What could happen when your work connects with the right people?
Your research, scholarship, and creative work has the power to do more than advance knowledge—it can create opportunities for students, strengthen communities, influence practice and policy, and make a meaningful difference locally, across the Commonwealth, nationally, and globally.
Join us for the Broader Impacts & Community Engagement Resource Fair, where JMU faculty and staff can connect with campus resources and community organizations to discover new partners to engage students, reach new audiences, and turn ideas into real-world impact.
When: November 6th, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Where: The Forum in Hartman Hall
Registration: Registration requested. A lunch buffet will be served.
Why: Broader impacts are all the ways research, scholarship, and creative work benefits society beyond the advancement of knowledge itself. Depending on the project, that might mean creating opportunities for students to engage in research, developing partnerships with community organizations, improving health and well-being, advancing education, improving the valley’s economic environment, or meaningfully impacting practices or policies. It can also include making discoveries accessible to new audiences, such as K-12 students or the wider public.
Broader impacts looks like research on sustainable energy turning into market-ready clean-energy solutions. It looks like research on youth development and behavioral health helping community organizations design more effective programs and services for kids. It looks like every one of our undergraduate researchers, who are applying their learning to real-world challenges while developing career-ready skills.
This vision of engaged research is at the heart of the Madison Promise and its commitment to Chart a New Path as a National Research University. As we expand our scholarship portfolio, we also want to strengthen the connections that allow our work to benefit students, communities, the Commonwealth, and beyond.
Campus and Community Partners:
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Center for Global Engagement (CGE)
- Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR)
- Center for STEM Education and Outreach
- Center for Economic Education
- Center for Multicultural Student Services
- Central Valley Habitat for Humanity
- Community Engagement and Volunteer Center (CEVC)
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum
- Furious Flower Poetry Center
- JMU History Studio
- Innovation Center for Youth Justice (ICYJ)
- Institute for Constructive Advocacy and Dialogue (ICAD)
- Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services (IIHHS)
- Institute for the Stewardship of the Natural World (INSW)
- I'm Determined Center
- JMU Center for Advancement Research in Education (JMU CARE)
- JMU Internal Review Board (IRB)
- JMU Libraries-Data Services
- JMU School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE)
- JMU Young Children's Program (YCP)
- JMU VALOR
- John C. Wells Planetarium
- Laboratory School for Innovation & Career Exploration
- Madison Center for Community Development (MCCD)
- Madison Center for Civic Engagement
- M.S. in IST: Environmental Management & Sustainability
- Office of Creative Propulsion (OCP)
- Office of Economic & Community Development
- Office of Student Awards, Initiatives & Research (STAIR)
- Project GROWS
- United Way of Central Shenandoah Valley
- University Career Center: Work-Based Learning Experiences
- University-Industry Research Partnerships
- Valley Open Doors
- Virginia Clean Cities (VCC)
- X-Labs
If your organization is interested in participating, please contract researchdevelopment@jmu.edu.