07/17/2026
The Talloires Network celebrates and thanks our Engaged Members who nominated for the 2026 MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship.
Membership in the Talloires Network of Engaged Universities signals an institutional commitment to the ideals of university community engagement, social service and responsibility, international collaboration, and local collective action to address pressing problems.
Become an Engaged Member by emailing 📧 [email protected]
The Department of Community Education (DEEC) implements situated learning models through its courses, articulating teaching, applied research, and community engagement. Its central purpose is to generate formative experiences in the territory that contribute to community well-being and the resolution of local issues with an equity-focused approach.
Innovators for Global Health (IGH) – University of Ghana Chapter is a student-led initiative committed to advancing healthcare equity and improving global healthcare delivery. Through bioengineering, localized medical device design, and cross-border student-clinical collaboration, we empower future innovators to develop sustainable solutions that address the healthcare needs of underserved communities.
The Mount Kenya University Millennium Fellowship Community Outreach Program serves as a multi-disciplinary innovation ecosystem uniting student changemakers across consecutive cohorts to tackle critical issues in healthcare access, climate-smart agriculture, and disability inclusion. By seamlessly bridging grassroots initiatives, such as mobile primary care clinics and tech-driven environmental resilience labs, with the university’s 10-year strategic framework, the program establishes a sustainable blueprint for institutionalized youth leadership and health equity across East Africa.
The Nkwanta North District Youth Empowerment Network (NDYEN) is a student-led civic initiative expanding educational opportunities for underserved youth through mentorship, academic guidance, mental health awareness, and tertiary readiness support. Established in 2022, NDYEN works with basic and senior high school students across Ghana to strengthen confidence, build resilience, foster informed decision-making, and nurture a strong ethic of community service among student volunteers.
The Musical Mentorship Initiative (MMI) is a student-run project out of Bard College’s Trustee Leader Scholar (TLS) office that works to balance the scales of music education by providing free private music education to children who otherwise would not have access to it. MMI began in 2020 by providing free private music lessons and performance opportunities to children in the Hudson Valley area, and has since grown in partnership with the Kenyan non-profit Art of Music to both expand private education to children in Kenya, and to lead four in person music festivals at Art of Music schools in the summers of 2024 and 2025.
FemPower is a flagship initiative of the NUST Community Services Club (NCSC) in Islamabad, dedicated to empowering women from low-income backgrounds. It achieves this through interest-free micro-financing, skill development, and platforms like “Bazm-e-Hunar” bazaars that help them achieve self-sufficiency and financial independence.
Orphans kNOw More is a flagship long-term project by the NUST Community Services Club (NCSC). It aims to bridge educational and emotional gaps for underprivileged children by hosting interactive learning, mentorship, and recreational sessions as well as uplifting of local orphanages in the Islamabad/Rawalpindi region.
