Panel A: Building Mutually Beneficial, Sustainable Partnerships - Matador Room, TTU SUB Projects and Presenters Include: Community Participant Perspectives: Using F2F and Virtual Focus Groups to Gather Qualitative Data - Dr. Valerie Paton; Dr. Christiane Herber-Valdez; and Sarah Schiffecker Integrating Community Service into Language Curriculum and Building Long-term and Sustainable Partnerships with ISDs - Dr. Yanlin Wang; Melissa Hernandez; Mary Dickerson; and Hunter D'Camp Bridge Adventure: Connecting Diverse Students to Each Other, Rural Communities, and Careers through Experiential Learning - Dr. Lindsay Kennedy; Dr. Nathan Gill; and Jake Burke Panel B: Engaged Research to Make a Social Difference - Red Raider Lounge, TTU SUB Projects and Presenters Include: Lubbock City Voices - Dr. David Turturo and Najmeh Malekpour Bahabadi Oral History of Media and Communication Practices Surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic on the South Plains - Robert Peaslee; Elissa Stroman; and Hanne Murray Socioenvironmental Hazards in Lubbock TX: Co-Producing Narratives through Social Mapping and Community Experiences - Rodolfo Hernandez