Organizational Chart - University Outreach and Engagement - Michigan State University

September 2024

- Kwesi Brookins
- Vice Provost
- University Outreach and Engagement
1. Administration of UOE departments
2. Institutional policies
3. Liaison to MSU Extension
4. University-Community Senior Fellows

- Vacant
- Assistant Vice Provost
- University Outreach and Engagement
1. University-community networks
2. Faculty networks
3. Pre-college programs
4. Engaged Scholarship Advisory Council

- Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
- Burton A. Bargerstock, Executive Director
1. Conducts institutional research
2. Recognizes exemplary community-engaged work
3. Supports MSU leadership in advancing the advocacy and scholarship of engagement

- Miles McNall, Director for Community-Engaged Research
1. Supports and consults on the design, implementation, and assessment of collaborative research
2. Consults on broader impacts
3. Community Evaluation Programs

- Diane Doberneck, Director for Faculty and Professional Development
1. Coordinates and provides educational opportunities that build capacity for community-engaged scholarship

- Jessica V. Barnes-Najor, Director for Community Partnerships
1. Fosters and facilitates networks of community partners

- C. Kurt Dewhurst, Director for Arts and Cultural Partnerships
1. Fosters and supports collaborative arts and cultural partnerships

- Arnold Weinfeld, Director for Workforce and Economic Development Partnerships
1. Supports partnerships aimed at regional and state economic growth

- Center for Community and Economic Development
- Rex LaMore, Director
1. Creates, applies, and disseminates valued knowledge in community and economic development
2. Supports responsive engagement and collaborative learning in community and economic development

- Center for Community Engaged Learning
- (Jointly reporting to Student Life and Engagement)
- Renee C. Brown, Director
1. Supports faculty, instructors, and community partners in their community-engaged learning efforts
2. Facilitates academic community engagement opportunities
3. Provides beyond-the-classroom community engagement and student volunteer programs

- College Access Initiatives
- Stephanie Anthony, Director
1. Provides opportunities for underrepresented persons to receive a college education at a post-secondary institution

- Communication and Information Technology
- Burton A. Bargerstock, Director
1. Provides the public with access to university expertise and resources
2. Develops publications, websites and information systems, public/media relations, and event coordination on engagement initiatives
3. Coordinates MSU Science Festival

- Gifted and Talented Education
- Susan L. Sheth, Director
1. Offers differentiated educational programs for students in middle school and high school

- Julian Samora Research Institute
- Kwesi Brookins, Acting Director
1. Researches, evaluates, and supports the social, economic, educational, and political condition of Latino communities

- MSU Detroit Center
- Jena Baker-Calloway, Director
1. Acts as a hub for MSU programs, activities, opportunities, and research partnerships in Detroit

- Native American Institute
- Kevin Leonard, Director
1. Supports scholarship, programming, and research with practical applications in American Indian and Indigenous contexts
2. Collaborates with tribes, American Indian communities, and Native organizations

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