Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration

The Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration (CCEC) adds capacity to the School of Social Welfare's community engagement. CCEC advances our values and vision in community-university initiatives at KU.

About CCEC

CCEC promotes public scholarship from the School of Social Welfare, expanding the reach for important research. CCEC also represents the School of Social Welfare in crucial community-university alliances, bringing social work values and skills to this community-engaged work.

CCEC Priorities

Learn more about CCEC's work in public scholarship and community engagement.

Public Scholarship

Public scholarship connects researchers with communities.

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Community Engagement

The School of Social Welfare is committed to strengthening partnerships in Kansas, the Kansas City metro area and nationally.

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Community Engagement

CCEC adds capacity to the School’s community engagement and advances our values and vision in community-university initiatives at KU.

Community Engagement Partners

While the KU School of Social Welfare has always been deeply committed to developing and sustaining relationships with communities, CCEC adds capacity to these efforts. CCEC provides an additional pathway through which community members experience the School, and ensures that social work values and our School's vision are represented in community-university initiatives at KU.

CCEC's community engagement efforts prioritize Wyandotte County, a long-time School ally in research projects and practicum education, and rural Kansas, a crucial arena for strengths-based social work.

Identifying community both within and beyond the university, CCEC is the KU School of Social Welfare's liaison to:

KU Civic Engagement Ambassadors
KU Community Engagement Consortium
Frontiers Clinical & Translational Science Institute
KUMC Institute for Community Engagement
KU Commons

Bringing KUSSW expertise to rural Kansas communities

Partnering with organizations across Kansas

Public Scholarship

CCEC's public scholarship work connects researchers and communities for transformative engagement with the School's valuable research.

Commitment to Public Scholarship

CCEC helps build connections between KU School of Social Welfare researchers and communities through efforts including:

Publication of policy, practice and research briefs
Support for government relations and media appearances
Thought partnership and capacity-building for KUSSW scholars' innovative dissemination
Public events - both in-person and virtual - including Research Impact Talks and Grand Challenges panels

Public Scholarship Work

Public Scholarship Products

Connecting social work scholarship to campus communities

Sharing triumphs and challenges of public scholarship

Stories from CCEC

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Panel to discuss social work in government

Three social workers holding office in different levels of government will discuss ethical social work practice in their positions.

Professional to present on trauma management in K-12 schools

“Integrating trauma-informed practices in school can help foster an environment where all students have the opportunity to heal, grow, and reach their full potential,” said Roslyn Christopher, associate professor of the practice, of her Aug. 7 presentation.

Continuing education presentation to cover AI, technology in social work

“The increasing presence of artificial intelligence, social media, and other technologies in social work requires practitioners to understand their implications," said Christina Boyd, associate professor of the practice.

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Social work experts to present on family support, assessment

On March 25, the School hosts two free continuing education sessions at K-State Salina and online. The sessions are "Skillful Practice with High-Conflict Families" and "Assessing Family Well-Being."