Engaged Scholarship: Starting an Experience for your Class
This guide provides educators and students a curated list of resources to promote and support engaged scholarship experiences for students at Penn State campuses.
Consider partnering up with one of the following groups at Penn State to share ideas, skills, and resources. These groups are listed with their websites and brief descriptions derived from the websites.
SCC facilitates engaged scholarship projects as part of the outreach mission of the Sustainability Institute. SCC facilitates partnerships between Penn State classes and partners from across Pennsylvania.
SEN is a comprehensive initiative across twenty-four campuses that connects students with curricular and co-curricular opportunities such as research, student organization involvement, community leadership, study abroad, internships, arts and performances, and more.
Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES)
SAFES establishes a novel environment for accelerating solutions to persistently "wicked" landscape-level challenges centered on agriculture, food, and the environment.
The Office for General Education was created to develop and lead the General Education curriculum for all undergraduate students at Penn State University and to support faculty development in this area. The office provides information about civically engaged teaching across the Commonwealth.
Outreach has created teams comprised of subject matter experts, development officers, and marketing strategists to design and implement new proposals and projects to support and advance Penn State’s strategic priorities.
ESC is composed of higher education public and private member institutions to build strong university-community partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship and to help build community capacity.
Penn State Center Pittsburgh connects the Pittsburgh region with the university’s faculty, staff, and programs to support communities through research, local outreach, engaged scholarship, and educational opportunities.
Penn State Center Philadelphia creates opportunities for Penn State students, faculty, staff, and alumni to explore the complexities of urban experience in support of community-based learning, knowledge exchange, and mobilization.
The Center for Social Impact at Penn State Brandywine develops pathways for students to become socially responsible leaders and citizens who are prepared to create positive change in the world.
GlobalPenn State provides support and oversight for all of Penn State's international engagements. Penn State Global manages education abroad programs; hosts international students and scholars; and facilitates the University's many international partnerships around the world.
Campus Contact is a national higher education association to advance the public purposes of colleges and universities by deepening their ability to improve community life and to educate students for civic and social responsibility.
Community of Practice for Teaching Engaged Scholarship
This Community of Practice is an informal group of educators discuss pedagogical approaches to improve engaged scholarship experiences for students, instructors, and supporting organizations.
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) convenes, connects, and empowers campuses to build equitable and just relationships with communities in order to advance a democratic society for the public good.