San Jose State University
EN-13: Community Stakeholder Engagement

There are policies and procedures within individual units and programs to ensure community stakeholder engagement. As a metropolitan university in the heart of Silicon Valley, SJSU’s Strategic Planning, Campus Planning Board, WASC Accreditation, Institutional Review Board; Transit-Traffic-Parking Board all have community representation; as well as Presidential-Academic Dean/Administrator Search Committees. Many departments have advisory boards that include community stakeholders.

Entities such as University Advancement, Tower Foundation, President’s Office, Research Institute identify and engage stakeholders relative to their missions. The AVP for Strategic Communications & Public Affairs, and the Director for Campus and Community Relations help identify and coordinate engagement of stakeholders, the latter being focused on vulnerable or underrepresented groups particularly African American and Latin@ organizations/populations.

City of San Jose Mayor’s Office, CSU AAPI Executive Committee, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, SJSU Alumni Association, CommUniverCity-San Jose, Job and Educational Development Initiative (JEDI), Chican@/Latin@ Student Success Task Force, African American Student Success Task Force, SJSU President’s Commission on Diversity, Univision Es El Momento Community Advisory Board, United Way Silicon Valley Advocacy Committee, Latina Coalition Silicon Valley (LCSV) Board, and Sabor del Valle (SDV) Board.

CommUniverCity-San Jose, a coalition of the downtown-eastside neighborhoods and community organizations & the University & the City of San Jose may have the most pronounced outcomes and most related to pillars of sustainability. CUC-SJ has contributed significantly to creating community gardens, developing Nature Trails, and planning an East Santa Clara Urban Village. The Jay Pinson STEM Education Center established a Youth/CyberGirlz STEM Network with technology corporation stakeholders. The Career Center has built extensive professional relationships with a variety of nonprofit, public and private organizations for internships, professional pursuits, and career employment.

SK: NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS AND MAKE SURE CAREER CENTER INFO IS INCORPORATED.  The SJSU Career Center deploys WorkAbility IV, a service contract in with the state Department of Rehabilitation that focuses on the employment of students with disabilities and job development.  The SJSU Career Center hosts quarterly meetings as part of its Job and Education Development Initiative (JEDI) to engage community leaders from education, nonprofit, and government sectors to share best practices in services related to education, workforce, and economic development. The JEDI consists of 100+ management and executive level representatives throughout the Greater Silicon Valley.  The SJSU Career Center hosts a service called Drop-in Interviews that is open to SJSU students, alumni, and the general public. Drop-in Interviews provides 15 minute interviews to job seekers.  The SJSU Career Center serves on advisory boards and committees for various workforce and economic development related community organizations and government departments. List of identified community stakeholders Include at minimum, educational organizations, government bodies, private sector organizations, trade unions, and stakeholders from civil society (e.g. NGOs, NPOs, underrepresented and vulnerable populations).  AnewAmerica  Bay Area Coalition for Employment Development (BACED)  Braven  Business Owner Space (BOS)  Business on the Edge/ KDOW 1220 AM  California Forward  Downtown Streets Team  Enabledware  ExpandAbility  Fashion Your Mind Organization  Foothill DeAnza College  GoVoluntr  Internal Revenue Services (IRS)  InternBound  IRS  JobCorps  Kaiser Permanente  Kids in Common  Milpitas Union School Dist, WorkAbility I  Momentum for Mental Health  NBC Universal/Telemundo  NOVA  Office of Assembly member Paul Fong  Office of Assemblymember Evan Low  Project HIRED  Sacred Heart  San Jose Conservation Corps/Charter School  San Jose Public Libraries  San Jose Public Library Foundation  San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce  Santa Clara County Office of Education  Silicon Valley Business Journal  Silicon Valley Career Technical Education  Silicon Valley Education Foundation  Silicon Valley Leadership Group  Silicon Valley Talent Partnership  SJB Child Development Centers  SJSU Advancement  SJSU Alumni Association  SJSU Associated Students A brief description of successful community stakeholder engagement outcomes from the previous three years The SJSU Career Center has partnered with the California Department of Rehabilitation to assist job seekers with disabilities in preparing to enter the workforce. Individuals with disabilities experience higher than normal unemployment rates and are often underemployed. The SJSU WAIV program has placed students into internships and jobs with organizations like Ernst and Young and NASA. The website URL where information about the institution's community stakeholder engagement framework and activities is available