News and Announcements
Mid-year Reflections from Suzanne Morse Moomaw on Trust and Engagement
As our world spins around divisions driven by politics, religion, money, and priorities, our communities, and the organizations that support them,…
The Patricia M. Sobrero Community Change Award
In 2025, the Academy created a new award that would honor a member who had changed the game for community engagement scholarship and practice. The…
New Publications Series Launched
In July 2026, the first article in the Research and Practice series will go live — Future Directions for Global Higher Education:…
New ACES Inductees
In July, 2026, 24 new members will inducted into the Academy of Comunity Engagement Scholarship. Our new members represent different parts of the…
Message from the ACES President, Suzanne Morse Moomaw
The Academy for Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES) was created more than a decade ago to highlight the incredible work being done with and…
Patricia M. Sobrero Receives Inaugural Community Change Award
The Academy for Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES) presented its inaugural Community Change Award to Dr. Patricia M. Sobrero at its annual…
Videos of ACES Programs Now Available Online
This week ACES launched a channel on the video streaming platform YouTube to make video recordings of its programs more widely available. Recordings…
Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship to Induct 24 New Members
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES) is pleased to announce the names of twenty-four exceptional scholars and community leaders who…
ACES 2025 Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the members of the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship will be convened on August 19, 2025 . To encourage broad…
Save the Date: Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship Induction Ceremony
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship will induct its 2025 cohort of new members in an online ceremony held on July 30, 2025 , 9:00 –…
Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship Inducts 31 New Members
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES) is pleased to announce the names of thirty-one exceptional scholars and leaders who have been…
Three Key ACES Events for Members in August
ACES Online Induction Ceremony, August 15th, 2024, at 10 a.m. EDT (UTC-4) ACES to welcome new members! All Academy members are invited to join the…
ACES Announces Election of Board of Directors and Officers
In compliance with its bylaws, the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship annually elects one-third of its Board of Directors. Because the ACES…
Remarks of Outgoing ACES President
In a February 18, 2024 message to the members of the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship, ACES President Burton Bargerstock shared the…
Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship Announces Inductees
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES) is pleased to announce the names of six exceptional scholars and leaders who have been elected…
Webinar Focusing on ACES White Paper
The Carolina Center for Public Service (CCPS) at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill is organizing an online presentation by members Lynn…
ACES Publishes First White Paper
The Academy is pleased to announce its first publication. Faculty Engaged Scholarship: Setting Standards and Building Conceptual Clarity was authored…
ACES Adopts New Committee Structure
The Academy's membership has formally adopted a series of bylaws revisions meant to increase opportunities for member engagement through a number…
Postponed: ACES 2020 Members' Meeting
The upcoming ACES Annual Members’ Meeting (March 30-31) is being postponed out of growing concern about the Corona (COVID-19) Virus. In recent…
Save the Date: ACES 2020 Members' Meeting
March 30-31, 2020 APLU Headquarters Washington, DC The Academy's 2020 Annual Members’ Meeting will focus on public policy and the role ACES…
The Academy Issues 2019-2020 Action Plan
The Academy convened its annual Members’ Meeting in East Lansing, Michigan on March 10-11, 2019. The conversations were robust and afforded…
Dates of ACES 2019 Members' Meeting Announced
March 10-11, 2019 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan ACES members will be receiving invitations to attend the Academy's 2019…
ACES Endorses the International Higher Education Declaration to Support the Implementation of the United Nations Sustainability Goals
At the invitation of ACES member Budd Hall, Co-Director of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher…
ACES Convenes First Independent Members' Meeting
January 10-11, 2018 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Since its founding, the annual meetings of the membership of the Academy of…
ACES Newsletter Volume 1 Number 3 Published
The August 2017 edition of the ACES Newsletter has been released. It includes a summary of board of directors' actions, information about the the…
2017 ACES Meetings
September 25-27, 2017 Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference Birmingham, Alabama ACES will meet at the 2017 Engagement Scholarship Consortium…
ACES Members Meeting
January 10-11, 2018 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota ACES members and partners will be receiving invitations to attend and identify…
John Saltmarsh to be Inducted into Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship
"It is an honor to be voted into the academy by my peers. The academy represents more than the accomplishments of its members, but the highest…
2015 ACES Induction Ceremony
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship Induction Ceremony will be held at 9:00-9:30 A.M. on Wednesday, Sept. 30 in Room 109 at the…
Meet the ACES Founders
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship was established in 2013 with an initial group of ten leaders, committed to launching the academy with…
ACES Members Honored
The Mayor of Detroit recently honored two ACES members, John Hammond and Katrina Derosk, for their ongoing research with local law enforcement and…
ACES Goes International
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship was established in 2013 with an initial group of ten leaders, committed to launching the academy with…
Academy Recognized by Mayor
The Mayor of Detroit recently honored two ACES members, John Hammond and Katrina Derosk, for their ongoing research with local law enforcement in…
Meet the ACES Board of Directors
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship was established in 2013 with an initial group of ten leaders, committed to launching the academy with…
Inductees Announced
The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship announced its inaugural class of honorees at an event in October of 2014. The work embodied in the…