Symposium

 

2012 Outreach Scholarship Symposium Program Booklet

 

The Office of the Vice President for University Outreach is the proud sponsor of the Annual Outreach Scholarship Symposium and pre-symposium Grant Success Workshop. The symposium affords Auburn University faculty, staff, graduate students and community partners the opportunity to gain outreach-related awareness and to learn and network with each other as well as some of America's finest engaged scholars. The grant workshop affords attendees to learn or enhance knowledge about outreach extramural and intramural grant development and project management best practices. The annual symposium and workshop demonstrates a mindful commitment to advancing transformative outreach and engaged scholarship at Auburn University.

"Outreach refers to the function of applying academic expertise to the direct benefit of external audiences in support of university and unit missions." (Chapter 3 of the Faculty Handbook)

Outreach Scholarship Symposium: "Advancing Transformative Engagement"

Keynote Address: Dr. Mary Sias, President, Kentucky State University and Immediate Past Chair of the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Board of Directors

• When: April 10 - 11, 2012
• Where: Auburn University Hotel & Dixon Conference Center
• Online Registration (attendance at no cost to registrants)
• Printable Registration
• 2012 Outreach Scholarship Symposium Program Booklet (pdf format)

Pre-Symposium Grant Success Workshop

• When: April 9, 2012
• Where: Auburn University Student Center (Room 2222 and 2223)
• Online Registration ($99 cost to registrants; on your own lunch)
• Printable Registration
  

Symposium Objectives

1. To showcase the outreach initiatives undertaken by Auburn University faculty, graduate students, and community partners.
2. To articulate ways these initiatives have been transformed into outreach/engaged scholarship as well as best practices.
3. To establish a collaborative environment wherein faculty, graduate students, and community partners can optimize existing and realize new outreach initiatives with consideration for integrating evaluative and assessment (research) structures that increase the potential generation of outreach/engaged scholarship.
4. To facilitate the development of successful promotion and tenure portfolios for faculty with outreach activities.

Submission Information–NOW ACCEPTING PROPOSALS IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

For more information about the submission of proposals click here.

• Concurrent session presentation (50 minutes and 15 minutes)
  Submission Form
• Poster presentation (50 minutes)
  Submission Form
• Manuscripts for Symposium Proceedings publication (15-20 pages)
  Submission Form

Contact Information–For all inquiries and for more information please contact:

Office of the Vice President for University Outreach
Dr. Chippewa M. Thomas, Director of Faculty Engagement
Auburn University
213 Samford Hall
Auburn, Alabama 36849
Phone: (334) 844-5700
thoma07@auburn.edu

Last Updated: February 27, 2012