University Outreach and Engagement
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Julian Samora Research Institute (JSRI) conducts research on different aspects of Latino communities, including social, economic, educational, and political issues. Its primary areas of research are gaps between service delivery systems and Latino community needs, health disparities, and Latino entrepreneurship. It transmits its findings to academic institutions, government officials, community leaders, and private sector executives; and provides technical expertise and support to Latino communities for the purpose of developing policy responses to local problems. JSRI is also committed to the development of Latino human capital, including leadership development, empowerment, and education.
- The Center is home to College of Education programs and Detroit internship headquarters; Community Music School Detroit classes, programs, and events; and offices for admissions, advancement, and governmental affairs.
- The UARC provides leadership in evaluating new interface technologies to ensure that they are useful, usable, accessible, and appealing to a broad audience. The UARC 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.
- 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.
- The MSU Museum is Michigan's largest public museum of natural history and culture. It is a public steward for nearly 1 million objects, artifacts and 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).
