CEC: First Steps and Best Practices
Join us Friday, October 7th, from 12 PM - 1 PM via Zoom to hear about lessons from previous CEC workshops helpful to those applying for the CEC designation, along with frequently asked questions and a step-by-step breakdown of best practices for student learning and engaging with community partners. Register for this workshop if you would like guidance on new or future course designs, tips for practical applications of this work, and a practical guide for moving forward.
October 2nd, 2022, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Grant Wood Main House, 1142 East Court Street
University of Iowa Grant Writing Seminar and Workshop 2022-2023
October 6, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
IMU Second Floor Ballroom (Virtual option available)
Building Confidence And Making Sense Of Fundraising For Community & Civic Engagement
October 20th, 2022, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Virtual
Arts Share
A Yellow Rose Project
Ceramics Invitational Show - School of Art and Art History
Design, Build, Ride: Iceland Rift - The Complete Route Planning and Ride Story, Steve McGuire - School of Art and Art History
A Yellow Rose Project
Ceramics Invitational Show - School of Art and Art History
GrantWood Art Colony
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Community Events
A Yellow Rose Project
Ceramics Invitational Show - School of Art and Art History
A Hub, a Network, an Archive: 55 Years of International Writers in Iowa City
BUILD: Exploring the Influence of Implicit Bias
German Peer Tutoring
BGC: Introduction to Building Our Global Community
Spanish Peer Tutoring
Chinese Peer Tutoring
Arabic Peer Tutoring
Korean Peer Tutoring
Italian Conversation Hour
American Sign Language Peer Tutoring
Gilman Scholarship Info Sessions
Portuguese Peer Tutoring
Mindful Recovery
Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour
Life in Iowa: Work Visa Options After Graduation
Japanese Peer Tutoring Fall 2022
Advanced Japanese Conversation Group
American Sign Language Conversation Hour
Diversity Networking Series: Conquering the Career Fair
Design, Build, Ride: Iceland Rift - The Complete Route Planning and Ride Story, Steve McGuire - School of Art and Art History
Iowa City Book Festival | An Evening with Anthony Doerr
A Yellow Rose Project
Previous Workshops & Events
Looking In, Zooming Out: Community-Engaged Learning in the Big Picture
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
2:30 - 4:00p, virtual event via Zoom
In partnership with Iowa Campus Compact
Join us for an interactive workshop for anyone teaching a community-engaged course who is curious about how to introduce interdisciplinary, systems-level thinking, and/or local-global connections into their course design, assignments, and activities. Participants will try on and explore a range of ideas and strategies, including:
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How thinking about how toast is made can be a useful introduction to design-thinking practices and social innovation.
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How to strategically use the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to scaffold and contextualize conversations about local community partnerships and the purpose community-engaged learning more broadly.
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How their own disciplinary orientation and approach might inform their understanding of local and global "wicked problems".
See recording of event here.
Making an Impact: A Student's Perspective on Community Engagement.
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
3:00-4:00PM - Virtual event Via Zoom
Live Student Panel
Are you a student enrolled in a community engaged course or interested in starting a project with a community partner? Are you interested in learning what you can expect, from students who have already successfully completed a community engagement project? This workshop will explore the nuts and bolts of working with community partners from a student’s perspective. A panel discussion of students will explore the challenges and opportunities of community engagement and highlight examples of successful projects and partnerships. Join us for a discussion and learn more about how you can make an impact in your community.
Engaged Faculty Institute
January 8th - 25th, 2021
Virtual Institute, Asynchronous + Live Zoom
In partnership with Iowa Campus Compact
Whether you are new to teaching community-engaged learning courses, or are a community-engagement expert, this Institute provides opportunities for everyone to learn best practices for community engaged teaching and learning. Traditionally offered in-person every spring semester, this year the Institute will be offered both over winter break and in the spring semester through an online, asynchronous format, followed by a synchronous Zoom workshop. The Institute will cover all aspects of teaching a community-engaged course, including:
- Foundations and critical commitments to community engagement
- Planning and Facilitation
- Partnerships and Engagement
- Learning Outcomes and Reflection
- Assessment and Evaluation
Defining and Sustaining Community Partnerships
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
3 - 4 pm, virtual meeting via Zoom
Community engagement best practices encourage the development of sustained, long-term relationships and partnerships between campus and community. This workshop will explore how faculty and staff build community partnerships through service-learning and engaged research. A panel discussion of faculty, staff and community partners will explore the challenges and opportunities of community engaged teaching and research and provide tips on how to build successful, sustained partnerships.
See recording of event here.
Community Engagement for Inclusion and Justice
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
12 - 2 pm, virtual meeting via Zoom
hosted by the Office of Community Engagement in partnership with Campus Compact. Emily Shields, Executive Director of Iowa/Minnesota Campus Compact, will be co-hosting this event and will be referring to a few texts throughout the training:
- Difficult Discussions - Facilitating Political Dialogues
- Inclusive Teaching - How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
- Partnership and Power - Community Partnerships Study
- Re-imagining Engagement - Social Change Wheel 2.0
See recording of event here.
"Writers Unmuffled" hosted by Michaeljulius, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
6:30 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom
UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, April 29th 6:30 p.m. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!
See recording of this event here.
UI Percussion Arts Share Community Concert
Saturday, February 27th, 2021
3:00 pm, virtual via LiveStream
Iowa Percussion and the Iowa Steel Band will present a concert titled “All You Need is Love.” Originally a Valentine’s Day Concert, the program was rescheduled because of the late start of the Spring semester due to COVID.
"Writers Unmuffled" hosted by Michaeljulius, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
7:00 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom
UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, Feb. 25th 7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!
See a recording of this event here.
Fellow Talk Margarita BlushFeb, Grant Wood Art Colony
Monday, February 22th, 2021
7:30-8:30 pm, virtual via Zoom
My Voice: Creating Original Theatre Inspired by Personal Experiences and Fueled by Societal Issues
Hosted by the Stanley Museum of Art
https://grantwood.uiowa.edu/event/63036
Writers Unmuffled, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
6 - 7 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom
UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, Nov. 19th 6:00-7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, six University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!