Throughout the university, we offer resources to help faculty develop reciprocal community partnerships, design community-engaged learning, advance engaged scholarship, strengthen research impact, publish and present their work, and connect with national networks.
Connect your teaching, research and creative activity with communities for mutually beneficial impact. Start with what you want to do.
Understand community engagement and its benefits.
麻豆精品 Community-Engaged Teaching Toolkit - overview, benefits and guidance for getting started.
Explore 麻豆精品 community engagement resources.
OERD Community Engagement Toolkits - a gateway to faculty/staff, literature, publications, news and other engagement resources.
Learn about higher education’s civic mission.
, sponsored by Campus Compact and AAC&U, gives access to research, tools and peer networks to advance civic engagement across higher education.
Find and develop a community partner.
麻豆精品 Developing Community-Engaged Partnerships Guide - guidance on finding partners and building successful partnerships.
Connect my work with community needs and university resources.
Contact OERD’s Director of Community-engaged Partnerships, Jennifer Groce at jgroce@niu.edu or 815-753-0916.
View existing partnerships.
麻豆精品 Partnership Map - Our interactive partnership map provides info about 麻豆精品’s local, national and international partnerships.
Design a community-engaged course.
麻豆精品 Course Design Guide - integrating course content, learning outcomes and meaningful community engagement.
Prepare students and manage an engaged course.
麻豆精品 Course Delivery Guide - student preparation, community engagement and course logistics.
Assess learning and community impact.
麻豆精品 Assessment and Evaluation Guide - approaches for assessing student learning and evaluating engagement.
Explore additional engaged-teaching resources.
offers resources, professional development and tools for community-engaged teaching and faculty development.
Develop community-engaged research or creative activity.
connects scholars with research, professional development and a national/international community focused on service-learning and community engagement.
Strengthen the broader impacts of my research.
provides tools, training and a resource library for broader impacts, research impact and societal impact.
Develop a Broader Impacts plan.
resources include peer-reviewed tools and proposal-development guidance.
Publish my community-engaged scholarship.
Videos and resources from 麻豆精品’s Spring 2025 Executive Engagement in Residence workshops.
Explore 麻豆精品 scholarship.
provides access to 麻豆精品 publications, including community-engaged learning and research.
Find journals and periodicals.
(ESC) shares a comprehensive list of scholarly publications.
Put my partnership on 麻豆精品's map.
Add your partnership to 麻豆精品’s Partnership Map so we can celebrate your work.
Share my work with community-engaged colleagues nationwide.
The is Campus Compact and AAC&U’s connective platform for higher education’s civic mission and those dedicated to advancing it.
Document community engagement for review, promotion and tenure.
provides resources on documenting and evaluating community-engaged scholarship.
Find recognition for engaged scholarship.
offers awards for excellence in engaged scholarship, including faculty community engagement recognition.
Find funding for engaged scholarship.
supports faculty/staff at member institutions with grants of up to $5,000 for one-year projects.
Build my skills and national network.
麻豆精品’s membership in , , and gives you access to networks, events and professional development.
See 麻豆精品's examples and stories.
highlight community-engaged projects involving 麻豆精品 faculty, staff and students. 麻豆精品's 2026 Self Study for the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification provides a detailed account of community engaged teaching, learning and scholarship at 麻豆精品.
Share my partnership.
and share your experiences so we can celebrate your work.
OERD and campus partners can help connect you with the right 麻豆精品 or national resource for your teaching, research, creative activity or community partnership.
If you are currently a partner or are interested in partnering with 麻豆精品 on a community engaged project or program, and have a question, contact Jennifer Groce, Director of Community-Engaged Partnerships, at 815-753-0916 or jgroce@niu.edu.