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The Center for Civic Engagement fosters co-curricular opportunities to educate, empower, and equip Widener students to become personally and socially responsible leaders and continually builds collaborative campus and community partnerships to further the university’s civic mission.
Civic Engagement
Widener University promotes civic engagement initiatives for all students, faculty, and staff. The Center helps identify and address community issues, promotes opportunities for individuals to become actively engaged citizens, and creates opportunities to practice democratic leadership in order to contribute to the vitality and well-being of the metropolitan region. The Center for Civic Engagement connects students with civic engagement opportunities through direct volunteer service, service-learning, capacity-building, economic development, political engagement, and advocacy.
The Center fosters opportunities to educate, empower, and equip Widener students to become personally and socially responsible leaders. These opportunities include work-study and scholarship-based programs such as the Bonner Leader program and the Pride Service Site Leaders program, as well as the Maguire Scholars Program, and ongoing civic and leadership development events.
Events include issues-awareness speakers, political engagement initiatives, campus-wide service projects, and promotion of volunteer opportunities throughout our region.
The Center for Civic Engagement always welcomes new partnerships and collaborations to cultivate transformational leaders who promote positive change in our local and global communities. To learn more about integrating civic engagement into your educational experience, please visit the https://www.widener.edu/about/points-pride/civic-engagement website.
Global Engagement
Widener University promotes global engagement and provides supports for both international students and students studying abroad through several short-term and long-term programs.
The Office of International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) provides immigration services to international students and scholars, assists with adaptation to life in the United States, and offers the opportunity for domestic and international students to interact through an extensive calendar of programs. International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) strives to prepare all students for success in a diverse and global society. For more information, visit the International Student Services and the Study Abroad Program website.
ISSS is the support system for our students throughout the entire study abroad process from application to reentry. Widener students have engaged in study, research, internships, and community service programs all around the globe. From conducting research on sustainable farming in Costa Rica to climbing the Great Wall of China, a world of possibility awaits students at Widener University.
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