UT’s Office of Community Engagement and Outreach (OCEO) will proudly host the 7th Annual Engagement and Outreach Conference, “Advancing the Modern-Land Grant Mission: UTK’s Response to Grand Challenges, Complex Problems, and Broader Impacts ” on October 1-2, 2024.

The Engagement and Outreach Conference will provide a platform for intentional conversations about the many ways that UT’s community engagement impacts communities across the region, state, and globe, highlighting the positive impacts of engaged work and providing strategies and solutions for sustainable partnerships. The first day of the conference will be on campus, and the second day will take place in the community.

Please consider submitting an application for a symposium presentation, interactive workshop, roundtable, or panel. The tracks for 2024 include:

• Access and Engagement: Pre-Collegiate and Postsecondary Pathway Programs
• Community-Engaged Scholarship (i.e. community-engaged teaching and learning, community-engaged research/community-based participatory research, action research, broader impacts, community-engaged service)
• Academic Outreach and Engagement (i.e. volunteerism and civic engagement, academic outreach, public engagement, alternative breaks).

The Request for Proposals closes on April 10, 2024.

Submit a Proposal