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Engineering and Community Engagement Scholars Program

The Engineering and Community Engagement Scholars Program recognizes SEAS students who excel in sustainable community development projects. Students will apply engineering skills in real-world contexts, both locally and abroad, while engaging in a minimum of two weeks of fieldwork. This program emphasizes research and service, incorporating insights from cultural, linguistic, and historical contexts, alongside ethics in community engagement. Eligible students will prepare a research paper and present it to the UVA community, ensuring their work contributes meaningfully to the partner community.

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Engineering and Community Engagement Scholars Program

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  1. Get recognized for your work! Engineering and Community Engagement Scholars Program

  2. Recognition for SEAS students who have done exceptional work to prepare for, execute, and learn from a sustainable community development project • Projects: apply engineering skills to an expressed community need; local or abroad • Created by Prof. Dana Elzey, students • Under the SEAS Office of International Programs What is it?

  3. Both research and service to a community • Two weeks minimum of residence on site • In the case of multiple trips, one visit must last one week or more • Approved by Prof. Elzey on basis of intellectual rigor and sustainability Requirements1. Fieldwork

  4. 1. Cultural/ linguistic/ historical Context (Before fieldwork) • Offer insight into the context of the community • Include history, language, anthropology, sociology, and more 2. Ethics and practice of community engagement (Before fieldwork) • Cover some dimension of community engagement • Examples: STS 2500: Cross Cultural Engineering STS 2500: Ethics, Protocols, and Practice of International Research ENGR 2595: Developing Community-Based Projects 3. Project synthesis and reflection (After fieldwork) • Guides through writing and reflection • Examples: Independent Study GDS 3559: Project Synthesis Requirements2. Course work

  5. Students will prepare a paper that reports on their research and reflects on their experience • Present paper to UVA community • Write an executive summary and send to community partner Requirements3. Paper and presentation

  6. All SEAS students are eligible • Upperclassmen can talk to Prof. Elzey about qualifying, too • Contact Professor Dana Elzey for more information and for project approval • dme2j@virginia.edu How can I apply?

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