WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF ENGAGEMENT Annually, the Provost announces an over-arching theme for the academic year. The “Year of” program is designed to channel our community focus, guide our sponsored activities, and coalesce our collective interests. While the Pitt community faces unique challenges this year, we remain committed to making the Year of Engagement just as stimulating, productive and impactful as those of the past. During the Year of Engagement, we will create opportunities and partnerships that positively impact our campuses, our region and ultimately change our world for the better. The Year of Engagement will challenge each of us to reimagine how the Pitt community engages with new and existing partners, especially during a time when we can’t be together physically. It requires us to elevate our thoughts and practices regarding connecting with one another and doing the work needed to uplift and improve our communities. And it will provide resources for launching new and innovative projects and initiatives that ultimately bring us closer together. The Year of Engagement will provide us with opportunities to authentically learn about our common goals and our shared values.
ABOUT THE FORUM The University of Pittsburgh Community Engaged Scholarship Forum elevates, celebrates and reflects on collective approaches to community-engaged scholarship through the development of sustainable pathways and partnerships that build deep, reciprocal processes to achieve mutually beneficial, community-identified priorities. Scholarship is broadly defined to include research, creative activity, inquiry, programming and teaching.
Definitions of Community Engagement Mutually beneficial and sustainable outreach and engagement are of value to the University and its broader communities. By community, we refer to groups of people who share commonalities, including geography, identity, affiliation, interest, circumstance, profession or practice, faith and/or family/natural supports. Community outreach is the provision and promotion of University services and resources for community use. Community engagement is the collaborative development and delivery of initiatives through partnerships between members of the University and members of the broader public. Engaged scholarship seeks to discover new knowledge through activities that collaboratively generate, exchange or apply academic and community knowledge and practices through reciprocal partnerships among members of the University and members of the broader public.
THANK YOU We would like to thank our event sponsors, keynote speakers, planning committee and virtual support for their part in making the 2021 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum possible.
2021 CESF Sponsors Year of Engagement Office of the Provost Office of Community and Governmental Relations University Honors College Elsie Hillman Civic Forum at the Institute of Politics School of Social Work Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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University of Pittsburgh Community Engaged Scholarship Forum Post-event Report
