{"id":11011,"date":"2018-03-22T20:47:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T00:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/?page_id=11011"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T01:39:55","slug":"community-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/extension-and-outreach\/community-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/12\/PRTM_Outreach-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elementary School Children having fun in a gymnasium with NC State mascots Mr. and Ms. Wuf. - Community Outreach - Parks Recreation and Tourism Management NC State University\" class=\"wp-image-22512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/12\/PRTM_Outreach-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/12\/PRTM_Outreach-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/12\/PRTM_Outreach-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enriching Our Communities Through Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, we believe community engagement and service is a powerful learning tool that both improves lives and helps create connections for students beyond the College of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The community outreach opportunities we offer include short-term service-learning projects; full-immersion, semester-long service-learning courses and class projects; and study abroad experiences that include an aspect of service-learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our outreach work gives students opportunities to plan and implement community programs that help them grow personally and professionally while benefiting local families, K-12 schools and community organizations. Through community outreach, students are actively engaged outside the classroom with hands-on learning\u2014putting theory into practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few of our community outreach experiences include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sport and community partnerships <\/strong>where students partner with local organizations and elementary schools to provide programming and opportunities for NC State students to connect directly with children by serving as mentors and buddies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Partnerships in parks, recreation and tourism<\/strong> where students work with community agencies to design and deliver recreation programs in local community centers, parks and nature centers, senior centers, and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Live interpretive environmental education programs <\/strong>developed by students and delivered at K-12 schools, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh City Parks, Wake County Parks, NC State Parks, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about our K-12 outreach projects and opportunities to partner with us, contact <a href=\"mailto:kabush@ncsu.edu\">Kimberly Bush<\/a>, Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about our environmental education partnerships, contact <a href=\"mailto:ktate@ncsu.edu\">Kathryn Stevenson<\/a>, Assistant Professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enriching Our Communities Through Service In the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, we believe community engagement and service is a powerful learning tool that both improves lives and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"parent":10970,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"pageIntro\":\"As part of a land-grant institution, we are committed to providing short- and long-term community service opportunities to enrich the quality of life for North Carolinians and improve society\u2019s health and well-being.\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11011","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11011"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22514,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11011\/revisions\/22514"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/prtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}