Welcome to Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships (CESEP) Program

CESEP uniquely integrates students, faculty, and the community in partnerships designed to improve community health and well-being through public scholarship, service learning and community-based action research. For students, we have a certificate program leading to being designated as a Rutgers Civic Scholar or International Civic Scholar, and many opportunities for academically-linked civic engagement via CESEP courses and co-curricular experiences.  For the community, CESEP is a place to partner with the university for problem solving around local and global issues.  For faculty, CESEP's Engaged Luncheon series and other programs build our community of public scholars from all disciplines and schools within Rutgers.

We hope you can see the ways in which CESEP seeks to inspire our students, faculty, and community, provide collaborative opportunities, and make a positive difference locally and globally. Please explore our web site!

Knowledge Serving Communities

The Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships Program reports to the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic and Public Partnerships which provides university-wide leadership for the development of university-community partnerships, opportunities for civic engagement, and increased capacity for engaged scholarship in the arts and humanities. As NJ’s premier public research university, we support public scholarship by applying the intellectual, creative, technical and social resources of Rutgers to benefit state residents through university-community partnerships.