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The Engaged Scholar Magazine
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Announcements
MSU Community Builders Program
Recognition for entities and organizations that work with MSU to build Mid-Michigan's reputation as a desirable place to live and work.
New for Faculty: Tools of Engagement
Learn about new curriculum modules available to faculty that introduce undergraduate students to the concept of university-community engagement and help instruct the next generation of scholars.
Attention MSU Faculty:
Award Nominations Open
Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Awards and the C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award
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In This Issue
Featured MSU Engaged Scholars
MSU Priorities
In Every Issue
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Featured MSU Engaged Scholars
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David Carter, Ph.D.
Professor, Criminal Justice
"One-of-a-Kind" Nationwide Intelligence Toolbox Program
A professor in MSU's School of Criminal Justice, David Carter is passionate about training the nation's law enforcement officers to build an intelligence capacity that can prevent and disrupt terrorism-focused activities.
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. Department of Justice recommended that "Every law enforcement agency, regardless of size ... develop an intelligence capacity." Implementing this recommendation in a way that protects citizens' privacy and civil rights was what fueled Dr. Carter's concept for the Intelligence Toolbox training program ...
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Marsha MacDowell, Ph.D.
Professor, Art and Art History
Curator of Folk Arts, MSU Museum
Catching History Before it Disappears
You might think of museums as repositories for the dusty detritus of times past. Marsha MacDowell would disagree. At the MSU Museum, where Dr. MacDowell is curator of folk arts, "we are moving to get more contemporary materials," she said. "We focus on the understudied, underdocumented cultures of today. We want to catch them before they disappear." ...
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MSU Priorities Community and Economic Development in the 21st Century
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Information Technology Empowerment Center
Initiative is a diverse public-private partnership in mid-Michigan
One of the newest initiatives at Michigan State University is a public-private partnership that is working to increase technology skills for children and adults in economically disadvantaged areas and better prepare them for a 21st century workforce.
The Information Technology Empowerment Center (ITEC) has a diverse set of mid-Michigan partners in the business, education, government, and nonprofit sectors. ITEC also has an ambitious regional agenda to enhance and improve the skills necessary to succeed in a high-tech economy...
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Upcoming Events
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Michigan World Usability Day
Friday, November 21, 2008
Michigan Pre-College and Youth Outreach Conference
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, and transformative, and anchored in scholarship. If you are a faculty or academic staff member wanting to establish a partnership with community partners to work on a specific research issue, University Outreach and Engagement can help you. Our University-Community Partnerships (UCP) staff, specialists, and researchers have established connections across the state in a number of areas such as education, mental health, human service, business, and government. For more information, contact:
Bob Brown, e-mail: brownr23@msu.edu, tel.: (517) 432-1450.
ES 360° Feedback ...
We're anxious to hear from you if you would like to comment on anything you've read in our Engaged Scholar E-newsletter. We would also like to hear from you if you would like to suggest an MSU "engaged scholar" or project for future profiling. Please share comments and suggestions with Carla Hills at (517) 355-5059 or engaged.scholar@msu.edu.
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