Effecting Change Through Partnership
California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) was created through our community’s shared vision of placing students at the center of the educational experience. As Ventura County’s only four-year public university, CSUCI is embarking on its third decade and was recently ranked sixth among CollegeNET's top 20 list of universities for its Social Mobility Index, illustrating the power of a CSUCI post-secondary degree. Ultimately, our graduates become difference-makers, improving opportunities and socio-economic outcomes in our regional, statewide, and global communities. Community is a vital part of CSUCI's success. That's why we build strong partnerships with organizations such as yours.
Partner With Us
Becoming a CSU Channel Islands’ Partner offers many benefits, including
- Providing for students to engage in service, career and learning opportunities through education, leadership development, and meaningful community engagement experiences,
- Supporting faculty and academic program efforts to connect service experiences to coursework, research and programs, and
- Building your organization's brand and awareness of its mission and objectives
There are several ways to partner with us...
Build a Brighter Future for the Next Generation
By making a financial gift to CSUCI you become a difference-maker. Our students benefit by reaching their educational and career goals. After graduation, they then improve their communities through applying learned skills, talent, hard work, and leadership. Students throughout our service region, 61% of whom are first-generation, 47.6% are Pell Grant eligible and 62.4% are from underrepresented groups. Because of gifts from organizations such as yours, 81% of our students who qualify for, receive financial support.
Build Service Learning Opportunities with your Organization
CSU Channel Islands’ Center for Community Engagement (CCE) serves to create, maintain and sustain partnerships with our local and regional community. Organizations who partner with CSUCI in this way have the unique opportunity to mentor CSUCI students about the larger social, cultural and political issues that make up the world around them. The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) works with regional and national non-profit, private sector, and governmental agencies to host CSUCI students seeking service-learning experiences for course credit, with new organizations approved each semester.
Build Your Workforce through Career & Internship Outreach
CSUCI’s Career Development and Alumni Engagement offer various strategies for building your organization's brand on campus and connecting CSUCI students and alumni with employment opportunities at your organization. These opportunities are offered during the fall and spring semesters ending the two weeks before final exams. Most opportunities are offered at no charge to the employer and there are a variety of options to fit every recruitment budget.
Build Your Team through Volunteer Opportunities
The Center for Community Engagement's Volunteer Program provides our campus community with a range of co-curricular opportunities to invest their time, talent, and skills into the community. With over 100 approved community partners, countless volunteer opportunities are available to advance the common good. Volunteers can find opportunities that match their career path or personal interests, broaden their perspective, and become engaged in the work happening on the ground to create positive social change.