Student Engagement

Engage! : Use the Engage! search to discover ways to get involved at the University of Minnesota and in the Twin Cities community.

Community Engagement Scholars Program

 

Community Engagement.

Business Resources and Partnerships

James Luby with Minnesota wine.

Minnesota grown

Thanks to U faculty like James Luby breeding cold hardy grapes, Minnesota has increased agritourism and now has more than 20 wineries across the state.

 

Academic and Corporate Relations Center

Office for Technology Commercialization

Carlson Ventures Enterprise

Minnesota Technical Assistance Program

Vendor and purchasing information

 

Renewable Energy and the Environment

Chlamydomonas alga.

One-celled wonder

U professor Roger Ruan is studying the one-celled alga called Chlamydomonas to gauge its potential to recycle waste nutrients and carbon dioxide, as well as produce usable oil.

 

Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment

Renewable Energy Research and Demonstration Center

Center for Sustainable Building Research

 

International Engagement

International students.

All-around learning

International students can learn English and take part in cultural activities, like carving pumpkins and going dog sledding on the North Shore, through University programs.

 

Office of International Programs : Coordinates and promotes the internationalization of the U's teaching, research, and outreach.

Community engagement : Opportunities for international students.

International research and teaching

Learning Abroad Center

International resources at the U

 

Children, Family, and Community Resources

Teacher and student conducting an experiment.

Curiosity companions

PACES (Parents and Children Experiencing Science), brings families together to ask scientific questions, predict how simple experiments will turn out, and then see the results for themselves.

 

University of Minnesota Extension : Agriculture, community, environment, family, garden, living, youth.

K12@U : Professional development and classroom resources for teachers, classes for K through 12 students, and summer youth camps.

4-H Program

Initiative on Children, Youth and Families

Children, Youth, and Family Consortium

Business & Community Economic Development

Center for Democracy and Citizenship

It’s not enough for the University to dispense knowledge and do research, it has always felt a duty and a desire to be an integral part of the community and the world. Its students, faculty, and staff learn from others as they help businesses come into being, build bridges between cultures, tackle environmental challenges, and guide Minnesota families toward healthier lives.

The Office for Public Engagement works to enhance the University of Minnesota’s activities and stature as a publicly engaged research university.

The new Urban Research and Outreach/Engagement Center (UROC) anchors the University's presence in the North Minneapolis community, and supports projects and interdisciplinary teams that are focused on developing sustainable urban partnerships. A 21,000 square foot building is being renovated for UROC, and is anticipated to open in the summer of 2009.


UROC coordinates the University’s involvement in University Northside Partnership, an alliance formed in 2006. Through this partnership, the University collaborates with neighborhood organizations and local government to enhance the social and economic environment in North Minneapolis.

 

 

Statewide University Locations

State map.