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
DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RECOGNITION Created in 2013, this annual award recognizes the important and innovative community-engaged and community-based work by UW Tacoma faculty and staff. Beginning in 2021, a separate staff category is being added to recognize staff who demonstrate outstanding community-engagement work. Such work is based on an ethic of mutual benefit in which both the community partner and/or public and the university, its faculty, and/or its students benefit in ways that are not possible without the partnership. This work may be focused on teaching and learning, research, policy, citizenship building, creative work, or community building. Recipients of this recognition represent many and diverse activities, rooted in multiple disciplinary spaces. They exemplify how we can build partnerships that last across time and space, produce positive spaces of dialogue, deploy academic knowledge that helps improve social conditions, and remain humble in understanding the importance of co-learning. This is the spirit that guides our collective work and makes it possible for us to identify and recognize the outstanding examples of community engagement of our faculty and staff.
INAUGUR A L STA F F R ECIPIENT
AMANDA FIGUEROA, M.S.
Senior Director, Student Transitions Program, Student Affairs
Community Engagement Award for Equity in Education
This award recognizes Amanda’s deep commitment and leadership to improve equity and educational access for youth and pre-college students, either who were traditionally underrepresented in STEM or for students who were not beneficiaries of a college going culture within their own community. Her leadership and work with many community partners and multiple programs or initiatives exemplifies how partnership development and a keen focus on equity in education can improve young peoples’ ability to succeed in post-secondary educational attainment at UW Tacoma.
DIVYA MCMILLIN, PH.D.
Professor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation & Global Engagement, Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement
Community Engagement Legacy Award
This award recognizes Dr. Divya McMillin for her sustained efforts in building bridges between the university and the community. She has a long history as an innovator and builder at UWT. Dr. McMillin has worked enthusiastically and strategically with community partners, while remaining deeply involved in global engagement and scholarship.
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OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS | 2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT
