UW Tacoma Office of Community Partnerships 2021-22 Annual Report

OFFICE OF

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ANNUAL REPORT 2021–2022

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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STAFF

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MISSION

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MILESTONES

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CARNEGIE FOUNDATION:

STAFF

DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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CAMPUS PROGRAMS & SERVICES

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COMMUNITY-FACING PROGRAMS

ASSISTANT CHANCELLOR

ALI MODARRES

Tacoma Whole Child (TWC) Action Mapping Project (AMP) 12

RECOGNITION FOR COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR

JULIA SMITH

Distinguished Community Engagement Recognition Gift of Service Award Washington Campus Compact:

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

CARLY JOHNSON

Student Civic Leader Fellowship 14

INFRASTRUCTURE & FUNDING Staffing Advisory Councils

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COLLABORATORY: COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT DATA PORTAL Overview Activity Themes

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER

AINSLEY MCCULLOUGH

DIRECTOR OF LEGAL PATHWAYS

PATRICIA SULLY

Partnership Maps Activity Counts 19

ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP

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CENTER FOR APPLIED URBAN RESEARCH

(CAUR)

MARKETING & OUTREACH SPECIALIST

TALIA COLLETT

DATA ANALYST & GRADUATE STUDENT TRAINEE

ALAN FOOTE

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OUR MISSION: SUPPORT, SUSTAIN, AND GROW COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

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We recognize that the most successful UW Tacoma

UW TACOMA WAS BORN OF AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY, WHICH CONTINUES TO INFORM OUR ORIENTATION TODAY.

community partnerships are transformative and result in each partner achieving more together than they can accomplish alone. Within our strategic plan, we acknowledge that partnerships flourish when they are supported with infrastructure including organizational processes, communication channels, staffing, and funding. We are committed to improving support in the following areas: n Promote Community-Engaged Partnerships n Build Strategic Partnerships n Collect & Assess Engagement Data n Provide Data Analytics

KEY MILESTONES n 2012: First Report on UWT Campus Community Engagement Inventory n 2014: UWT case study for the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities n 2015: UWT formally began efforts to enhance community engagement support on campus n 2018: UWT established the Office of Community Partnerships (OCP) n High Impact Practices (HIP) Community of Practice group developed a report outlining high-impact practices for community engagement n 2020: UWT received Carnegie Community Engagement Classification (valid until 2026) n The term “Service” was updated to “Community Engagement” in the Time Schedule Quick search (for students’ registration) n A tri-campus working group was formed to create community engagement course designation across the entire UW system n 2021: On-campus public-facing office suite opened in Dougan 210 n 2022: Priorities for Engagement was OCP’s first large in-person community event since 2019

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CARNEGIE FOUNDATION: DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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SINCE RECEIVING THE CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN DECEMBER OF 2019, UW TACOMA FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS REMAIN FOCUSED ON MAKING COMMUNITY

“Community engagement describes collaboration

HOW DOES CARNEGIE DEFINE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT?

between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.

The purpose of community engagement is the partnership of college and university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors

ENGAGEMENT A DEEPER,

to enrich scholarship, research, and creative activity;

MORE PERVASIVE, BETTER

enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare

INTEGRATED, AND SUSTAINED

values and civic responsibility; address critical societal

CAMPUS EFFORT.

educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic issues; and contribute to the public good.”

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CAMPUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS & EVENTS Regular programming of events, training, and workshops is a large part of how OCP supports the campus community. Our role in these events depends on the type of activity and the level of support (staffing and/or financial) needed. To date, OCP has either hosted, supported, or sponsored over 15 different online/virtual activities and partnered with over 25 different campus and community partners. In addition to hosting campus virtual events, we have identified and promoted multiple webinars, events, and training which were hosted by external organizations. Together, these workshops and events aimed to provide faculty and staff needed professional opportunities to advance their ability to effectively partner with others, especially in the face of significant social and public health challenges.

FACULTY FELLOWS PROGRAM The Faculty Fellows Program provides funding up to $10,000 to each cohort of faculty who seek to develop and integrate publicly engaged activities with teaching or scholarships, for the public good. One of the primary goals is to establish communities of practice that focus on existing and new partnerships and actively include community partners in their ongoing co-learning and co-production processes. In 2022, the following three new fellowship awards were granted for the January–December 2022 time period.

A COLLABORATIVE HEALTH COALITION (CO-HEAL) TO SUPPORT EQUITABLE SCHOOL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Chieh Cheng, School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Michelle Garner, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice Community Partner(s): MultiCare, Tacoma General Hospital

UNDOCUMENTED STUDENT SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION Vanessa de Veritch Woodside, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Jimmy McCarty, Office of Equity and Inclusion Community Partner: Proyecto Mole

UWT & WRITE 253 LITERARY ARTS INTERNSHIP AND DIVERSION PROGRAM Cassie Miura, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Culture Arts and Communication, Writing Studies Jimmy McCarty, Office of Equity and Inclusion Community Partner: Write 253

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COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE In October of 2020, OCP hosted the Creating Communities of Practice (CoP) community event.

The goal for this virtual event was to introduce the idea of a community of practice—which is premised on co-thinking, co-learning, and co-production of knowledge—and talk about topics of great interest to our community. The conversations and connections formed were successful first steps toward the creation of topic specific communities of practice and laid the groundwork to create more in the future.

To date, multiple CoPs have sustained their momentum by meeting regularly to work on issues and topics of mutual interest. The Office of Community Partnerships continues to provide support to these groups, and encourages the creation of new communities of practice.

LEGAL PATHWAYS PROGRAM Legal Pathways at UW Tacoma works collaboratively to generate equitable access to legal careers through pathways that connect students, faculty, staff, and other community members. We adopt a broad understanding of legal careers, grounded in social justice and a commitment to fostering student empowerment.

For students considering law school, Legal Pathways expanded its Legal Pathways Fellows program, growing the program from its first cohort of 13 students to over 40 students in the 2021–2022 year.

Legal Pathways Fellows are matched with 1–2 mentors, receive a full tuition scholarship to participate in an LSAT preparation course, and meet regularly with the director of Legal Pathways to discuss their law school application process. The program continued to support the 2020–2021 cohort in the Dr. Carolyn West OCP Resident Fellow 2021–2024

application process, with two cohort members receiving full tuition scholarship offers to law school.

We saw UW Tacoma students and alumni admitted into a diverse range of law schools this year, including the University of Washington, Seattle University School of Law, Liberty University School of Law, UCLA School of Law, Emory School of Law, and Georgetown University Law Center.

OCP RESIDENT FELLOW In 2021, Dr. Carolyn West was named the inaugural Resident Fellow of the Office of Community

Legal Pathways continued to grow our mentorship program, working with the Pierce County Minority Bar Association, the Robert J. Bryan Inn of Courts, the Seattle University School of Law Women’s Caucus, and the University of Washington School of Law’s Women’s Caucus to match current UW Tacoma students with law students and legal professionals in the South Sound. Over 60 students and mentors were matched this year.

Partnerships. In this

Legal Pathways launched the Law for the People series in 2021–2022,

role, Dr. West engages

bringing legal education to lay people through monthly webinars on

publicly as a faculty

topics that affect the lives of many individuals, such as landlord/tenant

member at UW Tacoma and as a Resident Fellow through public scholarship and student engagement.

LEGAL PATHWAYS

law, family law, and trust and estates.

Along with the Office of Advising and Career Services, Legal Pathways offered supplemental support to students preparing to apply for law

school through advising on course selection; reviewing and providing feedback on resumes, cover letters, and personal statements; and meeting with students to discuss their career goals.

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SERVICES

n Partnership Building » Organize community-university dialogues (to identify additional co-learning and partnership opportunities) » Facilitate interactions and meetings between UWT and the community n Support Engaged Scholarship n Support Campus Events that Promote Community Engagement n Collect & Visualize Community Engagement Activity » Collaboratory » UWT Digital Commons n Coordinate Engagement-Specific Professional Development Opportunities n Connection to Regional and National Organizations n Resource Allocation & Generation » Provide financial resources when necessary and available » Collaborate with Office of Research and Advancement to facilitate the search for multi-year funding opportunities n Guide Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement n Journal for Race, Ethnicity and the City

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COMMUNITY-FACING PROGRAMS TACOMA WHOLE CHILD (TWC) TWC aims to transform schools by creating safe, positive, engaging, and equitable learning environments through a mutually beneficial partnership between the University of Washington Tacoma (UW Tacoma) and Tacoma Public Schools (TPS).

This partnership engages school district leaders, community agencies, school teams, and educators, and draws from research-based practices including trauma-informed, culturally-responsive Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS).

Like many communities, Tacoma has experienced increased stress as a result of the global pandemic. The impact has brought challenges in almost every facet of our work in education including academics; social, emotional, and mental wellbeing; attendance; and discipline issues. Through these extraordinary times, the TWC partnership builds resilience and remains committed to meeting the rapidly increasing social-emotional needs of our diverse communities.

Key, recent activities of TWC: n creating District TWC values, vision & mission with input of stakeholders, n identifying priorities (as they have substantially shifted over these last few years), n supporting schools in the creation of SEL action plans, n developing District-specific SEL student learning benchmarks, n professional development around SEL, ethnic studies, identifying need and strength, n collecting and reviewing District-level data

The conditions of the pandemic have underscored considerable inequities, areas of need,

(e.g., climate, needs assessments, discipline

and opportunities for growth, along with the acknowledgement that addressing multi-

data),

faceted problems requires more than the work of one or a few. Collaboration is crucial to antiracist practices, and to this end, TWC increased the number of team members and the diversity of perspectives and roles of its members. With this enhanced team at the helm, TWC is working toward the creation of comprehensive and coordinated services for youth and enhanced support for educators, students, and families/caretakers. With

n communicating with partners (e.g., community organizations, counselors, psychologists, special education, families), n presentations and knowledge dissemination

our school and community partners, we are re-defining and clarifying the vision, goals,

at regional and national conferences,

and body of work to be organized by the district team.

including panel presentations at the PBS

Going forward, the team has reaffirmed their commitment to collect and review data (e.g., discipline data, mental health screening, needs assessments) more strategically with intentions to uncover unseen or under-realized needs among populations often pushed to the margins. Although collaboration with our communities may be complex and take more time, we know this time is a wise and necessary investment in the futures

Annual meeting, Northwest Positive Behavior Support Network (NWPBIS), and the Washington State Association of School Psychologists (WSASP) n active involvement and leadership in the SEL

of our communities and youth. We are grateful for the ongoing commitment and

Community of Practice through the UWT

financial support provided by Tacoma Public Schools for this program. TWC is funded

Office of Community Partnerships

through a partnership agreement between Tacoma Public Schools and UW Tacoma.

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A list of projects conducted in 2021–2022 by the Action Mapping Project are listed below. Partner organizations are included alongside each project. n Tacoma Creates: Qualitative and Quantitative analysis and visualization of organizational annual and quarterly report data. n Tacoma Creates: Gap analysis of cultural/arts programs in the City of Tacoma and mapping dashboard development of those data. n Metropolitan Development Council (MDC): Youth Mapping for Change summer camp for students in MDC summer programs. n Thurston County, City of Olympia, City of Tumwater: Development of equity index and stormwater vulnerability index. n Thurston County Regional Environmental Education Program (REEP): Gap analysis of programming and participation in environmental education projects. n Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (GTCF): Qualitative (content) analysis, social network analysis, and data visualization of 60 hours of data from strategic planning interviews.

ACTION MAPPING PROJECT The Action Mapping Project (AMP) at the University of Washington Tacoma generates an annual set of high-resolution neighborhood youth indicator maps and works with community partners to improve access and equity in neighborhoods through data production, education, and direct action. 15 UW Tacoma undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent alumni currently serve as project managers and research fellows for the Action Mapping Project.

In 2021–2022, AMP engaged with several local and regional organizations to conduct research, data collection, data analysis, and data visualization activities that were designed to inform and influence policy and placemaking throughout the South Puget Sound. Notably, as schools began opening following the secondary waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMP began working directly with the Tacoma Public School district to re-establish its longstanding core mission to generate participatory spatial data that reflect the everyday experiences and perceptions of youth in the Tacoma region.

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n City of Tacoma Neighborhood Planning Department: Production of participatory neighborhood mapping data for McKinley Hill and Pacific Avenue BRT neighborhood improvement projects. This project is also incorporating existing AMP youth indicator data into the planning process. n Safe Streets Tacoma – Strengthening Community Safety project: Production of participatory mapping data, qualitative data analysis, and social networking analysis to support state-funded BIPOC focused community-safety and improvement project. AMP youth indicator data are also being incorporated into this project to augment new findings.

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RECOGNITION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TACOMA RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF AWARDS AND OBSERVANCES. MANY FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS ON THIS CAMPUS ARE ENGAGED IN EXCITING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES, AND RECOGNIZING THEIR WORK IS A PRIORITY.

GIFT OF SERVICE AWARD This award honors a graduating senior who exemplifies UW Tacoma’s ideal of service combined with learning. The student will have an opportunity to give to the community through philanthropy and the award enables the awardee to select an approved non-religious charity to receive a $1,000 gift. In addition to this gift of philanthropy, funded ANDRE JIMENEZ

by an anonymous donor, the awardee will receive a

Law & Policy Spring 2022

matching award of $1,000 funded by the Office of Community Partnerships.

Click to learn more about the Gift of Service Award.

DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RECOGNITION

Recipients of this recognition represent many and diverse activities,

Created in 2013, this annual award recognizes the important and

rooted in multiple disciplinary spaces. They exemplify how we

innovative community-engaged and community-based work

can build partnerships that last across time and space, produce

by UW Tacoma faculty and staff. Beginning in 2021, a separate

positive spaces of dialogue, deploy academic knowledge that helps

staff category was added to recognize staff who demonstrate

improve social conditions, and remain humble in understanding

outstanding community-engagement work. Such work is based on

the importance of co-learning. This is the spirit that guides

an ethic of mutual benefit in which both the community partner

our collective work and makes it possible for us to identify and

and/or public and the university, its faculty, and/or its students

recognize the outstanding examples of community engagement of

benefit in ways that are not possible without the partnership. This

our faculty and staff.

work may be focused on teaching and learning, research, policy, citizenship building, creative work, or community building.

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FACULTY

FACULTY

STAFF

STAFF

SHARON LAING

ANAID YERENA

JIMMY MCCARTY

ROSEANN MARTINEZ

School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership

School of Urban Studies

Center of Equity & Inclusion

Student Advocacy and Support

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WASHINGTON CAMPUS COMPACT STUDENT CIVIC LEADERS AWARDS CHANCELLOR’S & GOVERNOR’S AWARD As a Washington Campus Compact member institution, UW Tacoma annually recognizes and awards two of our student civic leaders who are addressing critical issues on their campuses and in their communities through service and social entrepreneurship. Students are nominated by faculty, staff, administrators, community partners, or can self-nominate for consideration by their institution’s president. Both graduate and undergraduate students are eligible for nomination.

GOVERNOR’S AND

CHANCELLOR’S

CHANCELLOR’S CIVIC

STUDENT CIVIC

LEADERS AWARD

LEADER AWARD

ANDRE HENDERSON

ANDRE JIMENEZ

BA Social Work (Spring 2022)

BA Law & Policy (Spring 2022)

CHANCELLOR’S AWARD RECIPIENTS RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING: Access to a learning community with other student civic leaders across Washington and Idaho Training events and webinars prior to the awards ceremony that focus on best practices for civil discourse and civic education Invitation to the awards ceremony where they will be recognized Automatic consideration and eligibility for the Governor’s Student Civic Leader Award

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INFRASTRUCTURE & FUNDING

THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IS DESIGNED TO BE A CENTRAL SERVICE UNIT TO THE CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY. IT IS FUNDED IN PART BY GENERAL & DESIGNATED OPERATING FUNDS AND BY REVENUES FROM EXTERNALLY FUNDED COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

STAFFING Over the course of the three years, OCP has continued its efforts to build an internal infrastructure to support the work of our faculty, staff, and students.

Since March 2020, staff pivoted to an online/remote work structure due to the COVID 19 pandemic and has returned to mostly in-person operations. Today, the OCP is staffed by an Executive Administrator, Program Coordinator, Technical Project Manager, and a part-time Marketing & Outreach Specialist. Additionally, the Center for Applied Urban Research is supported by a Data Analyst Intern (a current UWT graduate student).

ADVISORY COUNCILS OCP is supported by two advisory councils: a Faculty & Staff Advisory Council and a Community Advisory Council. Both serve as complementary bodies to coordinate and connect the various engagement activities occurring across campus and within the surrounding community. They also serve as a consultative body for issues pertaining to our public engagement agenda.

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COLLABORATORY: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DATA PORTAL

OVERVIEW As a key part of the Carnegie Classification, we continue to use the Collaboratory online interface to collect information about community engagement activities on campus.

This allows users to provide details of their

162 163 49 REPORTED PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

PARTNERS INVOLVED

IN MULTIPLE PROJECTS

partnerships to OCP while optionally hiding their partners and details from public view, when desired.

The data collected through Collaboratory is being

BY THE NUMBERS

used to identify our local, regional, and global

Using Collaboratory, the

engagement partners as well as to inform internal

above figures reflect

decision-making regarding expanding our network of

the count of reported

partners.

partnerships, community

Since 2020 OCP staff have been working alongside other community engagement offices at institutions around the country to continuously improve assessment methodology for community

partners, and partners involved in multiple projects. Data as of

April 22, 2022.

Through the collection of community engagement activities provided by faculty and staff using Collaboratory, we have developed the following charts to visualize some notable partnerships and initiatives, community engagement activity categories, campus unit involvement, and project durations. These visualizations begin to describe and help us understand the type and levels of community engagement at UW Tacoma. As we continue our work

engagement data. By assessing the campus’

to support community engagement, we will see how

community engagement data OCP can better

co-creation and reciprocal partnerships positively

understand common themes among ‘strong’

impact our community.

partnerships so we can encourage and promote those components in new and emerging partnerships.

The goal is to create a larger network of deep relationships with our community partners as UW Tacoma continues to embed itself in the South Sound community.

As part of the Collaboratory Data Assessment plan, we have identified various metrics that can help single out high-value partnerships in our dataset.

Collaboratory data assessment is ongoing and initial versions will focus on: n The cumulative duration of time a partner has been engaged with UW Tacoma; n The number of distinct activities referencing a single partner; n The cumulative total of faculty/staff/students that have worked with a community partner.

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ACTIVITY THEMES The chord diagram shows community engagement activity themes and the number of activities connected to UW Tacoma units. Note: some projects

fall into multiple activity categories.

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OVER 90 PART NERS IN T HE P UGET SOUND REGION

PARTNERSHIP MAPS Our community partners span locally and nationally. OCP developed a map of our partners to better understand our reach through physical space and location of their offices. Find the interactive map on the OCP website.

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ACTIVITY COUNTS

categories in a row

CAMPUS UNIT

may be greater than

Academic Affairs

2

Center for Applied Urban Research

3

the number of unique activities.

2

1

3

1

3

1

2

4

8

2

Activity counts are

Center for Business Analytics

40

30

3

shown on a graded color

Center for Equity & Inclusion

1

1

1

represents one activity

Center for Service and Leadership

2

1

1

with increasing darkness

External Relations

1

1

1

Global Innovation and Design Lab

9

1

9

4

3

6

9

12

1

12

7

6

9

12

5

1

4

1

2

3

2

1

scale. The lightest shade

as the activity count grows.

Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement Legal Pathways Milgard School of Business

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Office of Community Partnerships

3

School of Education

2

School of Engineering & Technology

3

School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

57

School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership School of Social Work & Criminal Justice School of Urban Studies

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SOCIAL ISSUES

the total of all assigned

HEALTH & WELLNESS

categories. Therefore,

GOVERNMENT/ PUBLIC SAFETY

with one or more

EDUCATION

activity may be tagged

TOTAL UNIQUE ACTIVITIES

NOTE: Each unique

ENVIRONMENT& SUSTAINABILITY

CAMPUS UNIT ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEV

CATEGORIES ASSIGNED TO

CAMPUS UNIT

ARTS & CULTURE

ACTIVITY COUNT BY

1

3

1 12

1

1 1

1

2

3 13

32

13

20

10

25

7

1

3

1

2

6

2

5

2

2

3

2

3

13

5

11

7

12

17

11

4

Student Advocacy & Support

1

Student Affairs

4

2

Student Transitions & Success

3

3

Veteran and Military Resource Center

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9

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP

Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC)

ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP BRINGS TOGETHER FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CO-CREATE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION WHICH BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE BUILT TO BE MUTUALLYBENEFICIAL, SUSTAINED OVER TIME, AND TO CREATE POSITIVE IMPACT AND CHANGE.

The Engaged Scholarship Consortium (ESC) is a non-profit educational organization, composed of higher education member institutions, a mix of state-public and private institutions. ESC’s goal is to work collaboratively to build strong universitycommunity partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship and designed to help build community capacity.

UW Tacoma Library: Digital Commons In our continuing efforts to aggregate and measure the extent of community engagement activities at UW Tacoma, in 2020 OCP began partnering with UW Tacoma Library to share and promote Community Engaged Scholarship through Digital Commons. Digital Commons is a resource where community members can find greater details of the Community Engagement activities happening

UW Tacoma is a member institution. As a member

in Collaboratory and research outputs from the

benefit, ESC promotes opportunities for faculty

Center for Applied Urban Research.

from Member Institutions to collaborate on opportunities for research and external funding.

Member Institutions identify ways that their faculty, staff, students, and community partners can connect with and collaborate on community engagement efforts.

Digital Commons collects, preserves, and makes publicly accessible the scholarly and creative work from faculty and students. Community Engaged Scholarship includes but is not limited to peer-reviewed literature, professional reports, periodicals, articles, and policy documents from

The Office of Community Partnerships serves

community orientated or engaged learning

as a coordination point for faculty and staff who

projects. This year OCP aims to share the scholarly

participate and present at the Engagement

products of more activities and research through

Scholarship Consortium (ESC). Additionally, OCP

Digital Commons.

financially supports the conference attendance as a supplement for professional development funds provided by the faculty or staff member’s home unit.

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CENTER FOR APPLIED URBAN RESEARCH (CAUR)

CAUR CONTINUES TO PRODUCE REGIONALLY RELEVANT ASSETS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH: GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CITIES OF FEDERAL

CAUR is designed to serve as an urban analytics

This year the Center has been working with cities

center focused on aggregating, archiving, visualizing,

in Pierce County to better understand and support

and the dissemination of analytics and reports.

the labor force in the area to better direct economic

Data analytics produced by CAUR are in response

development. CAUR will continue to work to provide

to questions posed by UW Tacoma’s regional

data and data analytics in support of planning,

communities. The Center aims to provide resources

policymaking, activism, and economic development

through open data portals and reports.

in partnerships with regional nonprofits, public

As an example, the Center produced an affordable housing study for Pierce County. This document was used by Pierce County Executive and Mayors as they discussed a regional approach to dealing with the growing problem of housing unaffordability in the region. It is still frequently downloaded and cited throughout the community and is available on UW Tacoma’s Digital Commons.

WAY, MAPLE VALLEY, LAKEWOOD, SUMNER, TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY TALITHA CONSULTS

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agencies, educational systems, and other community members.

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