Center for Communication and Community

 Center for Communication and Community

·     Establishing and maintaining durable relationships across the diverse communities of the state

·     Helping these communities to identify and articulate needs that can be met by communication research and scholarship

·     Assisting faculty to recognize the research potential within the communities of the state

·     Brokering the relationship between communities and researchers/scholars

·     Facilitating research activities by connecting faculty with graduate and undergraduate students

·     Conducting original research directed at developing theory and methodology appropriate to community engaged research

·     Being a recognizable presence on the nascent national CER scene

·     Participating in the development of venues of presentation and publication

·     Becoming a partner in the Muse Project

·     Providing students and faculty with opportunities for transformative experience

·     Making a difference in community members’ lives