National Conference on Civic Engagement and Research Universities

On February 23-24, CCP hosted the 2nd National Conference on Civic Engagement and Research Universities. The two-day event brought together a select group of high-ranking scholars and administrators from such universities as Tufts, Standford, Harvard, USC, UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, University of North Carolina, UC Berkeley, and others. Collectively, the group explored strategies for advancing engaged scholarship across higher education.

The following academics attended the conference: UCLA Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams; Betsy  Alden, Duke University; Victor Bloomfield, University of Minnesota; Lisa Boes, Harvard University; Deanna Cooke, Georgetown University; Terry Cooper, University of Southern California; Thomas Darwin, University of Texas at Austin; Andy Furco, University of California Berkeley; Gabriel Garcia, Stanford University; Franklin Gilliam, Jr., UCLA; Ira Harkavy, University of Pennsylvania; Rob Hollister, Tufts University; Jeffrey Howard, University of Michigan; Elaine Ikeda, California Campus Compact; Barbara Jacoby, University of Maryland, College Park; Michaelann Jundt, University of Washington; Margaret Leal-Sotelo, UCLA; Kimberly Loui, Arizona State University; Karen McKnight Casey, Michigan State University; Caryn McTighe Musil, American Association of Colleges and Universities; Jenn Meeropol, Campus Compact; Kathy O'Byrne, UCLA; Octavio Pescador, UCLA; John Reiff, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Sarena Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health; Sharon Shields, Vanderbilt University; Michael Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Timothy Stanton, Stanford University & Campus Compact; Michael Thornton, University of Wisconsin-Madison

[conference agenda]