Past Events

Understanding Engagement in Times of Crisis: AASCU Cohort Meeting

Monthly convening of institutions participating in the Collaboratory/AASCU cohort initiative. ...

Anti-Racism Working Group

Collaboratory's Anti-Racism Working Group meets monthly to support those interested in topics related to the intersection of community engagement and anti-racism. ...

Understanding Community Engagement in Times of Crisis: Lessons Learned (HLC Conference)

2020 brought unprecedented challenges, but also a unique opportunity to re-examine civic engagement in this new landscape. Learn how a cohort of AASCU institutions came together to use data in examining community-university partnerships to address pressing social issues, demonstrating the relevance of higher education, particularly in times of crisis. ...

Advancing P-12 Engagement through Data: An Indiana University System Approach

This presentation at the Arizona State University Social Embeddedness Network Conference shares insights from a panel of community engagement professionals within the IU system leveraging data to understand how IU is addressing P-12 education initiatives throughout the state. ...

Collaboratory Coffee Break: Geolocation

Join us for this Coffee Break where we will reveal the current work underway to improve search and activity descriptions with more robust location information and visualization.  We will take a look at the upcoming map-based insight’s current state and its roadmap for enhancements and improvement. ...

Collaboratory Scholars Call

The Collaboratory Scholars is a cohort of graduate and undergraduate students who are involved with Collaboratory data collection, entry, and/or dissemination on their campuses. The Collaboratory Scholars cohort offers an opportunity for learning and capacity building for the next generation of community engaged professionals, scholars, and citizens. ...

2021 AshokaU Exchange: Aligning higher education community engagement with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Kristin Medlin and Jessica Givens (Collaboratory's SDG Research Fellow) will present at the Exchange, Ashoka's global gathering for social impact educators. ...

Understanding Engagement in Times of Crisis: AASCU Cohort Meeting

Monthly convening of institutions participating in the Collaboratory/AASCU cohort initiative. ...

Anti-Racism Working Group

Collaboratory's Anti-Racism Working Group meets monthly to support those interested in topics related to the intersection of community engagement and anti-racism. ...

Advancing P-12 Engagement through Data: An Indiana University System Approach

This presentation at the Indiana Campus Compact Conference shares insights from a panel of community engagement professionals within the IU system leveraging data to understand how IU is addressing P-12 education initiatives throughout the state. ...

Collaboratory’s Bread and Butter: How to Leverage Reports & Data

Data is only as good as the insights you can get out of it!  Join us for a deep dive into Collaboratory reports.  We will share a basic overview of available features and strategies for using Collaboratory reports creatively, concrete examples of data requests, and consider choice points in how to present the data. ...

Collaboratory Coffee Break: Identifying Stakeholders

Blurb about Coffee Break.Collaboratory enables institutions to collect a robust amount of data about their community engagement. However, numbers alone do not help answer our most burning questions or foster meaningful internal dialogue about our engagement. This Coffee Break will provide guidance and tools for campuses to identify their stakeholders (who), what they need to know, and why (actions they should take based on the data you provide them). By identifying campus stakeholders and what information they need to know, institutions can begin to re-frame their data collection strategy and usage. ...