Community Engagement the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities
(local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutual creation and exchange of
knowledge and resources in the
context of partnership and reciprocity.
Curricular engagement describes the reciprocal and respectful teaching, learning, and scholarship in which
faculty, students, and community collaborate. Their interactions address community-identified
needs, deepen
students’ civic and academic learning, enhance community well-being, and enrich the
scholarship of the institution.
Co-curricular engagement describes structured learning that happens outside the formal academic curriculum
through trainings, workshops, service, and experiential learning opportunities. Co-curricular
engagement requires
structured reflection and connection to academic knowledge in the context of reciprocal,
asset-based community partnerships.
Community-engaged Partnership supports the principles of community engagement based on reciprocity and the cooperative
exchange of both giving and receiving. Community-engagement partnerships recognize
the community partner
and Bellarmine as co-educators for students through incorporation of community engagement
into teaching, learning, research and/or scholarship.
Integrated Community Partnership serve as community-engaged partnerships that involve more than one area of campus
(cross-functional/multidisciplinary), advance one of more priorities within Bellarmine’s
strategic plan,
and make a significant community impact.
Reciprocity describes the university and the community partner working in common interest and
respect, in a cooperative exchange of favors, with both giving and receiving.
Inclusion involves intentionally bringing together diverse groups that are actively connected
and engaged around issues of equitable access and social justice. For more information,
please visit the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Bellarmine University webpage.