all registrants will receive a temporary parking permit for display in your car once you arrive as well as walking instructions from the parking lot to Moseley.

Past Community Engagement Administrators Conferences

Click on the title to view the program booklet.

2024 – Hope in the Face of High Waters and Headwinds: Deepening Engagement in Challenging Times │CEAC 2024

2023 – CEAC 2023│Read highlights

2021 – Democratic Partnerships and Critical Reflection in SLCE: Old Stuff, New Stuff, and Upcoming Opportunities (We hosted a 2-hour virtual workshop in 2021 rather than a full-day event)

2020 — Recalibration: Knowledge & Tools for Deepening & Sustaining Community & Civic Engagement (the 2020 event was virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

Videos

2019 — Southern Region Community College Institute (the 2019 focus was community college civic & community engagement)

2018 — Planning for Data Collection on Civic and Community Engagement Activities
Facilitator: Anne Weiss

2017 — The Future of Alternative Service Breaks: Deeper Learning and Impact

2016 — Recognizing Implicit Bias in Community Engagement

2015 — Diving Deep in Community Engagement

2013 — Alternative Service Experiences Institute

2012 — Tracking and Measuring Community Engagement: Articulating Methods that Align with Current and Future Institutional Goals

2010 — CEAC 2010

2009 — CEAC Conference

2008 — CEAC Conference “Closer to the Goal: Going Deeper in our Civic Engagement Efforts”

2007 — CSD-SLD Conference