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Center for Community Engagement
My First Week in the CCE

Volunteering at the CCE has made me feel more confident in understanding how the Center plays a huge role in the campus and with the community. It also has been preparing me as I await on becoming a full-time VISTA member.

Just coffee talk June 2017
Ready, Set, Coffee!

In a society that has now been accustomed to trusting a screen on a daily basis, it is quite refreshing to be able to put our electronics down and partake in actual conversation.

Whitney Chiriboga, Madison Waller, and Megan Kovacevich talking to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley at the 2016 Fair.
Register to Recruit at the Service & Internship Fair

The Service & Internship Fair is a fantastic opportunity to promote your organization and recruit Sonoma State student interns and volunteers.

Tip 9 Header: Shop at Thrift and Antique Stores - Recycle, Reuse, Reduce
Simple Ways to Save Your Health, Money, and Planet: Tip 9

Part 9 of a 10 Part Series

Center for Community Engagement
Guest Blog Post: What I Learned from Service

Service-learning has taught me how to go outside of myself and my world and focus on much bigger and better things. Before college, I never spent any time focusing on my community. I was an athlete and an A and B student that felt as if I needed to help anyone it would be me.

RCP students, led by their SSU guide, head to the first activity.
Discovery Day XIII

Before working with the Center for Community Engagement, I didn't know that an event like Discovery Day happened at Sonoma State.

From left to right: Merith Weisman, Emily Acosta Lewis, and Damien Wilson at the The Continuums of Service Conference 2017.
The Continuums of Service Conference 2017: On Reflection

While at the Continuums of Service Conference held at the Metropolitan State University's campus, I attended a session on student-led service-learning reflection where the famous quote by 

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Simple Ways to Save Your Health, Money, and Planet: Tip 8

Part 8 of a 10 Part Series

See Tip 123456, and 7.

Center for Community Engagement
Draft CCE Strategic Plan

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the development of this draft CCE Strategic Plan/SSU Civic Action Plan. Special thanks to those of you who attended the planning meeting, completed the online survey, and/or participated in an interview.

My table discussing a deliberation question.
CCE Civic Action Planning Meeting: A Student's Perspective

The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) is going through some exciting changes! Sonoma State needs a Civic Action Plan and the CCE needs an updated Strategic Plan. So, we intend to create one plan that serves both these entities.