City Leadership & Civic Engagement Track

Through CLCE, Honors scholars develop leadership skills while using their technical and major area expertise to serve our neighbors in Newark. CLCE offers scholars the opportunity to learn and grow in partnership with our neighbors, while developing valuable life skills. The track aims to develop our scholars as leaders, following a “servant-leadership” model through the following focused courses, community service, leadership colloquia, and project development.

Service Learning Component

• Students will complete two Service Learning Course Enhancements that will culminate in a service learning proposal based on a community need in relation to our service partners
• Identify a community need
• Student creates a proposal to meet the community need
• Upon successful completion of the two Service Learning Course Enhancements, students will participate in a “service learning project” pitch to a panel of faculty and members of the Community Advisory Board (our service partners).
• Up to three students with the most applicable service learning project proposals will be selected to implement their project with the service partner.
• Students who are not selected will collaborate with the selected students to implement their projects as a team.

Components of the City Leadership & Civic Engagement Track

• Coursework
  • One research methodology honors course designated as part of CLCE (see below)
  • One Newark-based course: History, Environment, Society honors course designated as part of CLCE (see below)
  • Four elective honors courses
  • One major capstone course
  • Two service learning enhancement courses 
• Optional approved milestone experience
• CLCE Colloquium (one per semester)
• Service Learning Component
  • Two Service Learning Enhancement courses 
  • Service learning project proposal (Design and submit a community-based service project)
  • Appropriate community service

Educational Outcomes:

• Students will understand the history and culture that shapes contemporary Newark (Proficiency)
• Students will be able to apply their academic major area to address a civic, social, or environmental problem (Mastery)
• Students will be able to design, organize and lead a volunteer program (Mastery)