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The application deadline has now passed.

Have you been thinking about designing or redesigning an undergraduate course to integrate a community-based,
experiential learning component? Do you have a relationship with a community group or organizationÌýthat wants to partner with you on the course? If so, this opportunity is for you!

In August 2025, a small cohort of CU Boulder faculty members will have the opportunity to join a ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Arizona program to support the design of undergraduate courses that integrate community-engaged, experiential learning opportunities.

• Starts with a five-day, virtual, intensive workshop and offers the opportunity to participate in a year-long community of learning.
• Introduces faculty members to a human-centered design approach for integrating external stakeholders and real projects in undergraduate courses.
• Students work alongside their peers and community partners to develop desirable, feasible, and viable solutions to challenges informed by partners’ needs.

The Experiential Learning Design Accelerator is offered by the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Arizona, in partnership with CU Boulder's Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship (PACES) and the Center for Teaching and Learning. In its successful pilot year, the program was managed by CU Engage.

• ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Arizona will provide mentorship and a community of practice among faculty who have successfully developed scholarship, including grant proposals, papers, and presentations based on engaged learning pedagogy.
• PACES will support the CU Boulder cohort with connecting to a CU Boulder community of scholars interested in community-engaged scholarship and with developing a way to share their learning with the broader community. Ìý
• The five-day, online, summer intensive will take place from Aug.11-18,10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Mon.- Fri. with Wed. as individual work time.
• Faculty participants and their community partners (1 partner per faculty member) will receive stipends to support their participation: faculty participants ($2000) and community partners ($1000).

Please contact Lisa SchwartzÌýwith questions about the program, eligibility, or the application.

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