The university’s Public Engagement Project (PEP) will host a panel discussion called “The Engaged Campus: Giving Back to the Commonwealth and Beyond” as part of this year’s Founder’s Week celebration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This event will take place on Friday, April 26 from 3 to 4:30 p.m., in Machmer W-32.
Distinguished panelists will discuss the importance of the university’s collaborative involvement with the local, state and national community. Speakers will address how UMass students and faculty can and do give back to the commonwealth through service learning, research and community outreach.
Panelists include:
- Dan Gerber, assistant professor of public health and Chair of the University Service, Public Service and Outreach Council of the Faculty Senate
- Marla Michel, director of campus engagement and of the Scibelli Enterprise Center Business Incubator
- John Reiff, director of the Office of Civic Engagement and Service-Learning
- Linda Tropp, professor of psychology, director of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, and member of PEP
- The Honorable Stanley C. Rosenberg ’77, Massachusetts state senator and majority leader
Naomi Gerstel, a distinguished university professor (of sociology) and member of PEP will moderate.
Light refreshments will be served.
PEP supports and trains faculty members to use their research to contribute to social change, inform public policy, and enrich public debate.