ٍٍٍ½خر Office of ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement
MCW Receives 2026 Carnegie ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement Classification
What is ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement?
The MCW OCE utilizes the definition:
ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement is the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional, state, national, global) for mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity."
Office of ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement Quick Links
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ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement Conference
Annual conference putting focus on community-relevant topics while bringing together academic and community partners
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ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement Resources
Explore community engagement educational materials, models, definitions and online resources
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ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement Poster Session
Annual poster session featuring community engagement work by MCW students, staff, faculty, and academic and community collaborators
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President's ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement Award
Recognizes the exemplary community-academic partnership, community-engaged research or community outreach activities of faculty, staff, students and/or community partners of MCW
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ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement Recognition
As a leader in community engagement, the ٍٍٍ½خر has received the following recognition in relation to its community engagement programs and initiatives.
Carnegie ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement Classification
MCW has received the 2026 Carnegie ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement (CE) Classification, a designation awarded by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to acknowledge an institution’s commitment to community engagement. MCW originally received the Carnegie CE Classification in 2015 and is currently one of only seven institutions nationwide to receive this prestigious honor specifically as an academic medical institution.
Richard Guarasci Award for Institutional Transformation
The Richard Guarasci Award for Institutional Transformation recognizes institutions that have successfully implemented institution-wide efforts to address issues of public concern by aligning teaching, research, practice, and values in service of the common good. Recipients are institutions that have undertaken comprehensive efforts to advance the values articulated in Campus Compact’s 30th Anniversary Action Statement of Presidents and Chancellors. As a national leader in community engagement, the ٍٍٍ½خر was recognized for this award in 2021 for integrating engagement into research, education, and clinical care with the goal of advancing health policy and advocacy and addressing the social determinants of health. Through initiatives like the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program and its extended community-engaged research, the ٍٍٍ½خر demonstrates a deep strategic commitment to community, embracing its responsibility as a place-based institution to address diverse health needs throughout Wisconsin.
Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement
The Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement is presented annually to a U.S. AAMC-member medical school or teaching hospital with a long-standing, major institutional commitment to partnering with the community it serves to identify and address community needs. MCW was recognized as a top institution in ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement and ٍٍٍ½خر Service as a Finalist for the Spencer Foreman Award (each year there are two Finalists recognized along with the recipient). This award is one of the most prestigious given by the AAMC and MCW is the only medical school to have been recognized among the top three institutions for the award more than once in the past 11 years; MCW was the recipient of the Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding ٍٍٍ½خر Engagement in 2005.
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