​​​​​​​The Office of Community Engagement (OCE) works to facilitate the development of mutually beneficial partnerships between faculty, staff, and students at the University of Iowa with community partners across our state, nation, and world.

Our Values

Respect

We embrace the diverse experiences, backgrounds, and approaches of our university and community partners and recognize that these differing perspectives are essential to the success of community engagement at Iowa. 

Relationships

We facilitate the development of enduring relationships between faculty, staff, students, and community partners. We involve students in worthwhile work that is meaningful to their education and career goals while supporting faculty in their teaching and research missions that ensure development of sustainable partnerships. 

Humility

We work collaboratively with campus and community partners by listening and responding to their expressed needs. 

Excellence

We exhibit professionalism in all our interactions and deliver high-quality work to our campus and community partners that is grounded in community-engaged scholarship and research.

Creativity

We value creative, innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to this work.

We facilitate trainings, workshops and provide informational resources and expertise that empowers faculty, staff, and students to transform their teaching and research to make lasting change and a positive impact in our world.