24/7 Engagement

Second Engagement Week Brought Communities Together

Posted 1 year ago

By Alexander Saunders, Carolina Center for Public Service Engaging With Communities Starts With Listening “We often, as health-care providers, lean into [community spaces] and say, we have all this knowledge, and we have all the solutions and we know how … Read more

Carolina Engagement Week Returns for a Second Year, Feb. 27 Through March 3

Posted 1 year ago

By Grant Borneman and Alexander Saunders Carolina Engagement Week 2023 is organized by the Carolina Center for Public Service, Carolina Across 100, Innovate Carolina, UNC Rural, Carolina Engagement Council, ncIMPACT Initiative, Center for Health Equity Research and other partners. What … Read more

Engaging Schools in Mindfulness-Based Programming

Posted 2 years ago

This presentation will highlight the potential benefits and challenges of engaging schools in new programming during COVID, and how we built a partnership in this context. School district partners/administrators will share their motivation for partnering, how the program aligns with … Read more

Inclusive STEM Playgroups for Infants and Toddlers and their Caregivers

Posted 2 years ago

This presentation will describe a research-practice partnership between the STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education Center (STEMIE) at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and Kidzu Children’s Museum in Chapel Hill. Presenters will describe the way their partnership formed … Read more

From Gates to Greats: Rural Science Education Engagement with the Saunders Science Scholars Program

Posted 2 years ago

This presentation will highlight a collaborative rural community partnership featuring an informal science center (Morehead Planetarium and Science Center), local school district (Gates County Schools), and local non-profit (Gates County Community Partnership). Discussion will include how these partners implemented a … Read more

Community Leadership Development in Eastern Carteret County

Posted 2 years ago

The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, through their philanthropic collaborative problem-solving program, has funded a multi-year effort in eastern Carteret County to engage the community to build their own capacity for community resilience. As part of that effort, UNC faculty acted … Read more

Increase Access to Summer Meals for Kids and Teens

Posted 2 years ago

How Communities Can Partner to Increase Access to Summer Meals for Kids and Teens The Carolina Hunger Initiative at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention partnered with the NC Department of Public Instruction on 2021 Summer Nutrition … Read more

Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars

Posted 2 years ago

Building Bridges Between Communities and Carolina Faculty for 15 Years The Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars program, in its 15th year, is currently working with its eighth two-year cohort of Carolina faculty. The program is a faculty development initiative on the … Read more

Rural Pharmacy Scholars

Posted 2 years ago

Offering a Graduate Certificate in Rural Pharmacy Health as a Strategy in Addressing Healthcare Workforce Development The presentation will focus on the Rural Pharmacy Health Certificate program which has been uniquely offered on the Asheville campus of UNC Eshelman School … Read more

UNC Philosophy Seeks Wisdom Across the Ages

Posted 2 years ago

By Michael Vazquez, PhD Philosopher Juliana Bidadanure recently addressed the Carolina community in Caldwell Hall and underscored the imperative that we as a society “establish communities where young and old are able to stand, and relate to one another, as … Read more

The Development of a Learning Module to Improve Cancer Care

Posted 2 years ago

Basic Data Navigation is an interactive educational program partnered with the UNC Health Cancer Care Navigation program, a multidisciplinary team of trained oncology navigators designed to help navigate cancer patient care by providing resources and reducing their healthcare burdens. The … Read more

A Tale of Two CABs (Community Advisory Boards)

Posted 2 years ago

In this talk, learn more about ways that the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute engage with their Community Advisory Boards. Learn about the differences and similarities in their community advisory board … Read more

Partnering to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities in North Carolina through a Community Pilot Funding Program

Posted 2 years ago

The vision of the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) is to develop and sustain a community that actively partners with UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to reduce the burden of cancer and eliminate cancer disparities in North Carolina. … Read more

Reconciliation and Celebration: The Past, Present and Future of Warren County and the FFORC Partnership

Posted 2 years ago

The Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative’s (FFORC) partnership with the Warren County Food Policy Council, Colonial Lodge and Soul City Farm, located in Warrenton and Norlina, has been the result of long-term investment and relationship building. While FFORC team … Read more

North Carolina Digital Heritage Center: Increasing Access to Local History

Posted 2 years ago

With over 300 partners in all 100 North Carolina counties, the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center engages with museums, archives, libraries, alumni associations, historic sites and other cultural heritage groups who want to share their collections online. Center staff work … Read more

Anchor Institutions Create Economic Resilience: Purchasing with Purpose

Posted 2 years ago

By Alyse Polly, CREATE At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many shelves were empty and things like toilet paper, hand sanitizer and personal protective equipment (PPE) were difficult to find. This moment highlighted the fragility of global supply chains, … Read more

Six Counties, Nine Coaches, One Director, 248 Beginning Teachers: Unlimited UNC-NC New Teacher Support Community Engagement

Posted 2 years ago

By Kathleen Harrell, MAEd, Kathy Fields, M.Ed. and Martinette Horner, M.S.A., Ed.D. Today, both nationally and in North Carolina, one quarter of teachers have less than five years’ experience. The North Carolina New Teacher Support Program (NC NTSP) is a … Read more

The Kids on the Bus: The Academic Consequences of Diversity-Driven School Reasssignments 

Posted 2 years ago

By Thurston Domina and Robert Wendell Eaves, Sr Building a data-driven case for school desegregation In August 2021, a research team that included scholars from the University of North Carolina School of Education, published findings that resulted from a research … Read more

Restoring Moms: A Journey of Healing with Horses

Posted 2 years ago

Program Description By April Parker, MSW, LCSW In the fall of 2019, a group of women experiencing postpartum depression, anxiety, trauma or other maternal mental health issues, gathered at the Shepherd Youth Ranch in Creedmoor, North Carolina, to work with … Read more

Communities on the Move: A Community Driven Program to Identify Strategies to Increase Opportunities to be Physically Active

Posted 2 years ago

In 2018 a group of six youth interns from the Fairview Community in Orange County led a walking audit in their neighborhood to advocate for safety needs. They shared their findings and recommendations with the community and local policymakers. A … Read more

Emergency Planning and Mass Drug Distribution: A Partnership with the Buncombe County Health Department

Posted 2 years ago

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Asheville Campus provides public health emergency, disaster planning support to Buncombe County  Faculty and students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy partnered with the Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services to develop … Read more

UNC World View: Bringing Global Perspective to North Carolina Classrooms

Posted 2 years ago

UNC World View equips K-12 and community college educators with global knowledge, best practices and resources to prepare students to engage in our interconnected and diverse world. This poster will highlight our partnerships around the state. Join our discussion to … Read more

Pathways to Dentistry: Virtual Shadowing Partnerships

Posted 2 years ago

During these Virtual Shadowing events, participants have the vantage of three to four angles of the procedure, and they can ask questions in real time to a secondary dentist or dental student. With the success of these events, the Adams … Read more