Welcome
The mission of the Civic Engagement Center is aligned with National-Louis University’s mission to "develop highly competent and humane individuals to serve and lead in an increasingly diverse and global society” and NLU’s purpose to “educate individuals for service and leadership." The mission of the CEC is to advance the education of students to become civically engaged citizens, scholars and leaders in communities on campus, in the state, the nation and the world.
Learn more about what civic engagement is.
The CEC Promotes:
- Academic service-learning as an empowering tool for engaged critical education.
- Service to community that enhances ethical awareness and civic responsiveness.
- Student and faculty involvement in social, political and cultural, cross-cultural, local, national and international inquiry
- Collaboration and partnerships with community members, built on trust and mutual benefit
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Make a Contribution to NLU's Hatian Relief Effort
On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti centered just 10 miles from Port-Au-Prince, the capital city. The earthquake and its aftershocks destroyed a hospital and damaged many other buildings. The earthquake has already claimed at least 100,000 lives while some estimates point to a death toll as high as 500,000. While disaster relief is being mobilized on many fronts, Haiti’s primary needs now rest in medical aid as much of their own health care infrastructure is damaged or destroyed.
National-Louis University’s Office of Student Affairs will be raising money for Direct Relief International, a non-profit organization directed at disaster relief with a consistent 99% fundraising efficiency rating. For each dollar ($1)raised by Direct Relief International, between $21 and $37 of wholesale medical material aid is directed to target sites. The materials are requested by in-country health care professionals, so everything they receive goes directly to the needs of the people on the ground.
The need for medical aid is highest closest to the tragedy’s occurrence. Please join us in mobilizing now to help make the difference in the survival of thousands of earthquake victims. With every $1 generating up to $37 worth of material aid, a donation of any size will greatly affect the outcome for those trapped, injured and in critical condition. Please spread the word with family and friends, encouraging them to contribute to the fund as well.
Contribute to the National-Louis University Haitian Earthquake Relief Fund
There are few times when an act as simple as a monetary donation can make an immediate difference in a person’s life or death.
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Direct Relief International is approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(C)3 tax-exempt organization, and donations to our organization are tax-deductible.
