Mission

The Center for Experiential Learning seeks to serve students, faculty, staff and community partners of Loyola University Chicago as a resource for experiential learning opportunities and partnerships. We offer information, resources and support for the development of academic internship opportunities, service-learning courses and undergraduate research experiences. In serving the community, we align our work with the Jesuit, Catholic mission and vision of the University, seeking "to expand knowledge in the service of humanity," and broaden learning through extraordinary experiences and critical reflection on those experiences.

Vision

In support of the CEL mission, we seek the following:

1)  To implement the mission of Loyola University Chicago by "expanding knowledge in the service of humanity" through experiential learning opportunities, engaging students, faculty, staff, and community partners;

2)  To collaborate with community agencies to develop partnerships, to build capacity, and to respond to community-defined priorities through shared opportunities of experiential learning;

3)  To empower Loyola students to avail themselves of, and critically reflect on, experiential learning through cultivating pre-professional skills, exploring career and life purpose, and fostering self-efficacy;

4)  To support faculty in creating and actualizing experiential learning opportunities and to promote the scholarship of engagement across the university;

In order to support the ongoing development of Loyola University Chicago as an outstanding undergraduate institution for learning and to become a model of experiential learning among higher education institutions.

For an overview of the Center for Experiential Learning and its programs in PDF format, click here.