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Certificate in Civic Engagement

The Certificate in Civic Engagement provides a structured path for students to merge curricular and co-curricular civic pursuits and to deepen their knowledge and understanding of civic engagement. The Certificate is offered at partner institutions across GHEA21. 

Get Involved

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    The Civic Engagement Fellowship is a year-long program designed to equip students across the GHEA21 network with the skills, knowledge, and networks needed to lead impactful civic engagement initiatives. 

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    This series of monthly workshops - held on the last Sunday of each month - brings student leaders together to learn from each other’s experiences and gain insight and training.

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    The Virtual Student Leadership Conference is a two-day online international conference, held each October, that brings together students who want to become involved with community or socially-based engagement, to learn leadership or project management, and explore ways to get involved throughout the GHEA21 Network. 

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Get Engaged Conference

Every year, the Get Engaged Conference brings together students from across the globe to develop community leadership skills and collaborate on solutions to local and global challenges. Workshops focus on leadership, public speaking, networking, social media, community partnerships, fundraising, and more.

Faces of Civic Engagement

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    The Coordinators are dedicated experts overseeing student-driven projects across GHEA21 institutions. Serving as key facilitators, they support students in developing impactful initiatives that address local and global challenges. 

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    Global Engagement Fellows promote and coordinate thematic civic engagement projects across GHEA21. Selected fellows have developed and sustained a civic engagement project and demonstrated leadership skills and a desire and aptitude for working with others.

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    An initiative steered by higher education leaders from around the world seeks to encourage universities to lead as bold and nimble civic actors partnering with communities to respond swiftly and intelligently to unexpected societal challenges.

The Power of a Civically Engaged Network

Institutions demonstrate their commitment to shared civic and moral duties by responding rapidly to crises. "A Journey from Kabul to Bishkek" tells the story of students evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021 and the faculty who made their journey to secure partner institutions possible. 

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