ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP

ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP BRINGS TOGETHER FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CO-CREATE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION WHICH BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE BUILT TO BE MUTUALLYBENEFICIAL, SUSTAINED OVER TIME, AND TO CREATE POSITIVE IMPACT AND CHANGE.

Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC)

The Engaged Scholarship Consortium (ESC) is a non-profit educational organization, composed of higher education member institutions, a mix of state-public and private institutions. ESC’s goal is to work collaboratively to build strong universitycommunity partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship and designed to help build community capacity.

UW Tacoma is a member institution. As a member benefit, ESC promotes opportunities for faculty from Member Institutions to collaborate on opportunities for research and external funding. Member Institutions identify ways that their faculty, staff, students, and community partners can connect with and collaborate on community engagement efforts.

The Office of Community Partnerships serves as a coordination point for faculty and staff who participate and present at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC). Additionally, OCP financially supports the conference attendance as a supplement for professional development funds provided by the faculty or staff member’s home unit. UW Tacoma Library: Digital Commons In our continuing efforts to aggregate and measure the extent of community engagement activities at UW Tacoma, in 2020 OCP began partnering with UW Tacoma Library to share and promote Community Engaged Scholarship through Digital Commons. Digital Commons is a resource where community members can find greater details of the Community Engagement activities happening in Collaboratory and research outputs from the Center for Applied Urban Research.

Digital Commons collects, preserves, and makes publicly accessible the scholarly and creative work from faculty and students. Community Engaged Scholarship includes but is not limited to peer-reviewed literature, professional reports, periodicals, articles, and policy documents from community orientated or engaged learning projects. This year OCP aims to share the scholarly products of more activities and research through Digital Commons.