PACES Fall Lunch and Learn Series

Do you want to increase the public impact of your scholarship? Are you interested in incorporating community engagement into your classes, research or creative work? Are you wondering how to connect with campus resources, find funding or where to meet other community-engaged scholars and practitioners?

Please join Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship for the Fall 2026 Lunch & Learn Series!

Upcoming:

What is Public Impact Research and What Does Community Engagement Have to Do With It?

Tues., Nov. 10 · CASE Building, Room E351 · Noon-1:30 p.m

Dr. Tanya Ennis, director of research impact and engagement for the Research and Innovation Office and the Institutes (RIO), will share the pathways to achieving public impact research at CU Boulder and will bridge how projects that adopt community-engaged research serve the public good and strengthen communities. Illustrating these approaches in practice, Dr. Tania Hogan, executive director of the BUENO Center, will share insights from BUENO’s 50 years of working alongside multilingual communities, educators, schools, districts, students and families. The session will explore the relationship between community-engaged scholarship and public impact research and invite participants to consider what these approaches might look like in their own work.

Featuring:

• Dr. Tanya Ennis, Director of Research Impact and Engagement, Research & Innovation Office (RIO) and the Institutes
• Dr. Tania Hogan, Executive Director of the BUENO Center, School of Education

Past:

Connecting Learning Objectives and Assessment Design in Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning

Tues., Sept. 15 · CASE Building, Room E351 · Noon-1:30 p.m.

How can assessment meaningfully capture what students learn through community-engaged experiences? This session explores strategies for aligning student learning objectives with assessment design in community-engaged teaching and learning courses. Participants will examine ways to map both disciplinary knowledge and professional skills, leverage reflective practice as evidence of learning, and use assessment approaches that connect theory, practice and community engagement. 

Featuring:

• Karen Crouch, Instructional Design and Technology Consultant, Center for Teaching and Learning 
• Amanda McAndrew, Center for Teaching and Learning Assistant Director – Teaching, Learning & Technology, Center for Teaching and Learning

From Seed to Success: How PACES Grants Turned into External Funding 
Wed., Oct. 14 · CASE Building, Room E351 · Noon-1:30 p.m.

Building on last year’s successful series on resource development, CU Boulder peers will share how they used their PACES grant to seed their projects and secure external funding. The panel will be moderated by Meaghan Allyn, assistant director of foundation relations for CU Boulder’s Industry and Foundation Relations. 

Featuring:

• Joe Ryan, Professor, Environmental Engineering Program
• Michelle Renée Valladares, Associate Director, Community Research Collaborative with Cuba Independent
• John Keller, Director, Fiske Planetarium Engaged Outreach