Research and outreach
Students take measurements during a
treadmill test at the Human Performance
Teaching Laboratory.
Research and
outreach are natural partners to teaching. So while
teaching is what we usually think of first when we talk about what a
university does, research and outreach are equally vital to the mission
of the college and the University.
- Research enriches what is taught in the
college’s classrooms and students who participate in research with
their teachers learn more effectively.
- Outreach—or civic engagement—is also an important partner for
teaching and research. When faculty, staff, and students are
involved in the community around them, they can spread the knowledge
they’ve gained in classrooms and labs to make the community a better
place.
We do our research in a variety of ways and settings.
- The college houses both collegewide and
nationally designated research and
service centers.
- Individual faculty and staff pursue their own
research projects, too, many of which bring in significant research
dollars to the state. (See ResearchWorks)
- Students pursue research both as
undergraduates and graduate students. They write papers about their
work and display their findings at conferences around the country as
well as during Research Poster Days on campus.
Michael Goh consults with members of the Multicultural Center
for Integrated Health. (left to right: Ai Vang, executive director;
Goh; Kathryn McGraw Schuchman, clinical director; and Anne
Bellamy, social worker)
Outreach takes a variety of forms among our faculty, staff, and
students.
Our primary outreach and public
engagement activities include extensive involvement of faculty and
staff in metro-area schools; and professional training programs on
campus, throughout the state, and online.
At the University level, outreach work is overseen by the
Office of Public
Engagement and supported by the
Council on Public Engagement.
March 2006
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