Community Engagement Center
Apply for Off Campus Student Employment
Off-Campus Student Employment (OCSE) is an opportunity for students to earn their financial aid awards (work-study) while working with a local community partner, and any student with work study as part of their financial aid package is eligible to apply. The OCSE program is designed to create and strengthen institutional partnerships between Macalester and local community organizations. The focus of the program is to encourage students to serve as a bridge between the local organization and Macalester, enabling both to build on the varied resources of the other. Community organizations receive assistance from a college student approximately 7-10 hours per week. The college pays the student’s entire wage.
Want to go deeper with a community partner?
The Action Fund supports off-campus community engagement projects proposed and led by students in direct collaboration with a local community-based organization. The projects all have action components, fulfilling unmet needs of Twin Cities’ communities, as well as learning/education components that promote reflection, meaning making, and sharing of lessons learned. Award amounts up to $2,500 are available per project.
All In Awards Mac for 2024 Election Plan
Macalester earned All In to Vote’s “Highly Established Action Plan Seal” for our 2024 election cycle democratic engagement plan, recognized as among the best in the country for promoting civic learning, political engagement, and student voter participation.
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CEC Hours
Academic-Year Hours
- Monday 8:30am-6pm
- Tuesday-Friday 8:30am-5pm
Summer Hours
- Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm
- Friday Closed
Macalester was awarded the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for excellence in community engagement in 2010.
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