Overview
The Twin Cities Public Engagement Action Plan Work Group's charge is to recalibrate the Twin Cities campus' public engagement agenda and develop a set of action steps for furthering the institutionalization of reciprocal, public engagement over the next five years. The action plan will incorporate recommendations and goals identified in the following sources:
- public engagement-related goals contained in the Twin Cities ten-year strategic plan: Driving Tomorrow;
- Campus Compact 30th Anniversary Action Statement of Presidents and Chancellors (signed by President Kaler);
- recommendations for advancing public engagement-related policies, infrastructure, and culture, submitted by participants of the systemwide conference, Meeting Grand Challenges through Community-Engaged Research and Teaching;
- recommendations for improvement, contained in the Twin Cities Carnegie Community Engagement Classification review report;
- faculty recommendations on improving faculty rewards for engaged scholars; and,
- recommendations submitted by academic units, centers, and individuals.
Background
The work of the Twin Cities Public Engagement Action Plan Work Group builds on the work conducted as a result of the University's Ten-Point Plan for Advancing and Institutionalizing Public Engagement. Produced in 2008, the Ten-Point Plan articualtes a set of action steps designed to secure the full integration of public engagement at the University of Minnesota.
Plan
Work Groups
The members are organized into five subgroups, with each group identifying action steps for advancing a particular set of public engagement institutionalization issues.
Work Group A:
Scholarly Value of Engagement
Leveraging Extramural Funds
- Marilyn Bruin, Professor, Design, Housing, & Apparel
- Ananya Chatterjea, Professor, Theatre Arts & Dance
- Adam Fischer, Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, University of Minnesota Foundation
- Cathy Jordan, Associate Professor, Pediatrics
- Colleen McDonald Diouf, Chief Operating Officer, Community-University Health Care Center
- Todd Sorensen, Professor, Pharmacy Care & Healthy Systems
- Vaughn Voller, Professor, Civil, Environmental, & Geo-Engineering
Work Group B:
Student Experiences and Development
Visibility and Value
- Rob Blair, Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology
- Quinn Carr, Graduate Student, Humphrey School
- Laura Dammer Hess, Coordinator, Center for Health Interprofessional Programs
- Tommy Keller, Graduate Student, Applied Economics
- Greg Lindsey, Professor, Urban & Regional Planning
- Kristine Miller, Professor, Landscape Architecture
- Christine VeLure Roholt, Leadership Minor Manager, Office for Student Affairs
- Amelious Whyte, Director for Public Engagement, College of Liberal Arts
- Pam Wilson, Assistant to Department Head, Mechanical Engineering
Work Group C:
Accounting and Assessment
Program Alignment and Integration
- Amber Cameron, Associate Director, Office for Public Engagement
- Bianet Castellanos, Associate Professor, American Studies
- Priscilla Flynn, Assistant Professor, Primary Care Dentistry
- Deb Hendricks, Assistant Director of Community-Engaged Research Programs, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
- Virajita Singh, Assistant Vice Provost, Office for Equity and Diversity
Work Group D:
Community Connections
National and International Networking
- Karen Brown, Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Global Change
- Mike Greco, Director, Resilient Communities Project
- Jennifer Hawkins, Program Director, Carlson Global Institute
- Deborah Jane, Outreach Coordinator, Institute for Global Studies
- Lisa Kihl, Associate Professor, Kinesiology
- Sonja Kuftinec, Professor, Theatre Arts & Dance
- Tammy McCulloch, Regional Director, Extension
- Brianna Menning, Associate Program Director, Institute for Advanced Study
- Katie Peacock, Assistant Director for Comunity Partnerships and Engaged Learning, Center for Community-Engaged Learning
- Shereen Sabet, Assistant to the Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Global Change
- Julie Sweitzer, Executive Director, College Readiness Consortium
Work Group E:
Cultivating and Supporting Campus Leaders
Internal Alignment and Networking
- Yingling Fan, Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
- Kristine Igo, Associate Director, Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute
- Ross VeLure Roholt, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
- Sheri Stronach, Assistant Professor, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
- David Weerts, Associate Professor, Organizational Leadership, Policy, & Development
- George Weiblen, Professor, Plant Biology
Work Group Meeting Schedule
- Wednesday, September 21, 9-11 a.m.
- Wednesday, October 19, 9-10:30 a.m.
- Wednesday, November 16, 9-10:30 a.m.
- Wednesday, January 18, 9-10:30 a.m.
- Wednesday, February 8, 9-10:30 a.m.
- Wednesday, March 1, 9-10:30 a.m.
- Wednesday, March 29, 9-10:30 am
- Wednesday, April 19, 9-10:30 a.m.
- Wednesday, May 10, 9-10:30 a.m.
Stakeholder Feedback Sessions
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Location |
RSVP |
Livestream |
| Wed., March 8 | Noon-1:30 p.m. | Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center | Click Here | Not Available |
| Tues., March 21 | 9-10:30 a.m. | Recreation and Wellness Center Room 6 | Click Here | Click Here |
| Fri., March 24 | 1:30-3 p.m. | Recreation and Wellness Center Room 6 | Click Here | Click Here |