Overview

The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) fosters collaborative leadership among students, faculty, staff, and community partners to discover transformative solutions and create equitable social change in the Rochester community and beyond. The University's Meliora Values are prevalent in all that we do.

We believe communities are strongest when their members are active and engaged in community service, civic leadership, and democratic processes. That’s why we start with you. When you better yourself, you also better your community; and when you better your community, you also better yourself.

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In January, 2020, the University of Rochester was recognized with the Carnegie Foundation’s elective classification in community engagement for the first time. The classification is a formative self-assessment that is designed with reference to best practices in community engagement in post-secondary education, and attainment of the classification reflects the University’s longstanding commitment to community engagement in education, research, and clinical care.

In 2018, interim University president, Richard Feldman, appointed Dr. Theresa M. Green, assistant professor of public health sciences and of clinical nursing, and director of community health policy and education at the Center for Community Health and Prevention; and Glenn Cerosaletti, assistant dean of students and director of the Center for Community Engagement, to co-lead the application process. They convened a work group of faculty and staff from across the University’s six colleges. With input from students and community partners, this group compiled the University's application for the classification and submitted it on April 15, 2019.

In addition to compiling the application for the classification, the group also produced recommendations for University leadership to strengthen community engagement at the institution, and Theresa Green and Glenn Cerosaletti continue to convene a University-wide group known as the Academic Community Engagement Collaborative to advance this work.

To learn about what CCE is doing, see our 2020-2021 Annual Report, Rochester Youth Year's Tenth Anniversary Impact Report, our news feed or events page.

Co-sponsorship Requests

There is strength in collaboration and CCE regularly considers co-sponsorship requests for projects and events that support community engagement. Co-sponsorship requests must be received at least 2 weeks before the event or project takes place. Please use our online form to submit your request.