Thriving Minds Summer Youth Program

Written by: Jennifer Seabrook-Scott, Leader of the Thriving Minds program, Health and Well-being agent, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Can gardening teach self-regulation or an escape room teach the dangers of vaping? Thriving Minds was designed to do...

Lessons in Community Engagement

Training session helps students and faculty prepare to build community An interdisciplinary group of faculty, students and community members used a recent quiet afternoon to brush up on their community engagement skills. Vaishnavi Tripuraneni, assistant professor in...

Partners in healthy aging

UD team studies statewide healthy aging efforts Grants from the Delaware Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities supported healthy aging classes like this chair yoga session at the Weston Senior Center. At 83, Joyce Dyer is part of the...

2025 Summer Scholars

A summer of community-engaged scholarship kicks off Several of the 2025 summer scholars attended an orientation at Townsend Hall in early June. Pictured with Leann Moore (far left), associate director of the Community Engagement Initiative. Ten undergraduate students...

Trapezing Trees

Written by: Michele Walfred, Communications Specialist, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Cooperative Extension partnerships result in tree climbing school When people need a large tree removed or pruned on their property, they often encounter sticker...

Launching engaged citizens

Community-minded students reflect on four years of academics and service Graduating Community Engagement Scholars Avery Wolverton, Amrutha Veeramachineni, Jasmin Bioteau and Maggie Johnson with Chief Community Engagement Officer Michael Vaughan (far left) and...