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Volume 2
Summer 2007
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THE ENGAGED SCHOLAR MAGAZINE focuses on collaborative partnerships between Michigan State University and its external constituents--partnerships forged for mutual benefit and learning, with an emphasis on research.

This issue looks at what MSU researchers, clinicians, and educators are finding out about what works--for families, for businesses, for health care and other family service providers, and for communities.

Families

  • ARTICLE:  Giving Kids a Chance at Childhood
  • Giving Kids a Chance at Childhood
  • For its mission, the Chance at Childhood program seems remarkably small. Staffed by four full-time members and a varying number of students (16 in 2006-2007), the ...more



Work

  • ARTICLE:  Balancing Work and Family Life
  • Balancing Work and Family Life
  • The nature and definition of employment and the workplace have changed dramatically over the past few years, following decades of major social....more
  • ARTICLE:  Women and Work in a Rural Community
  • Women and Work in a Rural Community
  • Far from the stereotype of idyllic pastoral living, the experience of rural women workers can be challenging and stressful, according to research led by Barbara...more
  • ARTICLE:  Spotlight on Engaged Student Scholarship - Voices of American Farm Women
  • Voices of American Farm Women
  • For the past 15 years independent artist and scholar Cynthia Vagnetti has collaborated with community-based organizations to produce public humanities programs...more


Health

  • ARTICLE:  Building Walkable Communities
  • Building Walkable Communities
  • Igor Vojnovic loves living right next to downtown East Lansing. "My wife and I can walk to our favorite restaurants, our bank, and book stores. She walks to work in ten...more

  • ARTICLE:  Family Home Care for Cancer
  • Family Home Care for Cancer
  • Most cancer patients today do not stay in a hospital while receiving chemotherapy and other cancer treatments, so partnering with the family in care is often a vital...more
  • ARTICLE:  Partnership with Angel Notion Clinic
  • Partnership with Angel Notion Clinic
  • Playa del Carmen is a beautiful resort town in the Yucatán peninsula, yet the native Mayan population lives in impoverished conditions. Medical and educational services are...more

Outreach and Engagement at MSU

  • ARTICLE:  Restoring Community Self Determination
  • Restoring Community Self Determination
  • During the past century, the world-wide transition from rural to urban life accelerated at an unprecedented rate. Humanity can now be characterized as an urban species...more