About the CCE

Mission

The WVU Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) commits to the connection of campus and community through meaningful service and academic study. To achieve this, the CCE:

• Develops service learning courses with faculty and community partners
• Encourages and supports service opportunities in the community
• Consults with units and departments on implementing discipline-based civic engagement curricula
• Assesses civic engagement activities across campus
• Plans ongoing engagement and service activities at local, national, and global levels

Vision

The CCE strives to develop and implement multifaceted activities and experiences for students, faculty and staff at WVU. Encouraging a campus culture of engagement, the CCE works to build sustainable partnerships with the local community partners and provide opportunities for lifelong learning.

Civic Engagement is a diverse experience committed to providing WVU students the opportunity and guidance in becoming civically engaged citizens, scholars, and leaders through interdisciplinary events. Including but not limited to service learning, research, volunteerism and partnerships.

The Center for Civic Engagement is proud to have contributed to West Virginia University’s selection to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service learning and civic engagement. WVU has been named to the honor roll all seven years- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.




On January 5, 2011, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recognized the scope and success of WVU’s impact by selecting the University for the 2010 Community Engagement Classification, putting WVU in the 6 percent of higher education institutions that Carnegie recognizes for engagement out of all U.S. institutions. It is the only institution in West Virginia the foundation recognizes for its community engagement.