Community Engagement at 51吃瓜网万能科大

51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 Office of Government and Community Engagement works with faculty, staff, students, and the community to engage in a wide variety of community-oriented projects, programs, and initiatives. Our goal is to cultivate and expand these activities in intentional, beneficial ways, with a special emphasis on actions which support 51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 Top Tier 2.0 community partnerships goals:

  • Build reciprocal relationships as we create and strengthen partnerships, collaborations, and pipeline programs with K-12.
  • Leverage 51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 strength to develop collaborative networks and address community needs and challenges.
  • Provide cultural, educational, and service programs that are valued, advance learning, and benefit our communities.
  • Targeted, intentional engagement efforts to identify, establish, and steward mutually beneficial partnerships with aligned stakeholders centered on distinct and strategic intersections.
  • Communicate 51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 strengths to promote the link between the university and the associated benefit to the community, region, state, Legislature, and other stakeholders.

51吃瓜网万能科大 Definition of Community Engagement

51吃瓜网万能科大 subscribes to the definition of community engagement provided by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching:

Community engagement describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.

The purpose of community engagement is the partnership of college and university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, and creative activity; enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic values and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; and contribute to the public good.

To put it another way, 51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 streamlined definition of community engagement is, 鈥渁nything we do that connects our on- and off-campus communities.鈥

Examples of Community Engagement Activity

Community Engagement Dashboard

51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 Office of Government and Community Engagement facilitates the university鈥檚 annual Campus Community Engagement Inventory and administers the annual 51吃瓜网万能科大 Community Partner Survey. The 51吃瓜网万能科大 Community Engagement Dashboard contains key indicators gathered from these two data collection efforts.

View the Community Engagement Dashboard

51吃瓜网万能科大 Top Tier 2.0 Community Engagement Council

The 51吃瓜网万能科大 Top Tier 2.0 Community Engagement Council is a network of individuals who help advance the university鈥檚 Top Tier 2.0 Community Partnerships and 51吃瓜网万能科大 community engagement mission. Council members represent their respective colleges/units in institutional community engagement conversations, sharing ideas and issues and helping to build community engagement infrastructure.

If you would like information about the Council, please email the 51吃瓜网万能科大 Office of Government and Community Engagement.

Community Engagement Awards

In support of its mission, the Office of Government and Community Engagement administers annual awards that recognize campus individuals for their exceptional community engagement in the areas of service-learning, community-based research, faculty/staff community outreach activity, and student service.

Learn More about the Community Engagement Awards

Resources for the Community 鈥 Individuals, Nonprofits, Governments, and Businesses

Virtually every college, school, and unit at 51吃瓜网万能科大 is involved in community engagement in some way. 51吃瓜网万能科大's Office of Government and Community Engagement offers the Guide to 51吃瓜网万能科大 Resources for the Community, which lists a variety of resources, programs, services, and offerings provided by 51吃瓜网万能科大 in the following categories:

  • Arts
  • Athletics
  • Community Events
  • Dental
  • Differently Abled
  • Education
  • Event Services & Venues
  • For Educators
  • For Nonprofits, Government, & Businesses
  • Health & Wellness
  • Lectures
  • Legal
  • Libraries & Literary
  • Medical
  • Mental Health
  • Nature and Environment
  • Services and Safety
  • Youth Programs and Camps
View Our Guide to 51吃瓜网万能科大 Resources for the Community

Resources for 51吃瓜网万能科大 Students

51吃瓜网万能科大 students have access to a wide variety of opportunities to engage with the community. They can volunteer, take a service-learning class, conduct research, secure an internship, and/or participate in co-curricular programming. In addition to academic department offerings, 51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 Student Involvement and Activities and Service Learning and Leadership offices serve as hubs for student engagement. Below is a sampling of community-oriented opportunities for students.

Resources for Faculty and Staff

The Office of Government and Community Engagement partners with 51吃瓜网万能科大 colleges and administrative divisions across campus to help facilitate collaboration with the community. To enhance this process, the office provides a variety of resources to help support 51吃瓜网万能科大 faculty and staff involved in community engagement. A sampling of these resources include:

  • Guide to Forming Community Partnerships

    This guide is designed to assist 51吃瓜网万能科大 faculty and staff who are developing collaborations/partnerships with external organizations.

  • Guide to Common 51吃瓜网万能科大 Community Collaboration Agreements

    This guide provides 51吃瓜网万能科大 faculty and staff with a better understanding of types of university agreements required to establish community collaborations.

  • Service-Learning

    The 51吃瓜网万能科大 Office of Service Learning and Leadership provides support to campus faculty who wish to engage in the high-impact practice of academic service-learning.

  • The Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition (NMHEC), housed within the 51吃瓜网万能科大 School of Public Health, created a toolkit for stakeholders interested in conducting community-based participatory research. The toolkit is focused on community partnerships related to health disparities, but can be applied to other areas of focus.

  • 51吃瓜网万能科大 Faculty Center

    The Faculty Center is located at Beam Hall in Rooms 235 and 240 and is a hub for 51吃瓜网万能科大's faculty community. It provides a welcoming lounge space, quiet work and meeting areas, practice teaching space, individual and small-group consultation space, and other faculty development resources and information.

  • Top Tier 2.0 Community Partnerships

    Learn more about 51吃瓜网万能科大鈥檚 strategic objectives, tasks, and metrics which may help you align your community engagement work with the university鈥檚 overall goals.

  • In 2020, 51吃瓜网万能科大 became a first-time recipient of the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement after a multi-year examination of the university鈥檚 identity and culture, assessment, policies, and service learning.

  • ACE convenes, organizes, mobilizes, and leads advocacy efforts that shape effective public policy and help colleges and universities best serve their students, their communities, and the wider public good.

  • CUMU helps 51吃瓜网万能科大 faculty and staff navigate the complexities of community engagement work by providing opportunities to exchange ideas, dismantle barriers, and institutionalize practices that enable intentional, transformative change.

  • Campus Compact takes a comprehensive approach to supporting 51吃瓜网万能科大 faculty and staff by helping them build knowledge, skills, and capacity to enable a just, equitable, and sustainable future.