UW Accepting Applications for 2024-25 Community Engaged Faculty Institute

The University of Wyoming Office of Community Engagement is accepting applications for the 2024-25 Community Engaged Faculty Institute. The application deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6.

UW faculty members interested in designing or revising service-learning and community-engaged curriculum for implementation in the 2025-26 academic year are encouraged to apply. Faculty fellows will be selected through a competitive process, with notification by Friday, Dec. 20.

Selected faculty members will be expected to participate in eight 2-hour workshops that will take place from January through April; develop a final project; and complete assessment activities. Faculty fellows also will engage in collaborative cohort activities and receive coaching support throughout and beyond the program. A $1,000 stipend is provided to faculty fellows upon completion of program requirements.

Through the program, faculty fellows will understand the foundation of service-learning as a high-impact teaching practice; develop a plan to design, implement and assess service-learning and community-engaged curriculum; learn processes to develop and maintain mutually beneficial community partnerships; identify resources to navigate common challenges with service-learning implementation; and use coaching support during and beyond the program.

The Community Engaged Faculty Institute is designed to advance UW faculty efforts to provide impactful service-learning and community-engaged opportunities for UW students. The program supports UW’s recent designation as a Carnegie Foundation Community Engaged Campus and institutional priorities to foster excellence in teaching, enhance student success, expand hands-on learning opportunities for students and strengthen relationships with external community partners.

Rachel Watson, director of the Science Initiative’s Learning Actively Mentoring Program (LAMP), is serving as a lead facilitator of this year’s program. The Community Engaged Faculty Institute also is supported by the Office of Academic Affairs; Service, Leadership and Community Engagement (SLCE); and the Wallop Civic Engagement Program and Stewart Family Enrichment Fund within the School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies.

Full program details and application instructions are available here.

For more information, email the UW Office of Community Engagement at engage@uwyo.edu.