New Center fosters an engaged campus.
For 26 years, more than 10,000 Montclair state students have participated in experiential education through out the cooperative education program. Six years ago, students were introduced to the opportunity to learn about active citizenship and service to the community through the Service-Learning Program. Today, these two programs, as well as other applied learning activities that will help foster an engaged campus, comprise the university s newly established center for community based learning. Freyda Lazarus, director, said the center will assist the university focus a major part of its teaching, research and service resources on the critical issues facing local communities. We have tremendous resources from which the local community can benefit, Lazarus explained.