UofL Speed School's Tevin Monroe selected for Campus Compact’s Engaged Scholars Initiative

Campus Compact is excited to announce the 18 faculty and staff selected as the 2025-2026 cohort of Engaged Scholars as part of the Engaged Scholars Initiative. The Engaged Scholars Initiative is a one-year, cohort based leadership and professional development program that supports early career faculty and staff in strengthening their community-engaged scholarship. Each cohort consists of a diverse group of scholar-practitioners who are equipped to lead equity-focused change at their institution and in communities.

Scholars were selected based on their commitment to centering equity in their civic and community engagement work. Members of the cohort hold a wide variety of roles on their campuses, but each has a demonstrated history of effective civic and community engagement work. These highly qualified scholars come from Campus Compact member institutions throughout the country, representing 18 institutions across 13 states.

Tevin is the First-Year Experience and Student Engagement Coordinator in the Speed School of Engineering. He works closely with undergraduate students, particularly first year students to enhance their college experience. Tevin is passionate about the student experience and civic engagement and so want to provided the best experience for UofL students.

Over the course of the academic year, Engaged Scholars will participate in bi-weekly virtual meetings, twice-yearly in-person retreats, and collaborative scholarly work to strengthen their own critical community-engaged scholarship. The aim of the program is to strengthen individual and collective scholarship, research, and impact and empower participants to lead change within their institutions and communities.

"I am excited to welcome this cohort of engaged scholars who will have already shown an impressive level of dedication and passion to community engaged scholarship across their disciplines and areas of practice," said Nicole Springer, VP of Professional Development and Inclusive Excellence at Campus Compact.

“Each year, our Engaged Scholars learn with and from each other, engage in scholarship production, and connect in collaborative ways that contribute to their own individual leadership and the growth of the field of higher education civic and community engagement. I cannot wait to see how this group progresses over the next year as they engage in this transformative process.”

The Engaged Scholars Initiative is led by Campus Compact and is offered in partnership with the Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement at the University of Indianapolis, whose thought leadership, in-kind staffing, and financial support are critical to the program’s success.

Read more about the Engaged Scholars Initiative on the Campus Compact website at: https://compact.org/current-programs/engaged-scholars-initiative.