1. Enhancing the University Engagement Ecosystem
Dr. Elizabeth Sayrs, Dean of University College, Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Success
Mary Nally, Director, Center for Campus and Community Engagement

2. supporting and integrating all strategic pathways
Engagement Ecosystem
supporting and integrating all strategic pathways
“We have the opportunity to make a real difference in this region, through the combined efforts of virtually every one of our colleges and schools, as well as our regional campuses. We must lead through helping to coordinate work with communities throughout our region to develop approaches that look to a new and sustainable economy through innovation and other strategic support.”
-President Nellis, Inauguration Speech October 2017
Engagement Ecosystem
• Become a positive catalyst of economic and quality of life change

3. An Inclusive Engagement Ecosystem
What is an “Ecosystem”?
Not just the elements in an ecosystem, but the conditions and climate that support their growth and the interactions and interdependencies between them.
Certainly City of Athens; Nonprofit organizations, BUT also business, global, government partners, schools, etc., etc.

4. The Engagement Spectrum
Engagement IN
the community
Engagement WITH
the community
-Transactional
-Unidirectional
-Benefits may be indirect or difficult to measure
-Partnership
-Joint Design
-Mutually beneficial
-Benefits are direct and measurable
Engagement ecosystem is a spectrum of engagement
Engagement with the community == community engagement
All parts of this spectrum are in the engagement ecosystem – going to focus on the right side of spectrum more today

5. An Inclusive Ecosystem
Who is “the Community”?
Communities are identifiable groups of individuals that share similar interests, concerns, and needs.
-Based on North Carolina State University’s definition
Certainly City of Athens; Nonprofit organizations, BUT also business, global, government partners, schools, etc., etc.

6. Community Engagement: Expanding our Understanding
What is engagement with the Community?
“Community engagement describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional, state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial creation and exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
What often comes to mind is Volunteering, or Community Service, but much broader than that

7. Community Engagement takes many forms
Based
Research
Social & Community
Development
Alumni
Engagement
Economic
Development
Global
Engagement
Co-Curricular
Activity
Scholarship of
Engagement
Town-Gown
Partnership
Curricular
Engagement
Entrepreneurial
Engagement
Corporate
Partnerships
Environmental &
Sustainable
Development
Environmental &
Sustainable
Development

8. Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification
Institutional self-assessment and self-study
National Recognition
Catalyst to enhance engagement ecosystem
Why are we expanding and clarifying our definition of the engagement ecosystem and community engagement  Carnegie classification
Be clear about benefits for OHIO faculty, students, and staff – and national recognition of strong work they are already doing

9. Aligning the Engagement Ecosystem regionally, nationally, and internationally
Goal: Engagement ecosystem continues to evolve that acts as a catalyst in partnership with communities to address regional, national, and international development priorities.
For out students, creates engaged citizens who have engagement embedded as a life-long practice, achieve academic and career excellence, and who define success as having impact for the common good.

10. Panelists
Curricular & Scholarship of Engagement
Julia Paxton Professor of Economics and CCCE Faculty Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences Rebecca Robinson-Miller Senior Director of Community Relations, College of Health Sciences and Professions Nathaniel Berger Executive Product & Business Coach, LIGHTS Regional Innovation Paul Mass Entrepreneur-in-Residence; Director, Center for Entrepreneurship
Social & Community Development
Economic Development
Entrepreneurial Engagement

11. Discussion
“Community engagement describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional, state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial creation and exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Breakfast for Progress themes:
Shaping the Engagement Ecosystem
With the Community: mutually beneficial practices
Opportunities for Future Development

12. Elizabeth Sayrs, Dean and Senior Vice Provost
Mary Nally, Director
Center for Campus and Community Engagement
ohio.edu/communityengagement