Please join us for the inaugural OSU Engagement Conference this September! This event will offer beneficial insight, ideas, information and networking for faculty, staff or partners who are:
- Currently involved in typical or atypical engagement work
- Poised at the edge of engagement and want to begin
- Questioning where you fit into the realm of community engagement.
What is engagement work? What is its impact on OSU and our surrounding community?
“Engagement is embedded in the strategic goals of OSU, which aligns with our mission as a land-grant university. In addition to being the largest research university in Oregon, we hold the highest full-time student enrollment of any public university in the state, and we have a community presence in all 36 counties. This trifecta of cutting-edge research, student accomplishment, and active public engagement are intrinsically intertwined.”
–Provost & Executive Vice President Ed Feser, 2023
When: September 5–6, 2023
Where: CH2M Hill Alumni Center, 725 SW 26th St, Corvallis, OR 97331
Registration: Registration now closed.
The OSU Engagement Conference is being hosted by the Office of the Provost and the Division of Extension and Engagement.
Contact
For questions regarding the event, please contact Amanda Bielenberg-Hayes, Event Manager.
Day one: September 5, 2023
Day one welcomes faculty, staff, and community partners, and seeks to increase awareness and recognition of engagement efforts across the university:
- Welcome from OSU Provost and Executive Vice President Ed Feser
- Keynote: Marisol Morales, Executive Director of the Carnegie Elective Classifications
- Engagement at OSU: Accomplishments, priorities, future focuses, and where you fit in
- Engagement Awards
- Networking: In addition to an awards reception and in-session networking, this event will also feature use of the Whova event app, offering additional connections, opportunity to have side-bar meetings, and more!
Day two: September 6, 2023
Day two will focus on showcasing engagement practice and scholarship by OSU faculty and staff, while weaving in opportunities for knowledge and idea generation.
- Welcome from OSU President Jayathi Murthy
- Keynote: Dr. Lorilee Sandmann
- Session tracks, featuring concepts such as community engaged scholarship and increasing engagement knowledge
- Opportunities for idea generation: Workshops and design labs
- Networking
Contact
For questions regarding the event, please contact Amanda Bielenberg-Hayes, Event Manager.
Keynote speakers
Dr. Marisol Morales
Dr. Marisol Morales is the Executive Director of the Carnegie Elective Classifications, providing conceptual leadership and operational oversight to the elective classifications’ work. This includes the collaborative development of and responsibility for all initiatives, oversight, and facilitation of relevant national and international advisory committees, conceptualizing and implementing extensive data archives as well as developing and enacting a shared vision regarding access to and use of the knowledge produced by the Carnegie Elective Classifications to beneficially guide research, policy, and practice.
Prior to this role, she was the Vice President for Network Leadership at Campus Compact, from 2018-2022. Morales was the founding Director of the Office of Civic and Community Engagement at the University of La Verne from 2013-2018 and the Associate Director of the Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning and Community Service Studies at DePaul University from 2005-2013. In 2020, she was appointed as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Community-Engaged Scholarship at the University of Central Florida and also serves as an adjunct faculty in the ENLACE Higher Education Master’s program at Northeastern Illinois University. Morales sits on the editorial board of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, on the editorial advisory board of Liberal Education, a publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, and on the board of the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).
Morales holds a BA in Latin American/Latino Studies and a MS/MS in International Public Service Management both from DePaul University. She earned her Ed.D in Organizational Leadership at the University of La Verne in 2020. Her dissertation focused on the community engagement experiences of Latinx students at a Hispanic Serving Institution.
Dr. Lorilee R. Sandmann
Lorilee R. Sandmann, Ph.D., is professor emerita in Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at The University of Georgia (UGA), USA. For 50 years, she held administrative, faculty, extension, and outreach positions at the University of Minnesota, Michigan State University, Cleveland State University, as well as The University of Georgia. She is also the former editor of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Dr. Sandmann’s research, teaching, writing, advising, and consulting focus on leadership and organizational change in higher education, emphasizing the institutionalization of community engagement and faculty roles and rewards related to community-engaged scholarship. She received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement and UGA’s Outstanding Faculty Scholarship of Engagement Award. She has been inducted into the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship and the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. She was the co-director of the National Review Board for the Scholarship of Engagement. She has led the Engagement Academy for University Leaders and currently serves on its faculty. She is also a core reviewer and is on the National Advisory Committee for the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement. Dr. Sandmann holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She can be reached at [email protected].
Engagement Awards
In order to celebrate and honor the incredible engagement work being conducted in and around our university, we look forward to announcing the award winners for the inaugural OSU Engagement Awards at this conference, featuring awards in the categories of:
- OSU Engagement Faculty Award
- Community Engaged Scholarship Team Award
- OSU-Community Partnership Award
The deadline to apply for awards has passed. Join us at the conference to celebrate your colleagues!
Contact
For questions regarding the event, please contact Amanda Bielenberg-Hayes, Event Manager.
Getting here
For partners, faculty, and staff not local to Corvallis, please review the following information.
Conference venue
The OSU Engagement Conference will be held at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center on Oregon State University's main campus at 725 SW 26th St, Corvallis, OR 97331. Please include any accessibility requests you may have in the registration form, so we may be sure to accommodate them.
If staying at the hotel, no parking passes are needed. If not, purchase a daily or visitor parking pass and find parking maps if needed.
Hotel information
We will have a discounted room block at the Hilton Garden Inn:
Book Your OSU Engagement Conference Rate Here!
Or call (541) 752-5000 and ask for a room under the “OSU Engagement Conference” Block . The address is 2500 SW Western Blvd, Corvallis, OR 97333. Parking is included, and it is a four-minute walk to the venue.
Driving directions
From Interstate 5: Take exit 228, turn west onto Highway 34. Continue approximately 10 miles. Turn left at the large intersection following signs to Reser Stadium (Hwy 20/Hwy34/Philomath Blvd). Turn right on SW 26th and you have officially arrived on campus!
Parking
If staying at the hotel, no parking passes are needed. If not, and you would like to purchase a daily pass:
Recommended lots
- Reser Stadium
- The Parking Garage
- The B lots surrounding the Alumni Center
Parking maps are available.
ADA parking
While our virtual permits are for B and C zones, our virtual permit is also valid for vehicles with a DMV-issued ADA parking placard to park in ADA parking spaces in any zone. When entering the parking garage, there are ADA parking spots to the left of the entrance.
Navigating Corvallis
If you are interested in checking out more of the town of Corvallis before or after your campus visit, we'd be happy to recommend local restaurants or shops to check out.
Did you know that the city of Corvallis has fareless public transit to navigate the city? There is also a Beaver Bus for getting around campus. Visitors are welcome to use either of these services to make it easier to get to where you're going!
Contact
For questions regarding the event, please contact Amanda Bielenberg-Hayes, Event Manager.
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– President Jayathi Murthy and Provost & Executive Vice President Ed Feser, 2022
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