The Office of Community Engagement and Outreach has announced the 2019 mini grant winners. The mini grants are awarded to projects that support engagement and outreach activities.
See all mini grant recipients at engagement.utk.edu.
UT alumna Javiette Samuel has joined UT’s Office of Research and Engagement as director of community engagement and outreach. She began work on September 25.
Javiette Samuel
In this role, Samuel will lead efforts to create and strengthen partnerships between UT and external stakeholders and cultivate relationships with key national, state, and regional partners. She will work with units across campus to identify and tackle grand challenges critical to the well-being of our state and its citizens.
“We are thrilled to have Javiette back in Knoxville and part of the ORE family,” said Marisa Moazen, executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Office of Community Engagement and Outreach. “Her experience in and passion for community engagement and extension programs will strengthen UT’s relationship with current and future collaborators across Tennessee.”
The Appalachia Community of Scholars will be hosting a research presentation by Tim Ezzell discussing UT’s recent efforts to help develop a dark skies destination in Calhoun County, West Virginia and emerging efforts to create a regional conservation and development strategy.
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UT attendees (from left) Lisa Davenport, Lola Alapo, Elizabeth Burman, Bob Kronick, and Jenny Retherford
Five faculty and staff members shared the impact of UT’s work on various communities during a national conference in Omaha, Nebraska, earlier this month.
The university also received a national award that recognized a project designed to improve the wellness and disaster readiness of an Appalachian community in Clay County, Kentucky.
The 2016 Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC) Conference drew about 500 participants from public and private higher education institutions around the country. ESC schools aim to work collaboratively with communities to build strong partnerships by using academic scholarship to inform the work and help improve the communities.
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