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Outreach & Engagement Dashboard

Dietrich College faculty and staff are invited to use this interactive dashboard to learn about Dietrich's outreach and engagement efforts, strengthen existing partnerships, and share knowledge and resources. 

Whether you are interested in establishing a new community engagement initiative and want to know whether something similar already exists, are looking to expand and strengthen your current community partnerships, want to network with faculty and staff involved in outreach, or are interested in pointing students toward opportunities in the community, the Dietrich College Outreach and Engagement Dashboard is the place to begin your search. 

Explore the Outreach & Engagement Dashboard

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Are you looking for support securing funding for external outreach & engagement efforts? Email Adam Causgrove, director of corporate and government relations, and David Gardner, associate director of development.

Navigating the Dashboard

Use this filter if you want to see the outreach and engagement activities of just one department, program or institute at a time. Just click on your desired department and the dashboard will only show you engagements related to that department.

Dashboard filtered by department, program or institute

Use these filters to view outreach and engagement activities with specific characteristics. You can sort the data by the following attributes:

  • Audience: Which groups primarily benefit from this initiative?
  • Student Involvement: Does this initiative allow Dietrich students to take on leadership roles? Is it an educational opportunity for students?
  • Reach: Approximately how many people does this impact?
  • Location: Where does this initiative take place? Does it bring people to campus or send CMU constituents to other locations?
  • Duration: Approximately how long is this initiative active?
    • Continuous describes efforts that continue passively throughout the year (i.e. memberships to professional communities).
    • Discrete describes one-off events.
  • Driving Entity: Which unit does this initiative primarily belong to? Where does the primary support come from?
  • Internal or External Facing: Does this engage communities outside of CMU? Or does it focus on communities within the university?
  • Impact Criteria: These 18 indicators (pdf) are drawn from impact criteria from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.Dashboard attributes filter.

The dashboard contains a timeline showing when each engagement is considered active. The black vertical line shows today's date.

Dashboard timeline filter

The dashboard contains an interactive map showing where Dietrich's outreach and engagement activities are taking place. You can click on part of the map to see which activities happen there.

Dashboard map filter

The dashboard contains a chart that categorizes our partner organizations, using artificial intelligence. You can click on one of the bars in the chart if you'd like to only see the engagements with partners in that category.

Dashboard external partners filter

The dashboard contains a pie chart showing how many Dietrich engagements fall into each of the 18 Indicators of Impact (pdf). You can click on one of the sections in the chart if you'd like to only see the engagements that correspond with a particular indicator.

Impact filter: a pie chart with each of the 18 areas appearing.

 Dashboard impact pie chart with a specific area highlighted.

Trouble Accessing the Dashboard Off Campus?

In order to access the Outreach & Engagement Dashboard, you must be either on campus or connected to the campus Virtual Private Network (VPN). Installation information and instructions for using the VPN are available on the Computing Services website.

The Importance of Sharing Impacts & Outreach

With an accurate picture of Dietrich College's outreach and engagement efforts, we can: 

  • Learn about existing programs and partnerships: Forging new partnerships for a class or program takes time and effort. A catalogue of existing initiatives helps us build off established relationships instead of starting from scratch or duplicating efforts across colleges. 
  • Create strategies for deepening our partnerships: Collecting information about our outreach and engagement initiatives enables us to measure the impact Dietrich is having on our partner communities and to create strategies for increasing that impact in ways which align with our strategic plan.
  • Identify common struggles and strengths: Communicating across projects helps us identify common needs and strengths so that we can allocate resources effectively.
  • Celebrate and share our work: The Carnegie Mellon University President's Office has begun an effort to capture the university's regional impact. Coordinating the outreach and engagement efforts at Dietrich College allows us to accurately represent and recognize the incredible work we are doing in the context of the university. Information in this dashboard can be directly shared with the President's Office.

Share Your Community Impacts

If your outreach and engagement initiative is missing from the dashboard, please contact Sarah Ceurvorst, academic pathways manager.

Key Terms & Definitions

Dietrich College defines outreach and engagement as intentionally and respectfully building partnerships with groups outside of the university in order to collectively address societal challenges. 

At Dietrich College, we believe that our community engagement efforts...

  • are inherently linked to diversity, equity and inclusion
  • must be driven by community goals
  • support sustainable partnerships, rather than transactional relationships
  • honor divergent views
  • and lift communities within and outside of Dietrich College

Engagement

CMU programs, projects, outreach or activities that have a demonstrable positive impact beyond the university community. In many cases, engagements include collaborating with external organizations. 

Impact Criteria

CMU uses 18 indicators to understand the cultural, economic and societal impact our university is making through our programs, projects, outreach and activities. 

Partners

Non-CMU groups participating in or co-constructing a mutually beneficial program, project or activity.

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