Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop
Intensive professional development program
Outreach and Engagement Practitioners Network
Community of practice that offers a workshop
Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship
Institution for advancing university-community collaboration
Call for Proposals: 2021 National Humanities Conference (Deadline: April 19, 2021)
New Issue: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 25(1)
Call for Nominations: 2021 ESC Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Awards (Deadline: March 26, 2021)
Call for Proposals: ESC 2021 Conference (Deadline extended: March 26, 2021)
New Issue: International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement
New Issue: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
Call for Submissions: eJOPA Special Issue on Participatory Approaches to Strengthening Democracy (Submission deadline: February 1, 2021)
Engagement Scholarship Consortium Announces Recipients of Excellence Awards Program
New Policy Report: Addressing Impacts of COVID-19 on Marginalized Children and Youth
Webinar: Co-Creation of Knowledge and Integration of Values for Equitable Research - Lessons from Indigenous Early Childhood Community Research Partnerships (November 18, 2020) (Registration deadline: November 17, 2020)
Call for Proposals Extended: Outreach and Engagement Practitioners Network Virtual Meeting (New Deadline: September 4, 2020)
Call for Proposals: Outreach and Engagement Practitioners Network Virtual Meeting (Deadline: August 31, 2020; Meeting: October 19, 2020)
CUMU Forum: Where do we go from here? A virtual discussion on anti-racism efforts. (Recording of an August 13, 2020 moderated discussion)
Call for Applications: ARIS Center Fellowship Program (Application deadline: September 30, 2020) (Info sessions: Aug 20 and 31)
Call for Participation: A Collective Creative Engagement hosted by Imagining America (Extended submission deadline: September 4, 2020)
Registration Open: Public Engagement with Science: Defining and Measuring Success Virtual Conference (September 4-5, 11-12, Online)
Call for Papers for Inaugural Issue: The International Journal of Outreach and Community Engagement (Deadline: August 31, 2020)
Call for Proposals for Special Issue: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Community Engagement in the COVID-19 Reality (Deadline: September 1, 2020)
Call for Participants and Papers: Advancing Scholarship and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in Working Landscapes Workshop Series (Deadline: August 3, 2020)
New Issue of Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement Released
Award-Winning Engagement
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Anne Braden Institute – Kentucky LGBTQ Heritage
The University of Louisville's Institute for Social Justice Research partnered with the Fairness Campaign, an LGBTQ-equality organization, to produce the nation's first statewide report on LGBTQ history. Read more
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Interdisciplinary Farmworker Research and Collaboration Initiatives
Agriculture is New York State's primary economic activity, and the industry relies on tens of thousands of immigrant farmworkers. Read more
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Campus Connections Youth Mentoring Program
In 2009, Colorado State University (CSU) launched the Campus Connections Youth Mentoring Program to help mentor disadvantaged youth and build leadership skills for CSU students. Read more
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Purdue University's Joint Transportation Research Program
Purdue University's Joint Transportation Research Program facilitates collaboration between the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), higher education institutions, and industry to implement... Read more
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The Virginia Tech Water Study Research Team: Flint Michigan Water Crisis
For nearly a decade, Virginia Tech faculty, students, and community partners worked together to analyze drinking water to ensure it meets safety standards. Read more
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Schools Within the Context of Community (SCC)
Ball State University's Schools within the Context of Community (SCC) program takes a unique approach to teacher education to help prepare culturally responsive and community-engaged teachers. Read more
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Healthy Gulf, Healthy Communities (HGHC)
The University of Florida’s Healthy Gulf, Healthy Communities (HGHC) worked to address human health effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf Coast communities throughout Alabama and Florida. Read more
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Solutions-based Health Innovations and Nutrition Excellence (SHINE)
SHINE is a collaboration between Oklahoma State University and partners throughout Indian Country that studies nutrition and public health issues identified by Chickasaw citizens, combining cultural, historical, and programming knowledge with scientific expertise. Read more
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Prevention Innovations Research Center (PIRC)
The University of New Hampshire's PIRC develops innovative and trauma-informed responses to sexual and relationship violence and stalking through scholarship that engages community partners. Read more
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Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
EPICS is a curricular approach to engagement that involves Purdue University undergraduates in the development, design, delivery, and support of technology-based solutions to meet community needs. Read more
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Motivating Adolescents with Technology to Choose Health (MATCH)
A collaboration between East Carolina University and its regional community, the MATCH-Wellness partnership was created to address American childhood obesity rates that have tripled over the last decade. Read more
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Let Knowledge Serve: Portland State University and the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Portland State University (PSU) and the City of Portland''s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) are committed to a partnership that engages faculty and students from a variety of disciplines in education, research, and service. Read more
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The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State
The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness fosters research and outreach efforts to promote the health and wellbeing of military families. Read more
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CommUniverCity San José is a partnership that engages local residents with faculty, students and city staff in learning projects that accomplish neighborhood-defined goals. Read more
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East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood is a community-based collaboration designed to improve the educational opportunities for children in East Lubbock. Read more
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Hennepin-University Partnership represents a 10-year-old strategic alignment between the University of Minnesota and Hennepin County. This alignment focuses on addressing... Read more
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New Hampshire Lakes Lay Monitoring Program (NH LLMP) is a volunteer water quality monitoring program that has been used as a model to create and improve similar programs in 35 states and 12 countries. Read more
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Oregon Open Campus (OOC): Making the Connection serves as a convener of community partners who address educational needs unique to individual Oregon communities. Read more
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Working Together to Transform Lives through Pharmacist Collaborative Care and Outreach in the Community (PCOC) initiatives focus on underserved populations, including the uninsured, older adults, homeless individuals, and those living in rural areas. Read more
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Purdue Kenya Program's (PKP) mission is to build sustainable access to high quality care for nearly 3.5 million people in the AMPATH catchment area while fostering development of globally engaged students. This partnership includes Kenyan patients and pharmacists as well as AMPATH and Purdue University. Read more
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Nuestra Casa ("Our House") is an interactive advocacy, communication and social mobilization tool, sharing stories of challenge and hope from people living with tuberculosis (TB), a major global health threat that takes a particular toll on impoverished communities. Read more
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The Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program engages students and faculty across Penn State in the rigorous research, design, field-testing, and launch of technology-based social enterprises. Read more
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McCall Outdoor School (MOSS) embodies the University of Idaho's (UI) land-grant mission of "teaching, research, outreach, and engagement in a collaborative environment." Read more
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The Young Scholars Program (YSP) enhances the academic, personal, and career development skills of students from low-income families to prepare them for college success. Read more
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The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) focuses on field research, CEFS' work expanded into community engagement. Read more
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University Crowdsourcing, Climate Change and Student Science: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) engages over 15,000 volunteers nationwide who help measure and map precipitation. Read more
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Over-the-Rhine Residency Program engages Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati's oldest and poorest neighborhood, predominantly of color, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the site of racial unrest just eleven years ago. Read more
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From Bozeman to Khwisero: Engineers Without Borders
The Montana State University Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a student-initiated and largely student-managed partnership between Montana State University students and faculty; the Bozeman, MT community; and the people of Khwisero District of Western Province, Kenya. Read more
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Ready for the World is part of a long-range plan at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) to transform the campus culture and prepare students for the 21st century. Read more
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Working Together to Improve the Lives of People Affected by Epilepsy in Zambia
Epilepsy is a neurologic disorder resulting in recurrent, unprovoked siezures. The biomedical burden can be substantial, but for many Read more
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Regenerative Design in Stressed Communities
For three years, landscape architecture Professor Ken Tamminga of Penn State University has made stressed Pittsburgh neighborhoods the platform for the Pittsburgh Studio, a fourth/fifth-year design studio. Read more
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Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center meets the urgent needs of a community with significant poverty, crime, and health disparities, East Carolina University works in partnership with the City, Pitt Community College, and community organizations to administer the Lucille W. Gorham Intergenerational Community Center (IGCC) programs. • Read more
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Solutions-based Health Innovations and Nutrition Excellence (SHINE) is a collaboration between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and partners throughout Indian Country. Read more
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