Building and Broadening Place-Based Community Engagement: A Case Study

Shauna Reilly; Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh; Mark Neikirk

doi:10.33596/coll.108

Building and Broadening Place-Based Community Engagement: A Case Study

Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice

Volume 6 (2023): Issue 1

By: Shauna Reilly , Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh and Mark Neikirk

Open Access

|Sep 2023

Abstract

This article examines the use of an urban neighborhood as a place-based source for student research and related community engagement opportunities. With a sustained, programmatic commitment to the neighborhood, Northern Kentucky University (NKU) sought to build trust over ten years with residents, the nonprofit agencies serving them, and others in the community. These partners generated community engagement opportunities that were valued by the neighborhood and valuable to students’ learning.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33596/coll.108 | Journal eISSN: 2638-4396

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Language: English

Page range: 10 - 10

Published on: Sep 28, 2023

Published by: University of Miami Libraries

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Keywords:

service learning,

community engagement,

undergraduate research,

local community,

sustained engagement

© 2023 Shauna Reilly, Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh, Mark Neikirk, published by University of Miami Libraries
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