{"id":6168,"date":"2026-07-21T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?p=6168"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:09:50","slug":"beyond-the-classroom-the-power-of-community-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/2026\/07\/21\/beyond-the-classroom-the-power-of-community-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Classroom: The Power of Community Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"676\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/07\/newsletter-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/07\/newsletter-5-300x169.png\" alt=\"image of students and faculty working outdoors with miscellaneous gardening tools. text &quot;How do You Engage with Your Community&quot; overlays image.\" width=\"678\" height=\"382\" class=\" wp-image-6167 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/07\/newsletter-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/07\/newsletter-5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/07\/newsletter-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/07\/newsletter-5.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"676\">Public health education extends far beyond lectures and textbooks. In this article, we explore how community engagement experiences\u2014from volunteer initiatives and service-learning opportunities to partnerships with local organizations\u2014help prepare future public health professionals to address real-world challenges. By working directly with communities, students gain valuable skills in leadership, cultural humility, communication, and advocacy while making meaningful impacts on population health.<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"1047\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Discover why hands-on experiences are essential in shaping the next generation of public health leaders and learn how community engagement strengthens both student learning and community well-being.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"1047\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Read the full newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/public-health-beyond-classroom-why-community-engagement-matters-pjanc\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"1047\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span>Subscribe to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/build-relation\/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7462533031644364800\"><strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>Your Dose of Public Health<\/strong><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>on LinkedIn today!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public health education extends far beyond lectures and textbooks. In this article, we explore how community engagement experiences\u2014from volunteer initiatives and service-learning opportunities to partnerships with local organizations\u2014help prepare future public health professionals to address real-world challenges. By working directly with communities, students gain valuable skills in leadership, cultural humility, communication, and advocacy while making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7179,"featured_media":6172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 08:15:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6169,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6168\/revisions\/6169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}