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Give back with Cedar Creek!
Looking for a different kind of way to give back? Spend a semester volunteering with Cedar Creek, a local equine therapy center. Assist riders on short walks and sprints, connect with community non-profit partners, and spend quality time outside with horses! Cedar Creek's mission is to provide equine assisted therapy to individuals with disabilities in…
Global Service in Northern Thailand
Did you know that you can study abroad for service? Our office and the Office of Study Abroad offer a once in a lifetime program to Northern Thailand in which participants familiarize themselves with Thai culture, customs, and locals and give back to local communities and Asian elephant conservation efforts. Leading up to departure, students…
CLIP Spring ’25 Onboarding Session
This past Tuesday, Director of the Civic Leaders Internship Program Dr. Chad Follis facilitated the Spring '25 CLIP onboarding session. Within this session, Dr. Follis set and confirmed the professional expectations of each intern in their time interning and representing MUS at the state capitol in Jefferson City. Originally, this onboarding was supposed to take…
2023-2024 CEL Course Data
Community Impact by Students, For Missouri
4,061
# of MU Students Enrolled in SL Courses
127,086
# of Hours Completed by MU Students
$3,827,712.26
$ Equivalent Generated in the State of Missouri
Serving Missouri since '95
Community Engaged Learning ( once the Office of Service-Learning) was founded in January of 1995 to support community engaged coursework and experiential learning campus-wide. We maintain partnerships with over 200 non-profit organizations and 150 government offices, and help students engage in project-based service learning statewide.
CEL offers many high-impact experiential learning opportunities to students at the University of Missouri, including curriculum-based community engagement, Nonprofit & Government internships, host the Minor in Leadership & Service, and Service Study Abroad.
