urbanCORE connects faculty and staff with the tools, partners, & support systems that bring community-engaged scholarship to life. Whether you’re launching a new initiative or deepening existing partnerships, we’re here to help turn your expertise into sustainable, community-driven impact.
Skill-building for engaged scholarship
The CORE Series provides workshops and events designed to support faculty and staff in conducting community-engaged research and teaching.
Frame your engagement. Advance your career.
Documenting community-engaged scholarship can be complex. urbanCORE offers tools and support to help you craft strong RPT statements and make your impact visible.
urbanCORE partners with the Writing Resources Center to host three annual writing retreats for faculty and staff.
For each retreat we aim to:
Advance your work with targeted support
UNC Charlotte offers several internal awards and grants for community-based research and teaching. urbanCORE can help you identify and apply for opportunities including:
Stay connected to a national movement
Faculty and staff can engage in regional and national conversations and present work at conferences hosted by:
NCCE’s annual Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference seeks to grow and share the practice and scholarship of higher education community and civic engagement. Launched in 1999, PACE is the longest-running regional conference in the nation focused on this topic.
urbanCORE takes a group to the collegial PACE conference each spring: we cover a selected number of conference registration fees, coordinate carpools, and reserve a table. Contact Holly Middleton if you’re interested in joining us at Elon on February 11, 2026!