Professional Development Opportunities
Want your research, teaching and learning or creative work to have real-world impact? Looking for collaborators, resources or more clarity about campuswide support for partnership development and ethical community-based scholarship? Join us for a lunch series where each session features practical insights from ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ colleagues doing engaged work. The lunch is free, and the company can’t be beat!
Fall 2025:ÌýÌý
Sept. 9: What’s new with PACES for you?Ìý
Oct. 14: Institutional Review Board and Community-Engaged ScholarshipÌý
Nov. 11: Measuring What Matters: Tools for Strong Community PartnershipsÌý
Community Engagement Week
Please plan to join us Jan. 27-30 for ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ’s first-ever week highlighting public and community-engaged scholarship between our campus and communities around Colorado and beyond.Ìý
There will be concurrent workshops covering topics ranging from partnership evaluation tools to publishing and disseminating your work, an evening celebration, and special sessions with two of the field’s most respected voices: Drs. Diane Doberneck (Michigan State University—MSU) and Patti Clayton (University of Northern Carolina - Greensboro, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis).Ìý
Dr. Doberneck is a national leader in professional development for faculty, staff and graduate students. She directs MSU’s signature programs such as the Graduate Certification in Community Engagement and the Summer Intensive on Community-Engaged Scholarship, and has published widely about faculty development, graduate training, and institutional support for engagement.Ìý
Dr. Clayton is an internationally recognized scholar-practitioner and co-developer of seminal tools for assessing community-engaged learning and community partnerships. Clayton has worked with campuses across the U.S. and beyond to strengthen democratic engagement and embed high-impact civic learning practices into teaching, research and institutional culture.Ìý
Community Engagement Week promises to be a rich networking and learning experience. Details coming soon!Ìý
This annual workshop for faculty introduces models of community-engaged teaching and learning, how to develop courses and available resources. Participants who complete the workshop will receive $250 to apply toward course development. Details about the Spring 2026 institute to be announced.
Through the Experiential Learning Design Accelerator, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ faculty members join a University of Arizona program to support the design of undergraduate courses that integrate community-engaged, experiential learning opportunities.Ìý
Engaged Arts and Humanities (EAH) Graduate Student Scholars apply the tools of their academic disciplines, along with their unique interests, to public and community-engaged scholarship projects. A key program goal is to develop a strong cohort committed to equity-oriented community-engaged work.Ìý
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