2022 CELS Summit Schedule

Summit Schedule

9:30 am - 10:20 am  CST: Welcome and Provost's Opening Roundtable

Jayhawks Rising: Advancing Community Engagement through Strategic Doing

Moderator: Barbara Bichelmeyer (KU Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor), Jomella Watson-Thompson (Director of the KU Center for Service Learning)

Panelists/Participants: Associate Vice Provost Charlie Bankart (KU International Affairs), Vice Provost J. Christopher Brown (KU Faculty Development), Vice Provost Susan Klusmeier (KU Academic Success), Vice Provost Jennifer Roberts (Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies), Vice Chancellor Ryan Spaulding (KU Medical Center Community Engagement), Interim Vice Provost Emily Zentner (KU Professional and Continuing Education)

10:20 am - 11:00 am CST: Keynote Address- Andrew Hoffman

The Engaged Scholar- Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today's World

Andrew Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan; a position that holds joint appointments in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the School for Environment & Sustainability. His 2021 book, The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today's World (Stanford University Press) argues for the emergence of a more publicly and politically engaged scholar. The Engaged Scholar is a call to make the path toward public engagement more acceptable and legitimate for the academic scholar in today's world.

The Engaged Leaders Speaker Series is presented by the KU Libraries and The Commons. 

11:05 am - 11:45 am CST: Concurrent Session Block 1  

Story Mapping and Creative Documentation: Telling the Story of Community Engagement

Moderator: Mindie Paget (KU Office of Research)

Panelists: Sarah Goodwin Thiel (KU Libraries), Meg Jamieson (KU Film and Media Studies), Nicole Reiz (KU Office of Graduate Studies)

Community Collaborations to Address Global Issues: Climate Change, Food, and Resiliency

Moderator: Katie Batza (KU Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)

Panelists: Susan Harvey (KU Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences), Courtney Hoover (US Department of the Interior), Elaina Sutley (KU School of Engineering)

Preparing for Mid-Term Elections Using Census/Voting Data and National Networks

Moderator: Kate Kemper (KU Center for Service Learning)

Panelists: David Brinker (Tufts University Institute for Democracy and Higher Education), Stephanie King (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge), Faith Lopez (KU Student Senate)

11:50 am - 12:30 pm CST: Concurrent Session Block 2 

Pathways to Impact: Promoting, Recognizing, and Rewarding Community-Engagement

Moderator: J. Christopher Brown (KU Center for Faculty Development and Mentoring)

Panelists: Jody Brook (KU School of Social Welfare), Joe Colistra (KU School of Architecture and Design), Melinda Lewis (KU School of Social Welfare)

Supporting a Continuum from On-Campus Activism to a Commitment to Citizen Engagement

Moderator: Shannon Portillo (KU Edwards Campus, School of Public Affairs and Administration)

Panelists: Birdie Alt (Loud Light), Donnavan Dillon (Loud Light), Alyssa Francis (KU Student Involvement and Leadership Center), Sayan Grover (Lawrence Freedgin Kansas), Ximena Ibarra Quintana (Lawrence Freedgin Kansas)

Digital Storytelling

Moderator: Tamara Falicov (KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

Panelists: Katina Bitsicas (University of Missouri School of Visual Studies), Chief Emeritus Janith English (Wyandot Nation of Kansas), Emily Ryan (The Commons at KU)

Additional Engagement Opportunities

11:05 am - 11:45 am: Administrator Roundtable with the Provost and Keynote Speaker (By Invitation Only)

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CST: Creative Documentation Workshop

Host: Meg Jamieson (KU Film and Media Studies)

Through sharing work with engaged colleagues Megan Kaminski (English) and Joey Orr (Spencer Museum), Meg Jamieson will emphasize discovering mutuality and creating and maintaining value when working with artists and from within community organizations. She will guide through tips and tools for participants’ own community engagement endeavors, highlighting the Community Toolbox, and will provide examples of how creative documentation is used and seen in large projects at the national level and in our own backyard in Lawrence.