The Center for Social Concerns fosters engaged scholarship opportunities for graduate students, facilitating collaboration with local community partners and agencies worldwide to create engaged teaching, learning, research, and service opportunities. Through the center, graduate and professional students take courses and attend workshops, teach undergraduates, and secure funding for research. The goal is to integrate engagement, outreach, and public scholarship opportunities with students' disciplinary expertise. The center’s home, Geddes Hall, also offers graduate students space to study or meet as a group.
For more information, follow the links below or contact Jay Brandenberger, PhD
Professional Development
The Graduate Certificate in Community Engagement and Public Scholarship
Community Engagement Faculty Institute
Engaged Learning Forum
Community Engagement Workshops
Courses
The Common Good Initiative
Community Engagement and Public Scholarship in Higher Education: Integrating Learning and Social Responsibility in the Academy
Social Concerns Seminars
Teaching Opportunities
Summer Service Learning Program
International Summer Service Learning Program
Social Concerns Seminars
Research and Grant Opportunities
Engagement and Social Responsibility in Higher Education
Community Impact Grants
Community Engagement and Leadership
Guide to Civic Engagement — Local Engagement Opportunities by Area of Focus
Leadership Advancing Socially Engaged Research (via the Graduate School)
Community Engagement Coordinating Council at Notre Dame
Resources and Publications
Research Reports: Engagement at Notre Dame
Center Faculty and Staff Publications
Occasional Paper Series
Graduate Student Public Scholarship at Notre Dame
"Classification as an institution of Community Engagement affirms Notre Dame’s efforts to address challenges and improve the quality of life in communities near and far."
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame
