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 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ colleagues doing engaged work. The lunch is free, and the company can’t be beat!

Fall 2026:Ìý

Sept. 15: Connecting Learning Objectives and Assessment Design in Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning
Oct. 14: From Seed to Success: How PACES Grants Turned into External FundingÌý
Nov. 10: What is Public Impact Research and What Does Community Engagement Have to Do With It?

Community Engagement Week 2026

ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ scholars and community members gathered for three days of networking, professional development workshops and sharing community-engaged scholarship happening between ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ and communities around Colorado and beyond. The university’s sesquicentennial yearÌýwas a perfect time to reflect on past accomplishments and to set the stage for the future.Ìý

If you could provide your students with opportunities to engage with activities that make a real-world impact, what form would those opportunities take, and how would you get started?

Through the Experiential Learning Design Accelerator, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ 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


Regional or National PartnersÌý

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