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Office of Community Engagement (OCE) at Eastern Washington University is the university\u2019s central hub for community-engaged and applied learning.<\/p>\n

OCE connects students, faculty, and community partners through hands-on service learning, community-based research, and real-world projects that strengthen communities while enhancing academic success and career readiness.<\/p>\n

Through service opportunities and strategic partnerships, OCE advances civic responsibility, experiential education, and mutually beneficial collaboration across local, regional, and global communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1542,"featured_media":118848,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-modules.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118557","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"background_image_type":"custom","background":{"ID":118741,"id":118741,"title":"DSC00131","filename":"DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525.jpg","filesize":781622,"url":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/home\/dsc00131\/","alt":"Volunteers at the EWU Community Garden","author":"1542","description":"","caption":"","name":"dsc00131","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":118557,"date":"2026-01-07 19:18:27","modified":"2026-01-07 19:18:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1476,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-300x173.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":173,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-768x443.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":443,"large":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-1024x590.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":590,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-1536x886.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":886,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-2048x1181.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1181,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-300x300.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-400x400.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/oce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/01\/DSC00131-scaled-1-e1768501965525-600x600.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"background_vertical_alignment":"center","text_style":"allcaps","readability_aid":"overlay","intro_title":"","title":"EWU Office of
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Welcome!<\/h2>\n

The Office of Community Engagement (OCE) at Eastern Washington University serves as the central hub for community-focused applied learning.<\/p>\n

We connect students, faculty, and community partners through meaningful, real-world experiences that enrich student learning, address critical needs, and foster a culture of civic responsibility and engagement.<\/p>\n

Research shows that community-engaged learning improves academic success, leadership development, and career readiness. At EWU, this is key to our role as a regional anchor institution.<\/p>\n

The OCE advances community-engaged learning by:<\/span><\/p>\n