Civic and Community Engagement

Buffalo State is proud to be a 2015 recipient of the Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification. 

View Buffalo State's application and partnership grid.  

College partnerships included in the partnership grid are a sample of the range and diversity of community engagement initiatives at Buffalo State.

^{_{Anne Frank Project}}

^{_{Buffalo History Museum Collaboration}}

^{_{Burchfield Penney Art Center}}

^{_{Community Academic Center After-school and Summer Programming for West Side Youth}}

^{_{I am College Bound}}

^{_{Liberty Partnerships}}

^{_{New York State Child Welfare Training Institute}}

^{_{North Tonawanda School District/Buffalo State Social Work Department Field Education Program}}

^{_{Professional Development Schools}}

^{_{Small Business Development Center}}

^{_{Smart Grid}}

^{_{Volunteer and Service-Learning Center (now Civic and Community Engagement Office)}} 

^{_{West Side Promise Neighborhood}}

^{_{West Side Youth Development Coalition}}

^{_{Western New York Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM)}} 

Preparing the application for the Carnegie Elective Classification on Community Engagement has been both exhilarating and challenging. The process provided an opportunity for members of the task force (Maureen McCarthy, Nancy Paschke, Kevin Railey, Laura Hill Rao, John Siskar, and Gary Welborn) to talk with people from across campus about the work they do related to community engagement. It was rewarding to learn more about the engagement work being done on campus. We are proud to be members of this special community.

The organization of the application created challenging choices as we attempted to capture the diversity, richness, and depth of community engagement activities at Buffalo State. The application looks for both depth and breadth...all within little 500-word boxes. So we had a wonderful story to tell, but we faced uncomfortable constraints on how to tell that story. Nevertheless, the task force was committed to submitting a strong application and worked hard to get the language right

The application and accompanying Partnership Grid are available for review. 

- Gary Welborn, Ph.D.
Coordinator for Community Engagement and Service-Learning Faculty Coordinator, 2015