The Engagement Summit brings together faculty, staff, students, and community partners to explore and celebrate a year of impactful community engagement work between the University of Iowa and communities across Iowa and beyond.

This daylong event will include sessions and speakers on important topics in community engagement, including community-engaged research, the impact of engagement on communities, creative place-making and improving quality of life in communities, graduate education and community engagement, and recognizing and rewarding community-engaged work. The Summit is co-sponsored by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.

The Summit will culminate in an exciting keynote address by Dr. Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Public Health at the University of Arizona. The keynote address is co-sponsored by the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.