Visitors browsing booths at the Community Engagement Fair
Community Engagement Fair

Group: Center for Community Engaged Learning

From the group:

The Community Engagement Fair (CEF) took place on Sept. 21, 2022, in Coffman Memorial Union's Great Hall. Attendees were able to connect with 62 community partners and campus resources to learn more about ways to get involved in the community through volunteer and internship opportunities in a wide variety of issue areas. Community partners always look forward to the fair because they love working with U of M students. The fair provides a unique opportunity for U of M members to learn about and connect with local organizations they may not otherwise have heard of or had the chance to connect with. 60% of attendees reported reaching out to an organization after the event to learn more information. 92% of attendees also responded that they would encourage others to attend the fair in the future.

Past Events
The Great Minnsect Show

With over 1800 people in attendance, the room was packed all day which made for a lot of excitement and buzz. PBS was at the event filming Three Cricketeers...

Yelling for History Club

For this event we ran the megagame Watch the Skies. A game where the players representing nations confront an alien incursion...

Khmer New Year

Throughout the night we displayed many Khmer performers, some notable ones were Dean Tan (A local Khmer singer), Wattanak Dance Troupe (A Traditional dance group), and lastly our own Angels fashion show...

Exclusivo: Solo En Espanol

The event focused on fostering a space for those who wanted to practice their Spanish and wanted to build a community with their fellow Spanish-speakers.

ISA Fall Show

Indian food was served to attendees and the auditorium was full of students, family, friends and the general public. The show consisted of two halves with about 6 performances/sets in each.

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Recruiting Event

This event provided an opportunity for departments in the college to collaborate with the vision of increasing the graduate degree pipeline for historically underrepresented individuals.

Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Symposium

The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Symposium brings together researchers, teachers, and students interested in the intersection between language and medicine.

Women in Physics and Astronomy Alumnae Dinner

This dinner serves as a networking event to bring alumnae together with current grads, faculty, postdocs and staff to strengthen the connections within our community.

50 SWEet Years at the UMN

Attendees were able to network over dinner, listen to inspirational speakers, and learn more about the successes of SWE at the UMN.

Underrepresented Students in STEM Symposium

This event focused on providing a platform for students to present their research to industry professionals, professors, peers, and graduate student mentors, and learn about the process of applying to graduate school and graduate student life.