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Campus-Engaged Learning Activity (CEL-1)
In addition to a minimum of seven faculty-evaluated courses, students in Division I must carry out at least one Campus-Engaged Learning Activity (CEL-1) (a minimum of 40 hours, approximately equal to course contact hours).

The appropriate CEL-1 will be determined in consultation with the tutorial advisor and the activity sponsor. The student will document the fulfillment of the CEL-1 and include a reflection on it in the Division I retrospective essay.

Your CEL-1 must:

• involve collaborative learning
• take place on and/or directly enhance campus life
• add up to a minimum of 40 hours of work
• include systemic documentation and written reflection on the learning

The steps:

1. Check out the working list of CEL-1 activities
2. Select a number of activities that you’d be interested in pursuing.
3. Contact the sponsor of the activity to discuss getting involved.
4. Once the activity is approved, fill out the online proposal and contract form. Your sponsor will be prompted to sign off. (Remember: You can do multiple CEL-1 activities to meet the time requirement. Each activity requires a proposal, contract, and signatures.)
5. Begin your CEL-1! Be committed and enjoy this unique opportunity.
6. Within two weeks of the end of each CEL-1, submit the verification form. This will initiate an automatic email to your sponsor to sign off that you successfully completed your CEL-1.
7. Write a reflection on your experiences in CEL-1 activities. This will be incorporated in your final Division I retrospective.

Why CEL-1?
The CEL-1 requirement enables entering first-year students’ early integration into the life and ethos of the College. The basis of a Hampshire education, Non Satis Scire (“To know is not enough”), requires all community members to make active connections between their academic pursuits and other areas of their lives, recognizing that the projects we undertake outside of the classroom matter.Hampshire College also expects faculty, staff, and students to work collaboratively toward the achievement of shared goals, and to contribute to our community in imaginative ways.

The CEL-1’s collaborative spirit and the requirement that students reflect critically and think carefully about their own engagement also prepare them to become critically engaged scholars, artists, and scientists who participate actively and responsibly in the Hampshire community and the larger world.

While students and advisors can select a CEL-1 from among well-established options--activities in which Hampshire students have long been engaged--the requirement also encourages projects pioneered by Division II and III students, staff, and faculty members themselves.

With the advisor’s approval, groups of first-year students may propose, design, and carry out new, innovative CEL-1 projects that enhance students’ ability to work with others toward shared goals. CEL-1 projects can be aimed at improving the campus; enhancing our academic program and its connection to applied, practical non-course-based activities; addressing specific needs; or at building a spirit of community and collaboration across our varied constituencies.

For Transfer Students
Transfer students do not complete CEL-1 at the Division I level, but are required to complete CEL-2 at the Division II level.