In the News
Weekly Updates Feature Community Partnerships and Upcoming Events
UNCW’s Office of Community Engagement posts weekly updates each Thursday with information about UNCW faculty, staff, and student work in collaboration with community partners, as well as a listing of upcoming public events (some of which require registration). These updates are posted here and on our Facebook page and sent out to our email list. To submit stories or events for a future Weekly Update, or to be added to our email list, please contact communityengagement@uncw.edu.
UNCW receives Exemplary Designation in APLU Community Engagement Scholarhsip Competition
The Office of Community Engagement, in collaboration with the School of Health and Human Sciences, Recreation Therapy department, submitted and application for consideration for the Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities selected four regional award recipients. UNC Wilmington, along-side three other regional instititions received an exemplary designation and the projects submitted for consideration will be showcased at the upcoming 2018 Engagement Scholarhsip Consortium's Annual Conference in October. Read the article here.
Facing Community Change Feature
Members of the town of Navassa who contributed to "Facing Community Change" were featured in the latest edition of the UNCW magazine. Community members participated in a study about the Gullah Community in our neighboring town, which resulted in the compilation of a book, "Facing Community Change". The book was written in collaboration with members of the UNCW English Department, Colleen Reilly and Kimi Faxon Hemmingway, and published by the Publishing Labratory at UNCW.
QENO, At Your Service
The Spring/Summer 2018 edition of the UNCW magazine featured QENO, Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations. Awarded nearly a quarter of a million dollar grant from Blue Cross, Blue Shield, QENO will continue to provide training and strengthening area nonprofits.
UNCW Global Teacher Education Fellow and her MAT Students Focus on Empathy and Perspective-Taking
Dr. Elizabeth O. Crawford spent the last academic year working as a Fellow with the nonprofit organization Global Teacher Education. As part of her fellowship, she focused on enhancing how she incorporates global learning experiences in student teaching coursework. Part of this project included her UNCW Community Engagement Grant with Heidi Higgins to bring the head of education at Lyfta to Wilmington in March for a presentation and residency about using virtual reality as a tool to build global empathy. Dr. Crawford and her students created a video about a module in the course. Click here to view the video.
2017-2018 Community Engagement Award Recipients Announced
Nominations for the 2017-2018 UNCW Staff Award for Excellence in Community Engagement and the UNCW Community Partner Award for University Engagement were accepted through February 16th. As a part of the 2018 CAHLE: The Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education, recipients were presented with their award a the conference banquet on April 9th. This year's nominations included several outstanding staff members and community partners. The award recipients for 2017-2018 are UNCW Staff member, Laura Brogdon-Primavera (CIE) and Mr. Brandon "Bigg B" Hickman (Coast 97.3).
