Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
University Outreach and Engagement
Michigan State University
Kellogg Center
219 S. Harrison Road, Room 55
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1022
The Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship (OPES) advances MSU’s engagement mission by supporting faculty, staff, and students in their community-engaged research and creative activities, teaching, and service. OPES also contributes to the University’s reputation as a national and international leader in community engagement by ensuring that MSU is represented in critical organizations, contributing to the literature, and through other scholarly activities.
OPES facilitates work in the following key areas:
- Community-engaged research: Supporting and consulting on the design, implementation, and assessment of collaborative research
- Faculty and professional development: Coordinating and providing educational opportunities that build capacity for community-engaged scholarship
- Facilitation of mutually beneficial university-community partnerships:
- Community partnerships: Fostering and facilitating networks of potential partners
- Workforce and economic development partnerships: Supporting partnerships aimed at regional and state economic growth
- Arts and cultural partnerships: Fostering and supporting collaborative arts and cultural partnerships
- Institutional research, policy, and recognition:
- Conducting institutional research
- Fostering recognitions of exemplary community-engaged work
- Promoting policies supportive of community-engaged scholarship and university outreach
- Providing consultations with other higher education institutions and organizations
Drawing on its expertise in specific areas, OPES also works collaboratively with the other UOE departments to enhance and support the community engagement efforts of faculty, staff, and students across the University.
Website: /about/departments/office-for-public-engagement-and-scholarship
E-mail: engage@msu.edu
Telephone: (517) 353-8977
FAX: (517) 432-9541
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Executive Director, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Director, Communication and Information Technology
Special Adviser to the Vice Provost
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Director for Community Partnerships, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Director for Arts and Cultural Partnerships, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Michigan State University Museum
Professor, Department of English
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Director for Faculty and Professional Development, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Community Sustainability -
Director, Michigan Traditional Arts Program, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Curator of Folk Arts and Quilt Studies, Michigan State University Museum
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Director for Community-Engaged Research, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology
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Director, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Project Statistician, Academic Specialist, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Research Specialist, Academic Specialist, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Professional Aide, Academic Specialist, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Administrative Assistant I, Communication and Information Technology
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Program Manager, Opioid Prevention Education Network
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Senior Project Manager, Academic Specialist, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Associate Director, Michigan Traditional Arts Program
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Academic Specialist, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
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Training Director, Academic Specialist, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Outreach Specialist, Academic Specialist, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Project Coordinator, Research Assistant I, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Quantitative Team Manager, Academic Specialist, Engaged Research and Evaluation Center
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Current Projects
- MSU Museum/Nelson Mandela Partnership
- Tribal Early Childhood Research Center
- Wiba Anung
- Transformations in Higher Education: The Scholarship of Engagement Book Series
- Outreach and Engagement Measurement Instrument
- MSU Graduate Certification in Community Engagement
- Institutional Consultancy on Community-Engaged Scholarship and University Outreach
- Ubuntu: Museums and Communities Connect Partnership
- U.S./China Museums and Intangible Heritage Partnership Project
- Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives Program
- Equity and Inclusion in Economic Development
- Summer Intensive on Community-Engaged Scholarship
- MI Department of Natural Resources – Wildlife Division Certificates
- Community-Engaged Scholarship Write-Ins
- Community-Engaged Scholarship Writing Retreat
- Michigan Traditional Arts Program
- Outreach and Engagement Recognition Programs
- Community-Engaged Research Fellows Program
- Tribal Museum Partnership for the Documentation of Anishinabek Porcupine Quillwork Traditions
- Creative Conversations: Creating Equitable Arts and Cultural Community Engagement Partnerships: Webinar Series
- Broader Impacts Workshop Series
- Addiction Consortium on Research and Education Network (ACORN)
