Community Partners

Partner with Central

Community partners are essential to the work of the Center for Community Engagement & Social Research (CCESR). Through partnerships with nonprofits, schools, government agencies, and community organizations, we connect students, faculty, and staff with meaningful opportunities to learn, serve, and make a positive impact.
Whether you're looking for volunteers, interns, event support, project collaboration, or community-based research opportunities, we're here to help you engage with the Central community.

As a community partner, you can:

Recruit student volunteers
Post internships and experiential learning opportunities
Promote community events
Connect with faculty for classroom and service-learning partnerships
Collaborate on community-based research projects
Track volunteer participation and impact through CentralPulse
Build long-term relationships with the Central community

Ways We Can Work Together

Community partnerships take many forms, including:

Volunteer opportunities
Service-learning courses
Internships and practicums
Community-based research projects
Event partnerships
Civic engagement initiatives
Educational workshops and presentations
Cultural and heritage celebrations
Career exploration experiences

We welcome new partnerships and are always interested in exploring creative ways to connect campus and community resources.

Connect Through CentralPulse

This platform serves as a civic/community engagement hub that connects, tracks, and evaluates community engagement and experiential learning for our students, faculty, and staff. This partnership brings tremendous value and benefits to our collaboration with you! As our partner, you will receive a free basic account on CentralPulse – where you can list unlimited experiential learning opportunities, engage with unlimited volunteers, and verify attendance. These opportunities can include:

Recruiting volunteers for your programming
Posting internships for our students
Promoting your organization's events to the Central community

Community partners receive a free basic account! To join us on CentralPulse, visit ccsu.givepulse.com/join to create a free account. To make the most of this platform, we kindly ask you to designate a staff member or office manager as the account administrator. They'll handle posting opportunities, managing registrations, and verifying impacts (like hours served, training, donations, and fundraising) for your organization. This helps us track everyone's engagement and measure our collective community impact.

Resources

To help you get started, we provide resources and training materials for community partners, including:

If you ever need assistance or have questions about functionality or setup, the GivePulse support team is just an email away at support@givepulse.com. Our team at CCESR is also available to help; reach us at communityengagement@ccsu.edu.

Ready to Partner?

We would love to learn more about your organization and explore ways to work together.

Contact Jalexie Rios, Community Partner Liaison, riosjn@ccsu.edu 860.832.2977

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