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Community Engaged Learning Program

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What is the Community Engaged Learning Program?

The Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Program is a classroom to community partnership that enhances student learning while also providing a service to the partnering agency.

Community organizations are invited to share their ideas for partnership on the UWL Community Idea Exchange. This database is designed to help businesses, non-profits and civic organizations connect with UWL students and faculty in two easy steps:

Partnership success story

Thank you Advisors Management Group (AMG) for establishing an endowment which supports Community Engaged Learning projects, including the example in this video. If you are interested in financially supporting CEL opportunities for UWL students in the future, contact the UWL Foundation at foundation@uwlax.edu or 877.895.3863.

Partnership success story

UW-La Crosse accounting students gained invaluable experience through a Community Engaged Learning partnership with Mid-City Steel in La Crosse, Wis.

The partnership allows students to discover and address accounting challenges that often arise in the real world but are difficult to simulate in the classroom. 

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