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IU CENTER FOR RURAL ENGAGEMENT

Beyond the Gates

INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR RURAL ENGAGEMENT

IU Center for Rural Engagement: Connecting a world-class university to the challenges of rural Hoosier communities

• Our mission is to partner with rural

communities to improve Hoosier lives.

• Our vision is to serve as a 21st century model

for connecting the distinctive resources of a comprehensive flagship research and teaching university and the needs and future of the state’s rural citizens and communities.

• Our values include collaboration, partnership,

trust, community focus, sustained involvement, and accessibility.

Beyond the Gates: What We Do

• Applied Research, Community-

Engaged Teaching, and Student Service Engagement

• In Six Focus Areas
• In Hoosier Rural Communities

Beyond the Gates: Focus Areas

• Healthy Hoosier Communities
• Resilient Hoosier Communities
• Hoosier Quality of Place
• Hoosier Educational Attainment
• Thriving Hoosier Communities
• Capacity Building and Leadership Development

Healthy Hoosier

Communities Sustainable

Environment &

Communities Economic

Development &

Entrepreneurship

Capacity Building & Leadership Development

Educational Attainment Hoosier Quality of Place

Applied Research

Resilient

Hoosier

Communities

Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Grand Challenges

Arts and Humanities

Business

Indiana Geological Survey Eppley Institute

Public and Environmental Affairs

Social Work

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Healthy Hoosier Communities

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Resilient Hoosier Communities

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Hoosier Quality of Place

SPEA Connect

Sustainable

Environment &

Communities

Educational Attainment

Community- Engaged Teaching

Sustaining Hoosier Communities

Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Nursing

Public and Environmental Affairs

Social Work Media

Arts and Sciences Public Health Business

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Sustaining Hoosier Communities — Largest Rural University Teaching Partnership in Nation

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Sustaining Hoosier Communities Lawrence County

20 classes; 14 projects; 15 faculty; 550 students

Art, Architecture & Design Bedford Shared Work Space Bedford and Mitchell City Gates design Indiana Limestone Company incubator office Biology and Public Health What Moves You, Mitchell? Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Gus Grissom Trail Monitoring App Hoosier National Forest Dark Skies designation Law Legal Needs Assessment in Lawrence County Media Bedford Diversity Council Public Health Avoca Fish Hatchery plan Youth Financial Literacy Program Mitchell and Bedford Community Gardens SPEA Complete Streets initiative Hwy 50 Bypass Scoping Study Little Theatre of Bedford

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Sustaining Hoosier Communities Orange County

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Sustaining Hoosier Communities Orange County

21 classes; 17 projects 14 faculty; 350 students this fall

Art, Architecture & Design Accessible Playgrounds Artist Residency HandUp OC Affordable Homes in Rural Indiana Biology and Public Health Health Promotion Media/Political and Civic Engagement Orange County: A Rural History Media Bike Path Planning Solar Eclipse Tourism Readiness Lost River Market and Deli Co-op: Customer Development Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Dark Sky Designation Community Arts Network Community Wellness Network Community Health IT Nursing Health Promotion for Chronic Illness Public Health Health Promotion Social Work Mental Health Promotion and Stigma Reduction Little Theatre of Bedford Sociology Adverse Childhood Experiences data and research

Lauren Travis

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: “I didn’t expect to stay here after graduation because I came from so far away, but I had cultivated community ties in the meantime and started to see a role that I might play working within the community.”

Sarah Murphy

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: “Being in a class that is closely involved with my community is really

• awesome. It makes my major feel

more tangible.”

SPEA Connect

COMMUNITY-ENGAGED TEACHING SPOTLIGHT: The center and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs joined Greene County healthcare and government leaders to examine issues around opioid misuse and identify

• pportunities to improve outcomes.

Student Engagement IU Corps

Serve IT Kelley Institute for Social Impact Civic Engagement Fairview Violin Project Serve: Design Promoting Healthy Populations Practicum Alternative Spring Break

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Student Engagement: IU Corps

• 230+ student
• rganizations
• 160 community

engagement programs

• 200 service-learning

classes

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School of Social Work Rural Engagement

• Social work

practicum placements in rural communities

• Address issues of

addiction and mental health

Keshuann Tompkins-Barnes

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: “IU Corps is important because it allows you to volunteer and help groups that you would have never imagined you could have helped. I have learned a lot about myself and my peers.”

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New Indiana University Center Will Look at Rural Issues

In the news

IU Launches Rural Initiative in Orange County Orange County to Benefit from IU’s Rural Communities Project

IU Initiative Seeks to Increase Service Opportunities

Behind a Push for New Solutions to the Complex Challenges Facing Rural America

IU class to unveil strategies for city streets at Stone Gate

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Next Steps

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DATA ANALYSIS

Understanding Rural Indiana: Data Needs for the Future

Wednesday, October 3 IU Bloomington

Connect with the center.

iucre@indiana.edu rural.indiana.edu

Thank you