Community Engagement
& Leadership Education (CELE) Center

Civic Health Scorecard

Track Your Impact. Grow Your Leadership. Strengthen Our Civic Health. 

The Civic Health Scorecard is your guide to exploring, practicing, and reflecting on civic leadership at the University of Washington and beyond. You can contribute to the health of our communities through various activities, like volunteering, voting or even engaging with dialogue or the arts.

Why Get Involved?

The Scorecard is more than just a checklist; it’s a way to see how your choices and contributions can strengthen our community. With the Scorecard, you will: 

  • build leadership skills that employers and graduate programs value like: communication, collaboration, problem-solving and civic responsibility.  

  • connect with fellow peers, facult and community through meaningful action.  

  • see your impact grow as part of a collective effort across the UW.  

  • build an extracurricular impact transcript to track your accomplishments, informing your applications for internships, scholarships and jobs. 

Explore the Scorecard

Ready to jump in? 

How to Get Started?

Engaging with the Scorecard is simple: 

  1. Explore Categories: Choose from five areas—Civic Dialogue, Democratic Engagement, Community Well-Being, Arts & Culture, and Environmental & Land Stewardship. 
  2. Make an Impact: Attend an event, volunteer, or try one of the everyday activities listed. 
  3. Log Your Impact: Use CommunityConnectUW (CCUW) to record your action and complete a short reflection. 
  4. Track Your Growth: See how your actions build over time and across the UW community while earning points that add up to recognition like the NextGen Civic Leader Badge. 

FAQ

  • Do I have to complete every action? → No, choose what is meaningful to you. 
  • How do you know I completed an action? → We will verify through the documentation and reflection you submit for each Impact.
  • Can I make my account private? → Yes, all CCUW accounts are initially private. You can change your profile to public in the settings.

Student Advisory Board

The Civic Health Scorecard is studentpowered. Join monthly Civic Health Scorecard Student Advisory Board (SAB) meetings to be a part of the student codevelopment of civic leadership programming: 

  • Codevelop Scorecard actions and reflection prompts. 
  • Help guide the growth of Community Connect UW
  • Host outreach events to engage peers. 
  • Build leadership and collaboration skills.
  • Shape civic health innovation at the UW

Student Advisory Board Interest Form →

Contact & Support 

Have questions or want to bring the Scorecard to your course, Registered Student Organization (RSO), or event? Contact us: 

celecenter@uw.edu 
Mary Gates Hall Suite 171 

“When I logged my first action, I realized that small choices—like showing up for a dialogue—add up to something bigger. It made me feel more connected to UW and to Seattle.” 
— Civic Dialogue Facilitator, Class of 2027 

“I wish I had access to the Civic Health Scorecard in high school."
— Civic Dialogue Facilitator, Class of 2029