The Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop at the 2007 Outreach Scholarship Conference

The Higher Education Network for Community Engagement (HENCE) is sponsoring the 2007 Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop, October 7-8, 2007, to be held in conjunction with the national Outreach Scholarship Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, October 7-9, 2007.

This workshop is especially for advanced graduate students (drafting Master's thesis topics or doctoral dissertation topics) AND junior faculty members in ANY discipline who also have an interest in community engagement and outreach scholarship. The workshop is designed for participants at any level of exposure to community engagement and/or outreach scholarship, with a purpose of building mentoring and networking opportunities that are integrated into the goals and activities of the Outreach Scholarship Conference.

Prospective workshop applicants should also demonstrate the following qualities:

  • Be involved or interested in research that contributes to your disciplinary interests and that can have an impact on external stakeholders
  • Demonstrate a desire for understanding how community engagement and outreach scholarship can be integrated into your early career success, including teaching, research and service responsibilities
  • Demonstrate an interest in working with leaders across disciplines and sectors to understand how to implement community engagement and outreach scholarship
  • Demonstrate the capacity to effectively communicate the results of engagement activity to public, academic, and other external audiences

Workshop participants will be expected to attend all sessions and participate fully in activities of both the workshop and the Outreach Scholarship Conference. Applicants will be asked to register for and be prepared to cover the registration fee of the national Outreach Scholarship Conference (see the Outreach Scholarship Conference website for registration information). Your registration fee not only covers the cost of the Emerging Engagement Scholars workshop, but also covers full attendance to the national Outreach Scholarship Conference.

Participants will be identified through a competitive selection process.

Apply

Download the Application Announcement (Word doc) or the Application Form (Word doc).

More Information

For more information about the workshop, contact:

Tami Moore, Workshop Co-Coordinator & Doctoral Student
Washington State University
Email: tamimoore@wsu.edu

Angela Allen, Workshop Co-Coordinator & Doctoral Candidate
Michigan State University
Email: allenang@msu.edu
Phone: (517) 353-2954

2007 Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop Planning Committee Co-Coordinators:

  • Angela Allen, Doctoral Candidate, Michigan State University
  • Tami Moore, Doctoral Student, Washington State University
  • Karen Bruns, University Outreach and Extension, The Ohio State University
  • Sherril Gelmon, Professor of Public Health in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University
  • Mary Grant, Associate Dean, Continuing Education Extension, University of Wisconsin-Extension
  • Emily Janke, Doctoral Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Leslie Jarmon, Community Outreach Officer, University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
  • Ann Keim, Special Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension
  • KerryAnn O'Meara, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  • R. Eugene Rice, Association of American Colleges and Universities
  • Lisa Townson, Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development, University of New Hampshire
  • Kelly Ward, Assistant Professor, Washington State University
  • David Weerts, Assistant Professor, College of Education, Florida Atlantic University