THE LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER
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    • Accreditation
    • Resources >
      • Code of Ethical Conduct
      • Complaints & Grievances Process
      • Covid-19 Information
      • Cultural Competency Plan
      • Participant Handbook
      • Performance Measurement Plan
      • Rights & Responsibilities
      • Strategic Management Plan
      • Understanding Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
  • Our Programs
    • Best Buddies
    • Jumpstart Program
    • LEC @ Home
    • Music Therapy
    • Performing Arts >
      • Creative Expressions
    • Visual Arts >
      • Black & White Gallery
      • Something Spruced
  • Events
  • Our Community Partners
    • Animal Rescue Foundation
    • BodyPlex
    • Cafe Central at Freedom Church
    • Community Baptist Church
    • Epworth by the Sea​
    • Collins P Lee Center
    • Comfort Farms
    • Georgia College >
      • GC Continuing Education
      • GC Department of Art
      • GC Department of Music-Music Therapy
      • GC Exercise Science
      • GC GIVE Center
      • GC Internships & Practicum
      • GC Kappa Alpha Order
      • GC Nonprofit Leadership & Management Certificate
      • GC Outdoor Education
      • GC Office of Sustainability
      • GC Pi Kappa Phi Order
      • GC Public Health
    • Live Healthy Baldwin
    • Lockerly Arboretum >
      • Worley Center
    • Med-Lake Laboratory
    • New City Church
    • Northridge Christian Church >
      • Kudzu
    • MIA Food Bank
    • One Eye Cat Sawmill
  • Media
    • Archives
    • In the Media
    • More Alike than Different Documentary
    • Photo Gallery >
      • Creative Expressions: Fired Up! 4-18-22
      • Night to Shine 2020
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COMMUNITY-BASED ENGAGED LEARNING FOR STUDENTS

C-bEL is also known as "service learning," or on this campus you will sometimes hear people refer to it as the "ENGAGE Project." 
The C-bEL Designation is applied to courses and co-curricular projects (clubs, etc) that incorporate the following four criteria for Community-based Engaged Learning. 
Through Community-based Engaged Learning (C-bEL) …
  • students integrate theory and practice.
  • students have direct community experiences.
  • students participate in mutually beneficial collaborations with community partners.
  • students critically reflect on their community-based experiences
Basically, C-bEL courses are "hands on learning" courses where you take ideas you've learned in the classroom and apply them in the community. Often this means our local community, but it could also mean communities both nearby and far beyond Milledgeville. It is an educational approach that allows you to use what you are learning in the classroom to meet societal needs. And guess what? An overwhelming majority of hiring managers surveyed stated that they would be more likely to hire individuals who had participated in "a field-based project in a diverse community" or "a service learning project with a community organization" (AAC&U,2019). C-bEL courses and projects are a great choice for students who enjoy working with others in order to determine their needs and then working side by side with them to accomplish a worthwhile goal. C-bEL is also great for those who learn best when they have the opportunity to apply what they are learning.* 
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Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
The Life Enrichment Center, 1111 N. Jefferson Street, Milledgeville, GA, Phone (478) 445-7176, Fax (478) 445-2964