Graduate Engagement Microcredential Course 1

Foundations of Societal Impact & Engaged Scholarship introduces the principles of outreach, engagement, and scholarship, showing how they connect to creating meaningful societal impact. Participants gain practical tools to plan and evaluate projects, develop your own impact identity statement, and understand the relationship between intellectual merit and societal implications.

Graduate Engagement Microcredential Course 2

Foundations of Engaged Partnerships concentrates on building and sustaining meaningful community collaborations. Participants will examine how to create trust‑based partnerships that emphasize shared goals, transparency, and mutual benefit. The course builds practical skills in communication, co‑design, project planning, sustainability, self‑reflection, and elevating community voices to support lasting impact.

Graduate Engagement Microcredential Course 3

This course prepares students to design and implement rigorous evaluation strategies for outreach and engagement initiatives, including selecting appropriate methods and developing aligned metrics. It emphasizes ethical, transparent practices that incorporate community voice and communicate results effectively to support accountability and continuous improvement.

Graduate Engagement Microcredential Course 4

Evaluation & Impact: Methods & Strategies for Partnerships explores designing and maintaining collaborative projects that provide long-term community benefits. Learners gain strategies to build trust through feedback, incorporate evaluation and risk management, and practice communication, co‑design, reflection, and sustainability to develop partnerships that generate meaningful societal impact.

Graduate Engagement Microcredential Course 5

Community‑engaged Learning: Merging Communities while Building Reciprocal Partnerships provides insight into developing sustainable collaborations between academic institutions and community partners. Students learn to promote shared success, effective communication, and flexibility while respecting community values and academic standards. Skills covered include needs assessment, co‑planning, gathering input, team building, and creating lasting processes.

Graduate Engagement Microcredential Course 6

This course equips students to design, implement, and sustain high-quality community-engaged learning (CeL) courses using asset-based, justice-oriented frameworks and authentic community partnership. It emphasizes participatory design and evaluation, alignment with student and community priorities, and strategies to avoid common pitfalls while supporting continuous improvement, instructor development, and long-term partnership sustainability.

Graduate Engagement Microcredential Course 7

This course equips students to write grant proposals and publish research that centers community voices and ensures meaningful community benefit. It emphasizes ethical, community-centered planning, transparent communication, and strategies for sustained partnerships, while addressing power dynamics and promoting authentic participation throughout the research and publication process.

Graduate Engagement Microcredential Course 8

This course develops leadership skills for managing complex, multi-stakeholder engaged scholarship initiatives, with emphasis on adaptive leadership, collaboration, and change management. Students analyze leadership models, navigate partnership dynamics and misalignment, assess partnership health, and align personal, institutional, and community priorities to sustain effective long-term partnerships.