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Igniting Engaged Scholars: The Graduate Certification in Community Engagement
Burton A. Bargerstock Co-Director, National Collaborative for the Study of University Engagement Director, UOE Communication and Information Technology E-mail: [email protected]
Igniting Innovation: MSUglobal 10-year Symposia East Lansing, Michigan January 28, 2011
What is Outreach and Engagement?
“Outreach [and engagement] is a form of scholarship that cuts across teaching, research, and service. It involves generating, transmitting, applying, and preserving knowledge for the direct benefit of external audiences in ways that are consistent with university and unit missions.”
~Provost's Committee on University Outreach (1993) University Outreach at Michigan State University: Extending Knowledge to Serve Society
Provost’s Committee on University Outreach. (1993, 2009). University outreach at Michigan State University: Extending knowledge to serve society. East Lansing: Michigan State University. Retrieved from http://outreach.msu.edu/documents.aspx
What is Outreach and Engagement?
Engaged Research and Creative Activity
Engaged Teaching and Learning Engaged Service
• Community-based research
• Applied research
• Contractual research
• Demonstration projects
• Needs and assets assessments
• Program evaluations • Translation of scholarship through
presentations, publications, and web sites
• Exhibitions and performances
• Online and off-campus education • Continuing education • Occupational short course,
certificate, and licensure programs • Contract instructional programs • Participatory curriculum
development • Non-credit classes and programs • Conferences, seminars, and
workshops • Educational enrichment programs
for the public and alumni • Service-learning • Study abroad programs with
engagement components • Pre-college programs
• Technical assistance
• Consulting
• Policy analysis
• Expert testimony
• Knowledge transfer • Commercialization of discoveries • Creation of new business ventures • Clinical services
• Human and animal patient care
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Who are MSU’s Engaged Scholars?
What is the Graduate Certification in Community Engagement?
Origin – Convergence of several activities and intentions
• Undergraduate online modules: Tools of Engagement • Desire for systemic impact – undergrad, grad, faculty • MSU track record: Graduate Certification in College
Teaching • Conversations with Graduate School Dean
– Academic Governance – approval of framework – First offered during the 2009-2010 academic year
Purpose – Prepare next generation of engaged scholars by helping
graduate and graduate professional students develop systemic, thoughtful, and scholarly approaches to communityengagement
Elements of the Program Annual application process (due early Fall)
Participants complete: – Core competencies through program seminars or approved
substitutions – Mentored community engagement experience – Reflective portfolio – Professional presentation
Program instructors review participants’ materials and theAssociate Provost certifies achievement of competencies andprogram completion
Successful participants receive: – Certificate of completion from Associate Provost for UOE and Dean
of the Graduate School – Notation on academic transcript from the Registrar
Core Competencies/Seminars Program Seminars:
– Engaged scholarship and the scholarship of engagement – Co-building effective partnerships – Capacity-building for mutual benefit – Community-based participatory evaluation and research – Confirming agreement among community and university
partners (logic models) – Evaluating engaged partnerships – The ethics of engaged scholarship
Offered face-to-face over the academic year by an instructional team from UOE
To date, no one has sought approval for seminarsubstitutions
Examples of Mentored Community Engagement Engaged Research
– CBPR with local tourism providers in Belize – Mexican American Trailblazers oral history project at Austin
History Center (Texas) – Burcham Hills Integrative Dance project (East Lansing) – Smart Commute project (Petoskey)
Engaged Teaching – Writing through service-learning at the Allen Neighborhood
Center (Lansing) – Youth development through sports at the Refugee
Development Center (Lansing) – Rock Camp through MSU Community Music School (Lansing)
Engaged Service – Income tax clinics with Northwest Initiative (Lansing)
Who is Participating?
Cohort One (2009-2010)
Cohort Two (2010-2011)
Active in 2010-2011 (includes continuing cohort one students)
Total Enrollment 18 21 30 Gender
Male 8 3 8 Female 10 18 22
Ethnicity White 12 12 17 Non-white 4 4 7 International 2 5 6
Graduate level Masters 8 12 15 Ph.D. 9 7 12 Not applicable (MSU staff) 1 2 3
Colleges Agriculture and Natural Resources 5 5 8 Arts and Letters 3 3 3 Communication Arts and Sciences 2 2 Education 3 3 5 Natural Science 1 1 Nursing 1 1 Social Science 6 4 7
Presented Portfolios 8
Expectations and Realities Who and What We Expected Who Participated and How
Mostly Ph.D. students Mix of doctoral, masters, others
All degree-seeking students wishing to Some university staff interested in sitting in earn transcript credential for a certificate of completion
Interest in engaged research Interests in engaged research, teaching, and service
Career plans in the academy Practitioner and academic career plans
Little background experience working Substantial previous and/or on-going in/with communities experience working in/with communities
Start community experience as part of Already part of an on-going community Graduate Certification experience
Need assistance in finding mentored Have own community contacts or contacts community engagement experience through advisor
Small number due to newness of program 39 participants in first two years
Advance through program as cohort Start as cohort, finish at different times
Learning From and Improving the Program Strengthened recruiting across campus
– More publicity at graduate student events and through networks
Improved seminars – Reduced duplication, increased cohesiveness across seminars – Added two new seminars – Evaluation and Ethics – Required seminar assignments to be in portfolios – Increased interactivity during seminar sessions
Clarified expectations – Mentored community engagement experience – Reflective portfolios and professional presentations
Provided greater student support – Program instructors meeting one-on-one with participants
Created network for participants to stay better connected – Established LinkedIn group, may offer social events
MICH IGA STATE UN I VE R S I TY
Graduate Certification in Community Engagement Developing the skills and competencies needed for exemplary university-community engagement
REQUREMENTS SEl,1f.lARSICOMPETENCES APPLICATION
MICHIGAN STATE U IV E RS I TY
( ( VI/ho would have imagined 150 years ago ... .. that w e would become the glabal prototype of a genuinely American brand of hig her education - one that is an engine of the economy, a force for democratization of public learning, the model for engagement w iih the wortd beyond the campus, and a catalyst for im proving the quality of life in Michigan and around the w orld. Lou Anna Kimsey Simon, Ph.D. President, Michigan Slate University
Found#Jr3' Day Addreu '' February 11. 2005
WELCOME TO THE GRADUATE CERTIFICATION IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WEB SITE!
Michigan State University's new Graduate Cert ification in Community Engagement prepares students for academic careers that integrate
scholarship with community engagement.
The Certification is designed to help graduate and professional students develop systemic, thoughtful, and scholarly approaches to
community engagement. W ith approval from the student's Graduate Committee chairperson and University Outreach and Engagement,
students tailor their program of study to strengthen their scholarly and practical skills in engaged research, engaged teaching, or
engaged selVice.
Graduate students who fu lfi ll all requirements wi ll receive a certificate
of completion from the Associate Provost for University Outreach and
Engagement and the Graduate School and an official notation on their academic transcript through the Office of the Registrar.
Learn more about the Graduate Certification
Download the Graduate Certification in Community Engagement
Guidebook (PDF 525 KB 93 pages) for complete information about
the requirements, seminar content, and applicat ion process.
Download one page flyer about the Certification
University Outreach and Engagement
University Outreach and Engagement · Michigan state University
Kellogg Center, Garden Level · East Lansing, Ml 48824-1022
PhOne: (517) 353-8977 • Fax: (517) 432-9541 • E-mail: outreadl@msu edu
Learn More: outreach.msu.edu/gradcert
Contact To discuss the Graduate Certification and/or the application process, please contact:
Diane Doberneck Research Specialist, National Collaborative for the Study of University Engagement E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Brown Associate Director, University-Community Partnerships E-mail: [email protected]
University Outreach and Engagement Michigan State University Kellogg Center, Garden Level East Lansing, MI 48824-1022
Phone: (517) 353-8977 Fax: (517) 432-9541 E-mail: [email protected] Web: outreach.msu.edu
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