2024 Engaged Scholarship Symposium

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

2024 Engaged Scholarship Symposium

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Student Union Building

April 17-18, 2024

Texas Tech University is seeking proposals for its 2024 Engaged Scholarship Symposium, The symposium will be held on April 17-18, 2024 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, as part of Discoveries to Impact month. 

An engaged institution is one that has redesigned its teaching, research/creative activity, and service to be responsive to diverse community needs and changing societal challenges while enriching faculty scholarship and the student experience through mutually beneficial community partnerships.

We are inviting proposals for presentations from college and university faculty, academic staff, administrators, and students that will inform or advance the theory and practice of engaged teaching, research/creative activity, or service in higher education based on research or evidence-based practice.

Proposals should address one or more of the following topic areas:

• Connecting teaching, research/creative activity, or service with community needs or complex societal challenges.
• Integrating student engagement into the curriculum to enhance learning and success (i.e. internships, service learning, applied research, clinical services, and other forms)
• Building and sustaining effective partnerships with different types of communities.
• Evaluating the outcomes and impacts of engagement with communities.
• Moving from Outreach to Engaged Scholarship: Strategies for Success
• Capitalizing on engagement with communities to advance scholarship (publications, presentations, etc.), academic rewards, or external funding opportunities.
• Assessing student learning outcomes from engaged teaching, research, or service activities.
• Using interdisciplinary collaborations or multi-partner networks for comprehensive approaches to community engagement.
• Any other topic related to the theme.

Details:

Individuals or teams of faculty, staff, and students may submit proposals. We also encourage participation from community partners. Symposium sessions will be 75 minutes long and conducted in a panel format, containing up to 3 or 4 different presentations around a common theme. 

Deadline:

The deadline for proposal submissions is February 21, 2024 (11:59 p.m.). 

How to Apply:

Please click the Submit Proposal button below to apply through our InfoReady site. You will be asked to sign in with your eRaider credentials, then scroll down and click on "2024 Engaged Scholarship Symposium".

Note: To submit a proposal Non-TTU presenters must “Register” for a user account. TTU employees will be able to log-in with their e-raider username and password. Once logged-in, select “2024 Engaged Scholarship Symposium” from the title listing and follow the guidelines. 

 

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For further information or questions, contact Lindsay Rigney at lindsay.rigney@ttu.edu