Resources
MSU University Outreach and Engagement Awards (UOE)
Each year, Michigan State University invites nominations for the Graduate Student Award for Community Engagement Scholarship, conferred in recognition of exemplary community-engaged scholarship by a graduate or graduate professional student.
Visit the UOE website for the nomination process and details.
MSU University Outreach and Engagement (UOE) maintains a list of national and regional awards for which community-engaged graduate students are eligible.
Visit the UOE website for the list of graduate student award and fellowship opportunities.
Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC)
https://engagementscholarship.org
- focuses on community partnerships, community engagement, particularly at land-grant and public universities
- is associated with the national Macgrath awards for faculty community engagement
- hosts the Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop (EESW)
- coordinates a national conference every fall
International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE)
- focuses on research about K-12 service learning, higher education service learning, faculty roles & rewards about community engagement
- publishes International Journal on Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement, an on-line, peer reviewed journal
- gives national community engagement awards for graduate students and faculty
- supports a Graduate Student Network that pairs students with mentors
- coordinates national conference every fall
- has a Facebook group for women in SLCE
Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life (IA)
- focuses public engagement in the arts, humanities, and design fields
- publishes Public, an on-line, peer reviewed journal
- supports PAGE (Publicly Active Graduate Student) Fellows network
- coordinates a national conference every fall
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
- focuses on healthy people and communities, with health broadly defined
- supports community-based, participatory research approaches and strong community partnerships, including those with a social justice mission
- has multiple listservs, including some with grant, fellowship, and job opportunities
- coordinates annual conference
Association for Community Organization and Social Action (ACOSA)
https://acosa.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=0&club_id=789392
- For community organizers, activists, nonprofit administrators, community builders, policy practitioners, students, and educators
- Has a focus on social work, particularly the macro (non-clinical) focus
- Supports the Journal of Community Practice
- Gives awards to graduate students and faculty
Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS)
- For faculty and engagement/outreach professionals who need to learn about how to write up the “broader impact” section of National Science Foundation grants
- Showcases dissemination results of community engaged research to public audiences
- Has a focus on Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields
- Hosts an annual conference in the spring
Campus Compact
- Most states have their own chapter
- For faculty and staff interested in service-learning, civic engagement
- Archives toolboxes, syllabi, knowledge hubs, & other publications on website
- Hosts conferences, grants, and awards
Gulf South Summit
https://www.gulfsouthsummit.org
- focuses on service-learning and community engagement in 12 states: Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia. Others are welcome.
- gives annual awards for outstanding practitioner, community partner, faculty contribution, student contribution
- hosts an annual conference every spring
Info Session
Learn about program requirements, the online application process, and examples from past students in the program.
Thursday,
August 31, 2023
1:30 – 3:30pm
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Zoom Meeting