Civic Engagement Center USAMVCluj

The Civic Engagement Center contributes to the accomplishment of the third mission of the University Coordoninator of the Civic Engagement Center:
Alina S.

The Civic Engagement Center (CEC) was founded in 2022, with the mission of strengthening the institutional capacity by fostering attitudes and prosocial skills of students and members of the academic community, towards their development as agents of social change through responsibility and compassion. The CEC is subordinated the Vice-Rector responsible for the didactic activities at USAMV CN. Obje

ctives:
• Institutionalization of the Service-Learning (SL) educational strategy, which offers the students opportunities to experience meaningful learning based on the needs of the community.
• Contributing to the accomplishment of the third mission of the University, in the direction of becoming a "civic Higher Education Institution".
• Fostering the attitudes and civic competencies of students, through actions aiming to increase responsibility and compassion toward people, animals and the environment. Activities of CEC:

• Providing advice to teachers on the inclusion of community engagement approach in their learning / teaching activities.
• Implementing a SL transversal discipline to empower the students with skills and attitudes necessary for their participation in various forms of civic involvement.
• Dissemination and training events related to the planning, implementation and evaluation of SL activities.
• Collaboration with other centers and departments within the institution to create and maintain an ongoing database of SL (and other forms of civic involvement) opportunities.
• Documentation of civic involvement activities at institutional level in order to identify the stages of institutionalization of SL.
• Highlighting the activities of the civic involvement of students and teachers through Service-Learning, by including these activities in the European Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education.
• Collection of feedback from community partners regarding their needs and the possibility of addressing them through the civic involvement of students.
• Accessing funding sources to provide the support needed for community-based learning activities and programs.
• Promoting the educational offers of USAMV CN through various activities and outreach programs.
• On-campus mentoring activities for high school students that are willing to learn more about civic engagement and get involved with our students in Service-Learning activities.
• Informing the members of the academic community about the opportunities of projects, summer schools, winter, conferences, trainings in the field of civic engagement.
• Collaboration with similar centers at national and international levels
• Inclusion of the Civic Engagement Center in European and international networks of civic involvement in Higher education. Rusu, Professor, PhD
Alina Rusu is in charge with teaching of the following subjects: Ethics and Academic Integrity (undergraduate level in Animal Science and Biotechnologies), Human Ethology and Animals in Society & Humane Education (master’s degree Ethology & Human-Animal Interactions); member of the General Assembly of the European Association of Service-Learning in Higher Education (EASLHE). E-mail: [email protected]

To whom we are addressing:
• Students from all the study programs of USAMV CN, including international students;
• Teachers from all departments of the Faculties, to facilitate the connection of civic involvement with the curricular contents.
• High school students, through partnerships between their schools and USAMV CN, interested in programs addressing the needs of the community, together with our students and teachers.
• Representatives of the community (NGOs, companies, other structures) that collaborate or are interested in collaborating with USAMV CN in the process of Service-Learning implementation.
• Alumni of USAMV CN that are offering meaningful learning opportunities to our students and / or support in different forms (scholarships, human resources etc.) the civic engagement of the students and other members of the academic community. Useful resources and opportunities:

The Erasmus+ Project SLIHE – Service Learning in Higher Education
http://www.slihe.eu/
European Association of Service-Learning in Higher Education
https://www.eoslhe.eu/easlhe/
TEFCE toolbox
https://www.tefce.eu/
EOSLHE European Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education
https://www.eoslhe.eu/
CLAYSS
https://www.clayss.org.ar/english/
UNISERVITATE network
https://www.uniservitate.org/
NESET
https://nesetweb.eu/en/

Collaborators with expertise in civic engagement:

Bojana Culum
https://www.eaie.org/blog/podcast-bojana-culum-ilic-community-engagement-.html
Alzbeta Brozmanova Gregorova
https://www.pdf.umb.sk/en/agregorova/
Rebecca Davis
https://socialwork.rutgers.edu/faculty-staff/rebecca-davis
Andrei Stupu
www.stupu.ro

01/11/2025

👉 Service-Learning webinar on November 6 2025.

This interactive webinar will feature four scholar-practitioners whose service-learning and community engagement work is based in STEM fields. The webinar goes “beyond the usual suspects” in several ways. It features four women trained in traditionally male-dominated fields. It discusses scholarship that spans traditional disciplinary boundaries, integrating the arts, humanities, and sustainable development into STEM education and practice. And it shines a spotlight on community engagement in disciplines not well represented in the SLCE field. The speakers, who hail from all over the world and are at different stages in their careers, will describe their distinct pathways into this work, providing models and inspiration for others who seek to bridge the gap between SLCE and STEM. Please join us for what is sure to be a lively conversation with four remarkable women! For more info and to register, visit www.iarslce.org/webinars

09/10/2025

📣 The Symposium, entitled Service-Learning in a Fragile World: Universities Nourishing Peace and Hope, includes panels, concurrent sessions, and presentation of initiatives. Voices from different parts of the world will discuss resilience through service-learning and networking, focusing on the spiritual dimension from a humanistic approach.

➡️ Organized by the Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East (CEE & ME) hub and coordinated by the Uniservitate team, the VI Global Symposium Uniservitate will take place on 6th and 7th November in a hybrid format. It will be held at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany) in English with translation into Spanish.

⛓️‍💥 We invite you to register at the following link: https://www.tfaforms.com/5197800

📌 For more information, please visit VI Global Symposium Uniservitate official website.

“VIGlobalSymposiumUniservitate

25/09/2025

05/09/2025

💚 Today is International Day of Charity 💚

🐾 Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is an international charity, headquartered at Jersey Zoo in the Channel Islands, working around the world to save species from extinction.

🌿 Established by author and conservationist Gerald Durrell in 1959, our aim is for more diverse, beautiful, and resilient natural landscapes in which species can thrive and people can enjoy a deeper connection with nature.

🐒 This year, we're celebrating Gerry's centenary as we continue to work towards his mission together with our supporters and partners.

🐢 To secure the future, for both people and wildlife, we need your help. Discover how you can get involved 👇
https://www.durrell.org/get-involved/

📷 Lee Durrell

31/03/2025

🐣 Vrei să faci un bine de sărbători? Devino și hrănești pe cei în nevoie!

🤗 Dacă ești în județele Cluj, Bistrița-Năsăud, Alba sau Sibiu în 4-6 aprilie, prietenii noștrii de la au nevoie de voluntari la 90 de magazine unde sa îi ajutăm la campania lor de colectare de alimente.

✨Fie că dorești să te implici pe toată durata campaniei ori doar pentru câteva ore, ajutorul tău este binevenit și apreciat!

💡Înscrie-te până în data de 31 martie folosind ca și organizație gazdă și haide sa facem bine împreună!

👉Link-ul de înscriere: https://bancapentrualimente.ro/voluntar-colecta/

💚 Cu tine, hrănim oameni!

USAMV Cluj-Napoca
Uniunea Studenților din România (USR)
Banca pentru Alimente Cluj

19/02/2025

Photos from Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Global's post

26/09/2024

Photos from Liga Studenților Științelor Vieții CN - LSSV's post

17/09/2024

Strălucirea voluntarului | Alina Rusu | TEDxZorilor

20/07/2024

🌿"Voluntariatul ne oferă atât beneficii psihofiziologice, cât și sociale. Când ajutăm trăim fericirea autentică, devenim mai rezilienți și devenim oameni-far care luminează viața celorlalți." (TEDxZorilor, 2024, speaker: Alina S. Rusu, USAMV Cluj-Napoca).

Strălucirea voluntarului | Alina Rusu | TEDxZorilor Voluntariatul ne oferă atât beneficii psihofiziologice, cât și sociale. Când ajutăm trăim fericirea autentică, devenim mai rezilienți și devenim oameni-far c...

18/07/2024

The 7th European Conference of Service-Learning in Higher Education -Transforming Europe through University Collaboration, will take place in Palma de Mallorca, on the 24 - 25 of September 2024.
Deadline for registration is September 1st.
https://www.easlhe.eu/conference/

Photos from Civic Engagement Center USAMVCluj's post

19/06/2024

📩📖🥳 Fantastic news about the publishing of the book at "Endogenous Opioids. From Basic Science to Biopsychosocial Applications", 2024, Springer (Eds. Patrick L. Kerr, Cristian Sirbu, John M. Gregg).
❤ Grateful to the editors, reviewers and to the Springer team, for having the chance to contribute with my chapter on "Endogenous Opioids and Volunteering: On the Evolutionary Significance of Helping Others".
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-45493-6_13

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