Director's Message

Community Engagement Center is a division of Academic Affairs. In 1996, the center, formerly known as Office of Community Collaboration, was established at California State University, Sacramento as the University's primary service learning office. We have since expanded our focus to encompass various forms of engagement, including civic learning and community service. Community Engagement Center works closely with local non-profits, schools, government agencies, and campus-based programs that provide service to underserved, underrepresented populations throughout the Sacramento Region.

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 collaboration and partnerships with campus and community organizations.

Community Engagement Center strives to empower Sacramento State students to develop and possess the skills necessary to become "engaged" citizens in their community. We see the various aspects of engagement - volunteerism, community service, service learning, and civic engagement - as existing on a developmental continuum that provides students with individual and collective opportunities to be "engaged."

Sacramento State students are making an impact. In academic year 2007/2008, service learning, Alternative Break, and Students in Service participants contributed a combined 93,724 hours of service to the Sacramento Region. Using the national volunteer index of $19.51 per hour, Sacramento State students’ service to the community was valued at over $1,828,555.

Sheila Macias

Administrative Director