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Community Engagement

Point Leader(s): Jane Schaefer

Community engagement is a nationally recognized hallmark of distinction for UW-Parkside embedded in an institutional commitment fostering civic-minded students, alumni, staff and faculty who provide scholarship, leadership, resources and services to the local and global community.

Description	Lead	Team Members	Status	Details
Continue to be recognized as a national leader in community engagement	Jane Schaefer	1. Helen Rosenberg 2. Debra Karp 3. Chris Zanowski 4. Enrollment Management		- Conduct a provost leadership retreat on the topic of community based learning and civic engagement & follow up session - UWP team attend University capacity building session in Madison - UWP team attend University Engagement Conference in Minneapolis - Submit a “successful” application for continued recognition on the 2013 President’s National Service Honor Roll
Continue to advance the state-wide community engagement agenda	Jane Schaefer	Deborah Ford		- UWP will continue institutional membership in the Wisconsin Campus Compact (WiCC) - UWP attend Southeastern Wisconsin WiCC meetings - UWP team presents at SPENCER conference in Beloit, WI - UWP attend State-wide WiCC conference - UWP meet with UW-Waukesha BAAS team to share CBL best practices
Deepen the commitment to Community Engagement at UW-Parkside by moving from partial to pervasive activities and creating a university-wide structure which supports the institutionalization of CBL, Civic Learning and Community Engagement	Jane Schaefer	1. Academic Colleges 2. Student Affairs		- Present about CBL at new faculty/staff orientation - Create academic home for CBL courses in CCP - Review CBL course & credit designation practices & policies with enrollment management & deans - Revise the CBL cert. criteria - Offer/evaluate a successful CBL 101 & CBL 495 course each semester
(cont.)				-Identify faculty liaisons from ea college for FY 14 - Submit a strategic budget request for creation of Community Engagement Institute - Revamp a more inclusive advisory committee - REPORT OUT ON CBL DATA FROM 2005-2011 - Conduct univ-wide inventory of UW-P’s current comm. engagement services, opportunities, and partnerships so that comprehensive data can be adequately monitored/evaluated
Foster economic development through community engagement and talent development for individuals, organizations, businesses, and the society at large	Jane Schaefer			1. CCP, SEG & SBDC will provide students with community-based experiential learning opp.s that build capacity for businesses & nonprofits. 2. Students will engage in the community through co-curricular activities: internships, volunteerism, & student organizations service. 3. Host 7 AmeriCorps VISTAs and 1 VISTA leader to increase the capacity of local community organizations & eradicate poverty through economic development initiatives in SE WI.