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Upcoming Events

The Institute for Community and Economic Engagement offers many opportunities to connect with our community. For more information about the Be Here Club and the Knowledge Production Corner, which meet during the academic year, see below.

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Be Here Club

The Be Here Club (BHC) is an informal monthly social/networking gathering intended to make the larger UNCG community a little smaller. Academic professionals, including faculty, administrators, and staff, often operate in insulated channels with diverse responsibilities, therefore making communal socialization, integration, and partnerships challenging. BHC is also a forum to encourage engagement with community members and partners from outside of UNCG to add to the aesthetic of Greensboro and create real opportunities for societal improvement on a local level. Above all else, the BHC is simply a place to find, and build, camaraderie and comfort for those who call UNCG and Greensboro home. Email us at communityengagement@uncg.edu for more information about Be Here Club and meeting locations.

Food is sponsored by the Deans of the College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Health and Human Sciences.

Spring 2026 Semester Info

Meeting Pattern: Monthly.
Place: Oden Brewing Company.
Structure: Come ready to relax and enjoy connecting with community partners, UNCG faculty, staff, and students, and others.
Most importantly: Snacks will be provided.

To be included in regular communications regarding Be Here Club, email Center staff at communityengagement@uncg.edu.

Knowledge Production Corner

The Community Engagement Knowledge Production Corner aims to connect community-engaged scholars and their community partners to explore opportunities and challenges related to producing scholarly products through collaborating, networking, supporting each other’s ideas, and sharing space to work together. Scholarly products can include but are not limited to performances, podcasts, visual art pieces, journal publications, process papers, technical reports, community reports and presentations. All community-engaged knowledge production is encouraged and welcomed. The purpose of this space is to establish an interdisciplinary community of practice among faculty and their community partners around scholarship that connects to community engagement.

Specific activities of the group include networking, sharing project goals, and time for individual or collaborative working. Periodically, the group will host discussions on topics relevant to the work of community-engaged faculty, staff, and community partners.

Spring 2026 Semester Info:

Knowledge Production Corner will meet: Every Other Thursday.
Place: MHRA 3603 & Online via Teams.
Structure: Share out of what we’re working on until 9:10am. Acknowledge and celebrate progress at 10:50am.
Most importantly: Coffee will be abundant.

To be included in regular communications regarding the Community Engagement Knowledge Production Corner, email Center staff at communityengagement@uncg.edu.