{"id":27606,"date":"2011-01-05T10:18:03","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=27606"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:40:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:40:27","slug":"carnegie-foundation-recognizes-uconn-for-public-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/01\/carnegie-foundation-recognizes-uconn-for-public-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnegie Foundation Recognizes UConn for Public Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27534\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/migrant43_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27534  img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"A migrant worker gets a physical exam from medical student Christopher Binette, '08 SOM, at a clinic run by UConn medical students at one of Connecticut's tobacco farms.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/migrant43_lg.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Migrant worker Homero Gonzalez gets a physical exam from medical student Christopher Binette,'08 SOM, at a clinic for migrant farm workers run by UConn Health Center medical students at one of the tobacco farms in Connecticut. Photo by Al Ferreira&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"404\" height=\"269\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/migrant43_lg.jpg 700w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/migrant43_lg-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 404px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 404\/269;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A migrant worker gets a physical exam from medical student Christopher Binette, &#39;08 SOM, at a clinic run by UConn medical students at one of Connecticut&#39;s tobacco farms. Photo by Al Ferreira<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced on Jan. 5 that it is recognizing the University of Connecticut for the school\u2019s ongoing commitment to public engagement and service to the community.<\/p>\n<p>UConn is one of 115 institutions to earn the organization\u2019s prestigious elective \u201cCommunity Engagement\u201d classification this year. Since the system was created in 2006, a total of 311 institutions have been chosen, representing fewer than 10 percent of colleges and universities in the U.S. There will not be another round of schools selected for five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Carnegie Foundation is among the most prestigious educational organizations in the world, and they have very high standards for awarding this designation,\u201d says Preston Britner, associate professor of family studies, who co-chairs the University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/engagement.uconn.edu\/who_we_are\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Public Engagement Forum<\/a> with Susan Nesbitt, director of the Center for Continuing Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Robert McCarthy, dean of the School of Pharmacy and director of the Provost\u2019s Commission on Public Engagement, says, \u201cAs a public land grant university, a third of UConn\u2019s mission is service, outreach, and public engagement. It is an honor to be recognized for our efforts, which are substantial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When reviewing a university\u2019s application, the foundation considered several criteria, among them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mission: does the university have a structure in place and the resources available to show a true commitment to public engagement? Is public engagement part of its academic plan?<\/li>\n<li>Curriculum: does the university have significant service-learning opportunities for students?<\/li>\n<li>Engaged scholarship: is community outreach and public service a strong component in different areas of faculty research?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UConn excels in each category, with public engagement being one of five critical areas in the University\u2019s Academic Plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will find that that virtually every college, school, and department at UConn has a strong service-learning component,\u201d says Provost Peter Nicholls. \u201cAnd we also have faculty across the board who are engaged in research that incorporates public service on the state, national, and even global level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This public service through academics takes many forms at the University, including computer science faculty securing and auditing new electronic voting machines for the state; marine sciences faculty working to help determine the severity of the ecological damage done by the Gulf oil spill; faculty from the School of Medicine working to reduce childhood obesity and other medical school faculty offering health clinics for migrant farm workers; and the numerous public service legal clinics at the Law School, among many others. Further examples, and the full UConn Carnegie application, are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/engagement.uconn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Public Engagement web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnegiefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carnegie Foundation<\/a><em> <\/em>was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an Act of Congress. It serves as an independent policy and research center. The foundation\u2019s current mission is to \u201csupport needed transformations in American education through tighter connections between teaching practice, evidence of student learning, the communication and use of this evidence, and structured opportunities to build knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27723 alignleft img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Carnegie Foundation logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Carnegie_lg.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Carnegie Foundation logo&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"651\" height=\"77\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Carnegie_lg.jpg 700w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Carnegie_lg-300x35.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 651px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 651\/77;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education organization designates institutions that excel at public service and engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[39],"class_list":["post-27606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 03:41:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37189,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27606\/revisions\/37189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27606"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=27606"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=27606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}