Civic Engagement: Helping Your Community and Your Career Development
October 24, 2024
Ready to Roar: Civic Engagement
Civic engagement often suggests duties like voting and jury service. While these are important, civic engagement extends far beyond casting a ballot. It’s about being actively involved in your community.
Civic Engagement can take on many forms:
The opportunities to develop your civic engagement skills are bountiful at LSU. Your community includes Baton Rouge, LSU's Campus, your hometown and even the community you want to be a part of after graduation.
Engagement in civic activities benefits not only your community but also your future career prospects. It allows students like you to demonstrate your contributions to improving a community and highlights a passion for specific causes. This involvement offers potential employers insight into your values, skills, and motivation, helping them assess how well you might fit into the company’s culture.
LSU offers numerous opportunities for students to develop their civic engagement experience.
Students can get involved in programs and activities including:
- Volunteer LSU
- Service-learning courses
- Student organizations
- Geaux Big Baton Rouge
- Student government, and more!
One of the best resources for learning more about civic engagement on campus is the Center for Community Engagement, Learning & Leadership (CCELL).
“CCELL works with university faculty, students, administrators, and community partners to facilitate service-learning and community-engaged research while strengthening LSU's commitment to being an exemplar of an engaged public research university.”
– Dr. Sarah Brecker, LSU
Students interested in deepening their civic engagement can join the Engaged Citizens
Program through CCELL. This program supports and recognizes students dedicated to
community service, making it a valuable asset when demonstrating a commitment to service
and community to future employers.
Students have ample opportunities to serve their LSU, Baton Rouge and local communities.
Other ways to serve:
take a deeper look into civic engagement
About the LSU Career Center
Our team is committed to ensuring every student has ample opportunities to gain experience, grow their network, and communicate their aptitude for a chosen career long before graduation. We believe LSU students are unparalleled in their potential to step into leadership, solve problems, and elevate the workforce for the benefit of all.