Ginsberg Center’s Community Engagement @ Michigan Series 2024-2025

Interested in doing community-engaged research, teaching, or projects with a local community partner here in Washtenaw County? With a network of over 300+ community partners across Washtenaw County and Southeast Michigan, the Edward Ginsberg Center works to connect local communities with U-M courses, researchers, internships and other community-engaged initiatives. In this session, Ginsberg Center staff will share information about current conditions in Washtenaw County and how these conditions shape what local community partners are looking for from U-M. We’ll discuss current trends in community partner priorities and share examples of U-M research, courses, and projects that have been designed to respond to those priorities. Whether you’re new to Michigan or looking for a new community partner, join us for this important orientation to community engagement in Washtenaw County!

Open to faculty, admin/staff, post-docs and graduate students.

Community-engaged courses invite undergraduate and graduate students at Michigan to work with and in local communities through course assignments, clinical experiences, research projects, service hours, partnership development and other forms of engagement. Making these community-engaged learning activities accessible to students requires instructors to commit to considerable reflection, planning, and communication with students and community partners. In this session, participants will learn about common barriers to student access associated with community-engaged courses, identify accessibility practices for course design and disability accommodations, and discuss how to apply these practices to their own community-engaged courses and programs. This sessions is designed for participants with instructional responsibilities and is open to faculty, admin/staff, post-docs, and graduate student instructors (GSIs).