Core Competencies
of the Community Engagement Certificate
of the Community Engagement Certificate
Similar to MSU's Certification in College Teaching, this certification is designed to help graduate and professional students:
Prepare for a career as a community-engaged scholar or practitioner
Learn about scholarly approaches to community engagement
Gain skills for collaborating effectively and respectfully with community partners
Share disciplinary knowledge and experiences with other graduate students, faculty, and staff
Network with other engaged scholars and practitioners—on campus and nationally
Foundations
Histories of Community-Engaged Scholarship
Disciplinary Variations
Principles and Practices
Community Partnerships
Establishing partnerships
Sustaining partnerships
Community collaboration techniques
Critical Reflections and Thinking
Critical, reflective practice
Engaging with diverse communities
Ethics and community-engaged scholarship
Community-Engaged Scholarship & Practice
Community-engaged research
Community-engaged creative activities
Community-engaged teaching and learning—service-learning
Community-engaged teaching and learning—informal learning
Community-engaged service and practice
Evaluation and Assessment
Evaluation of community partnerships
Peer review of community-engaged scholarship
Communication and Scholarly Skills
Communicating with public/practitioner audiences
Communicating with academic audiences
Successful Community Engagement Careers
Documenting your engagement accomplishments
Career strategies for community-engaged scholars and practitioners
For more information regarding the Graduate Certification in Community Engagement, please refer to their website.