National Models of Community Engagement

LEGEND

university *denotes Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

1. Unique aspect
2. Health
3. Student/faculty engagement
4. Place-based
5. Minor or other curricular innovation

Seattle University*

1. Jesuit identity fuels work for justice, of which community engagement is critical
2. Strong nursing school but no widespread health initiative
3. Center for Community Engagement “connects classroom, campus, and community”
4. Youth Initiative “unites the University and the wider Seattle community to develop successful youth, thriving communities and an engaged neighborhood”
   • Key contributors to the Place-based Justice Network
5. Institute of Public Service offers a major in public affairs and a minor in nonprofit and public administration

University of British Columbia

1. Community Engagement web portal has information for campus and community.
   • Local and Global Relevance is one of the four core areas of UBC’s strategic plan. Strategies within this category are: Public Relevance, Indigenous Engagement, Alumni Engagement, Global Networks, and Coordinated Engagement
   • Currently investigating the possibility of the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for Canadian Universities
2. School of Population and Public Health
3. Centre for Community Engaged Learning works with students, faculty, and community partners to support Community-based Experiential Learning.
4. Office of Regional and International Community Engagement connects students and faculty with community partners around Canada and internationally
   • BC Rural Community Engaged Learning Fund supports faculty, student, and community partner collaboration in rural and northern BC communities
5. No focused community or leadership curriculum

UCLA*

1. “UCLA in the Community” as a section on the homepage for UCLA; there is a link for a community directory
2. Community Engagement and Research Program (CERP) focused on improving public health and health equity
3. Center for Community Learning is part of Undergraduate Education and includes service-learning, internships, P-12 engagement, scholarship support for students, faculty support
4. Engaging LA is a map of service-learning courses
5. Community Engagement and Social Change Minor

UC Berkeley

1. American Cultures is part of the general education for Berkeley students (closest UW comparison is if all our Diversity courses as a service-learning component) – see link below for ACES
2. The Health Initiative of the Americas is focused on research, service, and engagement “benefitting the migrant population of Latino origin in the United States”
3. Berkeley Public Service Center (part of the division of student affairs) includes student programs (including alternative breaks) and scholarship support, K-12 engagement, and public service internships and leadership experiences
   • They celebrated their 50^th anniversary in 2017! (by comparison, the Carlson Center was 25 years old in 2017)
4. Did not find a place-based initiative
5. American Cultures Engaged Scholarship (ACES) program focuses on courses that involved students and community partners in collaborative projects;

University of Minnesota*

1. The Office of Public Engagement (OPE) serves the University of Minnesota statewide, integrating “public engagement into the research and teaching functions”
   • The Public Engagement Council serves as a “consultative body for issues pertaining to the University’s public engagement agenda”
   • Each campus has a Public Engagement Action Plan; the Twin Cities campus action plan is “composed of ten priority themes, each of which articulates a vision to be realized over the next five to ten years through the implementation of a series of action steps”
2. Minnesota Population Center has Population Health and Health Systems as one of five research areas
3. Center for Community-Engaged Learning includes community-engaged learning classes (similar to service-learning, volunteer information, engagement scholarships, and support for community partners
4. North Minneapolis Engagement Zone and the University District Engagement Zone (“collaboration Wednesdays, walking tours, immersion course)
5. Leadership Minor with a mission to “embody adaptive leadership through compassionate action and meaningful connection”

University of Pennsylvania*

1. Community Involvement “portal” includes information about community housing and Penn events open to the public (in addition to all the ways the university is engaged in the community)
   • Community engagement is a key component of President Gutman’s PennCompact2020
2. Center for Community and Population Health is part of the Perelman School of Medicine
3. Netter Center for Community Partnerships supports service-learning, volunteering, public service internships, and a voting initiative
4. The Netter Center is committed to an Anchor Institution Strategy in order to “revitalize the West Philadelphia community in collaboration with stakeholders”
5. University-Assisted Community Schools are a key component of this strategy
6. Fox Leadership Program