UNC CHARLOTTE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Report of Activities Fall 2011-Spring 2014
‘This report was complied, Gijing data collected by,tf}m of community engagement experts and researchers:
+ Dr. Owen Furuseth, Associate Provost for Metropolitan Studies and Extended Academic Programs
+ Dr. Tamara M. Johnson, Research Assaciate for Academic Planning and Analysis in the Office of Academic
Affairs
Sean Langley, Assistant Director for Off-Campus and Volunteer Outreach
Jennifer Matz, Assistant Director of Community Affairs in the Division for University Advancement
Jeanette Sims, Director of Community Affairs in the Division for University Advancement
Wayne Stone, Associate Director of Institutional ResearchSummary of Comments on Garcia_Project C_Draft 2_1-15
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‘UNC Charlotte Mission of Community
Engagement
Gre nmanty Engen on Can scholarship
Engaged Learning
“The Urban Tnstitute
“The Institute for Social Capital
“The University Career Center for Work, Service, and
Internships
Charlotte Research Institute
‘The Design+Society Research Center
Liberal Education
Crossroads Charlotte
PROGRAM 2
Business and Finance
Charlotte Venture Challenge
VPA,
Urban and Regional Development
CHARP (Charlotte Action Research Project)
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|WriteServe Tutoring Programs
Governors Village Schools,
Healthcare and Health Policy
Food Spending in the Historie West End MAPPR
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International Festival
Great Decisions Lecture Series
“Applied Sciences and Technologies
UNC Charlotte Science and Technology Expo
‘STARS Alliance
risand Culture
Violins of Hope
‘Awards
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UNC CHARLOTTE
UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees
UNC Charlotte's Vision Statement (approved September 27, 2002), ]
“UNC Charlotte is North Carolinas urban research university. It leverages its location in the state’ largest city to
offer internationally competitive programs of research and creative activity, exemplary undergraduate, graduate,
and professional programs, and a focused set of community engagement initiatives. UNC Charlotte maintains a
particular commitment to addressing the cultural, economic, educational, environmental, health, and social needs of
the greater Charlotte region.”
Chancellor Philip L. Dubois
Charlotte Business Journal Op Ed (June 13, 2011) cP
“Economic, cultural, and social issues of th arlotte region directly drive UNC Charlotte's approach to
program development, faculty recruitment and funding... As North Carolina’ urban research university, UNC
Charlottes mission compels us to help solve issues confronting the business community and to deliver a workforce
that can understand and solve tomorrow's needs. The talent developed...will become the region's next generation of
innovators, entrepreneurs, teachers, finance and health professionals, and engineers.”
Convocation (August 14, 2012)
‘. Engagement is a central, defining feature of our urban research university. Our scholarly and creative activities
are UNC Charlotte’ calling card ir tharlotte. We also show leadership in the many ways in which our
students, faculty, and staff give of their time and talents through service. UNC Charlotte continues to exemplify the
energy and progress of our region, and that hinges on the roles we all play in our community”
Provost Joan F. Lorden
Institutional Plan - Academic Plan 2004-2009
“Among the sixteen campuses of the University of North Carolina system, UNC Charlotte is the only campus with
4an explicit urban mission in its charter. One of the implications of having an urban mission isthe expectation that
the University wil interact with its host community. While this has been an expectation since the founding of UNC
Charlotte and while the University has an excellent reputation for being engaged with its host community, the
current planning cycle represents the first time that academic departments and colleges have been asked to state and
discuss their respective plans for community engagement”. a
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UNC Charlotte's Mission of
Community Engagement
‘As North Carolinas urban research
university, UNC Charlotte is dedicated
to establishing strong, productive
partnerships with local communities
and service providers to address social,
cultural, economic, and environmental
issues affecting the Charlotte area. The
University recognizes the importance of
establishing collaborative relationships
of reciprocity and trust with community
partners. In fact, UNC Charlotte has
earned the reputation and respect of
citizens and organizations across the
Charlotte region for the active and
engaged role it plays in community
problem-solving and developing
human capital resources. UNC
Charlotte faculty, staf, and students are
involved and engaged in community
partnerships in all facets and parts of
the region.
Measured any dimension:
the number of campus engagement
participants; the scale and complexity
of community partnerships; the
budgetary allocations for community
engagement; the span of university
infrastructure supporting engagement
commitments and activitys the forms
and breadth of engagement in the
classroom; and the impact of UNC
Charlotte on our community ~ there are
unprecedented collaborations between
UNC Charlotte and public and private
partners,
‘This report defines community
engagement at UNC Charlotte,
describes proposed policy changes
that would clarify the role of engaged
scholarship in tenure and promotion,
outlines student engagement programs
and activities, and highlights specific
‘ongoing, concluding, and newly
implemented community engagement
projects from Fall 2011 through the
Spring 2014 academic year.
Community engagement refers to
research, creative activities, teaching,
and service activities that are
collaboratively undertaken by UNC
Charlotte faculty, staff, and/ or students
in partnership with community
members. Engaged activities are defined
by reciprocal relationships between
university and community partners in
which all participants recognize and
value the knowledge, perspective, and
resources that partners contribute to
the collaboration. ‘The “community”
in community engagement is broadly
defined to include individuals, groups,
and organizations external to campus
that use collaborative processes for the
purpose of contributing to the public
good.
Since its founding in 1946 as a post-
‘World War Il, two-year evening college
center serving returning veterans,
our campus and its leaders have
intentionally directed the educational
programming elements and growth of
the university to serve the community
ineeds of the Charlotte region, first, and
secondly, the State of North Carolina.
Indeed, we celebrate our “particular
‘commitment to addressing the cultural,
economic, educational, environmental,
health, and social needs of the greater
Charlotte region.”
‘The UNC Charlotte Mission Statement
articulates the University’s focus on
community engagement initiatives.
‘The University Goals further define
the commitment to serve community
needs. Goal Two states the University’s
Community Engagement
in UNC Charlotte's
Mission Statement
“UNC Charlotte... leverages its
location in the state’ largest
city to offer internationally
competitive programs of
research and creative activity,
exemplary undergraduate,
graduate, and professional
programs, and a focused set
‘of community engagement
initiatives. UNC Charlotte
maintains a particular
‘commitment to addressing
the cultural, economic,
educational, environmental,
health, and social needs of the
greater Charlotte region.”
Community Engagement
in UNC Charlotte's Goals
coat
‘Stimulate increased research,
creative activities, and
‘community engagement with
a focus on programs and
partnerships that address the
major needs of the Charlotte
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intent to “stimulate increased research,
creative activities, and community
engagement with a focus on programs
and partnerships that address the major
needs of the Charlotte region, Within
this framework, there is a focus on
eight areas of concern to the Charlotte
region:
Examples of projects that serve these
eight areas of concern are highlighted
in this report.
‘The Goals for the Division of Academic
fairs complement and strengthen the
campus-wide culture and agenda for
community ,engagement. Academic
fairs Goal lg jtates that the Division
will offer educational programs that are
“responsive to the intellectual, cultural,
and economicneeds of the region.” Goal
#2 states the Division is committed to
supporting research and scholarship
that “leverage discovery for the public
benefit” Goal #3 specifically mentions
community engagement in graduating
students “prepared for personal success
and civic responsibility in the 21st
century.” Goal #5 addresses the needs of
*... a diverse community of learners...”
through non-credit (continuing
education) programming, Finally, Goal
427 states that the Division of Academic
Affairs should be engaged “in focused
efforts to creatively address university
and community needs through
internal collaboration and partnerships
with public, private, and non-profit
organizations” Individual college
and academic unit plans reiterate this
commitment,
(CEC) in order to bring together
faculty and staff members engaged in or
supporting the University’s community
‘engagement initiatives. “The Council
meets quarterly and acts as @ nexus
for information sharing, partnership
building, and planning new community
InJune 2011, Chancellor Duboiscreat
the Community Engagement Coun
artnerships.
Division of Academic Affairs Goals
GOAL1
To offer a portfolio of educational programs that are forward
looking and responsive to the intellectual, cultural, and economic
needs of the region.
GOAL 2
‘To advance programs of research and scholarship that expand
the frontiers of knowledge, including those that solve problems at
the interface of disciplines and leverage discovery for the public
benefit.
GOAL3
‘To graduate students prepared for personal success and civic
responsibility in the 21st century by offering challenging degree
programs, encouraging community engagement, and integrating
the values of liberal education throughout the undergraduate
curriculum.
GOAL
To engage in focused efforts to creatively address university
and community needs through internal collaboration and
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