Engaged Opportunity Grants
Community Development and Empowerment Through Evaluation
Assessing the impact Cornell’s Master of Public Health program has on students and partners
The recently launched Cornell Master of Public Health (MPH) program has been partnering with governmental and non-governmental community organizations in the Southern Tier of New York state to co-implement its curriculum. The program administrators value the organizations’ many contributions to the MPH program, including partnering to develop and deliver class lectures, providing case-study material and co-mentoring students in community-engaged learning projects. But what are the measurable impacts on and benefits for all the partners? This grant funds a program evaluation focused on three community-engaged projects related to the Tompkins County Childhood Nutrition Collaborative in order to assess what is anecdotally claimed to be multifaceted and multi-directional benefits — to the MPH program, to the MPH students and to the partners.
Grant category: Other
Topics: Health, Nutrition and Medicine
The Team
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Gen Meredith, Cornell Master of Public Health Program
College of Veterinary Medicine
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Audrey Baker, Cornell Master of Public Health Program
College of Veterinary Medicine
- Community partner: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Engaged Opportunity Grants
Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.