18th Annual CEL Conference
Ending the Injustice of Generational Poverty

Saturday, February 1, 2025
8:00 am to 2:30 pm
UT Health San Antonio

Registration coming soon!

Agenda

To be determined.

Objectives

• To share best practices and scholarship in community engaged learning with a focus on creating a poverty-informed community working towards breaking the cycle of generational poverty.
• To bring together an interprofessional group of University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center students, faculty, and staff from across the state with community partners to foster service-learning collaborations.
• To highlight existing UT Health Science System community engaged learning projects and future opportunities.
• To recognize and reward excellence in community engaged learning within the UT Health Science System.

About the Conference

Community Engaged Learning (CEL) is a structured learning experience that combines community service with explicit learning objectives, preparation, mentorship and reflection. UT Health San Antonio students address community-identified needs while learning about the context in which illness develops, connecting their academic coursework to real-life situations, and reflecting on their roles as future healthcare professionals.

The Annual CEL Conference at UT Health San Antonio originated in 2008 as an opportunity to learn from the CEL experiences of students, faculty, staff, and community partners in San Antonio and across Texas. Each year, the conference focuses on a theme relevant to service-learning and hosts experts and guest lecturers, provides skill-building workshops, and showcases CEL projects through students’ poster presentations.

Presented by the Cheever Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics in conjunction with an interprofessional planning committee, the conference is free and open to the community.