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Division II schools have a long-standing history of connecting with their communities through campus events, creating strong relationships that benefit everyone involved. We want to hear from you about your community engagement activities and events, please submit it on the share your stories page.

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Ideas In Practice

Watch these videos to see how Division II members are engaging with their communities.

We invite you to search through the ideas that have worked with other Division II schools and discover how you can use them at your school.








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Fall Festival

- Grand Canyon University

The Grand Canyon University (GCU) Fall Festival is an annual event held every year on GCU's campus. In 2009, it took place on October 30th.  The entire university community gets together to set up carnival-type booths for the surrounding community. Families from around the neighbo...
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Spread Your Wings

Great Lakes Valley Conference - Lewis University
Community Engagement
Spread Your Wings is a community engagement initiative for Lewis University Athletics, incorporating the five commitment areas (academic, athletic, career development, personal development, and service) of the NCAA/CHAMPS Lifeskills program. The initiative includes a contest among all of the Athletics prog...
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"Kids and Jackets All A-Buzz"

Great Northwest Athletic Conference - Montana State University - Billings
Community Engagement
On a cool, rainy day in April, 386 elementary school children in grades 4-6 spent for 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. rotating through 14 stations every 15 minutes and enjoying high paced physical activity alongside MSUB's coaches and student-athletes. Stations included water safety, tennis, soccer, softball, b...
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Night Out on the Griffs

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Missouri Western State University
Community Engagement
The Missouri Western State University Athletics Department hosted a community event on December 4th called “Night Out on the Griffs”. This community engagement activity was planned and operated by Missouri Western’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. The event allows parents to drop off their children (gr...
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