Campus Compact's TRUCEN (The Research University Civic Engagement Network) is formally launching 2025-2026 Sustained Conversation Groups and continuing Network Action Groups. TRUCEN is part of Campus Compact, a national coalition advancing the public purposes of higher education through community engagement.
Sign up here: https://campuscompact.tfaforms.net/75. Registration closes soon.
Read on for the list of conversation group and network action group topics.
"Sustained Conversation Groups (SCG) are peer-led and facilitated, bring together faculty, staff, and administrators, and normally run for 1-2 years. Participants commit to regular small group meetings to discuss topics of interest throughout the year. SCG discussions allow participants to learn from one another's experiences and provide an opportunity to share resources while building relationships with others across the network."
2025-2026 Sustained Conversation Groups:
- Building a Better Future: Developing strategies for placing community engagement at the institutional center
- Graduate Student Community Engaged Scholarship: Exploring approaches, models and resources for supporting graduate student-driven programs
- Civic and Community Engagement Certificates, Minors, and Distinction Programs: Exploring development of programs and effective approaches
- Communications Professionals in Community Engagement: A dedicated space for communications professionals
Network Action Groups focus on producing tangible outcomes such as shared resources, publications, or actionable recommendations:
- Equity Centered Community Engaged Research
- Metrics of Accountability
- Cultivating Community Voice & Resourcing Partners
- Documenting the Existing Higher Education Landscape
