Departments
University Outreach and Engagement is composed of a number of coordinated departments. Each department targets a different segment of the mission and provides different services.
Office of the Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement (APUOE)
APUOE provides budget, personnel, and facilities support to the UOE departments. It also administers collaborative research grants for outreach and engagement projects and supports the administrative work of the Associate Provost, Dr. Hiram E. Fitzgerald. Dr. Fitzgerald advocates for outreach participation across campus and nationally.
National Center for the Study of University Engagement (NCSUE)
NCSUE promotes the study of university engagement through measurement of outreach activity, developing benchmarks for outreach performance, creating opportunities to learn about the practice of engaged scholarship, and participating in national organizations.
University-Community Partnerships (UCP)
UCP increases the capacity of MSU faculty and communities to address a variety of important societal issues. UCP offers services such as brokering and facilitating universitycommunity partnerships, connecting faculty with faculty to encourage multidisciplinary research, facilitating organizational development and change processes, offering asset/ outcome evaluation training, and conducting community-based research and evaluation.
Community Evaluation and Research Center (CERC)
CERC acts as a hub for evaluation activity across Michigan State University, providing training in program evaluation and community-based participatory research, and conducting formative and summative evaluations. Across local, state, and national arenas, CERC partners with nonprofi t organizations, educational institutions, state government, health organizations, foundations, and other universities.
Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED)
CCED is located in downtown Lansing, Michigan. CCED’s mission is to create, disseminate, and apply knowledge to improve the quality of life for people in distressed urban and regional Michigan communities. CCED implements, evaluates, and disseminates innovative approaches through responsive engagement, strategic partnerships, and collaborative learning.
Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (CSLCE)
The CSLCE administers a number of civic engagement programs for students. These university initiatives provide curricular and co-curricular service-based learning and engagement opportunities for MSU students. Opportunities are offered that meet students’ goals while also addressing the expressed needs of the community. CSLCE also helps faculty integrate service-learning into their courses.
Communication and Information Technology (CIT)
CIT offers outreach project consulting and development services in Web design, information systems, graphic design, publications, event management, and integrated communication to MSU faculty and their community partners. CIT also provides public access to information about university-wide outreach initiatives through Web sites like the MSU Statewide Resource Network and Spartan Youth Programs.
MSU Usability & Accessibility Center (UAC)
The UAC provides leadership in evaluating new interface technologies to ensure that they are useful, usable, accessible, and appealing to a broad audience. The UAC team conducts research and provides accessibility and usability consulting services; offers training on accessibility evaluation, usability evaluation methodologies, and user-centered design techniques; and participates in local, regional, national, and international usability and accessibility communities of practice.
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
The Wharton Center is committed to presenting all disciplines of the performing arts from around the world. Wharton Center's Educational Programs provide arts education opportunities to more than 30,000 school-age children annually.
Michigan State University Museum
The MSU Museum is Michigan's largest public museum of natural history and culture. It is a public steward for 2.5 million specimens of cultural and natural history from around the world. The Museum reaches a broad and diverse audience through strong, varied, and accessible collections, field- and collections-based research, public service and education programs, traveling exhibits, and innovative partnerships with Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA), the Great Lakes Fisheries Trust, and Michigan State University Extension (MSUE).
Estate and Wealth Strategies Institute at Michigan State University
The Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing strategies for wealth, estate, business, and charitable planning. The Institute is a recognized authority in the estate and financial planning industry.
