Applications now being accepted through May 19.

Have you been thinking about designing or redesigning an undergraduate course to integrate a community-based,
experiential learning component? Do you have a relationship with a community group or organization that wants to partner with you on the course? If so, this opportunity is for you!

In August 2025, a small cohort of CU Boulder faculty members will have the opportunity to join a University of Arizona program to support the design of undergraduate courses that integrate community-engaged, experiential learning opportunities.

• Starts with a five-day, virtual, intensive workshop and offers the opportunity to participate in a year-long community of learning.
• Introduces faculty members to a human-centered design approach for integrating external stakeholders and real projects in undergraduate courses.
• Students work alongside their peers and community partners to develop desirable, feasible, and viable solutions to challenges informed by partners’ needs.

The Experiential Learning Design Accelerator is offered by the University of Arizona, in partnership with CU Boulder's Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship (PACES) and the Center for Teaching and Learning. In its successful pilot year, the program was managed by CU Engage.

• University of Arizona will provide mentorship and a community of practice among faculty who have successfully developed scholarship, including grant proposals, papers, and presentations based on engaged learning pedagogy.
• PACES will support the CU Boulder cohort with connecting to a CU Boulder community of scholars interested in community-engaged scholarship and with developing a way to share their learning with the broader community.  
• The five-day, online, summer intensive will take place from Aug.11-18,10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Mon.- Fri. with Wed. as individual work time.
• Faculty participants and their community partners (1 partner per faculty member) will receive stipends to support their participation: faculty participants ($2000) and community partners ($1000).

Please contact Lisa Schwartz with questions about the program, eligibility, or the application.

Apply for the Experiential Learning Design Accelerator here.