Sunday, September 27, 2009

11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Registration

5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Poster Set-up Time

Monday, September 28

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Poster Set-up Time

2:00-3:30 p.m.

Plenary Session: Welcome, Setting the Context, and Keynote Address

3:30-4:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break at Poster Presentation Location

4:00-4:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

4:45-5:15 p.m.

Poster Presentation Session

5:15-5:45 p.m.

Transition and Networking

5:45 p.m.

Buses Depart for Reception

6:00-7:30 p.m.

Reception

7:30 p.m.

Dinner on Your Own

Tuesday, September 29

7:30-11:00 a.m.

Registration

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast: Special Interest Roundtables

8:30-9:00 a.m.

Poster Presentation Session

9:00-10:30 a.m.

Plenary Session: Keynote Address

10:30-11:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break at Poster Presentation Location

11:00-11:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

11:45 a.m.-Noon

Transition and Networking

Noon-3:15 p.m.

Plenary Session: Luncheon, Keynote Address, and Kellogg Awards Presentations

3:15-3:30 p.m.

Refreshment Break at Poster Presentation Location

3:30-4:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

4:15-4:30 p.m.

Transition and Networking

4:30-5:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

5:15-5:30 p.m.

Transition and Networking

5:30 p.m.

Receptions

7:30 p.m.-Midnight

Shuttle Available to and from Downtown Athens

Wednesday, September 30

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast: Plenary Session

8:30-9:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

9:15-9:30 a.m.

Transition and Networking

9:30-10:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

10:15-10:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break at Poster Presentation Location

10:30-11:45 a.m.

Plenary Session: Keynote Address and Final Remarks

11:45 a.m.

Conference Adjourns, Boxed Lunches Available

1:00 p.m.

Deadline to Dismantle Posters

Complete Schedule

Sunday, September 27, 2009

11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Conference Registration Desk
Registration

5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Poster Set-Up Time

Monday, September 28, 2009

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Conference Registration Desk
Registration

8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Poster Set-Up Time

2:00-3:30 p.m.
Mahler Auditorium
Plenary Session-Art Dunning, moderator; Vice President, National Outreach Scholarship Partnership

Welcome and Setting the Context
Art Dunning, Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia

Keynote Address: Opportunity and Purpose: Outreach's Changing Mission
E. Gordon Gee, President, The Ohio State University

E. Gordon Gee returned to lead The Ohio State University in 2007, after serving as chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Prior to his tenure at Vanderbilt, he was president of Brown University, Ohio State, the University of Colorado, and West Virginia University. Gee is a national leader in calling for higher education to undergo a radical reinvention or else face "extinction."

Passing the Torch: Announcement of 2010 Conference at North Carolina State University
James Zuiches, Vice Chancellor, Office of Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development, North Carolina State University

3:30-4:00 p.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Refreshment Break

4:00-4:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Room C
Engaged Scholarship, Social Justice, and Transformation: The Aboriginal Health Program
Increasingly, universities in Canada are articulating a desire to engage communities. However, the potential for engaged scholarship to transform significantly the way scholars and communities interact has not received sufficient attention. This session will draw on the Aboriginal Health Promotion Program pilot to prompt discussion of engaged and transformative scholarship.
Tania Kajner, Doctoral Student, Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta, Canada
Fay Fletcher, Assistant Professor, Health Promotion Studies, University of Alberta, Canada

Room F/G
Enhancing Cultural Competence and Institutional Mission via Community-Based Student Learning
Academic service-learning that engages students with off-campus immigrant communities not only provides direct outreach but also can help meet institutional goals. This service-learning can help reduce stereotypes, increase understanding of complex issues, and improve cross-cultural communicative competence. This will be demonstrated by content analysis of six semesters of participant reflections from a service-learning tutoring course.
Paul Matthews, Assistant Director, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, University of Georgia

Room D
An Holistic Model of Engaged Scholarship for all Missions
An holistic model will be presented that includes six academic entry points for engaged scholarship. The integration of higher education's missions in this process will be discussed, as well as factors and assumptions that affect engaged scholarship and that help faculty members better practice and tell the story of engaged scholarship.
Nancy Franz, Professor and Extension Specialist for Program Development, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Room Q
Evaluation: The Next Frontier for Collaboration
Government agencies are increasingly facing requirements for extensive evaluations of programs and services from all funding sources. This presentation will focus on how faculty members and institutions can work with local and state governments and communities to provide the expertise to support evaluation efforts for funded programs, services, and collaborations.
Virginia Dick, Public Service Assistant, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Rich Clark, Public Service Associate, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia

Room J
Engagement and Impact: College Students, Service-Learning, and Adult Literacy
This presentation will focus on a study of freshmen in a service-learning first-year seminar. These students served as tutors for adults enrolled in community-based literacy programs (Adult Basic Education, General Education Development, and English as a Second Language) and will explore the impact of this civic-engagement pedagogy on these two constituencies.
Mary Hutchinson, Assistant Professor, English as a Second Language Education, Pennsylvania State University-Lehigh Valley Campus
Sheila Sherow, Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, Pennsylvania State University

Room V/W
Research on the Engaged Institution: Understanding Barriers to Faculty Participation
When the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Center for Public Service (CCPS) launched its engaged scholar support program, it needed a more comprehensive understanding of faculty perceptions of, and barriers to, such work. CCPS took a community-based action research approach in which nontraditional institutional research yielded significant practical recommendations to improve institutional support and remove barriers.
Leah Totten, Doctoral Student and Houle Engaged Scholar, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Room R
Creating New Outreach Opportunities by Linking and Leveraging University Assets
A university's left hand often does not know that a right hand exists, much less what it is doing. Purdue University has developed some unlikely intra-institutional partnerships to deliver innovative outreach programs. This session highlights these efforts and provides tools for fostering collaboration at other institutions.
Scott Hutcheson, Assistant Program Leader, Economic and Community Development, Purdue University
Ed Morrison, Economic Policy Advisor, Purdue University

Room T/U
Georgia to Georgia: Engaging the Community Abroad
Developing partnerships between Georgian pilot schools and the University of Georgia Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication Department was paramount in the success of the Georgia to Georgia agricultural leadership program. This session will focus on these partnerships among the communities and UGA faculty members and students.
Jennifer Williams, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, University of Georgia
Dennis Duncan, Associate Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, University of Georgia
John Ricketts, Associate Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, University of Georgia

Room Y/Z
Activating Community Engagement Through Innovative Accreditation Self-Study Review Strategies
Convergence is occurring between external accountability demands placed on higher education and calls for higher education's recommitment to public purposes. Two contrasting institutional cases are presented to explain how accreditation self-study can advance engagement. This presentation describes strategies to engage faculty members and administrators who seek to advance engagement priorities.
Julie Williams, Associate Vice President for Research and Outreach Scholarship, University of New Hampshire
Lorilee Sandmann, Associate Professor, Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, University of Georgia

Room K/L
Archway Partnership: Model for Highly Integrating Higher Education and Community Economic Development
Archway is a unique partnership between communities and higher education institutions in which both benefit and are transformed. Success of the pilot resulted in support from the University of Georgia and the University System of Georgia to expand to eight locations representing a variety of communities. The speakers will address what makes the Archway Partnership model work, considerations for further application of the model, and how incremental funding was applied to enhance existing higher education investment and affect change around high priority community needs. The impact of the Archway Partnership on communities is exemplified by the continuing interest of communities petitioning to become Archway communities.
Jimmy Jeter, Chairman, Moultrie-Colquitt County Development Authority
Dennis Epps, Archway Partnership Professional, University of Georgia
Dan Nadenicek, Dean, College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia
Beverly Sparks, Associate Dean, Cooperative Extension, University of Georgia

4:45-5:15 p.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Poster Presentation Session

5:15-5:45 p.m.
Transition and Networking

5:45 p.m.
Front Circle of the Georgia Center
Buses Depart for Reception

6:00-7:30 p.m.
The SkyClub at Sanford Stadium
Reception Between the Hedges

High over Sanford Stadium, the fifth largest stadium in the country with a capacity of 92,746 people, enjoy the best of Southern tailgate party while mingling with some of the brightest and most passionate members of the outreach and engagement community. Sanford Stadium has long been one of the country's most beautiful arenas for college football. Georgia's average home attendance ranks among the nation's top 10. Sanford Stadium is known as the greatest spectator stadium in the South. The stadium attained world stature in 1996 when the home of the Bulldogs hosted the soccer competition of the Centennial Olympic Games — seen by more than 3 billion people around the world via television. The buses will depart for this reception at 5:45 p.m. from the front circle of the Georgia Center and return at 7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.
Dinner on Your Own

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

7:30-11:00 a.m.
Conference Registration Desk
Registration

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Magnolia Ballroom
Breakfast: Special Interest Roundtables
Get together with participants of similar interests and share ideas around the breakfast table. Many different topics will be available; choose the one that suits your interest.

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Oak Room
Breakfast Meeting: National Outreach Scholarship Partner Members

8:30-9:00 a.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Poster Presentation Session

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Mahler Auditorium
Plenary Session-Scott Angle, moderator; Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia

Keynote Address: African Leaders in Partnership with Universities to Solve Complex Issues
Ambassador Gertrude Mongella, President, Pan-African Parliament

Ambassador Gertrude Mongella of Tanzania, the first president of the Pan-African
Parliament, has advanced intercultural and international understanding on the continent of Africa in exercising her responsibilities over many years as a political leader. She has used her political influence in every position she has held to promote human rights, particularly the rights of women and children in Africa and around the world. She has devoted her life to making the world a more peaceful place. Mongella was elected president of the Pan-African Parliament on March 18, 2004. She had previously served the people of Africa as a member of parliament in Tanzania, goodwill ambassador to the World Health Organization representing Africa, leader of the OAU Election Observer Team to Zimbabwe for the 2002 presidential election, member of the Council of "The Future" at UNESCO, president of the NGO Advocacy for Women in Africa, U.N. assistant secretary general, and secretary general for the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.

Panel Presentation: The Synergies of Partnerships: Working Together with Africa
Joe Iarocci, Chief of Staff, CARE USA
Emmanuel Fiadzo, Senior Economist, The World Bank
Josette Lewis, Office Director of Agriculture and the Bureau for Economic Growth, United States Agency for International Development
C. Kurt Dewhurst, Director of Arts and Cultural Initiatives, University Outreach and Engagement, Michigan State University
Gregg Be Vier, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,/p>

10:30-11:00 a.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Refreshment Break

11:00-11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Room Y/Z
Enhancing Student Readiness for International Service-Learning Experiences
Student preparation for international service-learning experiences is imperative for positive student outcomes and program success. The focus will be on strategies regarding the process of choosing students, using web-based technology to enhance communication and preparation, the development of international knowledge and skills, and promoting service.
Maureen Tippen, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan-Flint
Linda Knecht, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan-Flint

Room C
Partnerships with Educational Impact: Reforming Science Education in Indiana
The state of Indiana is working to systemically reform K-12 science education. Partnerships developed through the Indiana-Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (I-STEM) Resource Network between education institutions, government agencies, businesses, and the National Science Resources Center have supported the development of a multi-year, multi-faceted effort to implement research-based practices in classrooms across the state.
Brandon Sorge, Director of Operations, I-STEM Resource Network, Purdue University
Bill Walker, Executive Director, I-STEM Resource Network, Purdue University
Jennifer Hicks, Science Curriculum Specialist, Indiana Department of Education

Room K/L
Archway Partnership: Comparative Lessons about Rural and Urban Community Engagement
The Archway Partnership is a community-driven, University System of Georgia outreach platform to facilitate communities' access to higher education resources. Speakers will compare and contrast engagement in rural and urban Archway communities. Panelists will reflect on similarities and differences in community-identified economic development priorities, collaborative projects, and implications for university-community engagement.
Ilka Decker, Archway Professional, Hart County Archway Partnership, University of Georgia
Gail Webb, Archway Professional, Clayton County Archway Partnership, University of Georgia
Alpha Bryan, District Health Director, Clayton County Board of Health
Jack Edmunds, Hart County Archway Partnership Executive Committee

Room J
Documenting and Promoting Engagement Using ScholarWorks, UMass-Amherst's Digital Repository
The University of Massachusetts-Amherst scholarly community is exploiting new digital technologies to showcase campus engagement initiatives. This session will show how a new partnership between the Outreach Division and UMass Libraries has created opportunities for dissemination, institutional tracking, and understanding engagement as a vital component of teaching and scholarship.
William Miller, Director of Planning and Evaluation, University of Massachusetts-Extension
Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication and Special Initiatives Librarian, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Stacy Konkiel, Digital Repository Resident Librarian, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Room F/G
Community-Academic Partnership: The Penn State-Altoona Experience
Over a three-year period, faculty members from diverse disciplines at Penn State-Altoona worked with community agencies to incorporate academically rigorous community-based projects into course curricula. Evidence of how the projects transformed relationships with community agencies, their clients, faculty instructional strategies, and student course experiences will be presented.
Thomas Shaffer, Coordinator of Academic Affairs, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona
Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Associate Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona
Elizabeth Seymour, Instructor of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona
Nedra Farcus, Instructor of Nursing, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

Room D
The University of Georgia's Child and Family Policy Initiative
This presentation describes the work of the University of Georgia's Child and Family Policy Initiative. The initiative is a unique, multidisciplinary collaboration of public service and academic units that bridges research, policy, and practice to impact children and their families through programming, research, policy analysis, and technical assistance.
Allison McWilliams, Public Service Assistant, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Melinda Moore, Program Coordinator, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Karen Baynes, Associate Director, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia

Room V/W
Community Engagement in HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Minority Women
This project seeks to reduce HIV infection among minority women through health literacy and promoting HIV testing. It is implemented collaboratively by Kansas State University, Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media, Regional AIDS Project, a Kansas-based non-governmental organization, and uses the community service-learning approach to involve public relations students.
Nancy Muturi, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University
Soontae An, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University

Room R
Which Comes First?: Starting with Outreach to Set Institutional Standards
Outreach and engagement measures usually start with traditional university roles and are adapted to outreach education. The University of Wisconsin-Extension did the opposite, starting with experience in community-focused programming and evaluation to determine indicators of engagement that were then adapted by the rest of the university system.
Christine Quinn, Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Mary Crave, Program Development and Evaluation Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Extension

Room T/U
Service-Learning through VITA A Classroom/Community Partnership
This session examines the impact a service-learning activity has on students' planned participation in, and organizing of, pro bono activities as professionals. It also examines the structure of a successful Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) coalition and discusses how similar coalitions can be implemented.
Lance Palmer, Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia
Joseph Goetz, Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia

11:45 a.m.-Noon
Transition and Networking

Noon-3:15 p.m.
Magnolia Ballroom
Luncheon Plenary Session-Christine Quinn, moderator; Provost and Vice Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Extension

Keynote Address: Population Change in the United States: Implications for Human, Socioeconomic and Natural Resources
Steve Murdock, Professor of Sociology, Rice University; former Director, United States Census Bureau

Steve H. Murdock served as director of the U.S. Census Bureau, having been nominated for the position by President George W. Bush until the change in administration in January of 2009. He has also served as the official state demographer of Texas. Murdock is the author or editor of 13 books and more than 150 articles and technical reports on the implications of current and future demographic and socioeconomic change. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards.

2009 Awards Presentations: Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Awards
Mort Neufville, Executive Vice President, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (retired); Executive Director, W.K. Kellogg Awards

Mort Neufville has dedicated his professional life to reaching out and engaging learners on a global basis. He currently serves as executive vice president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and is a nationally and internationally recognized advocate for engagement, cooperative extension, distance education, and adult and continuing education. In addition to his strong leadership in extension and education, Neufville has a distinguished career as a scientist, having received his Bachelor of Science degree from Tuskegee University and his Master's degree and Ph.D. in animal science from the University of Florida, Gainesville. He was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Science degree by Tuskegee University and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Florida.

Established in 2006, the Kellogg Outreach Scholarship and Magrath University Community Engagement Awards recognize four-year public universities that have redesigned their learning, discovery, and engagement functions to become sympathetically and productively involved with their communities. Winners of the Outreach Scholarship Awards receive a prize of $6,000 and move on to compete for the C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award. This year, the recipients of the 2009 Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award and finalists for the 2009 C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award come from Arizona State University (Western Region), Michigan State University (North Central Region), Pennsylvania State University (Northeastern Region), and the University of Georgia (Southern Region).

3:15-3:30 p.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Refreshment Break

3:30-4:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Masters Hall
Kellogg Foundation Regional Award Winners Question and Answer Session
Conference attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about the four regional winners of the W.K Kellogg awards. Each program will be given 15 minutes to entertain questions from the judges as they are further considered for the C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award.
Arizona State University, Western Region finalist
Michigan State University, North Central Region finalist
University of Georgia, Southern Region finalist
Pennsylvania State University, Northeastern Region finalist
Panel of Judges for the 2009 C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award

Room F/G
Liquid Assets: A Model for Public Service Media
Few things are as essential as clean water, yet the infrastructure that manages water systems is deteriorating. Penn State Public Broadcasting has built a model that leverages academic strengths, reaches national audiences through public media, and engages partnerships for local community discussion to address this challenging civic issue.
Melanie Doebler, Director, Public Engagement, Penn State Public Broadcasting
Elaine Brzycki, Manager, Grants and Contract Relations, Penn State Public Broadcasting

Room T/U
The Colorado State Patrol Partnership: Scaling Up, Creating Sustainability
This partnership illustrates how responding to a localized community need can scale up into a statewide program model. Colorado State Patrol and university partners will discuss how community interests are realized, how faculty members and students benefit from the partnership, and what methods are used to ensure reciprocity and sustained involvement.
Kipp Nye, Elbert County Extension Director, Colorado State University-Extension
Mark Trostel, Chief, Colorado State Patrol

Room Q
Crossing Faculty Disciplinary Lines Through Service-Learning: Impacts on Tenure
The tenure-track process will be discussed in light of a service-learning project in which two faculty members from Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication (ALEC), and Landscape Architecture at the University of Georgia collaborated on the design and implementation of an elementary school learning garden.
Brad Davis, Assistant Professor, College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia
Chris Morgan, Assistant Professor, ALEC, University of Georgia

Room V/W
Pedagogies for Civic Engagement: Collaborations and Complications in Religious Studies
The religious studies classroom presents special opportunities and challenges for fostering civic engagement and outreach. This presentation offers an initial description and assessment of a unique faculty effort to reflect collaboratively on the practice and scholarship of civic engagement in theology and religion.
Forrest Clingerman, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Ohio Northern University
Reid B. Locklin, Assistant Professor of Christianity and Culture, Saint Michael's College, University of Toronto

Room R
Lessons Learned: Engaging Students in Community Research, a Case Study
Forty students worked with their local Extension office to plan communication campaigns. This session will discuss the lessons learned from the perspective of the faculty members, students, and county Extension director. The benefits to and strains upon the faculty/community partner relationship will be discussed from a case-study perspective.
Michel Haigh, Assistant Professor of Communications, Pennsylvania State University
James Ladlee, Clinton County Extension Director, Pennsylvania State University

Room Y/Z
Building Bridges Not Towers: System-wide Strategies for Enhancing Community Engagement
A recently completed system-wide study of community engagement strategies in Florida's statewide public university system concluded with 18 findings and options for action. This presentation will highlight the report's themes and strategies for improving community engagement and collaboration and will consider its application to other state systems.
Robert Jones, Director, Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium Consensus Center, Florida State University
Doug Yarn, Professor of Law and Director of the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Georgia State University
Susan S. Crowley, Assistant Vice President of Community Relations, University of Florida

Room D
Which Outcomes Matter?: Understanding How the Community Views Successful Engagement
There is a push to make sure university-community partnerships produce meaningful programmatic outcomes. However, community leaders are just as concerned about "process." They may prefer partnerships that make them feel highly appreciated compared to those that are highly ambitious. This workshop helps attendees appreciate this preference and respond to it.
Byron White, Associate Vice President for Community Engagement, Xavier University

Room J
Project Riverway: Connecting Students and Communities to Foster Real Change
Project Riverway, a multi-disciplinary service-learning class, unites the skills of University of Georgia students and faculty in partnership with local governments and nonprofit organizations along a river system connecting three states. Undergraduate and graduate Project Riverway students improve this economically impoverished region by embracing its environmental, historical, and cultural resources.
Danny Bivins, Public Service Assistant, Fanning Institute, University of Georgia
Leigh Askew Elkins, Public Service Assistant, Fanning Institute, University of Georgia
Megan Zeigler, Graduate Student, College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia

Room C
Making Engineering Accessible: North Carolina State's Nuclear Engineering Outreach Program
How are the "social" and "technical" connected in meaningful ways? Energy production, medicine, and industrial plasmas are made relevant to daily living through engineering studies. The nuclear outreach program fosters engagement not only as "communities in schools," but "schools in communities."
Lisa Marshall, Nuclear Outreach Instructor, North Carolina State University
Mohamed Bourham, Professor of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University

Room K/L
Pathways of Engagement: Lessons from Lived Experience
Members of the International Adult and Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of Fame will discuss how the philosophy and practice of civic engagement, as a core component of adult and continuing education, have changed over the past few decades, how they affected their careers, and what the future holds as society adjusts to the information revolution.
Gary Miller, Associate Vice President for Outreach, Executive Director of the World Campus, Pennsylvania State University
John Peters, Professor and Coordinator, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Lorilee Sandmann, Associate Professor, Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, University of Georgia
Karen Watkins, Professor, Human Resource and Organization Development, University of Georgia

4:15-4:30 p.m.
Transition and Networking

4:30-5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Room Y/Z
Engagement: A Model for Continuing Education as a Convener
This presentation demonstrates a replicable model of how Texas Christian University's Extended Education unit achieved significant community impact and national recognition by convening a small group of stakeholders around the shared issue of disaster preparation within the university's community.
David Grebel, Director of Extended Education, Texas Christian University
Judy Shannon, Coordinator of Special Projects, Texas Christian University

Room F/G
Making Service-Learning Valuable and Visible
The speakers will present assessment findings and map how service-learning is valued and made visible in different colleges and disciplines at Purdue University. They will provide guidelines for mentoring colleagues whose careers focus on engagement and/or service-learning.
Susan Curtis, Professor of History, Purdue University
Kim Wilson, Professor of Landscape Architecture, Purdue University

Room J
University and Public School Partnerships for Reaching the Uninsured
This presentation will describe an innovative university-community partnership aimed at increasing health insurance coverage among families. Through partnerships with schools, community capacity for providing public health insurance outreach and enrollment assistance has increased. Participants will learn how these partnerships were built and receive materials to support replication of this effort.
Jeni Appleby, Outreach Specialist, Covering Kids and Families, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Room K/L
Deploying Innovative Solutions at the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid
In the past decade, undergraduate students have been engaged in developing and deploying, through service-learning projects, innovative solutions to problems afflicting the poorest of the poor. The lessons learned, with respect to maximizing success, have been organized into 10 guiding axioms, which will be presented and discussed by the audience.
William Kisaalita, Professor, Driftmier Engineering Center, University of Georgia

Room R
Furthering Faculty Research Goals While Serving Extension and the Community
This project is evaluating a train-the-trainer approach to disseminating dialogic reading techniques throughout Indiana. Dialogic reading is an evidence-based intervention that improves children's early literacy skills. The presentation will describe how such a project can satisfy both the common and unique goals of faculty members, students, outreach staff, and the community.
Jennifer Dobbs, Assistant Professor of Developmental Studies, Purdue University
Sandy Liang, Graduate Student, Developmental Studies, Purdue University

Room Q
Connecting Curriculum Standards to Community Issues
Nearly 20 percent of America's youths live in poverty, but in many ways 100 percent of youths are impacted by issues related to poverty. Middle grades teachers will share how they integrate service-learning and issues of poverty into required curriculum in grades 4-8 as a result of their experiences as preservice teachers.
Katherine Thompson, Public Service Associate, Middle School Education Program, University of Georgia
Gayle Andrews, Associate Professor, Middle School Education Program, University of Georgia

Room V/W
Can an Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy Create Cultural Change?
How can universities create cultural change to foster community engagement? One method is through an academy of scholars. Using ethnography, the East Carolina University Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy was examined to identify key cultural components that fostered change within the university and community. The speakers will discuss recommendations for such academies.
Beth Velde, Director, Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy, East Carolina University

Room T/U
Educating the Whole: Integrating a College and a Community
A faculty team describes the collaborative learning community they designed and implemented joining cross-disciplinary courses with community agencies to provide authentic problem-based learning. The presentation includes discussion of processes designed to enable project replication by new faculty teams and assessment activities to align projects with student outcomes across disciplines.
Thomas Hancock, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Georgia Gwinnett College
Jennifer Wunder, Assistant Professor of English, Georgia Gwinnett College
Stella Smith, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, Georgia Gwinnett College
Candace Timpte, Associate Professor of Biology, Georgia Gwinnett College

Room C
Planning for an Elder-Friendly Future Through Outreach and Civic Engagement
The elder population is growing. Implementing the most cost-effective health care strategies into existing population centers in an elder-informed manner is critical. Deciding which services, and where they are needed, requires neighborhood needs assessments. Elder-centered needs assessments, guided by outreach efforts, could lead to community and economic development in existing core municipalities. Gregory Olsen, Faculty Member and Research Associate, Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania State University
Lisa Iulo, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University

Room D
Optimizing Medication Management Through Pharmacy Entrepreneurship: An Academic/Outreach Partnership
This intensive seven-week program was a partnership between UGA's College of Pharmacy and the Small Business Development Center to teach pharmacists how to develop and maintain a medication therapymanagement service in their community to serve the needs of Medicare Part D (a federal program to subsidize the costs of prescription drugs) beneficiaries and other at-risk patient populations.
Trina von Waldner, Director of Postgraduate Continuing Education, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia
Charles McDuffie, Regional Coordinator of Experience Programs, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia
Jeff Sanford, Director of Program Development, Small Business Development Center

5:15-5:30 p.m.
Transition and Networking

Receptions

5:30-9:00 p.m.
Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Eatonton, Georgia
Community Reception
Meet at the front circle of the Georgia Center to board the buses.
This reception will focus on the relationship between university resources and community resources in outreach and engagement efforts. Before reaching Rock Eagle, there will be a short drive through Madison, Georgia. The City of Madison was founded in 1809 and was spared General Sherman's torch during the Civil War. After leaving Madison, visitors will visit the Rock Eagle 4-H Center, named for the Rock Eagle Mound — a stone effigy shaped like a prone bird. Measuring eight feet high at the breast and consisting entirely of milky quartz rocks, it was probably built about 2,000 years ago by Native Americans. At Rock Eagle, visitors will tour cabins, a new dining facility, meeting space and, of course, the famous Rock Eagle. The tour will conclude with dinner beside the 110-acre lake at the heart of Rock Eagle 4-H Center.

5:45-8:00 p.m.
Cine Art House Theater
International Reception
Meet at the front circle of the Georgia Center to board the buses.
The reception will be held at Cine — a European-style art-house theater in downtown Athens. Cine screens the latest independent and international films, documentaries, festival discoveries, and classic movies. This reception will showcase student and faculty engagement in a global context through slide shows, movie clips, and conversation. Participants will enjoy international-themed hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, fine arts performances by UGA international student groups, and UGA's steel drum band.

5:45-8:30 p.m.
Terrapin Beer Company Brewery
Local Reception
Meet in Masters Hall for a brief presentation, and then board the buses for the reception. Come to the Terrapin Beer Company and learn about outreach and engagement at the local level and enjoy entertainment by the Music Tones. Located in the heart of Athens' industrial district, Terrapin Beer Company is an award-winning brewery committed to pushing the boundaries of brewing excellence and style. Owners John Cochran and Brian "Spike" Buckowski won the coveted award for best pale ale at the Great American Beer Festival in 2002 with Terrapin's flagship brew, Rye Pale Ale, and the rest is history. Their 40,000 square-foot facility is open to the public every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Enjoy this dinner reception of local flavors.

7:30 p.m.-Midnight
A shuttle will be available between the Front Circle of the Georgia Center and Downtown Athens at the Arch, UGA's gateway between downtown and North Campus.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Magnolia Ballroom Breakfast and Plenary Session-Victor Lechtenberg, moderator; Vice Provost for Engagement, Purdue University

Keynote Address: The Scholarship of Engagement at Purdue University
Mark Pagano, Dean, Continuing Education and Conferences, Purdue University

Mark Pagano is professor of mechanical engineering technology and has served as dean of continuing education and conferences at Purdue since July 2002. Prior to his current position, he served as associate dean for Academic Affairs for the College of Technology for two years and director of the system of 11 outreach locations for the college for six years. He has also served as head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology. Before coming to Purdue in 1992, he spent nine years on the faculty of the College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Pagano is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the accrediting organization for engineering, technology, computing, and applied science.

8:30-9:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Room C
Engaging Underserved Students: Preparing for the Digital Workforce
The failure to engage underserved students effectively in technological pursuits is recognized as a major threat to continued American economic competitiveness. This presentation describes an original model involving business, university, community, and public education to create a success-oriented pathway to the 21st century workforce.
Ed Green, Senior Lecturer, Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
Klaudia Breslevats, Information Architect, The Vanguard Group
John Russella, Information Engineer, Penn Mutual Life

Room F/G
Community Engagement Journals: An Editor's Panel
A panel of editors from various journals that provide publishing venues for engaged scholarship will address submission guidelines and the editorial review process. Panel members will answer questions about the journal they represent. This presentation is part of the Emerging Engaged Scholarship Workshop. This session will also span two concurrent sessions, lasting until 10:15 a.m.
Tami Moore, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, Oklahoma State University
Anthony Omerikwa, Doctoral Student, Houle Scholar, University of Georgia
Lisa Marshall, Coordinator of Outreach Programs, Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University
Selected Journal Editors

Room J
The Engagement Academy for University Leaders
The Engagement Academy for University Leaders, launched with the endorsement of three associations, is a program designed to build institutional capacity for engagement. This competency-based program develops leadership skills and institutional action plans for engagement. This session will share the benefits of this program to leaders and their institutions.
Jeri Childers, Director, Outreach Program Development, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Room T/U
Developing Effective, All-Inclusive Institutional Policies and Procedures for Distance Education
After much discussion, debate, and collaboration, Mississippi State University's Division of Academic Outreach and Continuing Education developed effective, all-inclusive policies and procedures for distance education, which consist of a comprehensive plan for faculty incentives, program development, student services, multiple student population needs, fiscal health and independence, and university sponsorship.
Laura Crittenden, Manager, Office of Academic Outreach, Mississippi State University
Mark Binkley, Executive Director, Academic Outreach and Continuing Education, Mississippi State University

Room D
American Indian Housing Initiative: Building a Way Out of Poverty
Students and institutions involved in service-learning face challenges with the work and research they pursue. The American Indian Housing Initiative, a cross-disciplinary collaborative project at the Penn State Center for Sustainability, offers an example of how teaching partnerships create opportunity amidst the challenging housing crisis on American Indian reservations.
Judith Simpson, Program Coordinator, American Indian Housing Initiative, Penn State Center for Sustainability

Room Y/Z
Community Engagement in a Professional School: Strategies to Overcome Challenges
This presentation will discuss unique challenges a graduate program may encounter when implementing community-engaged scholarship, and will introduce innovative strategies used to overcome these challenges.
Sayaka Machizawa, Associate Director of Community Partnerships, The Chicago School of ProfessionalPsychology
Jill Glenn, Director of Community Partnerships, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Sharyl Trail, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Whitney Kingsburry, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Room V/W
Shoulder to Shoulder Ecuador: A Campus Community Collaboration
Shoulder to Shoulder Ecuador is a campus community partnership that provides health services to underserved areas of Amazonian and Andean Ecuador through medical brigades. The presentation will include a history of the brigades, findings from a recent survey of brigade participants, and a discussion of challenges and barriers.
Katherine McCormick, Associate Professor in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education, University of Kentucky
Claudia Hopenhayn, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, University of Kentucky
Thomas Young, Clinical Faculty, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky
Janet Roccanova, Director, Education Abroad and Exchange Program, University of Kentucky
Sharon Stewart, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky

Room Q
Pathways to Home: Affordable Housing Design and Community Action
The North Carolina State University School of Architecture partners with communities confronted with critical design needs for green, affordable housing. Under the supervision of experienced faculty members, students design sustainable homes that are locally constructed while training to be good stewards for their communities and the environment.
Georgia Bizios, Professor, School of Architecture, North Carolina State University
Katie Wakeford, Adjunct Faculty, School of Architecture, North Carolina State University

Room K/L
Scholarship and the Purdue Engagement Mission
The panelists will introduce their specific area of engagement and the type of scholarship they have initiated in their respective disciplines. The moderator will ask questions relating to the state of engagement scholarship, impacts of their work, and advice for new scholars. Audience interaction will be encouraged.
Mark Pagano, Dean, Continuing Education and Conferences, Purdue University
John Staver, Professor and Director, Center for Research and Engagement in Science and Mathematics Education, Colleges of Education and Science, Purdue University
Rodney Vandeveer, Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision, College of Technology, Purdue University
Kristina Bross, Associate Professor of English and American Studies of Liberal Arts, Purdue University
Michael Schutz, Associate Professor and Dairy Extension Educator, Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Purdue University

Room R
Engagement through Community-Based Television: Two Stories of Success
In the era of consolidation, both University of Alabama and University of Georgia (UGA) have purchased commercial TV properties. Formerly WJRD, WVUA-TV serves West Alabama like WNEG-TV, now owned by UGA, serves Northeast Georgia. See how both schools have leveraged these TV properties to extend their institutions' research and teaching missions.
E. Culpepper Clark, Dean, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
Roy Clem, General Manager, WVUA-TV, University of Alabama
George Daniels, Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Alabama
Ann Hollifield, Dowder Professor of Media Research; Department Head, Telecommunications, University of Georgia
Michael Castengera, Senior Lecturer, Telecommunications; Project Director, WNEG, University of Georgia

9:15-9:30 a.m.
Transition and Networking

9:30-10:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Room V/W
Service-Learning Projects: Challenges, Opportunities, and Mutual Benefits
The session will begin with an overview of a service-learning project at Pennsylvania State-New Kensington intended to spur economic development. A group discussion will be held on the challenges, opportunities, and mutual benefits of service-learning projects experienced by faculty members, students, and community partners.
Richard Harnish, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University-New Kensington

Room R
Scholarship of Engagement and Cultural Challenges Within an Academic Context
Academic traditions pose challenges to the scholarship of engagement. Departmental and disciplinary cultures vary widely in their support, and university reward systems heighten the difficulties. This panel examines how an interdisciplinary task force at North Carolina State University developed faculty member review approaches recognizing accomplishments in the scholarship of engagement.
Joan Pennell, Professor and Director, Center for Family and Community Engagement, North Carolina State University
Pat Sobrero, Associate Vice Chancellor for Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development, North Carolina State University
Ellis B. Cowling, University Distinguished Professor At-Large Emeritus, North Carolina State University

Room J
Freshman Outreach: A Civic Engagement/Public Policy Residential Community
The Baker Center Learning Community is predicated on the idea that students should be involved in community issues early in college to solidify their commitment to public service and participatory democracy. This program teaches students about policy issues and challenges them to apply these issues to their community.
Gavin Luter, Coordinator, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Room C
A Diversified Model for Supporting and Institutionalizing Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) sees the community as a partner in the research process, not just a place to do research. Speakers will describe the University of Vermont's efforts to institutionalize CBPR by combining faculty member advocacy and student training with campus-wide support and suggest potential applications for other campuses.
Kate Westdijk, Program Coordinator, Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning, University of Vermont
Carrie Williams-Howe, Associate Director, Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning, University of Vermont

Room E
Leadership and Service Certificate: An Analysis of Eight Years
The Interdisciplinary Certificate in Leadership and Service Program at the University of Georgia entered its eighth year of existence in 2009. The presentation will include an analysis of the accomplishments, challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned. Strategies to enhance the service and engagement components of the certificate will also be discussed.
Jenna Brown, Graduate Assistant, Agricultural Leadership, University of Georgia
Natalie Coers, Graduate Assistant, Agricultural Leadership, University of Georgia
Dennis Duncan, Associate Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, University of Georgia
Maria Navarro, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, University of Georgia

Room Y/Z
University and Community Partnership for Reducing Social Divides
Crossroads Charlotte is a community-wide initiative to foster access, equity, and inclusion across racial divides in Charlotte, N. C. University of North Carolina-Charlotte developed a crossroads-centered instructional program. Crossroads-themed programming also serves as a framework to help build a diverse and inclusive campus community. This presentation discusses activities and lessons learned.
Owen Furuseth, Associate Provost for Metropolitan Studies and Extended Academic Programs, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Susan Harden, Crossroads Charlotte Coordinator, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Room Q
The I-STEM Resource Network: Promoting K-12 STEM Education in Indiana
The Indiana-Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (I-STEM) Resource Network is a partnership of Indiana's higher education institutions, K-12 schools, businesses, and government. Participants will learn how the network supports K-12 teachers and leaders working to implement high academic standards toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematical literacy for all students.
Bill Walker, Executive Director, I-STEM Resource Network, Purdue University
Brandon Sorge, Director of Operations, I-STEM Resource Network, Purdue University

Room D
Strengthening Georgia's Refugee Community Through Student Engagement
Georgia has approximately 40,000 refugees, mainly from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Often, African refugees arrive in the United States after many years in camps with limited educational opportunities. This presentation will discuss University of Georgia's student and faculty engagement with refugees in addressing educational and literacy problems.
Njeri Marekia-Cleaveland, African Program Specialist, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Don Rubin, Professor Emeritus and Senior Researcher, Center for Health and Risk Communication, University of Georgia

Room K/L
Tools of Engagement: An Online Undergraduate Skill Building Curriculum
Participants will learn about a newly developed web-based curriculum that introduces undergraduates to university-community engagement. Each module in the curriculum focuses on critical engagement skills and basic concepts. Preliminary data regarding student knowledge gain and plans for a cross-university research partnership will be presented.
Robert Brown, Associate Director for Community Engagement, Michigan State University
Karen McKnight-Casey, Director of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, Michigan State University
Patricia Farrell, Senior Director of University-Community Partnerships, Michigan State University
Jessica V. Barnes, Associate Director of University-Community Partnerships, Michigan State University

10:15-10:30 a.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Refreshment Break

10:30-11:45 a.m.
Mahler Auditorium
Plenary Session-Hiram Fitzgerald, moderator; President, National Outreach Scholarship Partnership

Keynote Address: The Contemporary Media Landscape: How (and Why) Media Consumers Think and Behave
Alan Wurtzel, President, Research and Media Development, NBC Universal

Alan Wurtzel, president for research and media development at NBC since 1999, plans, develops, and analyzes all audience, program, and marketing research for the NBC Television Network, the news and information cable networks MSNBC and CNBC, the entertainment cable networks USA, SyFy, Bravo, and Oxygen, and the Telemundo Spanish language network. Wurtzel is also responsible for all research in support of NBC Universal's digital initiatives.

11:30 a.m.
Mahler Auditorium
Final Remarks

Hiram Fitzgerald, President, National Outreach Scholarship Partnership; Associate Provost, University Outreach and Engagement, Michigan State University
Art Dunning, Vice President, National Outreach Scholarship Partnership; Vice President of Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia

11:45 a.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Conference Adjourns, Boxed Lunches Available

1:00 p.m.
Pecan Tree Galleria
Deadline to Dismantle Posters

University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.
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