Anchor Organizations in the SCEC are student organizations that seek to deepen and strengthen their community-engaged scholarship.
These organization have dedicated office space in the SCEC in Capital Hall, work to develop an action plan for advancing their community partnerships and engagement initiatives, and assess and evaluate the impact of their work.
The 2020–2021 Anchor Organizations are:
SCEC Leadership Academy
The goal of the SCEC Leadership Academy will be to develop student leaders of community-engaged scholarship at The University of Alabama. Each year, a cohort of undergraduate and graduate students will meet monthly to discuss the fundamentals of community engagement, strategies for leading community-engaged scholarship, and emerging trends. Members of the SCEC Leadership Academy will
- Serve as campus and community leaders to advance community-engaged scholarship.
- Take a leadership role in SCOPE (Scholars for Community Outreach, Partnership, and Engagement).
- Act as liaisons between the Student Community Engagement Center and other university organizations and networks in which they are engaged.

The 2020–2021 members of the SCEC Leadership Academy are:
Tyler Nicole Fowler
Ian Noonan
Meredith Prescott
Angel Shadd
Abigail Slusser
Claire Weiss
Whitney Zeigler
If you are interested in applying for 2022-2023, please submit an application by Monday, April 18, 2022.
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The Student Community Engagement Center is located within Capital Hall on the Bryce campus.
270 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa Alabama