Continued development and implementation of MSU’s Grand Rapids Innovation Park, which is focused on health care innovation and includes a startup incubator managed by the MSU Research Foundation/Spartan Innovations. Work included recruitment of ten...

MSU teacher candidates, in collaboration with Detroit Public Schools' On the Rise Academy, Detroit Downtown Boxing Club and Center for Success, provide summer school instruction and enrichment programming.

Diversity, inclusion, and equity activities have focused on improving the lives of poor smallholder farmers in West Africa. In much of West Africa, women are typically responsible for planting and farming tasks such as weeding, harvesting, and post-h...

Conduct participatory research including scenario workshops, interviews, and planning. Co-create products based on research results for community audiences, attend community events, create tools for community use.

Provided an educational field day about the link between soil health and drainage. Organized and taught at the field day, which included a live demonstration of a tile plow for a saturated buffer installation. Attended by 62 participants, including i...

Conducting a five-year participatory, utilization-focused evaluation of the Flint Leverage Points Project. Working collaboratively with researchers and community members, identified evaluation questions of greatest importance to stakeholders and work...

Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of a community collaborative approach to violence prevention in Detroit.

Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of a community collaborative approach to violence prevention in Jackson.

Operation UNITED (Unknown Names Identified Through Exhumation and DNA) is a joint effort by the Detroit Police Department and the FBI to exhume unidentified individuals and obtain a bone sample for DNA testing in an attempt to scientifically identify...

Ubuntu Dialogues is an international partnership between Stellenbosch University Museum in South Africa and MSU (UOE, MSU Museum, African Studies Center, Matrix, and the Colleges of Social Science and Arts and Letters). The focus is on fostering deep...

In collaboration with Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, Department of Theatre students read and evaluated scripts submitted by mid-Michigan high school students for a mentorship experience with professional playwrights and a full production.

This project was in partnership with New Level Sports Ministries to develop an urban garden in a neighborhood in Battle Creek, Michigan. The goal is to create a community of gardeners to help thwart hunger among the citizens of inner-city "food deser...

Through the mentorship program, created a partnership between the greater advertising community and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Host or participate in after-school STEM and/or math festivals at local elementary schools.

Street Teams are student-run, creative collaborations within ComArtSci. Interdisciplinary groups of students partner with nonprofit organizations and assist them with media projects. They have real-world learning opportunities while giving back to th...

Provided an eight-day summer residential camp for 60 high school students from across Michigan interested in medicine and health care-related careers. Strive to recruit a diverse cohort of students each year to increase diversity among medical studen...

Support urban elementary teachers in teaching science in local outdoor spaces in meaningful and culturally responsive ways.

Identify organizations for funding. Measure outcomes of funded organizations.

Twenty undergraduates from Europe were in residence at MSU for one month in summer 2022. The institute focused on civic engagement. The students participated in numerous outreach activities, including weekly community service, public presentations, a...

I co-chair the Committee that plans this annual event. We work closely with mid-Michigan Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting Agencies, as well as local community members, and representatives from Lansing Community College and Davenport University. Each...

Provided research-based training and technical assistance to multiagency teams addressing public safety and violent crime. This involved direct consultation (e.g., analyzing crime trends; discussing evidence-based strategies; assisting with strategic...

This annual one-day conference highlights current and emerging issues in the Great Lakes and surrounding basin. Attendees, composed of agency personnel, educators, NGO representatives, students, and interested individuals, have the opportunity for an...

The MI Diaries project collects “audio diaries” from participants across the state. Diarists hear selected stories from other diarists each week, suggest topics or questions to ask other participants, and share their own experiences about a range...

Provide family/children’s law assistance, advocacy, representation, and services.

In addition to delivering the Telehealth 101 mini-course content to participants in the Virtual Table project, through our collaboration with a project at Henry Ford Health System we arranged to deliver Telehealth 101 in two two-hour virtual sessions...