Teaching in the Sharpe Program
Faculty who teach in the Sharpe Community Scholars Program offer community-engaged learning courses across a variety of academic disciplines. Drawing on their research and teaching expertise, Sharpe faculty guide students through integrative learning experiences that advance knowledge about specific community issues and develop skills for ethical and responsive community engagement.
ResearchFaculty in the Sharpe Program are among the university's most productive researchers, engaged teachers, and synergistic members of their multiple communities. The Sharpe Program offers students a solid foundation for building critical research skills while advancing their community engagement interests. For many faculty members, the combination of research, teaching, and community activity yields funding and publishing success with demonstrable impact on local, domestic, and global community issues. |
Benefits of Working with Engaged ScholarsSharpe Community Scholars are an engaged group of students ready for action and learning. Their energy and fresh insights contribute to a very satisfying teaching experience, which often leads to strong working relationships in engaged scholarship that continue beyond the first-year experience. |
Community-Engaged Learning CurriculumIn Sharpe, faculty teach a four-credit COLL100/150 course in the Fall semester that often serves as the foundation for students into a spring semester engaged scholarship project. Sharpe professors also participate in a yearlong, Living-Learning Community program offering workshops on research, study sessions, and academic opportunities that mentor first-year students into full participation in our university community of scholars from the start. |
