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March 2024

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Message from the Vice Provost

Kwesi Brookins, Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement

Celebrating Science and Scholarship

Like many units here at Michigan State University, much of the work we do at University Outreach and Engagement happens under the radar, in quiet spaces like conference venues and classrooms.

That’s why I love this time of year. We get to play “outside,” starting with MSU Science Festival in April. Throughout the month, community members are invited to attend free events celebrating and exploring science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.

Adults and children can choose from 200 age-appropriate activities, ranging from statewide astronomy nights to developing film with beer, creating edible ice cream aquifers, and learning about robots, recycling, and regenerative medicine.

The fun continues May 24-25, when the 40th Annual Science Olympiad National Tournament returns ... read more

Featured MSU Engaged Scholars

Alyse Ley, D.O., director of Prevent 2 Protect, and Frank Straub, of Safe and Sound Schools, participated in a panel discussion moderated by Norm Beauchamp Jr., M.D., executive vice president for MSU Health Sciences, at the 2023 Mackinac Policy Conference. L to R: Beauchamp, Steve Hinkley of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Ley, and Straub.

Prevent 2 Protect: Preventing Adolescent Acts of Violence Through Community Collaboration

Alyse Folino Ley, D.O.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
College of Osteopathic Medicine

In 2018, Aaron Stark stood on stage in Boulder, Colorado, and began his Ted Talk by uttering the words, “I was almost a school shooter.” Stark, a high school student in 1996, admitted through tear-streaked eyes and a quivering voice that in a moment of pain and anger, he almost committed a terrible atrocity.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released a report documenting 93 school shootings with casualties at public and private schools across the United States in 2020-21, and those numbers have only continued to increase.

But what if there was a way to prevent these incidents from ever taking place long before students reached the heightened level of pain and anger that Aaron Stark did nearly 30 years ago?... read more

Children use scissors, glue sticks--and imagination--to create mixed-media collages.

Sharing Olympic Values Through the Arts

Kelly Salchow MacArthur, MFA
Professor, Department of Art, Art History, and Design
College of Arts and Letters

Using these simple tools and elements, MSU Professor Kelly Salchow MacArthur shared her passion for art and sport with children in Paris ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympic games.

The two-time Olympian visited two children’s centers October 23-28, 2023, as part of the Olympian Artists Program, run through the Olympic Museum and the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage. She guided two groups of at-risk children, ages 6-11 and 12 and up, in a collage workshop not unlike what she enacts with her students as a professor of graphic design.

“We start with a word and an image, which have individual meanings, but when we combine them, we create a new message for the viewer,” said Salchow MacArthur. “It’s a very accessible, engaging, low-tech art and design process.” ... read more

Professor Rhonda Conner-Warren talks with students in her community health course before they begin their clinical day at Focus: HOPE in Detroit.

Helping Children and Families Breathe Easier in Detroit

Rhonda Conner-Warren, Ph.D., RN, DPNP-PC
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, MSU Health Care

Amid the happy hubbub of a preschool classroom after recess, MSU nursing student Lexie Salazar leans in with a stethoscope to listen to a 4-year-old’s lung sounds.

She’ll note any differences between the little girl’s breathing before and after her time playing outside on this unseasonably warm March day at FOCUS: Hope’s Center for Children in Detroit. Founded in 1968, FOCUS: Hope offers early education and other programs including job training and senior services aimed at countering the effects of racism, poverty, and social injustice.

While the balmy temperatures put a smile on the children’s faces, they can also trigger breathing problems for students with asthma. That’s a growing concern for educators at the Early Learning Program at Focus: HOPE, who saw the number of students ages 0-5 with asthma rise to 19 this school year ... read more

Announcements and Events

Call for Nominations: Engagement Scholarship Consortium Awards Program
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Nomination Deadline: March 29, 2024

MSU Science Festival
MSU University Outreach and Engagement
East Lansing, Michigan and statewide
April 1-30, 2024

Summer Intensive on Community-Engaged Scholarship
MSU Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
East Lansing, Michigan
Application deadline: April 5, 2024

Community-Engaged Scholarship Write-Ins
MSU Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
April 5, 2024 (Virtual and East Lansing, Michigan)
May 3, 2024 (Virtual and East Lansing, Michigan)

Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices (Virtual)
Campus Compact
April 8, 2024: Compact24 Pre-Conference Institute: Activating Anti-Racist Community Engagement Principles and Practices
April 18, 2024: Doing the Work: Making Space for Undergraduate Students to Participate in Anti-Racist Community Engagement

Call for Proposals: 2024 Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Proposal Deadline: April 8, 2024

Call for Applications: 2024 Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Proposal Deadline: April 8, 2024

Centering Youth Voice Through Arts-Based Evaluation of the WiseGuyz Program (Virtual)
Community-Based Research Canada
April 11, 2024

Reciprocal Research: A Guidebook for Centering Community in Partnership with Indigenous Nations (Virtual)
MSU University Outreach and Engagement
East Lansing, Michigan
April 12, 2024

Trauma-Informed Community Engagement in Research (Virtual)
Community-Based Research Canada
April 12, 2024

Broader Impacts Writing Retreat
MSU Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
East Lansing, Michigan
April 16, 2024

MSU Science Festival: Robin Wall Kimmerer (Livestream)
MSU Outreach and Engagement
April 20, 2024

Contemporary Approaches to Community-Engaged Research (Virtual Series)
IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement)
April 23, 2024: Demystifying Approaches to Causal Inference for SLCE Research
May 15, 2024: Trends Gaps, and Challenges in Doctoral Research on Community Engagement

Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement Reviewer Session (Virtual – For ESC Member Institutions Only)
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
April 24, 2024

Dissertation Dish – Stories from the Field: Black Service-Learning Student Experiences (Virtual)
IARSLCE and GivePulse
April 24, 2024

Call for Applications: Engaged Scholarship Research/Creative Activities Grants Program for Faculty
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Application Deadline: May 3, 2024

Evaluating the Scholarship of Engagement (Virtual – For ESC Member Institutions Only)
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
May 8, 2024

BILINGUAL: Portaging Through Research with an Indigenous Youth Advisory Committee (Virtual)
Community-Based Research Canada
May 9, 2024

Arts-Based Research Design for Centering Communities (Webinar)
Community-Based Research Canada
May 10, 2024

What to Do When You Feel Powerless: Supporting Participants Throughout Complex Situations (Webinar)
Michigan Pre-College and Youth Outreach Conference
May 22, 2024

Science Olympiad National Tournament
MSU University Outreach and Engagement
East Lansing, Michigan
May 24-25, 2024

2024 Pen to Paper Writing Retreat (Pre-Conference Session)
International Symposium in Service-Learning
Indianapolis, Indiana
May 28-29, 2024

Outreach and Engagement Resources

MSU Graduate Certification in Community Engagement
This program prepares graduate students for academic careers that integrate scholarship with community engagement. It offers students a transcript notation indicating that they have completed the program.

Community Engagement Toolkits
Designed by the Center for Community Engaged Learning to guide and support MSU faculty, students, staff, and community partners.

Transformations in Higher Education: The Scholarship of Engagement Series
Available from Michigan State University Press

Looking for Community Partners?

Collaboration and partnership with communities are at the core of engaged scholarship. In all of its work, University Outreach and Engagement emphasizes university-community partnerships that are collaborative, participatory, empowering, systemic, transformative, and anchored in scholarship. If you are a faculty or academic staff member wanting to establish a community partnership, University Outreach and Engagement may be able to help you. Our staff and researchers have connections across the state in areas such as education, mental health, human services, business, and government. For more information, contact Burton Bargerstock, Executive Director of the Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship, at (517) 353-8977 or bb@msu.edu.

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