Socialization in the Institution: A Working Group's Journey to Bring Public Engagement into Focus on Campus

For over 3 years, 6 faculty members and 1 graduate student have gathered as a working group applying an interdisciplinary focus to public engagement projects involving immigrant families in the rural Midwest. One dimension of the group's effort has been to involve faculty, staff, and students f...

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Published inJournal of higher education outreach and engagement. Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 122 - 139
Main Authors Plakans, Lia, Alper, Rebecca, Colvin, Carolyn, Aquilino, Mary, Louko, Linda J, Zebrowski, Patricia, Ali, Saba Rasheed
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia and the Institute of Higher Education 2016
Subjects
Campuses
College Faculty
Definitions
Focus Groups
Graduate Students
Group Discussion
Group Dynamics
Immigrants
Institutional Characteristics
Interdisciplinary Approach
Interviews
Iowa
Questionnaires
Scholarship
Socialization
Workshops
Iowa
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Summary:For over 3 years, 6 faculty members and 1 graduate student have gathered as a working group applying an interdisciplinary focus to public engagement projects involving immigrant families in the rural Midwest. One dimension of the group's effort has been to involve faculty, staff, and students from many disciplines in its examination of pertinent issues related to engaged scholarship. To support this goal of socialization in the institution, the interdisciplinary group hosted a 1-day workshop to explore engaged scholarship at the university. Through a survey and targeted interviews, working definitions for engagement and prospective areas of interest were explored during and after the workshop.
ISSN:1534-6102