Community Connections

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Non-Credit Classes, Workshops & Seminars

P-12 Outreach Activities

Event Support Services

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Community Connections

The Community Connections mission is to support and advance the University’s commitment to regional stewardship and help build in the minds of elementary and middle school students and their parents a commitment to attain a postsecondary education. The mission is carried out in three primary areas of focus: non-credit programs, outreach to P-12 schools and outreach information services.

The NKU Connect Center (859.572.5600) is a single source of information about programs and services offered to the public.

Classes and workshops - non-credit programs for children and adults wishing to learn for fun, professional growth and personal enrichment.

P-12 Outreach – programs that enhance and centralize certain aspects of the University’s increased commitment to elementary and secondary education in the region. Programs include group visits to campus and arts outreach programs and NKU Spirit Day in area elementary schools.

nkuconnections.nku.edu – a schedule of NKU events and activities that are open to the public, published each semester in print format. The web site is updated daily to provide an up-to-date listing of the University’s public programs. The monthly NKU Connections E-newsletter is available by subscription and a special NKU Connections Educators Edition is also electronically published to Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati educators three times annually.

Community Connections sponsors non-credit programs, provides information about programs and services available to the public, manages the NKU Connect center as a point-of-contact between NKU and the public, and facilitates NKU Spirit Day, ArtReach performances and Campus Visits for area schoolchildren and special groups.

Community Connections is committed to increasing faculty, student and staff participation in outreach and public engagement and promotes their visibility both internally and externally. NKU Connect is the point of service for non-credit courses and provides public event calendaring, web registration and other program support services to NKU departments for NKU-sponsored public events.

Community Connections Staff

Name	Job Title	Phone 859.572.XXXX	Email
Linda Nesbitt	Director	1463	nesbitt@nku.edu
Melinda Spong	Manager	1464	spongm1@nku.edu
Melanie Hartzel	Coordinator	1432	hartzelm@nku.edu
Nancy Kellerman	Program Assistant	1467	kellermann1@nku.edu

Community Connections

Founders Hall 305A

Nunn Drive

Highland Heights, KY 41099

859.572.5600 (phone)

859.572.5174 (fax)

connect@nku.edu

Outreach and Public Engagement

Discover how NKU and its associates are making a difference in our Northern Kentucky communities. Read about a number of interesting, informative and inspirational examples of the university’s programs and services in the annual outreach magazine, Engaging with Our Region.