Community-engaged learning celebrated, Buffalo Co-Lab honored | Cornell Chronicle

"“This was a celebration of our partnership with SUNY Buffalo State, bringing new opportunities to enrich our 80-year-long role in the Buffalo community and our successful 19-year-long engaged learning initiative through the High Road Fellowship,” said Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. '99, the Kenneth F. Kahn '69 Dean and Martin F. Scheinman '75, M.S. '76, Professor of Conflict Resolution."

"“The partnership between SUNY and the Cornell ILR School represents the very best of what higher education can do when institutions work together toward a shared purpose,” Cathy Creighton, director of the Buffalo Co-Lab, said in her opening remarks. “The recent inclusion of Buffalo State University students into the High Road Fellowship program is an exciting and important step forward - broadening opportunity, deepening impact and strengthening the pipeline of students engaged in meaningful, community-based work right here in western New York.”"

"Creighton also touted community-engaged learning, saying that high-impact, experiential learning opportunities prepare students not only for careers but also for civic leadership and engaged citizenship."

"Launched in 2009, High Road offers summer internships that connect Cornell students with practitioners and local leaders driving change in their communities. With the relocation of the Co-Lab offices to the Buffalo State campus last summer, the High Road program also expanded to include Buffalo State students."

Cornell ILR has supported western New York since 1946 through partnerships with business, unions, government, education, and community organizations. An event on May 7 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center honored collaboration with SUNY Buffalo State and highlighted new opportunities for the Buffalo community. The High Road Fellowship, launched in 2009, provides summer internships connecting Cornell students with practitioners and local leaders driving community change. After the Co-Lab offices relocated to the Buffalo State campus, the program expanded to include Buffalo State students. The partnership is presented as a model for higher education working toward shared goals, with community-engaged learning described as preparing students for careers, civic leadership, and engaged citizenship.

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