UNCG Community Engagement

We are still beaming from the Division of Research and Engagement Community-engaged Research Awards Celebration last month! Get ready, we are beginning our roll-call with the Community-Engaged Scholarship Partnership of Distinction Award presented to the Montagnard/Asian Community Disparities Research Network in partnership with the Montagnard Association of North Carolina.

The Montaganard/Asian Community Disparities Research Network (MACDRN) was founded in 2012 by concerned community activists and academics to address serious gaps in evidence-based facts and practices underlying the health and services provided to refugee communities. The Montagnard Assocation of North Carolina is notable for teaching, sharing, and supporting other refugee communities through its empowerment of them through the community health worker model and joint research with the Research Network. Special recognition goes to the ongoing scholarly leadership of senior faculty members, Dr. Sharon Morrison and Dr. Sudha Shreeniwas, and junior faculty Dr. Ana Sucaldito for their longstanding efforts on behalf of UNCG, their departments and their disciplines to advance UNCG’s strategic goal to enhance research excellence and creative activity to support discovery and societal impact.

CONGRATULATIONS to this amazing partnership! STAY TUNED as we continue the roll-call of community-engaged excellence!

UNCG Research
UNCG Department of Human Development and Family Studies
UNCG College of Arts & Sciences
UNCG Public Health Education

Our Mapping the Landscape of Community Engagement and AI gathering during earlier this month challenged us to think about solutions for continuing to move forward while staying connected to each other and ourselves. This included spending some time engaging questions about AI through collage-making. Special thanks to Maggie Murphy, Art and Design Librarian, and Kelley O'Brien, Professor of New Media and Design, for sharing their current research and leading us in this creative practice. Check out the finished collage that was co-created throughout the day.

Born and built at UNCG, Collaboratory now tracks and helps tell the story of community engagement for over 60 higher education institutions nationwide. This Earth Day 2026, we're excited to highlight another metric of our database-the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals! Now scholars and community partners can capture an even broader scope of impact. Shout out to ICEE Associate Director, Dr. Kristy Wittman Howell, our resident Historian and Sustainability Educator, for helping us get this initiative over the finish line! Check it out!
UNCG Sustainability Office

Hope to see you at the final Be Here Club TODAY!
We're excited to co-host today's gathering with the UNCG Sustainability Council.
UNCG Sustainability Office

Coming up this week! Join us for the final Be Here Club of the semester, co-hosted by the UNCG Sustainability Council! Hope to see you out there!
UNCG Sustainability Office

Join us next Wednesday, 4/22, for a special Be Here Club, co-hosted with the Sustainability Council! 4:30-6pm
UNCG Sustainability Office

A huge shout out to the Arts and Tech (Ad)venture P2 Team as you continue the impactful community-engaged work of bridging K-12 and higher education through media! What a delight to see the collaboration coming to life as students worked to create films. This partnership consists of faculty and students in the UNCG Department of Media Studies and students and staff at Morehead Elementary School.

UNCG Research
UNCG College of Visual and Performing Arts
Guilford County Schools
UNC Greensboro

We are still celebrating our former employee, current fellow, eternal collaborator, inspiration, and friend Kristin Medlin on receiving the inaugural award for Significant Contributions to Community Engagement at ! From our initial launch of the community engagement data platform, Collaboratory, in 2012 until today, in Kristin has profoundly shaped the work of community engagement at UNCG! Thank you for commitment to this work Kristin!

UNCG Research
UNC Greensboro

"Collaboration leads to innovation" said Dr. Lakshmi Iyer, Professor of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, during a panel at our Mapping the Landscape of Community Engagement and AI gathering. We had nearly 100 attendees, powerful conversations, and so much knowledge exchanged across multiple sectors! We're excited about the innovation that will come from such a timely gathering.
The Bryan School of Business & Economics at UNCG

Please join ICEE for our Knowledge Production Corner kick-off—How to Write a Book! We’ll hear from three community-engaged scholars—Marianne LeGreco, Paul Silvia, and Travis Hicks! Hope to see you there!
Email [email protected] to register!