The Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) invites applications from current Elon University first-year students for a three-year (Summer 2022 – Spring 2025) research collaboration on Work-Integrated Learning.
The Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) invites applications from current Elon University first-year students for a three-year (Summer 2022 – Spring 2025) research collaboration on Work-Integrated Learning (internships, co-ops, field placements, student teaching, etc.). Accepted CEL Student Scholars will collaborate with two Elon University faculty CJ Eubanks Fleming and Jessie L. Moore, as well as Canadian scholar Judene Pretti of the University of Waterloo, to lead international, multi-institutional research on this engaged learning topic.
Applications are due March 7, 2022.
Eligibility
The CEL Student Scholar program is open to current Elon University first-year students (during the 2021-2022 academic year) from any major. Applicants should have an interest in engaged learning in higher education (broadly) and in the 2022-2025 research topic – Work-Integrated Learning.
First-year students apply in Spring 2022 to begin the program in the summer between their first and second years during Summer 2022.
What Will CEL Student Scholars Do?
Accepted CEL Student Scholars will collaborate on a three-year research project with Elon faculty and staff and with CEL Research Seminar participants from colleges and universities around the world.
During three consecutive summers (e.g., 2022, 2023, 2024), CEL Student Scholars will…
- Receive a $3,000 summer stipend as compensation for the Student Scholar’s work during the summer;
- Have access to double-occupancy, on-campus, summer housing;
- Participate in a week-long research seminar meeting with faculty and staff from Elon and other colleges and universities around the globe;
- Attend (and during second and third summers, present at) the Conference on Engaged Learning;
- Collaborate in weekly meetings with the seminar co-leaders and/or the CEL Director to advance the research project, collaborate on resources, and learn about strategies for studying engaged learning; and
- Have opportunities to attend events with other undergraduate researchers.
During their second, third and fourth academic years (e.g., 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025), CEL Student Scholars will…
- Receive a $1,000 stipend each semester as compensation for the Student Scholar’s work during the academic year;
- Collaborate in 1-hour meetings every other week with the seminar co-leaders;
- Join other CEL Student Scholars and the CEL Director for a 1-hour meeting every other week to discuss engaged learning research and practices, strategies for studying engaged learning, and other cross-seminar topics; and
- Spend an additional 1-2 hours a week completing research tasks.
Two students will be accepted as CEL Student Scholars each year. Accepted scholars can discuss with the CEL Director and their advisor whether they wish to register for 4999 undergraduate research credit during one or more of their semesters as a CEL Student Scholar. Acceptance as a CEL Student Scholar also does not preclude participation in other Elon experiences like study away and internships.
Learn more about the CEL Student Scholar program and the application process.