PACE Conference: Democracy Begins at Home: The Place-Based Imperative of Community and Civic Engagement – Feb 12

Posted by NC Campus Engagement on January 14, 2025

North Carolina Campus Engagement’s Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) conference, now in its 26th year, is the longest running regional conference in the nation focused exclusively on higher education’s place-based and public mission (also one of the most affordable!).  We invite faculty, administrators, researchers, community partners, and graduate students who want to gain skills, knowledge and best practice models for a spectrum of community and civic engagement pedagogies and practices. The conference is on February 12, 2025 at the Conference Center at GTCC, Colfax, NC.

Registration deadline: January 24, 2025

This year’s theme invites colleges and universities to recommit to their place-based civic mission to better address the public challenges we are facing and to strengthen democracy.  The agenda includes keynote presentations, workshops, community conversations, and presentation of the 2025 Engagement Awards. We will also integrate opportunities to engage in civic joy.

Keynote speakers:

• Dr. Timothy K. Eatman – Dean of the Honors Living–Learning Community and Professor of Urban Education at Rutgers University-Newark, chair of the Board of the AAC&U and faculty member of AAC&U’s Institute on High Impact Practices for Student Success (HIPSS)
• Dr. Peter Levine, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs in Tufts University’s Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life

Sampling of confirmed sessions:

• Making the Case for Community-Engaged Scholarship to Recruit Allies and Investment
• Not a Pain in the Assessment – Leveraging Data to Deepen Impact
• Exploring an Interdisciplinary STEM Curriculum for Environmental Justice
• Advancing Equity Through Place-Based Partnerships
• Engaging Students in Bridging Differences in a Divided State
• Impact of Philanthropy-Based College Assignments on Community Engagement
• Listening to Connect: Introducing Arts and Somatic Practices
• Community-Based Post-Disaster Architecture Teaching for Enhancing Resilience
• Democratic Civic Identity Now: What, Why, and How?
• Lessons Learned from Civically Engaged Research to Advance Children’s Well-Being
• Engaging School Districts in Community-Engaged Scholarship: Practicing Humility, Mutual Benefit, and Authentic Partnership
• Creating the Foundation to Support Pedagogical Innovations through Community-Engaged Coursework

Registration is $125 per person, for individuals from campuses who are members of NC Campus Engagement or a Partnership Alliance state/regional organization. The fee is $175 for individuals from non-member campuses.

Learn more and register.