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Community and Global Engagement Scholarship

About Community and Global Engagement
Community and Global Engagement is “a form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs, together with structured opportunities for reflection designed to achieve learning outcomes.”[1]

At CBU, we offer academic engagement learning experiences locally and globally to help students gain a deeper understanding of their discipline through ongoing, structured reflection that is framed by a Christian worldview. Academic Community and Global Engagement facilitate the integration of faith and experiential learning:
 
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  • Academic Discipline: An opportunity for students to observe and engage the need in the community in a cross-cultural learning environment with intentional links to curriculum that meet pre-determined and pre-approved learning outcomes
  • Faith: Faith provides the motivation and Christian worldview behind academic engagement learning, leading to spiritual growth and Kingdom impact
  • Service: An identified need in the community through a mutually beneficial partnership between a community organization and a CBU academic discipline
Academic Community and Global Engagement activities align with CBU’s
  • outcome of preparing and launching graduates who are biblically rooted, globally minded, academically prepared, and equipped to serve.[2]
  • priorities and strategic goal of entrepreneurial community and global engagement.[3]
[1] Jacoby, B. Service-learning in today’s higher education. In B. Jacoby (Ed.), Service Learning in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Dr. Chuck Sands, 2016-18 Strategic Plan, University Goals #7 and #9
About the Scholarship
The Community and Global Engagement (CGE) Scholarship was created to support students pursuing opportunities that involve the integration of academic discipline with gospel-centered, cross-cultural community engagement opportunities internationally.

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Applications are received on a rolling basis. Up to $500 per student may be awarded three times a year; for summer, fall and spring community and global engagements.
 
 
Criteria for Approval
  • Demonstrated financial need and/or solid academic record
  • Good disciplinary and judicial standing (Student Services)
  • Full-time undergraduate or graduate enrollment status at CBU
  • Undergraduates must have at least sophomore status at the time of academic group trip
  • Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
Application Process
  • Eligible students will apply through the Terra Dotta online registry.
  • Applicants will submit a personal statement, reflecting on;
    • The program they want to participate in
    • How the scholarship will help
    • Previous community and global engagement involvement and experience
    • How they feel this opportunity will make them more globally minded and what they anticipate will be the impact of their experience abroad
    • What they hope to learn through this engagement
  • One recommendation letter from a CBU faculty member, advisor, department head or dean.
  • Submit package to Office of the Provost (bbrenneman@calbaptist.edu)
  • Blind review by an interdisciplinary committee (3-5 faculty from various fields of study).
Donations:
If mailing a check, please send to:
          California Baptist University
          Attn: University Advancement
          Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92504
          Memo line: Community Global Engagement 20-2082
 
Please direct all gifts, gift inquires, and payroll deduction forms to: Melissa Workman in University Advancement
*And include on the memo line: Community Global Engagement 20-2082
 
If sending in Mail or Interoffice, send to the same addresses listed above.
*Please include a note with the first and last name and street address of the donor.

If a faculty member would like the money to be deducted from his/her pay check each month they will need to fill out the “Payroll Deduction & Gift Form” and send it over to mworkman@calbaptist.edu
In the section on the Payroll Deduction & Gift Form titled “Please apply my donation(s) to” check the box that says “Other” and write “Community Global Engagement 20-2082” on the line.
*Please Note* The Community and Global Engagement Scholarship is not yet open to students.