Office of Community Engagement

🌟 Join the Undergraduate Engagement Corps (UEC)! 🌟

Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? The UEC program is designed for full-time undergrads who want hands-on experience in community engagement, research, and partnership building.

As a UEC member, you’ll:
📚 Take a 1 s.h. spring seminar focused on best practices and principles of community engagement.

🛠 Be invited to participate in workshops and events on campus and in the community.

🤝 Receive mentorship as you design a community-engaged project in your hometown.

💲 Apply for an exclusive UEC grant to support your project!
Together, these experiences give you the tools to tackle real-world problems, strengthen community partnerships, and prepare to be an engaged citizen and leader.

👉 If you’re ready to address critical societal issues, improve quality of life, and create meaningful change, apply to the UEC today!

📚✨ This week, our Beyond Volunteering First-Year Seminar on community engagement visited the Iowa City Public Library!

Outreach Librarian Mac Edwards gave students a behind-the-scenes tour, and Development Office Coordinator, Katie Roche shared the many ways ICPL serves our community.

We’re grateful to ICPL for welcoming our students and showing how libraries are truly hubs of connection and engagement! 💛

🎵 Tremble Clefs-Iowa
📍 Iowa City Senior Center, Room 302; 28 S. Linn Street, Iowa City
🕥 Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
👤 Contact Abbey Dvorak, ✉️ [email protected], 📞 319-329-5209

Discover the power of music with Tremble Clefs-Iowa, a therapeutic singing group designed for individuals with PD, their caregivers, and family members!

Researchers are finding that common symptoms of Parkinson's disease—such as difficulties with voice, breathing, posture, facial expression, movement, mood, and memory—are improved when we sing.

The group meets on Mondays from 10:30-noon at the Senior Center, Room 302; 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City. We start the fall season on Monday, September 8, 2025, and meet weekly until December 15. The spring season runs Feb. 2, 2026-May 11.

You do not need to attend all sessions to benefit; join us at any time! Even one singing session can improve voice quality.

No musical experience is required for this group. The program includes vocal exercises, breathing techniques, and movement exercises. You do not need to bring anything with you except yourselves. Materials are provided. Tremble Clefs-Iowa is grant-funded, so membership is free!

We hope you can join us!

👋 Hey UI Undergrads—Want to make a difference?

Join the Undergraduate Engagement Corps (UEC)!
✔️ 1 s.h. spring seminar on community engagement
✔️ Workshops + events on campus & in the community
✔️ Mentorship to design a project in your hometown
✔️ Exclusive UEC grant funding

Be part of a program that prepares you to tackle real-world problems, build partnerships, and create meaningful change.

👉 Fill out the form to apply today! http://bit.ly/4gkMymc

📅 Applications due October 13, 2025!

Questions? Email [email protected].

This fall, 16 students are diving into our First-Year Seminar “Beyond Volunteering: Changing Your World Through Community Engagement.”
Our first class trip took us to Iowa City City Hall where we heard from City Manager Geoff Fruin, Mayor Pro Tem Mazahir Salih, and City Councilor Laura Bergus.
As new Iowa City residents, students got an inside look at all the ways the city serves the community—from parks & rec 🌳 to sidewalks & streets 🚦, festivals 🎉, housing 🏡, and more!

We’re excited to welcome the 23 writers joining us on campus for this year’s International Writing Program (IWP)! Through our partnership with IWP, Arts Share is proud to facilitate opportunities for these international writers to engage with our community by leading workshops and readings in schools and local organizations. Visit the IWP website at iwp.uiowa.edu for information on all new 2025 IWP resident writers!

A warm welcome to our newest students and faculty! 👋 The Office of Community Engagement was excited to meet everyone at this week’s orientation events.