Community Engagement
Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on
Education provides universities the opportunity to earn the for Community Engagement. Achieving and maintaining the signals the ±«Óãtv’s extraordinary commitment to public purpose
through an evidence-based, peer reviewed process highlighting the way in which ±«Óãtv
is engaged in mutually beneficial community partnerships supporting the exchange of
knowledge and resources. This classification also demonstrates the success of our
actions supporting the University Strategic Plan and its articulated commitment to
local, national and global partnerships, research and innovation, student success,
inclusive learning, and sustainability.
The Carnegie application process supports ±«Óãtv’s continued desire to improve our understanding
of the depth and breadth of our efforts for the purpose of continual quality improvement.
The criteria for this elective designation helps to guide ±«Óãtv in its work to create
intentional university community partnerships, strengthening the educational environment
for students, and creating a climate for groundbreaking research opportunities for
faculty.
2026 CARNEGIE RECLASSIFICATION
The Carnegie Steering Committee was formed in fall of 2023 and is currently meeting twice per month to collect the necessary information for the 2026 Reclassification. The application for 2026 will be submitted before April 1, 2025.
Carnegie Steering Committee Members:
- Monica Lee Miranda, Chair, University Community Partnerships
- Cynthia Brown Hernandez, Office of Decision Suppport
- Eric Eisenberg, University Community Partnerships
- Andrew Farmer, Foundation
- Mazhab Ferguson, University Community Partnerships
- Timothy Henkel, Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning
- Mark Koulianos, University Community Partnerships
- Shruti Kumar, Office of Decision Suppport
- Jan Melnik, Office of Academic Affairs and Student Success, ±«Óãtv Sarasota-Manatee
- Caryn Nesmith, Community Relations, ±«Óãtv St. Petersburg
- Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan, Center for Civic Engagement, ±«Óãtv St. Petersburg
- Michael Severy, Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement
- Stephanie Skupien, University Community Partnerships
- Sandra Stone, Office of Graduate Studies, ±«Óãtv Sarasota-Manatee
- Casey Welch, External Affairs, ±«Óãtv Sarasota-Manatee
2020 CARNEGIE RECLASSIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The Carnegie Foundation, after its 2020 application cycle, announced the Tampa and St. Peterburg campuses of the ±«Óãtv as two of 118 U.S. college and university campuses to receive the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement. The 2 ±«Óãtv campuses stand prominently among the 7 Florida State University System campuses to earn the classification. The applications for each of the campuses highlighting a portion of the engagement work done across the university are provide here for review:
±«Óãtv Tampa 2020 Application
±«Óãtv St. Petersburg 2020 Application
±«Óãtv Sarasota-Manatee 202 Application