EPIC-Network – PHENND https://phennd.org We are a network of over 25 colleges and universities that strengthens service learning in Philadelphia, connecting academics with community involvement. Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:16:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Webinar: Mapping Collaboration between Cities and Universities: The Epic Model and Youth Mappers – Aug 14 https://phennd.org/update/webinar-mapping-collaboration-between-cities-and-universities-the-epic-model-and-youth-mappers-aug-14/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:14:44 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=86211 Cities often face challenges in meeting service demands and require innovative, community-driven solutions. EPIC-Network and YouthMappers are partnering to connect students with real-world projects that address local needs, combining our networks to amplify impact through education and civic engagement.

This webinar will showcase successful collaborations, highlight how our models align, and create space for dialogue between participants. YouthMappers will gain insight into new partnership opportunities, learn from real examples, and explore ways to expand their impact through EPIC-N connections.

Join us for this live webinar to learn how we’re working together to engage students around the world and drive local change.

Date and Time: Thursday, August 14, 2025, 10:00 AM

Register.

]]> 2024 EPIC-Network Conference – Jun 23-25 https://phennd.org/update/2024-epic-network-conference-jun-23-25/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:01:08 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=83460 If you’re interested in learning about how to connect your university or college to cities (or other local governments, like counties, school districts, villages, metro planning organizations, etc), join the EPIC-Network June 23-25 at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (just outside the St. Louis Metro Area).

More about the conference is HERE.

More about EPIC-N is HERE.

There will be participants attending in-person from at least the United States and Mexico, but possibly more. Virtual participants will also join from several African and Latin American locations.

So many people have said that they miss the in-person interactions, so we’re delivering an in-person conference about a specific interest area: linking cities and universities. Be a part of a global network of universities who are the do-ers, the universities who are building public confidence in higher education, the universities who make things happen in communities!

Sessions: We just accepted presentations, and here’s a short list of some sessions you could look forward to:
  • Communicating Impact and Story-Telling to Targeted Audiences
  • Measuring and Monetizing Social Impact: A EPIC Method of Valuing Community Engagement and Partnership
  • Sustaining Hoosier Communities: How to Leverage the EPIC-N Model with Small Towns and Rural Places
  • One EPIC Program, Multiple Approaches: Comparative Overview of Two Alliances at the Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
  • How can university-community partnerships leverage sustainable transitions in Latin America? Possibilities and Challenges
  • Leveraging Campus Communities of Practice: Supporting the individual AND institutional collaboration
  • Flipping the EPIC Model: How ASU Project Cities is Scaling in Inclusive Ways
  • Collaborative Badlands: Building University-Community Partnership in the Left-behind Region in Taiwan

Register here.

]]> Free Educational Partnerships for Innovations in Communities Network Virtual Conference – Jun 12-14 https://phennd.org/update/free-educational-partnerships-for-innovations-in-communities-network-virtual-conference-jun-12-14/ Mon, 01 May 2023 17:07:55 +0000 https://phennd.org/?post_type=update&p=81503 Please register for the free Educational Partnerships for Innovations in Communities Network virtual conference June 12 – 14, 2023. You can register here.

Join colleagues from universities around the US, Latin America, Africa, and Asia as we seek to make course-based experiences responsive to the needs of cities across the world!

You can check out the agenda here.

To get you excited, here are some sessions that will be discussed:

  • Long-term program impact evaluation
  • How do faculty do applied research of significant scholarly and practical value? Example from leveraging the federal North American Hub of the Urban Climate Change Research Network
  • EPIC-N 101: Learn about the model of connecting local governments and universities
  • EPIC Model Application to the Project Rescue of La Piedad Lagoon, Mexico
  • International expansion: Hear from EPIC-N Asia and Africa affiliates
  • Advancing the UN SDGs through EPIC-N
  • Analysis and Characterization of Community Projects for Resilience
  • Calculating Return on Investment for EPIC-N programs
  • SO MANY MORE!

Questions? E-mail Gavin Luter at dgavinluter@gmail.com or Ada Inman at ada@epicn.org.

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