How to Apply?
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Where students learn to solve problems hand-in-hand with community partners.
"THERE IS NO POWER FOR CHANGE GREATER THAN A COMMUNITY DISCOVERING WHAT IT CARES ABOUT." – MARGARET J. WHEATLEY
What is a Canale?
Initiated from the vision and support of Sewanee alum John Canale C’67, the Canale Leaders program enables current Sewanee students to apply each year to serve and work as a student leader with local community partners supporting their work for positive social change.
Canales build their civic identity and sense of civic agency through leadership training and a supportive community of student servant leaders, while working on community-identified needs and projects.
WHY BE A CANALE?
Find your place, build your skills and confidence, learn what impact your life can make.
Connect
- Be part of a community of over 70 student leaders
- Immerse yourself in a culture of curiosity, inclusivity, intentionality, and growth
Serve
- Gain work experience and skill building, while being paid to work 10 hours each week
- Potential to work with over thirty community partners and connect it with personal, professional, or academic interests.
Learn
- Participate in workshop training for leadership skills (e.g. communication and dialogue skills, perspective taking, asset-mapping, civic agency) and contextual understanding (e.g. place-based and issue knowledge, and knowledge of identities, structures, power and privilege).
- Go deeper connecting theory and practice through reflections.
