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2024 University Outreach and Engagement Awards

Congratulations to the 2024 University Outreach and Engagement Award recipients! The awards honor faculty, staff and community partners 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 Partnership.

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OSU Engages March Newsletter

Check out the OSU Engages March Newsletter! This issue includes news about the 2024 Patterson Lecture, the upcoming Roads Scholars Day, professional development opportunities and more!

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"Spark" grants for arts engagement

Over the next three years, the Office of Outreach and Engagement will offer "Spark" grants, funded by the Mellon Foundation, to Ohio State faculty, students and staff for engagement projects that center the arts, especially projects done in partnership with communities served by our regional campuses. During this first year of the program, grants will be funded to a maximum of $25,000. Applications are due April 12.

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Roads Scholars Day: Newark April 12

Faculty and staff interested in engaged scholarship are invited to join the Office of Outreach Engagement on April 12 as we visit Ohio State's Newark campus and partnership sites in the area. On a charter bus with other faculty and university colleagues, you will visit community organizations and learn more about community engaged scholarship.

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Patterson Lecture with Donde Plowman April 18

We are excited to have Chancellor Donde Plowman from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville deliver the 2024 James F. Patterson Land-Grant University Lecture on April 18! Registration is now open for the lecture and seating is limited.

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    October 26, 2023 — News

    Megan Cavanaugh named manager of campus art

    Megan Cavanaugh, a longtime Wexner Center for the Arts team member and current head of operations, has been named Ohio States first manager of campus art. She will begin her role on Nov. 6.

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    October 23, 2023 — News

    Symposium celebrates Kirwan Institutes 20th anniversary, future

    The Kirwan Institute for Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University marked its 20th anniversary with a Sept. 29 symposium exploring the impact that the organizations research has had on communities in Ohio and nationwide. The symposium also offered a glimpse at the institutes future.

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    October 18, 2023 — News

    Bringing new resilient infrastructure to all communities

    In an effort to mitigate climate change, many communities and the transportation and energy systems that serve them are transitioning to renewable sources. However, not all communities are able to equally participate in this transition. Underserved communities, in particular, often encounter barriers when shifting to newer, electrified energy and transportation systems. Many of these neighborhoods have already experienced various socioeconomic challenges and exposure to existing pollutants and potential adverse health outcomes.

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    October 10, 2023 — News

    Newark Earthworks earn UNESCO World Heritage designation

    In September, the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks sites, which includes the Newark Earthworks, became Ohios first UNESCO site and just the 25th in the United States. Other World Heritage Sites include the Taj Mahal, the Great Barrier Reef and Stonehenge.

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    October 6, 2023 — News

    Ohio State at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference

    Faculty, staff and students from Ohio State made an impact at the 2023 Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference. The university had multiple award winners honored at the conference along with numerous presenters from a wide-range of colleges and departments.

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