- LEAP, which enlists undergraduates in tutoring kindergarten through third grade students to develop the language, literacy, math, and social skills;
- Rochester Youth Year, which places recent graduates of Rochester-area colleges in community-based organizations, where they help create or expand initiatives that address various challenges facing local youth and families;
- Transition Opportunities at the University of Rochester (TOUR), partnership between the RCCL, the University’s Institute for Innovative Transition and the regional organization Monroe One BOCES that provides access to a college experience for adults 18 to 21 with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
- Urban Fellows, a 10-week summer program for University students and Rochester natives who attend college elsewhere to immerse themselves in an outreach project.
Society & Culture
RCCL allows students to engage, learn outside the classroom
Students from the Class of 2021 helped with grounds maintenance at the Strong Museum of Play in downtown Rochester during Wilson Day 2017. Wilson Day, the oldest college community service project in the country, is just one of many community-oriented programs under the direction of the Rochester Center for Community Leadership. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)
The Rochester Center for Community Leadership was created in 2005 to put University student community engagement programs under one umbrella. In 12 years, it’s become a pretty big umbrella.
The center has grown from just two programs to several that give undergraduates and graduate students an opportunity to engage and learn outside the classroom.
They include: