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Our biennial conference celebrates the significant achievements that stem from partnerships between university and community and explores some of the contemporary challenges of university-community engagement and service-learning.
Since 2019, our two institutions have worked together to share information, lessons learned, successful practices and innovative ideas to deepen engagement with our respective communities. In doing so, we have furthered our collaboration with each other and strengthened our institutions' community engagement practice. This collaboration, coordinated by ACU Engagement and DePaul's Steans Center, thus far has resulted in four conferences, student exchanges and a study tour, and extensive professional learning encounters
Presented in partnership with DePaul University, Chicago.
Missed the fourth ACU and DePaul Conference? Discover how leaders, educators, and communities came together to spark innovation in service-learning, strengthen democracy, and create positive change in challenging times.
Read moreOur 2025 conference explored community engagement and service-learning as ways to inspire lifelong civic action that strengthens democracy and the common good. Participants considered how these approaches could be politically engaged, impactful, and build partnerships between universities, communities, and governments amid rising polarisation.
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Our 2023 conference took place over three days in Chicago. It aimed to foster shared learning and innovation in community engagement. Participants were able to explore diverse topics in community service and engagement, focusing on building stronger relationships and sharing effective practices.
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Our 2021 conference aimed to explore the current ‘state of play’ for universities in responding to the challenges and opportunities for service-learning and university-community engagement in a ‘post-COVID’ world while taking the time to reflect on the responses and learnings from the efforts of the field during the pandemic.
Learn moreOur 2019 conference aimed to celebrate the significant achievements that stem from partnerships between university and community and explore some of the contemporary challenges of university-community engagement and service-learning at the two largest English-speaking Catholic universities in the world.
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