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> Winona State University > News and Events > Carnegie Foundation Selects WSU for Community Engagement
Carnegie Foundation Selects WSU for Community Engagement Story by: Publications Office The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a national policy and research center for higher education, has selected Winona State University for its new Community Engagement classification. Winona State was one of three Minnesota institutions selected for the classification, joining the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of St. Thomas. WSU was selected in the Curricular Engagement and Outreach & Partnerships category, one of three categories within the Community Engagement classification. This category included 62 institutions. It includes colleges and universities with substantial commitments to both curricular engagement, where teaching, learning and scholarship engage faculty, students and the community, and outreach and partnerships, where resources are applied or provided for community use or collaborative interactions with the community take place. Examples of Winona State’s curricular and community engagement include: • The American Democracy Project, which offered talks and seminars about civil liberties, free speech and other Constitutional issues, and provided opportunities for students to volunteer for campaigns and election events • The Center for Mississippi River Studies, which is dedicated to creating greater understanding of the river and its people and places, through research, teaching and outreach • Survey data showing that 17 departments and programs, 50 faculty members and over 1,200 students participated in service or community-based learning courses in 2004-05 The Community Engagement classification is elective. Institutions participate voluntarily and submit supplemental data and documentation describing the nature and extent of their engagement with the community. The Carnegie Foundation’s other classifications include all institutions and are based on analysis of existing national data. The Community Engagement classification is part of the Carnegie Foundation’s restructuring of its higher education classification system. Carnegie classifications, begun in 1970, are used for a variety of purposes by researchers, institutional administrators, policymakers and others. For further details on Winona State’s Community Engagement classification, go to the Carnegie Foundation web site at www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications. 
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