Courses & Scholarship

Courses & Scholarship

Community-based learning (CBL) courses connect students to communities for the purpose of deepening learning. Community-engaged research engages faculty expertise with the expertise of community stakeholders in order to co-create new knowledge that serves a public good extending beyond the academic purpose of the work.

Bonner Center for Civic Engagement staff work with faculty seeking to create and fund CBL opportunities and pursue community-engaged research.
Faculty Fellowships
Faculty Resources
Course Support Grants

Community-Based Learning

Community-based learning can include a variety of modes, including volunteering, collaborative projects, clinical education, and study trips. Many community-based learning courses at the University of Richmond center around larger initiatives, including the Eco-Corridor on campus and the restoration of African American cemeteries across Richmond.
Community-Based Learning Courses
Course Support Grants
Eco-Corridor Courses
East End Cemetery Collaboratory Courses
Community Conversation

New Knowledge for the Public Good

Community-engaged research engages faculty and community stakeholders in meaningful research together and is published both in disciplinary journals and in journals dedicated to community engagement. 

Community-engaged Research & Publications
Volunteer Celebration

Resources for Community-Based Learning Students

Community-based learning succeeds when students further their own learning through experience and reflection and give valuable information or service to the community partner.

CBL Student Resources
Safety Awareness
Screenshot of The Peer Review article
SPCS Student Update
Students in 'Writing With and About AI' course published in The Peer Review journal

Graduate students and high school educators Kara Boltz, Stephanie Erickson, Meg Heyssel and Melissa Ligh recently published field narratives, “Four High School Teachers Contemplate AI,” in The Peer Review, a journal for writing center and writing studies professionals. Their narratives originated in Adjunct Professor Joe Essid’s Spring 2025 “Writing With and About AI” course and focus on their experience of using generative AI in their classrooms.

Mitchell Dunham headshot on blue background
SGA Student Spotlight
Mitchell Dunham in his own words

Mitchell Dunham, who is pursuing a Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) through SPCS, is a defender on the Spiders men’s lacrosse team. He played lacrosse as an undergraduate student for Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland before transferring to UR.