An annual conference sponsored by:

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life "Engagement Through Place" Conference
October 7-8th, 2006

Agenda

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Sunday, October 8

Kick off this year’s Outreach Scholarship conference with breakfast and meet with those new to the event and those who have attended the conference in the past. We are very pleased that on Sunday the Outreach Scholarship conference and Imagining America conference participants will share both meeting venue and program. The morning and afternoon concurrent sessions of Outreach Scholarship 2006 will be interspersed with the Imagining America conference concurrent sessions. The dynamic luncheon and afternoon plenary sessions will integrate the two conference themes, Engagement Through the Disciplines and Engaging Through Place.

8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Registration Open

9 – 9:45 a.m.
Get-Acquainted Breakfast

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Poster Session, Technology Showcase, Internet Café

10 – 10:30 a.m. and 10:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Luncheon and Plenary Session
Changing the Conversation about Higher Education’s Public Mission and Work
Speaker: Scott Peters, assistant professor, Department of Education, Cornell University

What are—and what should be—the educational, cultural, and political roles of scholars in public life? To illuminate and reconstruct threatened traditions of civic professionalism in the American academy, we must take up the task of moving this question to the center of a new conversation about higher education’s public mission and work. Enlivened by historical and contemporary stories of engagement, such a conversation can be an important avenue for learning and change.

3:15 – 5 p.m. Plenary Session

Public Engagement and the Civic Professional: What’s Next?
Speakers: Dr. Amy Driscoll, associate senior scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; Dr. Gail Dubrow, vice provost and dean, Graduate School, University of Minnesota; Dr. David Mathews, president, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, former secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Ford administration, former president, University of Alabama; Mr. Roderick G. Chu, chancellor emeritus, Ohio Board of Regents

This session will feature a discussion circle of prominent leaders in key sectors who have spent much of their careers integrating civic responsibility into their professional lives, as well as the organizations they represent. Organizations and individuals are doing their work differently as they commit to sharing in the obligations of a broad and diversified community. Colleges and universities, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies are supporting their employees as they integrate their work with the communities they serve. The ethos of engagement is shaping the educational and work choices of many young people, too. When professionals take on civic work, how is democracy served? How are we changed? What is the impact on institutions, organizations, and professional cultures and practices? What are the implications for higher education?

1:30-2:00 and 2:15-2:45
Concurrent sessions

6 – 8:30 p.m.
Reception
WOSU@COSI – 333 West Broad Street, Columbus

Experience the science of broadcasting in a new community venue! WOSU Public Media, Ohio State’s public broadcasting station, invites you to visit the new studios and public exhibit space located in Columbus’s premier science center, COSI. Two missions and one phenomenal goal: to connect with the Columbus community in unique and engaging ways. WOSU’s general manager Tom Rieland and COSI’s president David Cheseborough will welcome you to this exciting partnership and share future plans. You will also have an opportunity to play in our new space as you mingle with colleagues from across the country who are developing university-community partnerships in their own home communities. An assortment of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres will provide dinner or whet your appetite for enjoying one of Columbus’s many outstanding restaurants.

Monday, October 9

A few of the highlights of Monday’s Outreach Scholarship conference include more than 30 concurrent sessions from which to choose; a chance to learn from partnerships as you participate in events at community sites; featured sessions with college and university administrators who have worked to embed outreach scholarship in their units; dialogue with university presidents who are challenging their institutions to act in new ways in partnership with their communities; and many, many more.

7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Registration Open

8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Poster Session, Technology Showcase, Internet Café

9 – 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session
Different Institutions, Different Missions: What Does it Mean for the Outreach Scholarship Vision?
Speakers: Moderated by Karen Holbrook, president, The Ohio State University

Land-grant universities, community colleges, urban institutions, historically black colleges and universities, and private institutions are connecting their campus work with efforts in the community. Although outreach scholarship varies by mission and objectives of the institution, the role of partnering with the community remains an important factor. This discussion will include institutional leaders from several different types of institutions who will discuss the integration of outreach scholarship with the unique institutional missions they represent. They will discuss the balance and tensions that are created as the integration of outreach scholarship with institution missions are achieved.

11 – 11:30 a.m.
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
In the Community Session
Exploring Columbus’s African American Heritage and Ohio State’s Urban Outreach

Visit the historic Mt. Vernon Avenue neighborhood, including the African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, which serves as the outreach component of Ohio State’s Department of African American and African Studies. By partnering with various community groups and units at Ohio State, the center helps the university carry out its diversity mission through a variety of interactions with those who live and work in the surrounding neighborhood as well as residents of Columbus’s greater metropolitan area. Participants will visit with individuals at the nearby Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Complex, which seeks to preserve, present, and foster the contributions of African Americans through creative expression and education.

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Featured Session
Engaging the Recalcitrant: Out of the Ivory Tower
Speaker: J. Scott Angle, dean and director, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia

Prying basic research scientists from their Ivory Towers tests the limits of all involved in enhancing engagement. Many of the best scientists are introverts by nature, and inherent personality traits are further codified during graduate training, in which the reductionist theory of study rules. This presentation will focus on why the basic research scientist seldom ventures out of the Ivory Tower, examined both from a personal and professional perspective. J. Scott Angle will discuss issues of changing the reward and recognition structure, individual personalities, the importance of bringing more extroverts into the basic sciences, and how graduate students can be trained to appreciate and be comfortable in the process of engagement.

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Featured Session
An Ethical Foundation for Community Building
Speakers: Ted Krichels, associate vice president, Outreach, Penn State University; Nancy Tuana, Dupont/Class of 1949 Professor of Philosophy, director, Rock Ethics Institute, Department of Philosophy, Penn State University; Susan Squier, director, SMTC Program, Brill Professor of Women’s Studies and English, Department of Philosophy, Penn State University; Eva Kort, assistant professor; research associate, Rock Ethics Institute, Department of Philosophy, Penn State University

The Penn State Rock Ethics Institute and WPSU are partnering to develop community-engaged scholarship that is attentive to ethical concerns. We have begun an ambitious project designed to address the ethical, cultural, and technological issues facing public service media (television and radio) in this era of eroding public space for nuanced discussion, conversation, and education. In addition to creating pilot programs produced and distributed by WPSU TV/FM and supporting dialogue on the role of public media and the university in public scholarship, our partnership includes efforts to encourage community-engaged scholarship, as well as the creation of an ethics curriculum designed to help students develop an appreciation for the importance of community and an attitude of responsibility as community members and to become involved in community-engaged scholarship through internships.

12:30 – 2 p.m.
Luncheon and Plenary Session
Creating a Region’s Economic Engine Through the Disciplines
Speaker: Lee Todd, president, University of Kentucky

Universities used to be known for three things—education, employment, and entertainment. It is time to add a fourth “e” to that list—economic development. Over the past several years, universities have been increasingly called upon to partner with regional assets to create economic opportunities. President Todd will discuss how the entire university community can work together to enhance regional economic conditions.

2:30 – 3 p.m.
3:15 – 3:45 p.m.
4 – 4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Featured Session
Responding to a Pressing Societal Need: The Establishment of a Regulatory Affairs Graduate Program for Adult Learners
Speakers: Svein Øie, dean, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia Paul Brooks, Pharm. D., public service associate and director, Postgraduate Continuing Education and Outreach, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia

In order to compete in a global marketplace, public universities must be able to respond to pressing societal needs. This presentation helps build a case for more nimble and transparent policies and procedures among units and systems to more quickly implement accessible curricula, while assuring quality and integrity of academic programs. The presentation will provide a case study of a new graduate education program in regulatory affairs for working adults. In this session, Øie and Brooks will outline the process used to implement this unique program within an academic system that esteems traditional instruction and delivery and whose policies are not readily set up to respond quickly to pressing economic development needs of the state.

2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Featured Session
Ensuring Local Effectiveness Through Engaged Community Partners
Speakers: Deb Jones, liaison, Community Partner Advisory Group, UW-Extension, Cooperative Extension, associate professor, Department of Youth Development, 4-H Youth Development Agent, Jackson County; Nancy Coffey, program coordinator, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Nutrition Education; Carolyn Ritter, member, Vilas County, Wisconsin, Community Partner Advisory Group

The University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension, is committed to its vision of being “Wisconsin’s educational network for engaging people and their communities in positive change.” To ensure that UW-Extension programs remain relevant in meeting the needs of today’s changing communities, Community Partner Advisory Groups (CPAGs) are being formed in each of Wisconsin’s counties. Citizens are working in partnership with county UW-Extension staff and county Extension Education Committees to implement and sustain high-quality education programs that meet the needs and enrich the lives of local citizens, resulting in a strong foundation of support for community-based Extension education. With more than 250 community partners now engaged with Extension educators throughout the state through CPAGs, Wisconsin is beginning to realize the potential of these partnerships to strengthen program outreach and build support for the public work of Extension.

2:30 – 5 p.m. In the Community Session
The Power of Plants and People

The Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Garden nurtures plants and people by promoting environmental appreciation and ecological awareness. Visit the unique botanical collections and gardens, which provide lifelong learning opportunities in a friendly and accessible setting. The conservatory and various departments of The Ohio State University have found opportunities to connect and serve the Columbus community through joint plant-growing projects, urban gardening initiatives, and community garden programs, and partnerships with schools and public broadcasting. Come see where gardening and partnering come alive and witness the impact unique partnered-initiatives can have on a “growing” community.

2:30 – 5 p.m. In the Community Session
Like a Good Neighbor: The Weinland Park Experience

Lessons learned from a partnership resulting in a new educational center serving children birth to fifth grade will be presented. The Weinland Park Experience provides a case study in the creative use of partnerships to positively influence communities. The challenges and opportunities of community-based collaborations will be explored. Tours of the new Weinland Park facilities and descriptions of its unique design features also will be included.

3:45 – 5 p.m. Featured Session
Datacasting as a Distance Education Delivery Method
Speakers: Tina Hauser, Digital Media project manager, Wisconsin Public Television, University of Wisconsin-Extension; Christa R. James-Byrnes, associate professor of engineering, University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County

During the 2005-2006 academic year, Wisconsin Public Television and University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County collaborated to create and adapt course materials for delivery via datacasting to student homes and campuses around Wisconsin. The datacast course materials were developed for engineering, Spanish, and continuing education classes. Datacasting provides the ability to transmit digital content over television airwaves to computers. Wisconsin Public Television is working on various pilot projects to test and measure the capabilities of datacasting technology and model possible applications. Because datacasting allows for transmission of very large files, it is well suited for delivery of digitized video and other “rich media” content. The goal of this project is to test the ease of use and efficacy of datacasting for delivering course materials, including rich media, for faculty and students in a variety of settings.

3:45 – 5 p.m.
Featured Session
Bringing Engagement to Life in Arts and Sciences Departments and Colleges
Moderator: Jacqueline Royster, executive dean, Colleges of the Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University
Panel members: Karen A. Bell, dean, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University; Steven J. Rosenstone, dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota; Jeffrey S. Vitter, dean, College of Science, Purdue University

Deans of arts and sciences in the CIC will discuss ways units can partner with institutions and organizations outside of the university (locally, nationally, and internationally) to achieve the goals of the university, colleges, and departments: to recruit and retain students and faculty; to build community support for programs; and to link knowledge-making enterprises with community needs and community action. The panel will share accomplishments, challenges, and strategies for the successful integration of campus and community.

6 – 8:30 p.m. Reception
Drexel Theatre at Gateway

Spend the evening among community renovation and transition. The newly constructed Gateway is a unique partnership, planning, and development project that bridges The Ohio State University campus and the local neighborhood. Located on the southern edge of campus, the Gateway serves as a convenient source of entertainment and services for Ohio State students and staff as well as community residents. A theater, stores, and multiple restaurants make the Gateway a destination point for the city, and university offices located in the Gateway area bring the campus to the community. Enjoy a delicious reception in an exciting environment as you network with colleagues at the Drexel Gateway Theatre, one of Columbus’s newest movie theatres.

Tuesday, October 10

Tuesday’s breakfast and concurrent sessions will give you a chance to connect with colleagues and reflect upon the previous events of the past two days. You will also be enticed in the morning and during lunch with unique hands-on learning experiences shared by undergraduate students. These experiences will complement the remarks of the plenary speaker who will challenge your thinking about the unique role higher education engagement plays in today’s society.

7 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Registration Open

7 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Poster Session, Internet Café

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Networking Breakfast

8:30 – 9 a.m.
9:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

10 – 11:30 a.m.
Plenary Session
Supporting a Scientifically Literate Society— A Mission for Engaged Disciplines
Speaker: Bruce A. McPheron, associate dean of Research and Graduate Education, director of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station, The Pennsylvania State University

The National Academy of Sciences describes scientific literacy as “knowledge and understanding of the scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity” (1995). The process of science—theories, experiments, observations, conclusions that lead to new understandings—describes the work done through Outreach Scholarship. No matter what the disciplines or type of engagement work we do, we are using research-based information, scientific processes, and research tools to help citizens make decisions, participate in civic and cultural affairs, and advance economic productivity. Is it sufficient that we base our work in the sciences, or do we have a responsibility to help create a scientifically literate citizenry? The session will focus on this question and will challenge participants to think about the responsibility to help create an understanding of science, no matter what your discipline or your role in outreach scholarship.

Learning through doing and engaged learners can all lead to a scientific literate society. In conjunction with the Tuesday morning plenary session you will be able to engage in active learning experiences that can help expand an understanding of science and that will give you tools as you engage in community-based partnerships in your community.

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Wrap-Up Lunch

Conference Registration Information:

For additional information about the conference or questions concerning online registration, please contact:

Office of Continuing Education
Conferences
Phone: (614) 292-8571
FAX: (614) 292-0492
E-mail: askced2@ced.osu.edu

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