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
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Work

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- Telehealth Networks: Combining Information Technology and Medical Expertise
- MSU telecommunication professor Pamela Whitten has spent her professional career combining two challenging fields of study. Dr. Whitten focuses on improving the...more

- Reducing Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
- Researcher. Clinician. Mentor. Administrator. Volunteer. Margaret Aguwa, Associate Dean for Community Outreach and Clinical Research, College of Osteopathic...more

- 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

- 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

- 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

- SNAPSHOT: Outreach and Engagement at Michigan State University, 2006
- 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

- 2007 Outreach Scholarship Partnership Award
- Most college students studying to be teachers think the hard part is over when they graduate and land their first teaching assignment. Then they discover the...more

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