1970s
- Sharing Fair for student teachers and classroom teachers
- Capsule College—Continuing education event for adults
- College for Kids
1980s
- Chancellor Guskin forms Educator’s Consortium for Excellence
- Regional Staff Development Center established at Parkside connecting K-12 teachers with college professors
- Regional In-Service Day—major conference for teachers
- Women in Science Day initiative (later renamed Women in Math, Science and Technology) for local middle school girls
- Model OAS for local high school students
- Foreign Film Series established-open to public
- Music Department establishes Community Band and Choir
1990s
- Formation of the Center for Community Partnerships (CCP)--including Institute for Community Based Learning, Small Business Development Center, Community Research and Development Institute, Teacher Professional Development, Continuing Education, Diversity Programs, Pre-College Programs, Workforce Development—served as front door of the university
- Community Outreach Partnership Grant from Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Parkside Theatre Arts Department begins partnership with Fireside Theatre to build their sets
- Diversity Circles launched in Kenosha, Racine, and on campus
- Annual Diversity Conference organized by high school students from all Racine County high schools
- Adventures in Lifelong Learning (ALL) established
- Gerontology Institute and Aging Well Conference begins
- Chiwaukee Academy created for summertime teacher professional development
- Make A Difference Day founded
- Partnership with Sustainable Racine
- UW-Parkside partners with Racine Correctional Institution (RCI) to establish the Prison Project that brings college courses to inmates. (later grew into Shakespeare Prison Project)
- Parkside collaborates with UW-Extension, local Chambers of Commerce to establish Leadership Kenosha, Leadership Racine and Leadership Union Grove
- UW Parkside hosts local cable television show by students called ‘Community Conversations’
- Parkside begins hosting bi-annual Racine Arts Guild Juried Exhibition
- IT Practice Center established in School of Business
- EC3 Experimental Teaching Certificate Program for Minority Students
2000s
- Chancellor Keating creates Engaged University Council
- Launch of Science Night – monthly public presentations on science topics
- Parkside begins hosting Small Business Development Centers
- Ralph Jaeschke SEG Center (Solutions for Economic Growth) formed in School of Business
- Creation of Wisconsin Campus Compact, statewide organization based at Parkside
- Midwest Campus Compact Citizen Scholar Fellows program places students in nonprofit organizations
- CNCS Learn and Serve America grant to establish Nonprofit Institute at Parkside
- First AmeriCorps VISTA members based at Parkside
- First Nonprofit Leadership Conference
- Theatre Department partners with RUSD and KUSD presenting diversity workshops in schools in conjunction with the musical Honk!
- Parkside and partners receive $2.5 million from Department of Health and Human Services to provide capacity building sub-awards, free training and technical assistance to regional nonprofits
- Mentor KR Partnership for youth mentoring in the region established through funding from Department of Juvenile Justice
- Partnerships with City of Racine and City of Kenosha to establish the Root River Environmental Education Community Center (REC) and Center for Environmental Education Demonstration and Applied Research (CEDAR)
- Music Department starts Community Orchestra
- Kenosha and Racine Habitat for Humanity Affiliations established
2010s
- Parkside and Gateway Technical College collaborate on “Cultivating Community One Seed at A Time” project funded by Learn and Serve America to address food insecurity
- UW-Parkside AmeriCorps VISTA Project places over 20 VISTA members in the community
- Partnership with Girls, Inc to present GEMS (Girls Empowered in Math and Science) Conference
- Grand Opening of the Rita (Regional Center for the Arts and Humanities)
- BMO Harris free noon concert series at the Rita established
- App Factory established in College of Business, Economics and Computing
- Partnership with Higher Expectations and Building Our Future Strive Together Initiatives
- Chancellor Ford joins a national movement led by Campus Compact by signing a pledge to create and implement a Civic Action Plan
- Parkside Library hosts two community-wide Big Reads— Fahrenheit 451 and Station Eleven
- Map Factory (GIS Mapping) established in College of Social Sciences and Professional Studies
- Partnership with KUSD and RUSD to offer concurrent enrollment opportunities through PACC
- Army ROTC establishes a physical presence for ROTC on campus
- Institute for Professional Educator Development (IPED) partners with RUSD to offer alternative licensing program for teachers—STAR Program
- College of Social Sciences and Professional Studies begins Local Hispanic Leadership Award
- Partnership with Kenosha Community Foundation, Uline and SE WI Hearing Center to present Jazz Week at Parkside
- Partner in Get-Behind-the-Arts annual community-wide studio tours
- The Status of Women Report for Kenosha and Racine Counties– County-level report guided by Chancellor Ford, community stakeholders, and UW-Parkside faculty researchers and students.