Partnerships with Community Groups
Miami University has developed partnerships with city, state, and federal elected officials and government agencies, as well as with civic leaders and representatives from community-based organizations. Community-based partnerships have multiple goals, including:
- Education outreach that translates academic research and knowledge into community knowledge;
- Community-based research and evaluation that engages and empowers community members and community-based organizations as partners in research activities;
- Service learning, which uses action and reflection to meet needs and enhance learning through mutually beneficial, reciprocal partnerships;
- Volunteerism;
- Advocacy and activism to create positive social changes;
- Economic development activities designed to improve the economic and civic environment of a given community.
Miami faculty and staff who are interested in creating a community partnership or have questions about sustaining a partnership should confer with the appropriate office (see below).
- For charitable acts of volunteerism and service learning in the schools and beyond, contact the Oxford Campus Office of Community Engagement and Service, the Middletown Campus Office of Community Engagement and Service, or the Hamilton Campus Office of Community Engagement and Service (513-785-3005 or muhcce@miamioh.edu).
- For educational partnerships with organizations, agencies, and schools, including partnerships focused on community outreach/collaboration (e.g., the Miami-Talawanda Partnership), educational internships, student teaching, and field placements within the College of Education, Health, and Society, contact the CEHS Partnership Office.
- For internships and partnerships with potential employers, contact Oxford Campus Career Services or Regional Campus Career Services.
- For funded community-based activities including collaborative grants and applied research projects, contact the Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship.
- For philanthropically funded community-based activities, please contact the appropriate development officer in Advancement Services.