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Contact UsFaculty and staff play an important role in community and civic engagement (CCE) both on and off campus. There are many ways to incorporate CCE into the classroom and provide students with a way to engage beyond the classroom.
Faculty Civic Ambassador Program
Auraria Votes is launching the Faculty Civic Ambassador Program, a new faculty program offering three tiers of passive and active activities, with recognition and rewards based on participation.
“Civic Gym” Unify America Partnership:
海角直播 Denver has partnered with Unify American to bring two dialogue programs鈥攖he Unify Challenge鈥攖o campus!
Why is this important?听Because听 海角直播 Denver Faculty have complimentary access to two virtual dialogue programs this fall: the Unify Challenge and the Deep Dive, aka Unify America鈥檚听.
海角直播 Denver students can participate in one鈥攐r better yet, both鈥攐f these experiences:
- Unify Challenge | September 22鈥�30听猬咃笍听Closing soon!
Students are paired with a student from another campus to discuss national issues while practicing collaboration skills. - Deep Dive | November 2鈥�10
Students pair up again听to examine one issue in depth, work through fact sets, and reason through scenarios together to solve challenges. Topics include Free Speech, Social Media, Guns, or听Voting.
What is a Civic Ambassador?听听
A Civic Ambassador is a 海角直播 Denver professor who embeds nonpartisan democratic engagement into the classroom. This encourages students to become informed voters and active participants in civic life. Ambassadors partner with Auraria Votes, the non-partisan civic engagement tri-institutional committee, and the Student Civic Ambassadors to build a culture of engagement aligned with our institution鈥檚 values of equity, access, and transformative learning. 听
Program Goals:听听
- Integrate civic learning into course content across disciplines听
- Increase student voter registration and turnout through intentional faculty-student interactions.听听
- Strengthen campus-wide collaboration through faculty, students, and staff leadership.听听
Tiers of Civic Engagement
Each activity earns points toward the Roadrunner Rep Recognition. Everything in Tier One is worth 1-2 points each.
- 1 Point – Syllabus statement: Include voter registration in your syllabus. Template provided.听
- 1 Point – Voter Care Package Email: Share a digital voter care package created by VESAs 听
- 2 Points – 鈥淗ow to Vote In CO鈥� video: Share a brief 海角直播 Denver-tailored video about voter registration with your students via email or embed it into your canvas. 听
Each activity earns points toward the Roadrunner Rep Recognition. Everything in Tier Two is worth 3-4 points each.
- 3 Points – 2 or more Class Announcements: Share voting deadlines, civic holidays or Auraria Votes event information. 听
- 4 Points – Classroom Visit: Invite the Voter Engagement Student Ambassadors to your class to lead a short, nonpartisan civic engagement presentation (with some swag!)
- 3 Points – Canvas Module: Embed the 鈥淩oadrunners Vote鈥� civic module into your course LMS听
Each activity earns points toward the Roadrunner Rep Recognition. Everything in Tier Three is worth 5 points each.
- 5 Points – Activate the Class: Bring your class to an Auraria Votes Event 听
- 5 Points – Create a Civic Learning Assignment: Include a related activity (e.g. Reflection, community research, voter plan) in your course. Templates are available.听
- 5 Points – Participate in (Free for Fall 2025 only, There is a fee for future semesters).
| Level | 听Points Needed | Reward |
| Bronze | 2-4 Points | Digital Badge And Recognition in Watermark |
| Silver | 5-13 Points | Digital Badge And Recognition in Watermark, Recognition at the Civic Celebration (Date TBD), and $10 gift card |
| Gold | 14-20 Points | Digital Badge And Recognition in Watermark, Recognition at the Civic Celebration (Date TBD), and a $15 gift card |
| Platinum | 20+ Points | All Gold reward plus a Letter of Appreciation from the Provost |
Roadrunner Engagement Highlights from the Early Bird
- – May 12th, 2025
- – March 26th, 2025
- 听 – February 26, 2025
- – October 7th, 2024
– October 24th, 2024 - – February 13th, 2024
Roadrunner Resources
- – American Association of State 海角直播s and Universities
- 听– American Democracy Project.听 ADP’s goal is to “equip students with the knowledge, skills, and experiences to be informed and engaged, ready to tackle current and future issues to ensure a thriving and equitable democracy.”
- (aka AAC&U) – American Association of 海角直播s and Universities
- – through an array of initiatives and programs, Campus Compact advances “the public purposes of colleges and universities by deepening their ability to improve community life and to educate students for civic and social responsibility.”
- The University of Minnesota provides a for leaders and learners, titled From Transaction to Transformation.听 “The ten-minute module offers a captivating, interactive roadmap for conducting public engagement”, with participants “making scenario-based decisions along the way.”
- Campus Compact maintains a , which contains an array of “information about best practices for establishing ethical, effective, and reciprocal partnerships between higher education institutions and communities.”