ABOUT
Join us for the inaugural Public Engagement Symposium and Technology Showcase on March 9, 2009, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM, at the Illini Union on the Urbana campus.
Your participation will provide faculty, staff, student, and community partners the opportunity to share innovative ideas and approaches to engagement activities in and outside the classroom.
SHARE your expertise
EXPERIENCE something new
LEARN how to get started in and outside the classroom
CONNECT with faculty, staff, students, and community
Free and open to the public. No registration needed.
There will be door prizes and refreshments.
A resource table will be available for units to display their information.
THEMES OF THE SYMPOSIUM
Through a free flowing, open forum atmosphere, poster/resource table sessions, participant idea exchanges, 20-minute presentations and 50-minute panel discussions, participants will be engaged in the following themes:
- Strategies in public engagement; Carnegie Community Engagement Classification Overview
- Sustainability: Economic, Social, and Environmental
- Dialogs with Communities
- Learning through the Ages
- New Ways with Technology
PROPOSALS
The Call for Proposals has closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal. Presenters were notified by February 10 of the status of their submissions.
Don’t miss this opportunity to highlight your public engagement/outreach programs.
