Your CEL-2 is negotiated with your committee. Make sure you are talking with them about the kinds of experiences that would help you make a connection between your academics and the wider community. Might you take a course with a community engaged experience, do an internship, be placed with a local or national organization, or help with a community program based on campus? The activity can be on or off campus and could connect to something you are already doing.
CEL-2 is different from CEL-1. There is no website to sign up. The options are broader and might connect to your academic interests. Here are some examples of things students have done:
- Worked on a “Day at Hampshire College” (a college awareness and access program through CYL)
- Helped out in an afterschool program or classroom
- Worked at local survival centers or food pantries
- Worked at reproductive health conferences or agencies
- Worked on local farms or at the Hampshire Farm
- Worked on local housing justice campaigns
- Taught music or voice lessons to youth or college students
- Worked on theater productions
- Created web pages for local nonprofits
- Did research for a nonprofit
- Created dance programs in local senior centers or prisons
- Did a book drive for local schools or family centers
- Worked on a research journal through Five Colleges
- Served as a Teaching Assistant
- Was a signer for a club or ran an EPEC class
AND MANY MORE
To find a placement, you can visit one of these offices: Community Partnerships for Social Change in FPH, CORC in the Library, CYL office in Lemelson, Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program in FPH, Culture Brain and Development Program, or any other academic program.
After you have an idea of what you would like to do, talk to your advisor and add the activity on the Hub (add a CEL-2 activity is a menu item on your Div II tab). Make sure you talk to the potential sponsor and include their email on the Hub.
For more details, visit cel2.hampshire.edu
