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Community Development Academy: Empowering Community Leadership February 24-25, March 3-4, and March 10-11, 2010, Memorial Hall, Independence, Kan. The Community Development Academy is a series of workshops that will provide community leaders the assessment and strategic planning information necessary to devise participatory community development plans and strategies.
"Engagement occurs when collaborative partners - both on and off-campus stakeholders - work together to address a public need in a way that is both reciprocal and mutually beneficial. Through engagement, K-State endeavors to fulfill its historic land grant mission."
David E. Procter, Director of CECD
Engagement News
- June 3, 2009 K-State's Advanced Manufacturing Institue Helps Two St. George Entrepreneurs Develop New Product That's Now on the Market.
- June 2, 2009 Strategies to Rein in Epidemics Need to be Retooled for Rural Populations, Say K-State Engineers Using Computers to Model Disease Outbreaks in Rural Areas.
- May 15, 2009 K-State Students to Travel to U.S.-Mexico Border Area May 17-22 to Learn About Cross-Border Operations.
- May 14, 2009 K-State Students from Chapman Center for Rural Studies Helping Wabaunsee County Residents Celebrate Their History.
- May 11, 2009 K-State Extending More 2+2 Agreements Beyond Kansas Borders.
- May 9, 2008 K-State Interactive Theater Workshop Performance to Give Voice to Struggles of Military Children.
- May 7, 2009 K-State Researchers and Their Partners Making it Easier for Rural Kansans of All Ages to Stay Healthy Despite Limited Access to Facilities Like Bike Trails, Gyms.
- April 23, 2009 K-State, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment and EPA Offering Free Workshops in Topeka, Wichita and Dodge City on Grants for Community Revitalization.
- April 17, 2009 Student in K-State Architecture Studio Create Sturdy, Sustainable Homes to Suit Greensburg Residents..
- April 10, 2009 Growth Potential: An oblong of turf pinched between brick walls is growing into an oasis of learning for Northview Elementary pupils.
- March 6, 2009 K-State's Advanced Manufacturing Institute Provides Kansas Company a Competitive Advantage.
- March 6, 2009 Kansas Rural Center and K-State's Kansas Wind Applications Center Taking Proposals to Participate in Wind for Schools Program.
- February 26, 2009 Communities and State to Benefit from Engagement Incentive Grants from K-State's Center for Engagement and Community Development.
- January 29, 2009 K-State Researchers Investigate Hispanic Health to Better Promote Culturally Sensitive Health Programs.
- November 11, 2008 K-State Student Interns at Advanced Manufacturing Institute Assist Kansas Entreprenuer From Topeka With New Product.
- November 24, 2008 Financial Therapy Clinic, To Be Opened by K-State's Institute of Personal Financial Planning in Manhattan, First of Its Kind.
- November 19, 2008 K-State's Advanced Manufacturing Institute Helps Great Bend Company Optimize Product.
More Engagement News
Featured Organizations
- The Center for Hazardous Substance Research provides assistance to communities affected by hazardous substance issues.
- The KSU Research Foundation promotes the licensing and commercialization of intellectual property.
CECD Engages Kansas
A Message on Service Learning from Dave Procter, Director of K-State's Center for Engagement and Community Development
The mission of the Center for Engagement and Community Development is to promote engagement across the breadth of our campus- in teaching, research and outreach.
In past newsletter issues, we have featured wonderful engaged research, creative endeavors and outreach. In this newsletter issue, we highlight examples of engaged teaching at K-State, also known as service learning.
Community Campus Partnership Promotes Water Quality
WaterLINK is a service learning project available to college and university students and faculty and community watersheds in Kansas. The main goal is to improve water quality through partnerships with the community and campus while infusing service learning into college classrooms.
Christa Smith, the interim project coordinator for WaterLINK, said, "It is a unique project because we are targeting college students."
Campus Organization Encourages Engagement in the Community
Kansas Campus Compact is part of a nationwide organization that promotes civic engagement and service learning at the university level. There are 35 states that participate in Campus Compact. Kansas has been a member since 2003 and there are currently 12 schools that are members.
Matthew Lindsey, executive director of Kansas Campus Compact, said the main benefit of membership is the network of more than 1200 schools across the United States. This provides opportunities for networking and making connections to help with projects. He said the office is like a repository and expert resource for service learning and civic engagement.
Center Strives to Connect Community and Campus Through Service
Donald Hedrick, K-State professor of English, will lead ten to twelve English and drama teachers from high schools across the state in a week-long workshop taking the works of Shakespeare from page to stage.
The workshop will combine literary interpretation and performance to make Shakespeare "more exciting than ever." It will emphasize how to get the most out of Shakespeare with the kinds of limited resources of original performance practice.
Manhattan Group Promotes AIDS Awareness, Education and Support
"I have worked on AIDS-related issues throughout my career life, first in Africa, then the Caribbean and more recently in the United States. Through my interaction with those infected and affected by the epidemic I have seen first hand the impact of the epidemic and what it can do to individuals, families, entire communities and society in general. With such experiences, I have decided to so something about it and getting involved with RAP is part of my contribution." -Nancy Muturi, Regional AIDS Project Board Member
According to their Web site, RAP is an organization in Manhattan that strives to promote education and awareness about AIDS. They target the younger generation through community events and educational programs because they are the age group most affected by the disease. They have hosted events such as World AIDS Day, lectures and have even offered free confidential testing.
Students Spend Breaks From School in an Alternative Fashion
Many college students spend their spring breaks in exotic party locations like Cancun or Panama City. However 23 K-State students chose to spend their time off from school serving others.
Alternative Spring Break is a program offered by the School of Leadership Studies that provides students with an opportunity to do service work during school breaks. The program was started approximately 15 years ago.
More CECD News
Technology, the Economy, and the Workplace
- Patents. K-State patents, corporate patent sites, country patent databases, federal patent resources, fee-based patent resources, and more.
- Technology Development. Development resources at K-State including the Commercialization Leadership Council, K-State Research Foundation, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, and more.
- Technology Transfer. Technology transfer office at K-State, other universities, the state of Kansas, and more.
- Business Development. Resources available to Kansas, including KTEC, Wichita State Center for Entrepreneurship, Kauffman eVenturing and more.