Matador Room Presentation # 1: Exploring the Curriculum and Instruction of Becoming an Engaged Scholar: Insights from Theory and Practice Presenters: Aaron Zimmerman, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction: Shirley Matteson, Associate Dean; TTU College of Education This presentation will explore how undergraduate and graduate students become community-engaged scholars and how higher education faculty and administrators can support their efforts. Six specific insights will be discussed regarding engaged scholarship, which will be supplemented with practical examples from the presenters' professional experiences as educators and mentors. MESA Room - Engaging Communities in New and Innovative Ways Presentation # 1: Classroom on a Chip Presenters: Tim Dallas, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, TTU Whitacre College of Engineering; Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, TTU College of Education; Shamsul Arefeen, Graduate Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering To Address the Community's need for access to quality education resources, an interdisciplinary team at Texas Tech has developed the Classroom on a Chip web portal and Solar Powered Digital Classroom in a box system. This presentation will focus on how these new platforms address needs within communities in developing nations, how community-based networks have been built, and the development and dissemination of the programs. Presentation # 2: Voices from the Vernacular Music Center: A Podcast in Community Arts and Education Presenters: Christopher Smith, Professor and Director of the Vernacular Music Center, school of Music; Roger Landes, Professor of Practice and Associate Director of the Vernacular Music Center, School of Music, J.T. and Margaret Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts The Vernacular Music Centers work centers on research, teaching and advocacy in the world's vernacular music - music and dance that are learned, taught, and passed-on by ear and in memory. This podcast is about how, why, when, and with what impact people share music, dance, and culture. This presentation will highlight how inclusive, collaborative, regionally and culturally informed programing creates high-quality, accessible resources for learners, teachers, and communities.