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

We recognize that the most successful UW Tacoma 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

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

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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