Graduation with Leadership Distinction in Community Engagement (GLDCE)

Earn Recognition on Your Diploma with Students Connected

Graduation 2022

Graduation with Leadership Distinction in Community Engagement (GLDCE) demonstrates that a graduate has extensively engaged in the Students Connected program, putting forth substantial effort to understand issues facing the community and applying their learning to improve it. GLDCE is a formal distinction recognized and notated on graduates’ transcripts/diplomas. GLDCE is achieved when a student has completed all core, external, and professional requirements. For more information, please contact one of the Students Connected CoDirectors.

Course Requirements

1 Foundational Students Connected course 3 credit hours

1 Traditional Experiential Students Connected course 3 credit hours

1 Community-Partnered Students Connected course 3 credit hours

1 Capstone Students Connected course* 1 credit hour

10 credit hours total coursework

* An independent study may be substituted for the capstone.

External Requirements

200 Community-Based Work Hours

Professional Requirements

Community Presentation

ePortfolio (Score >=70)

For More Information:

Summer Roberts, PhD

Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor of Sociology
Gerontology Certificate Coordinator
Students Connected Co-Director

Office: 843-208-8353

SMCWILLI@uscb.edu

Library Room 263
One University Boulevard
Bluffton, SC 29909

Graduation with Leadership Distinction in Community Engagement (GLDCE)

Earn Recognition on Your Diploma with Students Connected

For More Information:

Summer Roberts, PhD

Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor of SociologyGerontology Certificate CoordinatorStudents Connected Co-Director

Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor of Sociology
Gerontology Certificate Coordinator
Students Connected Co-Director