Engaged Scholar Events and Workshops
Engaged Scholar events are professional development opportunities for the University's community-engaged faculty, staff, and students. Want to submit an event? Email [email protected].
Virtual
Jan 26, 2026, 1pm - 3pm
Impact Central—Integrating Your Societal Impact Identity with Your Research Identity: Pathways to Research Impact
Researchers embrace their identities as researchers and the legacy they leave behind with their academic work. Researchers who articulate the societal impact they wish to achieve - their impact identities - can make even more meaningful contributions. In this workshop, participants will develop…
Virtual
Feb 9, 2026, 2pm - 3:30pm
Community-Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure: Context and Overview
Community-Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure: Context and Overview provides a broad overview about community-engaged scholarship in relationship to the University’s definition of public engagement and departmental 7.12 statements. This session is co-led by Vice Provost for Faculty…
Virtual
Feb 11, 2026, 12pm - 1pm
Building Strong Community Partnerships: From First Contact to Sustained Collaboration
This session will guide you through the key stages of developing and maintaining effective community partnerships for engaged learning. We'll cover practical strategies for identifying and reaching out to potential partners, establishing shared goals and expectations, navigating communication…
Virtual
Feb 12, 2026, 2pm - 3pm
Impact Central–Building Broader Impacts into NSF CAREER Grants
This panel discussion will bring together successful CAREER grant recipients to share insights on how to build broader impacts - or the impacts of the research for societal benefit - into a CAREER proposal.
Presented by the Office for Public Engagement.
Registration info coming…
In Person
Feb 13, 2026, 10am - 3pm
Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Methods Cafe: How Community Engagement Centers Support Humanities and Research
Community engagement centers and their roles at research intensive universities are receiving increasing attention. What are the different ways that such centers can support academic researchers and teachers in their work? In this workshop, participants will learn how UROC can serve to help…
Virtual
Feb 19, 2026, 1pm - 3pm
Documenting Engaged Scholarship: Enhancing Your Dossier for Promotion and Tenure Part 1
Documenting Engaged Scholarship: Enhancing Your Dossier for Promotion and Tenure Part 1 highlights practical strategies to help faculty document the characteristics of quality community-engaged scholarship within their own work. This session is led by Dr. Cathy Jordan.
Registration…
Virtual
Feb 26, 2026, 1pm - 3pm
Documenting Engaged Scholarship: Enhancing Your Dossier for Promotion and Tenure Part 2
Documenting Engaged Scholarship: Enhancing Your Dossier for Promotion and Tenure Part 2 offers the opportunity for expert and peer critique of participant vitae, research statements, and other dossier documents. This session is led by Dr. Cathy Jordan.
Registration info coming soon.
Virtual
Mar 5, 2026, 12pm - 1:30pm
Designing Meaningful CEL Assignments: Reflection, Resources, and Rubrics
This workshop helps faculty create and refine assignments that deepen student learning while supporting community partners. Through faculty examples, peer feedback, and practical tools, you'll leave with draft assignments and concrete strategies for structuring meaningful community-engaged…
Virtual
Apr 16, 2026, 12pm - 1:30pm
Assessing Student Learning and Community Impact
This workshop focuses on measuring outcomes in community-engaged learning courses. You'll explore assessment strategies and tools for evaluating both student learning and community impact, develop concrete methods for gathering feedback from students and community partners, and create assessment…
In Person
Apr 17, 2026, 10am - 12:30pm
Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Strengthening the Fabric of Academic-Community Networks in North Minneapolis
In Relevance and Reach sessions, UROC invites faculty and university staff to meet with residents, community advocates, and organizational leaders who are interested in strengthening the relationship between the university and North Minneapolis neighborhoods. This is an informal social gathering…