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Focus areas: Education
Status: In progress
The Rural Cultural Awareness project aims to develop comprehensive educational materials for university partners that highlight the unique characteristics, strengths, and challenges of rural communities in Indiana. By fostering a deeper...
Focus areas: Quality of Place
Status: Completed
The Center for Rural Engagement partnered with faculty to research, document, and contextualized homelessness in Greene County with the goal of providing the community with data and policy recommendations to address rural homelessness.
Focus areas: Healthy Hoosier Communities
Status: Completed
The Center for Rural Engagement collaborated with three counties and their Drug-Free Communities local coordinating councils.
Focus areas: Quality of Place
Status: Completed
The IU Maurer School of Law partnered with the Center for Rural Engagement to place students in experiential learning opportunities in rural areas currently lacking legal professionals. This program furthered the efforts of the Indiana Supreme...
Focus areas: Quality of Place
Status: In progress
Rural Placemaking Studio is a partnership between IU Eskenazi School of Art Architecture + Design and IU Center for Rural Engagement to provide placemaking services to rural communities throughout southern Indiana. The program provides professional...
Focus areas: Community Resilience, Healthy Hoosier Communities, Quality of Place, Education, Leadership and Innovation
Status: In progress
The Rural Scholars Program at the Center for Rural Engagement matches passionate and skilled Indiana University students with projects that advance the vitality of Indiana’s rural communities.
Focus areas: Quality of Place
Status: Completed
IU’s Eskenazi Museum of Art partnered with the Center for Rural Engagement on a program to bring artwork and curriculum to P-12 schools. That partnership also supported a PreK-12 Experiences Manager who developed and oversaw youth art month, youth...
Focus areas: Community Resilience
Status: Completed
This project conducted a needs assessment for two Crawford County schools to chronicle opportunities within the schools to reduce lead levels in water and to support students in drinking water as a healthy beverage. Findings illustrate strategies to...
Focus areas: Community Resilience, Sustaining Hoosier Communities
Status: Completed
The Town of Montgomery was seeking funding to repair and improve its sidewalks, with the goal of enhancing its downtown area.
The town partnered with the Indiana Resilience Funding Hub to identify and apply for funding opportunities.
Focus areas: Quality of Place, Sustaining Hoosier Communities
Status: Completed
For over 65 years, Salem Speedway has been celebrated as one of the most unique and renowned racetracks in America. To strengthen its connection with the community and enhance public relations, the Speedway partnered with Les Morris, an IU Media...
