Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement

University Outreach and Engagement
Michigan State University
Kellogg Center
219 S. Harrison Road, Room 93
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1022

The office of the Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement (VPUOE) provides budget, personnel, and facilities management to the University Outreach and Engagement (UOE) departments. Kwesi Brookins, Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement, leads the office.

National, Regional, and Local Leadership

The office of the Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement (VPUOE) advocates engaged scholarship across the MSU campus and provides leadership in conversations, locally, nationally, and internationally, aimed at promoting policies and practices that encourage community-engaged scholarship.

Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship
Big Ten Academic Alliance: Committee on Engagement
MSU Cultural Engagement Council (CEC)

Outreach and Engagement Consulting

VPUOE staff regularly speak to MSU colleges and departments and other institutions on effective models of engagement. They address issues such as:

Measuring and assessing faculty outreach and engagement
Integrating engagement into the institutional structure
Aligning the scholarship of engagement across institutions

UOE also participates in university-wide conversations regarding major cross-disciplinary initiatives, such as:

Broader impacts of science
Needs of 0-5 year-old children and their families
Positive outcomes for children, youth, and families
Land use and built environment
Community and economic development
Sustainable agriculture, food, and water safety
Urban and regional development
The Opioid crisis
Public policy

Evidence-Based Models

VPUOE develops and disseminates models of evidence-based practice to resolve issues important to individuals, families, groups, neighborhoods, and communities. Evidence-based practice means using research to inform policy and practice. MSU advocates a scholarly model of outreach and engagement that fosters a reciprocal and mutually beneficial relationship between the University and the public.

Senior Fellows

The Senior Fellows make up an honorary advisory group, drawn from both the MSU campus and the community, who meet periodically with Dr. Brookins to advise on and discuss current issues of engagement. They represent a diversity of expertise and have a lifetime appointment to this group.

Web Site: /about/departments/apuoe

E-mail: engage@msu.edu

Telephone: (517) 353-8977

FAX: (517) 432-9541

Kwesi Brookins

Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement
Acting Director, Julian Samora Research Institute
Professor, Ecological-Community Psychology
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Kathleen Smith

Chief of Staff, Outreach Administration
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Glenda G. Gatewood

Research Administrator II, Outreach Administration
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Barbara Groves

Executive Staff Assistant to the Vice Provost for University Outreach and Engagement, Outreach Admnistration
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Katrina Smith

Office Coordinator I, Outreach Administration
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