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Community Engagement Scholars Program


Browse this section to learn what the Scholars Program is and why you should participate!

How to get started:

To enroll in the Scholars Program, you must first attend an Info Session. At the Info Session, you'll learn more about the program, so you can decide if it's right for you. You'll also receive application materials.

The Community Engagement Scholars Program offers these benefits:

  • Recognizes you for integrating community engagement into your educational experience.

  • Encourages you to simultaneously pursue your interests, meet your educational goals, and make a difference in your community.

  • Provides you with a foundation of analytical, reflective, interpersonal, and leadership skills through real-world experience.

  • Supports the University's mission of public engagement and outreach by fostering connections between the University, its students, and their community.
ICEP Student Profiles

The Intergrative Community Engagement Project (ICEP) is a capstone project that each Scholars student completes at the end of the program. Students bring together collective knowledge absorbed from their past community work and academic studies into a self-designed, sustainable project.

Allan Kerandi
Project: Hennepin County Medical Center Mobile Navigation App

Allan is working on a Mobile app for navigation inside the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC.) HCMC is a huge hospital composed of 4 buildings that are hard to navigate for patients, visitors, and guests. Successfully completing this project will aid in getting people to different places in the hospital more smoothly. This project will also allow for nurses and doctors to spend more time with patients instead of guiding visitors and guests, increasing the quality of care at HCMC. Read more

Click HERE to read more about the exceptional projects that Scholars students have worked on.