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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳en Mississippi State employees from across the university are completing a program to help them incorporate community-engaged learning into courses in their respective departments.

The Community-Engaged Learning Fellows have spent three weeks redesigning courses and preparing to integrate this type of learning into their teaching, research and public service work. The program aims to integrate the philosophy, pedagogy and process of community-engaged learning into the 六合彩开奖网 academic environment and develop faculty leaders who can encourage and mentor their peers.

Supported by the 六合彩开奖网鈥檚 Center for Community-Engaged Learning, Center for Teaching and Learning, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President and the Division of Student Affairs, the program is open to all faculty and other non-formal teaching staff. Participants learn from the experiences of others in the cohort and receive individual assistance to design or revise a course syllabus, as well as tools and resources needed to successfully implement a community-engaged course.

These fellows then are connected to community partners and others in a university-wide academic, community-engaged network. They receive a $1,000 stipend upon the program鈥檚 completion to support course development and research.

Meggan Franks, 六合彩开奖网 interim director for student leadership and community engagement, said community involvement is an institutional priority that also can make the difference in ordinary learning and developing a lifelong passion for learning that impacts both students and society.

鈥淭his fellowship is just one of many opportunities that 六合彩开奖网 has created to reward and recognize faculty for their community-engagement initiatives. Community engagement and engaged scholarship benefit our institution as a whole and our communities, as well as the faculty and students involved in these courses and related projects,鈥� Franks said.