Sacramento State - Community Engagement Center

Advisory Committee

Community Engagement Center is a division of Academic Affairs. Our mission is to facilitate learning and engagement by linking campus and community for mutual benefit. To realize this mission, Community Engagement Center serves as a facilitative partner and resource for faculty, students, staff, and community. We build and promote community engagement through thoughtful, intentional collaborative partnerships within and between the University and communities partners in the Sacramento Region.

We see the various aspects of engagement - community service, service learning, and civic engagement - as existing on a developmental continuum where students can develop individual and collective skills and knowledge. In partnership with the community and campus, Community Engagement Center strives to provide Sacramento State students a variety of active learning experiences to develop and possess the skills necessary to become "engaged" citizens in their communities.

Purpose of Advisory Committee:

The Community Engagement Center Advisory Committee's purpose is two-fold:

Convene cross campus and community representation with an invested interest in community engagement at Sacramento State.
Guide initiatives, priorities and strategic plan of Community Engagement Center.

Terms of Service:

Advisory Committee Members are appointed by the President.
Appointment to the Advisory Committee will be in staggered terms of two or three years which will be determined by the committee member. Members can request reappointment at the completion of their first term of service for one, two or three years.
Members will attend and participate in two meetings of Advisory Committee at the beginning and end of each semester.

Role of Advisory Committee Member:

Support various community engagement initiatives of Sacramento State.
Provide guidance on initiatives, priorities and strategic plan of Community Engagement Center.
Advocate for internal and external campus and community support for community engagement and the work of Community Engagement Center.

Responsibilities of Advisory Committee Member:

Members will participate in a minimum of one sub-committee. Participation defined as an active member of a work group and/or providing consultation, external review. A Community Engagement Center representative will participate in all subcommittee work.
Subcommittee members will determine:

Goals and objectives for the subcommittee
Develop timeline
How often they are to meet
A designee from each subcommittee will provide updates of the committees work to the general Advisory Committee at the end of each semester.

Composition of Advisory Committee:

Seven faculty providing representation from each college to be selected by Deans in consultation with college academic council
One faculty member to appointed by Faculty Senate
Campus Programs representation
Four students providing representation from various disciplines and programs
Three to five administrators or their appointed representative
Three to five community members
Representatives from

Research, Administration and Contracts
Technology
Government and Civic Affairs

Community Engagement Center representatives

It is understood that the priorities, initiatives and strategic plan of Community Engagement Center will evolve over time which in turn will impact the current proposed composition of the Advisory Committee and the work of the subcommittees.

Current Subcommittee work:

Assessment of Community Engagement

Student Learning Outcomes
Faculty Engagement
Community Partners

Develop a definition of community engagement and make recommendations to University Administrations that the University adopt the
Develop a tool and strategy to collect data on what community engagement is taking place at Sac State and with whom and make recommendations to University Administration
Community Based Research
Meeting the needs of Community Partners

Future Subcommittee work:

Student Transcripts: Notation on student transcripts of their Community Engagement activities. Develop a process and make recommendations to administration to get students community engagement activities such as community service, service learning, internships, field experience noted on students transcripts
Grant research and development of collaborative community engagement opportunities