Office of Civic Engagement

The Office of Civic Engagement at the University of Minnesota Duluth was in existence by October 2005 and continued until budget cuts eliminated it in early to mid-2014. Its mission was to "provide assistance and support to faculty, students, and staff regarding community-based learning opportunities that enhance UMD’s co-curricular and/or curricular initiatives."

A predecessor, the Darland Connection (previously known as the Darland Intergenerational Program and the Darland Center) was established in the fall of 1990 by Dr. Robert Falk, long-time UMD faculty member, in honor of former UMD Chancellor Raymond Darland and his wife Jewell. It offered volunteer tutoring/mentoring services to children in Duluth area schools. Initially the tutors were retired UMD faculty and staff but UMD students and community volunteers soon joined as well.