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Progress through Partnership

The University of Pittsburgh Community Engaged Scholarship Forum (CESF) elevates, celebrates, and reflects on collective approaches to community-engaged scholarship and practices that advance mutually beneficial, community-identified priorities. CESF defines community broadly to include partnerships with nonprofits, grassroots organizations, coalitions, neighborhoods, government agencies, and entrepreneurs/businesses. Organizations and individuals with an interest in the intersections of campuses and communities are invited to participate.

An Annual Forum

Each year, Pitt celebrates the diversity and impact of community-engaged work across the University at the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum.

In 2021, as part of Pitt's Year of Engagement, the third annual forum focused on the theme “Progress Through Partnerships: Advancing Community Resilience.”

Save the Date

The 2022 event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 1, 2022.

Proposals for workshops and poster presentations and award nominations can be submitted through the 2022 CESF Proposals and Nominations Space.

Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement's Partnerships of Distinction

The Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement’s Partnerships of Distinction Award, conferred annually at the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum, recognizes outstanding partnerships that are exemplars of community engagement. Honorees demonstrate reciprocity, mutual benefit and significant community impact.

Outreach and Engagement Map

The University of Pittsburgh works in close collaboration with hundreds of community partners throughout Pittsburgh. We aspire to be a university that strengthens our communities - from the Pitt community, to our region and the world around us - by expanding engagement, supporting collaborations, and embracing a global perspective. Find Pitt in your community with the Community Engagement Map.

Community Engaged Scholarship Forum: Advancing Community Resilience

An Annual Forum

Save the Date

Outreach and Engagement Map

Neighborhood Commitments

Year of Engagement

Partnering for Progress

Events

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