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2025 University Outreach and Engagement Awards announced!

Congratulations to the 2025 University Outreach and Engagement Award recipients! The awards honor faculty, staff and students for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and community impact. Awards were given in the following categories: Community Engaged Scholar, Community Engaged Practitioner and Community Engaged Graduate Student.

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2025-2026 University Outreach and Engagement Engaged Graduate Student Research Seed Grants

Congratulations to those selected for 2025-26 Graduate Student Engaged Scholar Seed Grants! The grants support graduate students to undertake community-engaged research or community-engaged projects, in collaboration with a community partner, that address a specific need or problem within the community.

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Ohio State Engages June/July Newsletter

Don't miss the June/July issue of the Ohio State Engages newsletter! This issue has stories on the Ohio State Energy Partners philanthropic awards, the Engaged Scholar Q&A with Jacquelyn Meshelemiah, the 2025-26 Columbus-Athens Schweitzer Fellows and more!

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2025-26 University Outreach and Engagement Documenting Impact Grants

This year, 10 proposals were selected for funding through the Outreach and Engagement Documenting Impact Grants process. Grants were awarded at a maximum amount of $10,000 to support program evaluation and impact reports for community-engaged research or community-engaged projects, in collaboration with a community partner, that addresses a specific need or problem within the community.

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Meet the 2025-26 Columbus-Athens Schweitzer Fellows!

The Schweitzer Fellows Program supports and trains emerging health-focused graduate and professional students in creating and carrying out service projects to address unmet community needs. The Fellows conduct a one-year community service project of at least 200 service hours, with at least 100 hours involving direct client contact. Fellows partner with an existing community agency in the Columbus or Athens area and have both an academic and a community-based mentor.

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    April 2, 2025 — News

    Ohio State symposium brings together faculty, elementary teachers, authors

    The Ohio State University recently brought together faculty, staff and students with central Ohio elementary school educators to share best practices that can instill a passion for reading in children. The Higher Ground Literacy Symposium provided opportunities for educators to network, share ideas, build community and learn about new research on childrens literacy, said Professor Stephanie Power-Carter, the events organizer.

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    March 31, 2025 — News

    Ohio State, U.S. Army Reserve partner on training program

    To prepare military personnel for an upcoming deployment to Africa, The Ohio State University has partnered with the U.S. Army Reserves 412th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne). Ohio States Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and the Center for African Studies (CAS) are collaborating with the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion to present the CAS-CIBER Africa Seminar.

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    March 19, 2025 — News

    Keeping Ohios experts in their fields

    The Vonderhaars credit The Ohio State University and its Ohio AgrAbility program for keeping the family patriarch where he wants to be working in the fields by arranging to add a platform lift to the familys combine to help Len overcome physical challenges.

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    March 18, 2025 — News

    Ohio States new provost: University is the school for the whole state

    That mission goes far beyond Columbus, Bellamkonda said. Ohio State will not be an ivory tower, inaccessible to most. Id like us to be a porous university, he said. Porous in the sense of being open to our communities, to industry." While he has goals for this work, he believes the university is already making great strides in community engagement.

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    March 6, 2025 — News

    Judges sought for Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

    Judges are needed on May 14 for the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), which is being held in Columbus. Regeneron ISEF is the worlds largest international pre-college science competition. More than 1,600 students representing 60-plus countries, regions and territories will be competing for nearly $9 million in awards, scholarships, internships and prizes. Ohio State is the key academic partner for ISEF 2025. The application deadline is April 29. For more information, contact Assistant Vice Provost Nicole Nieto at nieto.12@osu.edu.

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