CELO News and Stories Recent Stories Thomas DeSisto Receives the Highest UVM Award Given to Faculty Teaching Community-Engaged Learning Courses Showcasing Excellence in Community-Engaged Learning CDAE Provides a Well-Rounded Education for Alumni Change-Makers Exploring Her Passion to Serve Student-Led Partnership Connects Local Youth with UVM Dairy Farm Mindful Outreach More News From CELO First-Year CEMS Students Showcase Innovation and Teamwork in Civic Learning Projects An impressive display of STEM innovation filled the Davis Center’s Grand Maple ballroom this week... After the Floods Water will continue to shape—and reshape—Vermont communities. Sometimes it will come in a... Working to Restore a Brighter Future For students interested in landing a plum environment-focused job after graduation, having some... Announcing CELO Planetary Health Funding Grant Recipients Among the aims of UVM's burgeoning Planetary Health Initiative is to increase students’... Catamount Emergency Care Celebrates Installation of 100th Lifesaving Station on Campus Have you spotted the new Catamount Emergency Care (Cat ECare) stations around campus? As part of... UVM Students Provide Critical Election Day Support With the 2024 presidential election nearly upon us, the stakes have never been higher. And while... A Summer of Service-Learning in the Northeast Kingdom Members of the 2024 Northeast Kingdom VT Community Resilience Summer Internship Program spent the... What is Planetary Health? The planet is alive. This ecstatic skin of the Earth that stretches but a few miles up and down is... Service-Learning Intern Captures Valuable Footage of Animal Behavior on Camera A Vermont Fish & Wildlife intern, participating in a designated service-learning internship,... Service-Learning Students Make a Difference at Crooked Creek Student's work in Bev Wemple's service-learning course is recognized in this story about an... UVM Student Advocates for Better Programs to Connect Incarcerated Parents with their Children Harriet Langburd, a student in Alice Fothergill's Sociology Internship - a designated... Pursuing Their Dreams and Fulfilling Our Mission The CESS Class of 2024 includes 200 undergraduate students and 138 graduate students across a range... Applied Knowledge: Catamount seniors showcase their service-learning achievements As students and soon-to-be graduates prepare for life beyond campus comforts, UVM’s... The Inaugural Showcase for Community-Engaged Learning Students gathered in the Davis Center's Fireside Lounge on April 30th to share their final projects... 2024 CELO Awards Honor Dedication to Service Learning On April 30, 2024, the Office of Community-Engaged Learning (CELO) held their annual awards... UVM Students Support Community through the Consumer Assistance Program “The most beautiful thing about the Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) is there's not one specific... How CDAE Senior Lecturer Kelly Hamshaw Engages Students in Research to Build Resilient Communities Senior Lecturer Kelly Hamshaw’s office is everything you’d expect a busy PhD candidate and... Community Building In and Out of the Classroom Juliana Ward ’24, an Environmental Studies (ENVS) major and economics minor, is a member of the... A World of Experience In UVM’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), more and more faculty members view their classrooms... UVM Partnership Program Grows Into Service Learning Course UVM has fostered a partnership with the Center for Aging through the internship program Grand... The Class That Changed My Life There are moments in everyone’s life that have the potential to change everything. For the UVM... Service-Learning Professor Trish O'Kane Featured On Podcast by the American Birding Association In a conversation with podcast host Nate Swick, UVM Professor Trish O'Kane discussed her unique... Birding to Change the World In her new book “Birding to Change the World,” Trish O’Kane, Senior Lecturer in the... UVM Student Testifies for Legislation to Safeguard Youth Health For his Senior Public Communication Capstone Project, Marcus Aloisi partnered with the Burlington... Conversations on Faculty Workload In December, CELO Director Susan Munkres presented about CELO’s work to the Academic Leadership... New Peer Educator Program Seeks to Address Interpersonal Violence at UVM and Beyond Effectively preventing sexual and other forms of interpersonal violence involves a comprehensive... From Research to Action: How One Student’s Summer REU Turned to Community-Centered Action Miranda Degreenia has spent the past few years stepping further outside her comfort... UVM Launches Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships Vermont Governor Phil Scott and U.S. Senator Peter Welch were among the dignitaries on hand to help... Lessons in Leadership CDAE major Elijah Ghia has spent the afternoon crafting a professional on-site interview space at... UVM students help local utility reenergize and revitalize central Vermont community of Moscow Moscow, Vermont, is known mostly as a place motorists drive through on their way north to Stowe... “Hispanic Voices” Breaks Down Barriers of Language and Culture Listeners who tune in to Vermont Public Radio (VPR) this spring will be treated to the sound of UVM... Cherie Morse Awarded 2023 Lynne Bond Award for Outstanding Community-Engaged Faculty Each year, CELO presents community-engaged learning awards to faculty, students and community... Forestry Senior Lecturer Luben Dimov Receives Outstanding Community-Engaged Faculty Award Each year, with the support for the Division for Faculty Affairs, CELO (Community-Engaged Learning... An Extraordinary Force of Goodness Supporting the holistic wellness of young children and their families is Sarah Bassett’s calling.... UVM Students Offer Real-World Climate Recommendations to Vermont Town The town of Underhill, Vermont, is considering climate-change recommendations developed and... Global Travel Study Programs Emphasize Applied Learning Through Community Collaboration The Department of Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE) welcomed back its global... UVM Alum Reflects on How Public Communication Degree Prepared Him for a Career in Music and Media Since graduating from UVM with a B.S. in Public Communication in 2013, John Moses has worked in the... Liberal Arts in Prison Program Fosters Greater Understanding On an evening in late October, eight University of Vermont (UVM) students, two UVM faculty members,... The Most Costly Journey Symposium Please join for a series of events connected toThe Most Costly Journey, co-edited by Assoc. Prof.... GenEd and Community-Engaged Learning Full General Education is coming Fall 2023 As you may know, and after much labor by many people... UVM’s Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative Receives Regional Award for Excellence in Community Engagement The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named the University of Vermont... Students Apply Nature-Based Solutions to Combat Climate Change Locally Over the past several weeks, a team of UVM student interns have been deployed around Burlington... Service-Learning Courses Empower Students to Learn by Doing Hands-on learning is a central part of a UVM education and is ever-present in the Department of... Recognizing Community Partners in Service Learning In April, CELO celebrated community-engaged learning at our annual awards ceremony. Service... Carving Their Own Path of Success Phoebe Munch and Sage White Cloud came to UVM asking how they could combine their personal passions... Health Close to Home “The challenge of working in the place I grew up,” says Celia Heath '21, public health and... Task Force Aimed at Reducing UVM’s Road Salt Consumption Liza Mclatchy ’23 carefully reaches into the water with a long sampling rod—at its end is a... Geography Department Connects Students and Employers in New Fellowship Amy Seidl and Cheryl Morse, Co-Directors of the new Environmental Studies program in the College... City of Burlington Implements Shoreline Management Guide Created by RSENR Students For their senior capstone project, 11 students in NR206: Environmental Problem Solving & Impact... Engineering Students Give New Life to Old Structures Many of this year’s graduates in the UVM civil and environmental engineering program faced an...
