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The Maverick Minute | Community Engagement Credentials

Barbara Pickering, a professor in the School of Communication, discusses designating community engagement on students' transcripts with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.

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In the Fall of 2019 as part of a new program, students will be able to designate on their college transcripts that they are community engagement scholars.

Barbara Pickering, a professor in the School of Communication, discusses what the program is and what students can do to take part in it.


  • The program includes four components: two service learning courses, 135 hours of volunteer work, a community based learing experience (internships, practicums, etc.) and reflection pieces that culminates the entire activities.

  • Service learning/community engagement components are useful on a student's/graduate's resume to demonstrate their participation as a part of a civic society.

  • ACDC will work with students to help them reflect on all of the community engagement work that they've done to help encourage them to put the experiences on their resume.

  • Students curious to learn more about the community engaged scholar program can contact Barb Pickering at bpickering@unomaha.edu.

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