If you can get a shot of adrenaline from reading a request for proposals – as you wade through pages and pages of stodgy, jargon-laden, and confusing text – then perhaps being a university research center director is for you.
As a public university, the University of California’s fundamental missions are teaching, research and “to serve society as a center of higher learning.” None of these endeavors are possible without public service. And yet, the importance of the public to the university is not always obvious to the public that we engage with the most frequently on campus — our students.
Setting out to write a book about health equity gave Piri Ackerman-Barger, clinical professor of nursing, a chance to fold together all of her favorite writing advice.
I became one of the inaugural Community Engaged Learning Faculty Fellows (CELFFs) at the end of 2019. The turmoil of the last two years and my experienced losses have challenged me in ways I still find hard to put in words. But it also helped me gain new insight and further shaped my identity as a public scholar.
Lee Martin '01, Ph.D. and associate professor in the UC Davis School of Education, is working with community partners, national agencies, and area high schools to inspire youth to build, engineer, tinker and adapt so they can learn more about Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Lee Martin, Associate Professor in the School of Education and 2020-21 Community Engaged Faculty Fellow reflects on his experience teaching during the pandemic, and the support he received from his Faculty Fellows cohort.
Cheryl Purifoy, director of the UC Davis Washington Program, believes in the power of mentorship and hands-on experience to help equip students for their futures.
Postdoctoral fellow Ingrid Behrsin reflects on her experience leading an undergraduate grant writing workshop in collaboration with the Blum Center for Developing Economies within Global Affairs.
