Concurrent Sessions

Mindy Wright

Disciplinary Matrices of Evaluation in Community-Based Research

Nancy F. Pine, Student and Program Coordinator, Ohio State University
Mindy Wright, Director of the Writing Workshop, Ohio State University

To begin a cross-curricular conversation about ways different disciplinary research methods affect documenting impact, we will describe a matrix of course and evaluation goals, demonstrating how those goals correspond with chosen research methods. Session participants will be invited to develop and share similar matrices, as part of a cross-disciplinary discussion.

Strengthening Partnerships through WisLine Web

Erica Kauten, Director, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Richard Berg, WisLine Web Trainer, University of Wisconsin-Extension

The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC), in its mission to advance entrepreneurs and economic development, works hard to maintain essential relationships with hundreds of statewide partners. WisLine Web, a combination of telephone and Internet Web conferencing, makes the SBDC's job easier by facilitating dynamic dialogue and interactivity via distance technology.

Budget Crisis? How to Use Outreach Data to Tell the Institution's Story

Diane L. Zimmerman, Director, Administration and Advancement, Michigan State University
Robert L. Church, Vice Provost Emeritus, Michigan State University
Burton A. Bargerstock, Assistant Director, Research and Technology, Michigan State University
Vivek Joshi, Information Technologist, Michigan State University

In times of fiscal restraint, outreach data can be used to help tell an institution's story about its public engagement. Workshop participants will explore methods of using comprehensive data on faculty and staff outreach activities for creating persuasive descriptions of an institution's accomplishments in sharing knowledge resources with external audiences.

Indigenous Knowledges: Transforming the Academy

Audrey N. Maretzki, Professor of Food Science and Nutrition, Penn State
Ladislaus M. Semali, Associate Professor of Education, Penn State

Indigenous knowledges are to the ethnosphere what indigenous plant and animal species are to the biosphere. Today, both the ethnosphere and the biosphere are under threat of a loss of diversity. In this workshop, participants will learn about an unusually multicultural, multidisciplinary conference, view a video highlighting some of the conferences' unique features, and be encouraged to consider how indigenous knowledges could transform their own institution.

Unlocking the Resources of Higher Education for Child Care Professionals in Georgia

Jan Smith, Public Service Associate, University of Georgia
Nancy Thompson, University of Georgia

Child care providers face barriers to continuing their education including too little knowledge of how to unlock the resources in journeying to their career goals. This workshop is about opening the locked doors of higher education through collaboration among those who care about the child care provider and the child.

The Community and Planning Context for Outreach Scholarship

Daney Jackson, Director of Cooperative Extension, Associate Vice President for Outreach, and Associate Dean in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State
Marilyn Corbin, Associate Director and State Program Leader, Penn State Cooperative Extension
Theodore R. Alter, Associate Vice President for Outreach and Director of Cooperative Extension, Penn State Cooperative Extension
Nancy Ellen Kiernan, Program Evaluator, Penn State Cooperative Extension
Jack Watson, Associate Director and State Program Leader, Penn State Cooperative Extension

Penn State Cooperative Extension's new model for statewide program planning is grounded in the logic modeling process. This session will illustrate how the logic modeling process is an organizational and leadership tool that can lead to influencing outreach scholarship. Perspectives on the model, strategies, and "best practices" will be shared.


Ohio State University P-12 Project's Neighborhood Schools Initiative: An Update Two Years Later

Nancy Nestor-Baker, Director, P-12 Project, Ohio State University

At the 2002 Outreach Scholarship conference, the OSU P-12 Project's neighborhood schools initiative, "The Learning Bridge," was featured. Since then, the initiative has undergone significant leadership and organizational changes. This session examines successes and failures of the neighborhood schools initiative, and draws conclusions about engaging high-need schools close to home.


Implementing Stakeholder-Focused Program Needs Assessment: The Good, the Bad, and the Questionable

Nancy K. Franz, Associate Director, University of New Hampshire
Lisa Townson, Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Extension Specialist, University of New Hampshire

Mutually beneficial outreach programs require opportunities for stakeholder input. Discover a stakeholder-focused program needs assessment process implemented by the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. Participants will explore the lessons learned from the process and discuss implications for future efforts to involve stakeholders in program planning.



Public Service Media as Service Learning

Bassam Shakhashiri, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
David DiBiase, Director of the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute, Penn State
Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Penn State
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Associate Professor of Geosciences, Penn State

Faculty are integrating public broadcasting technologies and pedagogies into learning experiences for their students. The Penn State faculty will address the goals, intellectual and institutional contexts, and work plan of their Public Service Media as Service Learning project. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Shakhashiri will share his experiences with K-12 education and science literacy.

Public Scholarship and the Land-Grant Mission

Jeremy Cohen, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Communications, Penn State
Carol Colbeck, Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education, Penn State
Rosa Eberly, Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State
Constance Flanagan, Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education, Penn State
Patty Wharton Michael, Graduate Student, Penn State
Nicole Webster, Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education, Penn State
Lakshman Yapa, Professor of Geography, Penn State

Working with the Kettering Foundation, members of Penn State's Faculty Public Scholarship Associates have developed a taxonomy of public scholarship. At Penn State, the development of a curriculum of consequence through course work, research, and the implementation of a new intercollege minor in civic and community engagement supports the conduct of teaching, learning, and performance as a means through which students and faculty can view their work, not as segregated from society but as the contributions of scholar-citizens with membership in a larger community. Members of the research group will share findings on the place of student and faculty public scholarship in the land-grant mission; unique developmentally based opportunities for undergraduate participation; organizational incentives and roadblocks to deep faculty participation; the identification of useful and supportive scholarly literature; and the assessment of public scholarship outcomes.

Initiative-Based Public Service and Outreach as a Means to Harness Expertise across the Disciplines to Plan for Impact

Arthur Dunning, Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, and Associate Provost, The University of Georgia
Patricia (Trish) Kalivoda, Associate Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, The University of Georgia

This session will describe how the Office of Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia (UGA), the land-grant and flagship institution in Georgia, is working to marshal the expertise of UGA's academic and public service faculty to address issues critical to the state, region, and world. The primary strategy is an initiative-based approach. The session will outline UGA's current initiatives, why these initiatives are important to Georgia, the connections between the various initiatives, and, most significant, how partnerships and collaborations are being built among the various units on campus.