Center for Rural Engagement

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CRE Overview_Final.mp4
From above, a large, multi-building campus surrounded by grass and trees. A swimming pool lays before the main red-bricken building and has red parasols around it. A tall water tower has the word, Washington, stamped on the side.
In the sunshine, a truck drives by a one-storey clapboard house. This is followed by people at a meeting sitting around a long, polished table. In another room, people of varying ages sit at tables before laptops. Some are engaged in conversation. Outside, people of the community meet as a man talks into a microphone. Later, he stands with several people as people take their photos in front of a large mural depicting the faces of three women.
>> Across the state, rural communities and Indiana University are working together to create a brighter future.

Through partnerships with Indiana University's Center for Rural Engagement, rural and state leaders are improving community health, sparking creative and innovative solutions.

The Indiana University logo is followed by text on screen. Judy Johnson. Washington County Community Foundation. As Judy speaks, she meets with people, and a photo appears with people sat beneath a gazebo with the state logo printed on its canopy and the word, Hoosiers. On a stage, a band plays.
>> My expectations were always exceeded in working with IU, the Center for Rural Engagement, and the Sustaining Hoosier Communities.

I tell people that when IU shows up, they do not disappoint.

>> And making our Hoosier hometowns more resilient and prosperous.

The Indiana University logo is followed by text on screen, Brian DeKemper, board member, Destination Huntingberg. Brian is sat before a table that has several chairs behind it, an oval logo on the wall and the flags of the United States and Indiana. As he speaks, a woman works a loom machine. This is followed by a orchestra of young people playing various instruments, and a band on a outdoor stage.
>> Working with IU and the Center for Rural Engagement, it's blown open the door to different kinds of art, media, entertainment, things that are happening we probably would have never had before.

Before a group of clapping people, a man is handed a large check as other people smile and laugh. Others meet and work together both inside and in the woods.
>> Together, we are strengthening the vitality of Indiana.

The Indiana University logo is followed by text on screen, Imojean Dedrick, Orange County Community Foundation. As Imojean speaks, footage shows her on a stage beside a table and sign that reads, Building Together. Model Home under constructions. Lost River cooperative students. PHS instructor John Shellenberger. PAOLI Housing Task Force. The Indiana University logo is followed by text on screen. Center for Rural Engagement. Rural dot indiana dot edu.
>> Center for Rural Engagement has had a tremendous impact.

Just in the few short years we've been working together, can only imagine what we might be able to do in years to come.

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