The vision and mission of the Center for Community & Civic Engagement connect to the vision, mission, values, and learning outcomes of Mesa Community College.  

Our Vision and Mission

Vision

Working together to inspire individuals to be engaged citizens.

Mission

To promote excellence in teaching and learning through civic engagement programs that:

• cultivate service-learning
• collaborate with the community
• develop co-curricular service projects
• ​encourage civic and servant leadership
• foster social responsibility
• promote personal growth

Definition of Service-Learning

Service-Learning is a teaching and learning method that connects meaningful community service with academic instruction through guided reflection.

Areas of focus include:

• Career exploration
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Values clarification
• Social and personal development
• Community & civic responsibility

Service-Learning at MCC

We strive to make a difference through the outreach of our students, whether our students are:

• Serving through their class (in-course module)
• Creating their own class to serve (independent module)
• Serving through one of our many community partners (service sites)

We work to ensure that our department makes a difference, even if it is only to one person.