Feb. 16, 2009 – The University of Missouri was recognized as a Community Engaged Campus by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The MU Center on Religion & the Professions contributed to MU’s application for the recognition, sharing information about its curriculum, film series, research, online resources, community partnerships, interdisciplinary activities and other events.
To qualify, MU officials were required to describe teaching, learning and scholarly activities that addressed community-identified needs, deepened students’ civic and academic learning, enhanced the well-being of the community, and enriched the scholarship of the institution [MU New Bureau]. “The university is proud to be recognized as a university that strives to reach out and form partnerships and distribute our knowledge in any way that we can,” MU spokesman Christian Basi said [The Maneater].
The honor makes MU one of 173 institutions – less than 5 percent of colleges and universities nationwide – given that classification.
- Read MU News Bureau press release
- Read article in The Maneater