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Center for Community Engagement

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Bringing Together York College and the Community.

The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) promotes the College's positive relationship with the local community and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in York County.

Community-Based Learning
Marketview Arts
CCE Downtown

Community-Focused Programs

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Arts Fellows

Awarded annually to recent graduates of York College, the Appell Arts Fellowship and Powder Mill Foundation Arts Fellowship are designed to give early-career artists the time and resources to extend their portfolio while also contributing to community-based uses of their art.
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Community-Based Learning

Taking students and faculty out of the confines of classrooms and into surrounding communities, community-based learning offers the chance to connect students to real-life issues.
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Spartan Volunteer Network

The Spartan Volunteer Network (SVN) connects York College students, educators, alum, and local community partners with resources and opportunities for meaningful community-based service.
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The Arthur J. Glatfelter Institute for Public Policy

The Arthur J. Glatfelter Institute for Public Policy is a joint program of York College’s Department of History and Political Science and its Center for Community Engagement (CCE).
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Institute for Social Healing

The Institute for Social Healing uses the resources of higher education to connect those who care about violence, trauma, and healing in our communities with the best possible information and with each other.
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Urban Collaborative

The Urban Collaborative is a donor-supported initiative of the CCE. It engages students and faculty from multiple disciplines in project-based research that tangibly supports an improved quality of life in York City.

Center for Community Engagement Staff

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Nicolas Anspach
Nicolas Anspach, Ph.D.
Interim Chair, History and Political Science | Director of the Glatfelter Institute for Public Policy
Associate Professor of Political Science
School of the Arts, Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
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Carly Legg Wood
Carly Legg Wood
Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement
Center for Community Engagement
Jessica Zartman
Jessica Zartman
Director of the Urban Collaborative
Center for Community Engagement
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