| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 58.26 |
| Liaison | Caitlin McLennan |
| Submission Date | Oct. 10, 2022 |
Utah State University
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 3.00 |
Kate
Stephens Associate Director / Community-Engaged Learning Director / Student Sustainability Office Coordinator Center for Community Engagement |
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
The Community Bridge Initiative (CBI) program began in 2015, connects classrooms with community leaders to address need defined by the community. Based off of the University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program, CBI builds a multi-year, ongoing partnership with local governments and community agencies to provide students with hands on experience, in a place-based service-learning model. All proposed projects must have a sustainability, social justice, or economic development focus, and work towards increasing the livability of the local community. During the pilot year, USU partnered exclusively with the City of Logan, and completed projects in issue areas including:
Community agencies receive multi-disciplinary assistance on their proposed projects, while students gain professional skill sets, and faculty built networks and research opportunities. This program is based in reciprocity, building collaborative partnerships where community leaders and employees are co-educators for students. Although still a relatively new program, CBI has been transformative to the education of students, access to resources for the community, and for the local community.
The CBI pilot year led to a restructuring of all community partnerships for both curricular and co-curricular engagement. New community partners are being brought into this model, and the Provost’s office is working closely with Service-Learning to identify courses that might be able to partner with the community to offer student support. In this way, relationships are being developed for both curricular and co-curricular student engagement in sustainability, social justice, and livability community-based projects.
Partners include Bear River Land Conservancy, Bridgerland Audubon Society, Cache Community Food Pantry, Common Ground, Stokes Nature Center, and the City of Logan.
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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