2023 CELS Summit Schedule

2023 Summit Date + Time: January 12, 9am-12:30pm

2023 Theme: Lessons Learned- Community and Campus Partnerships as Ecosystems of Engagement

Summit Schedule

9:00 am-9:15 am

Welcome

Provost Dr. Barbara Bichelmeyer

CSL Director Dr. Jomella Watson-Thompson

9:15 am-10:30 am

Keynote Address: Leading By Nature- Lessons from Plants on Leading Well

Beronda Montgomery, PhD

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Grinnell College ; Author, Lessons from Plants

Roundtable Discussion and Q&A to follow Keynote Address, opened by Provost Bichelmeyer

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

10:40 am-11:30 am: Concurrent Session Block 1

Scholarship in Action: Involving Students in Service Learning and Community-Engaged Scholarship

Moderator: Valerie Thompson (KU Center for Service Learning)

Presenters: Cameron Piercy and Molly Han (KU Department of Communication Studies), and Angie Hendershot (KU School of Journalism)

Advancing Racial Equity Through Community Engagement

Moderator: Jomella Watson-Thompson (KU Center for Service Learning)

Presenters: Jill Peltzer (KU Medical Center), Jason Glenn (KU Medical Center), Matt Kleinmann (Vibrant Health), and others!

Promoting Civic Action Across the Campus Community

Moderator: Kate Kemper (KU Center for Service Learning)

Presenters: Melinda Lewis (KU School of Social Welfare), DaNae Estabine and Alessia Regiana Garcia (KU Student Senate), and Matthew Petillo (University Daily Kansan)

11:40 am-12:30 pm: Concurrent Session Block 2

Glocal Service Learning: Acting on Global Issues Through Local Partnerships

Moderator: Valerie Thompson (KU Center for Service Learning)

Presenters: Brent Metz (KU Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies) and Nilou Vakil (KU School of Architecture and Design)

Community-Engaged Scholarship: Supporting Collaboration and Participation with Communities Through Research

Moderators: Jomella Watson-Thompson (KU Center for Service Learning, KU Center for Community Health and Development) and Stacia Troshynski Brown (KU Medical Center, KU Center for Community Health and Development)

Presenters: Yvonnes Chen (KU School of Journalism and Mass Communications), Mariana Ramirez (KU Medical Center), Susan Harvey and Gabi Talavera (KU Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences)

Supporting Student Involvement in Service Learning and Civic Engagement