Center for Community Engagement
Trust. Authenticity. Reciprocity.
Areas of impact
As a public research university, our academic work includes research, teaching, and service that benefits the community. Our Center supports community engagement in each of these areas.
Terps take action
Through action and service, Terps directly contribute to social impact while building skills, relationships, and capacity. Find tools and opportunities to engage in volunteer work that addresses real-world challenges alongside campus and community partners.
Find partners
Looking for a partner? Community members and Terps are fostering reciprocal, mutually beneficial relationships to advance the public good, take on grand challenges, reimagine learning, and invest in people and our communities.
Doing good, together.
The Center connects the resources and talents of the university, people and communities, and facilitates connections and partnerships to support impact-driven and community-centered research, teaching and service that advances the public good.
Upcoming events
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Cultivating Partnerships for Community Engaged Courses
Strong community partnerships are the foundation of meaningful community-engaged courses.March 12, 2026March 12, 2026View Event Details for Cultivating Partnerships for Community Engaged Courses
News
University of Maryland Earns Carnegie Community Engagement Classification
Student-Built Toolkit Aims to Make Development Work for All
Giving Back and Doing Good
Carnegie Foundation Elective Classification for Community Engagement
The University of Maryland is proud to be recognized with the Carnegie Foundation’s Elective Classification for Community Engagement.