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May 2023 |
Message from the Associate Provost |
Celebrating Our ScholarsAs we emerge from another Michigan winter, signs of spring abound on campus—colorful flowers dot the landscape and magnolia trees are in full bloom. It is also a time to celebrate our graduates as they prepare to use the skills and knowledge they have gained here to contribute to their communities in Michigan, across the United States, and around the globe. It has been a thrill to become part of that enterprise here at Michigan State University as associate provost for University Outreach and Engagement (UOE). Since joining UOE in January, I have seen firsthand the depth and breadth of university-community partnerships that drew me back to MSU. I say "back" because I am a returning Spartan. I earned my doctorate in ecological/community psychology and Master of Arts in psychology from MSU. More recently, I served as vice provost for University Outreach and Engagement and director of the Center for Family and Community Engagement at North Carolina State University. While I take pride in the work we did at NC State, what attracted me to MSU was the opportunity to lead the premiere outreach and engagement office in the nation. MSU has a reputation for its groundbreaking work in this field. I am excited about the ways that, together with our community partners, we can continue to share our vast and varied resources in ways that can positively impact the university, the state, and beyond ... read more |
Featured MSU Engaged Scholars
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Announcements and Events |
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Call for Applications: 2023-2024 Engaged Scholars Initiative Cohort Urban Engagement, Entwined: Examining the Intersecting Impacts of the Pandemic and Identity-based Justice Movements on Community Engagement in Urban Spaces (Webinar) Community-Engaged Scholarship Write-Ins Call for Applications: Joy of Giving Something Fellows Program 2023 C2UExpo (Community-Campus Exposition) Call for Applications: Publicly Active Graduate Education Fellows Program |
2023 Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference 2023 University Economic Development Association Summit 2023 Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Conference Community-Engaged Scholarship Writing Retreat 2023 Imagining America National Gathering 2023 International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Conference |
Outreach and Engagement Resources |
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MSU Graduate Certification in Community Engagement
Community Engagement Toolkits
Transformations in Higher Education: The Scholarship of Engagement Series |
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The Engaged Scholar MagazineThe 2021 issue of the Engaged Scholar Magazine looks at how Michigan State University faculty, students, and staff and their community partners adapted to work with each other during the pandemic to create a "new normal" that we can all live with into the future. |
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 Kwesi Brookins, Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement at (517) 353-8977, or brooki16@msu.edu. |
ES 360° Feedback ...We would like to hear from you. Contact us with comments, suggestions, announcements, or “engaged scholar” project information for future e-newsletters. Send to: engaged.scholar@msu.edu. |
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