Mission

Our aim and purpose is to improve civic engagement by students, which ultimately promotes the bond between students, our community and our institutional vision to influence society in future generations.

Our goal is to help students from all walks of life develop a belief in and sense of allegiance to social and civic responsibility.

This office is committed to linking all students to come together under the same vision by facilitating the desire and ability to make a difference in our classrooms, on our campus and in our communities.

Philosophy

“The mission of Ursinus College is to enable students to become independent, responsible, and thoughtful individuals through a program of liberal education. That education prepares them to live creatively and usefully, and to provide leadership for their society in an interdependent world.”

• Inspire thoughtful and positive civic engagement and involvement of all students

• Empower students to think critically and become agents of change to improve the quality of life

• Promote community partnerships through collaborative projects that strive for the common good

The Center…

• Aids and assists in providing opportunities for students to engage in the world around them and gives an avenue for leadership and a voice for positive change

• Helps coordinate cross-campus mobilization of service efforts by connecting students with a common desire of being actively involved

• Fosters civic responsibility while engaging students in meaningful service activities not only to contribute to the local community but also to expand their intellectual knowledge of the social/historical/political elements that impact the communities

• Strengthens sustainable partnerships between campus groups and community organizations where the greater community benefits from coordination and collaboration

• Encourages faculty and students in academic civic engagement, including volunteering, action research, internships, community-based learning, community based projects and social activism

UPCOMING EVENTS

Support our Troops -Soldier Care Packages
We need volunteers to go around the dorms to collect supplies for care packages to send to Bridge Company Bravo, based out of Folsom. This is just one part of a larger drive to send supplies, magazines, videos of support, and letters to our troops.
Want to help out? Have some ideas? E-mail ucare@ursinus.edu, and we’ll let you know where we can go from there!

Brizell Family Clothing Drive
Have old clothes you want to get rid off?? Show your support and help out a fellow UC student!
Donate your gently used clothing to raise money for the Brizell Family Fund
Donation collection until the end of the semester
Boxes are set up in Student Activities Office
Contact mereid@ursinus.edu