Deepening Community-Campus Partnerships Through Critical Reflection on Partnership Dynamics (Session 2)

ATTENTION: FACULTY, ACADEMIC STAFF, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS

September 11, 2025

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Location TBD

At the heart of impactful community-engaged scholarship lie strong, trusting, and mutually beneficial partnerships between communities and academic institutions. Yet, amid the demands of daily work, we often miss the opportunity to pause, reflect on the health of these relationships, and act on what we learn.

The Center for Community Engaged Learning and the Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship are hosting an all-day workshop led by the developers of the Transformational Relationship Evaluation Scale (TRES) III Reflection Framework.

The TRES III Reflection Framework is designed to support community-campus partners in exploring critical aspects of their collaboration, such as power dynamics and shared decision-making, while assisting partners in identifying areas for growth and generating actionable insights to strengthen their work together.

Research (Kniffin et al., 2023) documents that partners who have used the framework have an enhanced commitment to and clarity around partnerships; collaborators have brought in new partners, improved communications, and set goals for refining their work. TRES is applicable across the range of community-campus partnership activities (e.g., community-engaged learning and research, extension projects, institutional assessment).

This workshop is an opportunity to come together with partners to engage in meaningful reflection, nurture co-creative relationships, and build the foundations for transformative and sustainable change. Facilitators will introduce the conceptual underpinnings of the TRES framework, guide participants through its application, and share evidence of its impact.

If you are interested in participating in the TRES III workshop on September 11, 2025 or would like to learn more about it, please complete this short interest formExternal link – opens in new window by July 18, 2025.

A recording of an introductory workshop on the TRES III Reflection Framework is available for viewingExternal link – opens in new window.