UNCG Community Engagement

08/24/2026

The Institute is excited to host our first Be Here Club of the semester. CE folks and friends are welcomed to gather with us to start the year! Wednesday at 4:30 at Oden Brewery!

UNCG Research

07/13/2026

As community engagement scholar-administrators, our research in the Institute seeks to amplify and support the teaching, research and creative practice of community-engaged scholars with their community partners. We're so happy to share some of the work of our very own Dr. Emily Janke! This presentation explores her research on listening and restorative practices, and offers suggestions for community-engaged practitioners and community members, alike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAGoRb2dJEI

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UNCG Peace & Conflict Studies

This presentation by Dr. Emily Janke, Professor, Peace and Conflict...

07/08/2026

Shout out to the UNCG Center for New North Carolinians as they continue on in their community-engaged work this summer, aligning with the UNC Greensboro Forward Together Strategic Plan goal to address community and industry priorities through the arts, discovery, research and creative scholarship!

The team here in the Institute wants you to know that we SEE you, we THANK you, and we CELEBRATE you!

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UNC Greensboro

07/06/2026

Coming Up! The Urban Research Based Action Network is hosting Dr. Tressie Cottom as the Keynote speaker for their 2026 URBAN Institute. This year's Institute is centering community-based research connected to the social determinants of health.
The keynote is free and open to the public, and REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!
Register here: https://lnkd.in/eqaGQvga

07/01/2026

The Institute was delighted to host colleagues from ETSU for shared learning around both campuses’ work in community engagement. We look forward to continued connections with the good folks at the Center for Community Engagement at ETSU.

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East Tennessee State University
UNC Greensboro

06/22/2026

Are you or do you know a graduate student who is doing community-engaged research or teaching? The Institute highly recommends that they apply to be a PAGE fellow with Imagining America. We've had fellows over the years, and they have all had wonderful experiences. UNC Greensborois an institutional member of Imagining America, so please apply!

Learn more here: https://imaginingamerica.org/apply-for-2026-2027-page-ia-jgs-fellowships/

Applications are due Tuesday June 30, 2026.

Imagining America is pleased to announce that our 2026-2027 fellowship programs for graduate and undergraduate students is now open! The PAGE Fellowship applications close on June 30, 2026 (extended deadline), and IA/JGS Fellowship applications close on July 15, 2026.

06/10/2026

Check out Collaboratory's latest piece on UNC Greensboro and the SDGs linked below. We are excited to share that UNCG is the 2nd in the country to align the Sustainability Goals with the community-engaged work in Collaboratory. Inclusion of the SDGs in the UNCG Collaboratory is one of the Institute's commitments to the university mission to redefine the public research university for the 21st century as an inclusive, collaborative, and responsive institution making a difference in the lives of students and the communities it serves.

https://lnkd.in/eAuXicEH

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UNCG Sustainability Office

05/04/2026

We are still beaming from the Division of Research and Engagement Community-engaged Research Awards Celebration last month! Get ready, we are beginning our roll-call with the Community-Engaged Scholarship Partnership of Distinction Award presented to the Montagnard/Asian Community Disparities Research Network in partnership with the Montagnard Association of North Carolina.

The Montaganard/Asian Community Disparities Research Network (MACDRN) was founded in 2012 by concerned community activists and academics to address serious gaps in evidence-based facts and practices underlying the health and services provided to refugee communities. The Montagnard Assocation of North Carolina is notable for teaching, sharing, and supporting other refugee communities through its empowerment of them through the community health worker model and joint research with the Research Network. Special recognition goes to the ongoing scholarly leadership of senior faculty members, Dr. Sharon Morrison and Dr. Sudha Shreeniwas, and junior faculty Dr. Ana Sucaldito for their longstanding efforts on behalf of UNCG, their departments and their disciplines to advance UNCG’s strategic goal to enhance research excellence and creative activity to support discovery and societal impact.

CONGRATULATIONS to this amazing partnership! STAY TUNED as we continue the roll-call of community-engaged excellence!

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UNCG Department of Human Development and Family Studies
UNCG College of Arts & Sciences
UNCG Public Health Education

04/27/2026

Our Mapping the Landscape of Community Engagement and AI gathering during earlier this month challenged us to think about solutions for continuing to move forward while staying connected to each other and ourselves. This included spending some time engaging questions about AI through collage-making. Special thanks to Maggie Murphy, Art and Design Librarian, and Kelley O'Brien, Professor of New Media and Design, for sharing their current research and leading us in this creative practice. Check out the finished collage that was co-created throughout the day.

04/22/2026

Born and built at UNCG, Collaboratory now tracks and helps tell the story of community engagement for over 60 higher education institutions nationwide. This Earth Day 2026, we're excited to highlight another metric of our database-the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals! Now scholars and community partners can capture an even broader scope of impact. Shout out to ICEE Associate Director, Dr. Kristy Wittman Howell, our resident Historian and Sustainability Educator, for helping us get this initiative over the finish line! Check it out!
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