Academic support for university community partnerships that are collaborative, participatory, empowering, systemic, transformative, and anchored in scholarship.

Michigan State University
Joined April 2010
🔬 Have an idea that sparks curiosity? Share it at the 2027 MSU Science Festival! Proposal submissions are now open for presenters interested in inspiring audiences of all ages! 🗓️ Proposals due: December 4, 2026 🔗 sciencefestival.msu.edu
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It was a pleasure to join our Spartan community for Indigenous Welcome 2026. I enjoyed celebrating Indigenous culture and traditions while welcoming artist-in-residence Ron Paquin to campus. Miigwech to everyone who made the evening special!
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The canoe build is underway! Students, families, and community members are joining MSU's inaugural Native American Artist-in-Residence, Ron Paquin, to create a traditional birchbark canoe while learning about and sharing Indigenous traditions, knowledge and craftsmanship.
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Registration is open for the next Eye on Africa conversation featuring Jean Bosco Niyonzima on September 10. Learn more and register using the QR code below!
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🎉Congratulations to @michiganstateu's newest ACES inductee, Jessica Barnes-Najor! As MSU Provost Laura Lee McIntyre noted, Barnes-Najor's work exemplifies how meaningful collaboration can advance scholarship and community well-being. Learn more: go.msu.edu/JBN_ACES
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How can you better communicate the societal impact of your research? Join the MSU Broader Impacts Workshop Series to explore research impact, broader impacts planning, and community partnerships. 🔗 go.msu.edu/BroaderImpacts26
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Over the past several weeks, Cristián Doña-Reveco has been getting to know the people, programs, and partnerships that make the @JSRIMSU such an important part of @michiganstateu. Learn more about Cristián's appointment as director 🔗go.msu.edu/Dona-Reveco
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Graduate and professional students: Take your community-engaged research, teaching, and practice to the next level. Join our info session on Aug. 26 and learn more about MSU's Graduate Certification in Community Engagement. 🔗go.msu.edu/MSUGradCert
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Today is Arts, Culture and Humanities Day in Michigan. @CALMSU Dean Thomas Stubblefield discusses why the arts and humanities are important to Michigan's economic future.
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Through community-led partnerships, the team has helped expand critical services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking while strengthening the capacity of the organizations that support them. Learn more in this feature from @MSUCAL!
Elena Ruíz, Professor of Philosophy and founder and director of the Research Institute for Structural Change at @michiganstateu, has worked side by side with two Detroit organizations — Women Healing Eternally and Transforming (WHEAT) and Sara's House/Place — to expand services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Together they've securing nearly $900,000 in funding and established the first paid staff positions in either organization's history. This work earned Ruíz two 2026 @MSUEngage awards: the Community Engagement Scholarship Award and the Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Research.
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Education has the power to transform lives on both sides of prison walls. Through @michiganstateu's Write On! program, students visit Parnall Correctional Facility in Jackson once a week to collaborate with incarcerated college students on projects ranging from poetry to punctuation all while challenging assumptions.
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New this fall - SOC 890: Skills and Practices for Social Change. Learn practical skills in reflective listening, facilitating, and planning while working alongside others committed to creating positive change. For questions, reach out to Dr. Jennifer Carerra: [email protected]
MSU Sociology is pleased to offer a new course this fall - SOC 890: SKILLS AND PRACTICES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. Please share widely! #MSUSocialScience #MSUSociology
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🎶The Summer Solstice Jazz Festival kicks off tonight! Be sure to stop by the MSU University Outreach and Engagement stage starting at 5:30 p.m. for Keith Hall! Plan your visit: eljazzfest.com/ 📸: Summer Solstice Jazz Festival
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🎉Join us in congratulating Rex LaMore, director, and Bob Brown, associate director, of the @msu_cced, on their distinguished careers and contributions. 🔗 LaMore Announcement: go.msu.edu/LaMore 🔗Brown Announcement: go.msu.edu/Brown
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This Juneteenth, we commemorate June 19, 1865, and honor the enduring legacy of freedom, resilience, and progress while reaffirming our commitment to inclusive excellence and creating communities where all can thrive.
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We have a little extra Spartan spirit today as we celebrate @TheRealSparty and all he represents to Spartans everywhere. Happy National Mascot Day to one of the best! 💚
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🏆Congratulations to @CCEL_at_MSU and all faculty, staff, students, and community partners whose commitment to community-engaged learning helped MSU earn this recognition for the third consecutive year!
For a third consecutive year, @USNews ranks MSU #1 in service learning among public universities.
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⚽️🔥With the 2026 World Cup approaching, heat is emerging as a key performance factor. MSU researcher David Ferguson studies extreme heat’s effects on motorsports athletes, offering insight into what players may face on the field in the upcoming tournament go.msu.edu/Ferguson
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“Everybody loves a game,” says Jean Hardy of @MSUComArtSci. Learn how “Connected Community” tackles digital equity. 🔗 go.msu.edu/GamePlan
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