April 5 , 2021
UofL Community Engagement News & Events
UofL Health – Urgent Care Plus expands to west Louisville
UofL Health – Urgent Care Plus will open a new location in the Parkland neighborhood. The location, at 2746 Virginia Ave, will be staffed with both primary care and urgent care providers. Area residents will be able to access a range of services from routine exams and preventive care to urgent care for minor injuries, illnesses, plus more.

“Accessible health care is an essential element of a healthy community,” said Neeli Bendapudi, UofL President and chair of UofL Health board of directors. “By expanding into west Louisville, UofL Health is living its commitment to better serve our entire community.”
UofL Health doctor Jamaal Richie, MD explains the impact of bringing health care to Parkland neighborhood
UofL College of Business joins OneWest accelerator to help minority business owners succeed
The Plan Room, a new business accelerator created by OneWest to assist minority-owned construction companies in developing their businesses, is receiving support for its mission from the University of Louisville College of Business. The Plan Room, specifically designed as a resource for racial minority contractors and construction business owners to help grow their businesses, launched with a virtual workshop in February based on curriculum recommendations from UofL College of Business leaders.

“We are fortunate to have the partnership and expertise of the UofL College of Business as we develop the curriculum for The Plan Room,” said Evon J. Smith, president and CEO of OneWest, a community development corporation committed to elevating the city through commercial development growth in west Louisville. “Their executive education team jumped right in to get to the essential knowledge and skills related to this industry. This approach is so important, and the UofL team gets it – you have to start from what the clients want, not from an assumption based on any one group’s perspective.”

OneWest is a community development corporation focused on community revitalization through commercial development growth in west Louisville. 
UofL's annual Engaged Scholarship Symposium goes digital
For the first time UofL's annual Engaged Scholarship Symposium was presented online with 17 presentations from faculty and students highlighting work with community partners. Every year this event is an opportunity for networking and sharing stories on current research and teaching activities involving community partners and service to the community. 

Check out all the presentations from the March 12th event on the Office of Community Engagement YouTube Channel.

Liza Creel, Assistant Professor with SPHIS discusses a community-engaged approach to studying systems of care serving pregnant and parenting women in recovery.
Nystrand Center panel examines of the impact of UofL in the West End, past, present and future
In late February, panelists Senator Gerald Neal (KY District 33), Mr. Lamont Collins (Roots 101 African American Museum), and Dr. Henry Cunningham (UofL Office of Community Engagement) discussed the University of Louisville's impact in west Louisville. Presented by the College of Education and Human Development in partnership with the Nystrand Center of Excellence in Education, the discussion was moderated by Dr. Geneva Stark, Nystrand Center Director, and Dr. Douglas Craddock, CEHD Clinical Assistant Professor.

Check out the full video on CEHD's YouTube Channel.
Workshop on Community-Engaged Scholarship and Promotion & Tenure
Presented by Vicki Hines-Martin, PhD, RN, FAAN (UofL School of Nursing) and Henry R. Cunningham, PhD (UofL Director of Community Engagement)

FRIDAY APRIL 9th - Noon to 1:15 - REGISTER HERE

Community engagement as a method for teaching and conducting research can produce published professional articles (research and non-research), books, and book chapters as acceptable products that support tenure and promotion that traditionally are embraced by academia. This workshop will discuss a variety of approaches by which both traditional and non-traditional products from engaged work can be crafted to support promotion and tenure. It will also explore how the various aspects of community-engaged work may be documented for promotion and tenure purposes.