Noted Public Engagement Scholar on Campus in November

The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts will host a campus visit from Dr. David Scobey on Thursday November 20.  Dr. Scobey is the founding director of Arts of Citizenship at the University of Michigan, inaugural director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates College, and past chairman of Imagining America: Artists in Public Life, a national consortium of institutions that supports the civic work of university artist, humanists, and designers.  Nationally recognized as a leader in the theory and practice of community-based learning, Scobey is the author of several well-respected publications including "Putting the Academy in its Place" and Empire Study: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape.  Scobey will discuss Imagining America's recent report, "Scholarship in Public:  Knowledge Creation and Tenure Policy in the Engaged University" with the Pebble Hill Faculty Committee.  All Auburn University Faculty, students, and staff are invited to visit with Scobey during a reception to be held from 3:30 to 5:00 at the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center on November 20.  For more information, contact the Center at (334) 844-4946.