2024 WSU Community Engagement Summit

Thursday, May 9 from 9-11 a.m.

Schedule

  • 9:00 a.m. Welcome & land acknowledgement - Ben Calabretta, director, Center for Civic Engagement
  • 9:05 a.m. Opening remarks - TBD
  • 9:15 a.m. Spark presentations - Tribal Nation Building Leadership Program: Anthony Brave and Cheryl Ellenwood
  • 9:25 a.m. Spark Presentation - Rivers, Watersheds, and Communities: Jan Boll
  • 9:35 a.m. Spark Presentation - Beyond the Campus: Impact of service-learning on students in a microbiology course: Gunjan Gakhar
  • 9:45 a.m. Presentation of the Woman of Distinction Award in the Community Partner Category from the President’s Commission on the Status of Women: Erica Crespi
  • 9:55 a.m. Spark Presentation - LAUNCH + Service-Learning Student Success Model: Sam Swindell and Jessica Perone
  • 10:05 a.m. Spark Presentation: Rural Communities Design Initiative (RCDI): Bob Krikac
  • 10:15 a.m. Spark Presentation - Extension’s Community Engagement to Address the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure and Digital Equity: Kayla Wells-Yoakum
  • 10:25 a.m. Closing Remarks - Mel Netzhammer, WSU Vancouver Chancellor
  • 10:35 a.m. Transition to Information Sessions
  • 10:40 a.m. Information Sessions
    • Introduction to Service-Learning and the Center for Civic Engagement: Jessica Perone
    • Introduction to Office of Research Advancement and Partnerships: Kim Christen