Partnership with Faculty
ICR staff can help imagine, design and implement civic engagement experiences related to research, teaching, or service.
We consult about how community engagement can help achieve learning goals, help identify an appropriate partner site wherein to stage service-learning or research, assist with assignments and course assessment strategies, and support teaching, research, and scholarship through collaboration and resource sharing.
For help on developing an ICR course, contact Hanako Gavia, Associate Director of the Office of Student Experience and Engagement (hgavia@butler.edu), or Chad Bauman (cbauman@butler.edu), faculty director of the ICR program. Once you are ready to propose a new ICR course or add the ICR designation to an existing course, please submit the proposal through Butler’s Modern Curriculum portal. As part of that proposal, you will be asked how your course fulfills the ICR SLOs.
All ICR courses are required to include (1) 20 hours of student engagement with community partners (generally unpaid), (2) assigned readings (like this one) and reflection on service learning, and (3) pre- and post-experience reflection. See the related resources and links below.
Apply for Community Engaged Alliance Grant Opportunities
As a member of community engaged alliance, Butler University staff and faculty have opportunities to exclusive funding for projects, research, and community collaboration.
There are several deadlines each year: one in the fall for spring semester and one in the spring for the following academic year.
For more information about Community Engaged Alliance resources and grant opportunities, please visit them at communityengagedalliance.org.
To ask about other possible funding resources, please find us on the Butler campus in Jordan Hall, Room 144A, or contact our office at citizenship@butler.edu.
The Academic Community engagement has created basic guidelines for creating community partnerships. If you need assistance in finding and building community partnerships or resources such as background check resources, sample conduct guidelines or communication templates, please contact Hanako Gavia at hgavia@butler.edu
Important Aspects of a Partnership
- Listen to community and lead with community voice
- Align partnership with your course and communicate learning objectives clearly to community partner
- Align partnership with your passions and interests
- Ask about capacity and requirements
Remember to communicate with ICR staff about your plans for community engagement before you begin your course!