成人头条 Community Engagement
Meeting 成人头条's Mission through Community Engagement
成人头条 is dedicated to the advancement of the El Paso region through teaching and learning, creative and artistic production, and the generation, interpretation, application and dissemination of knowledge. 成人头条 embraces its role as an intellectual, cultural and socioeconomic asset to the region, offering programs to meet human resource needs and contribute to the quality of life.
As a public university, 成人头条 is committed to providing access and educational opportunity to the people of the El Paso Del Norte region and the State of Texas. 成人头条’s mission of ensuring access is coupled with a commitment to excellence reflected in rigorous programs, which prepare students to make significant contributions to their professions, their communities and the world.
As a research/doctoral institution, 成人头条 fosters a climate of scholarly inquiry, with a special focus on applying innovative interdisciplinary approaches to explore and address major issues that confront the multicultural U.S.-Mexico border region.
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Collective Impact Approach
Community engagement at 成人头条 operates using a collective impact framework. The provost office and center serve as a backbone organization that works with the Community Engagement Council to meet the community engagement mission.
Members:
Dr. John Wiebe |
Jennifer Lujan Center for Community Engagement |
Dr. Deana Pennington Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs |
Naomi Fertman Center for Community Engagement |
Dr. Jaime Mendez Student Affairs |
Dr. Azuri Gonzalez Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success |
Ofelia Dominguez |
Dr. Yok-Fong Paat College of Health Sciences |
Dr. Adriana Dominguez College of Liberal Arts |
Dr. Jesus Cisneros College of Education |
Dr. Amy Bach College of Education |
Gabby Gandara College of Engineering |
Dr. Amit Lopes College of Engineering |
Leticia Paez College of Health Sciences |
Elizabeth Camacho College of Health Sciences |
Dr. Irma Montelongo College of Liberal Arts |
Vanessa Martinez College of Liberal Arts |
Dr. Shalla Copeland College of Nursing |
Dr. Karim Singh College of Nursing |
Bibiana Mancera College of Science |
Dr. Son-Young Yi College of Science |
Maria Fernanda Fiscal Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce |
Dr. Fernando Jimenez-Arevalo College of Business |
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Dr. Jeri Sias School of Pharmacy |
成人头条 Strategic Plan Goal: #3; Public Service
成人头条’s role as a major asset to the human and economic development and quality of life of the Paso del Norte region extends well beyond its teaching and research programs. 成人头条’s faculty, staff and students offer their talents, expertise, time and energy to a variety of community organizations and initiatives. Through cultural and arts programming, athletic events, continuing education and lifelong learning, and a broad range of outreach initiatives, 成人头条 stimulates, coordinates and conducts activities that contribute to an improved quality of life in the region and enhance students’ educational experiences. During the next decade, we will continue these many efforts and develop and articulate further 成人头条’s role in promoting the economic development and quality of life of the surrounding region.
- Continue to exemplify an engaged, community-centered institution that fosters human, cultural and social development and enhances the quality of life of people in the region
- Foster alignment between 成人头条’s teaching, learning and research activity and the individual and collective public
- service commitment of 成人头条 students, faculty and staff
- Articulate broadly 成人头条’s commitment to identify and address the needs of the Paso del Norte region, and develop programs and special initiatives that most effectively leverage 成人头条’s capacity to respond to those needs
- Develop strategies to enhance 成人头条’s role as a major economic asset to the Paso del Norte region
- Foster expansion of 成人头条’s technology transfer, commercialization and entrepreneurship activity
- Continue to foster the competitive success of 成人头条’s Intercollegiate Athletics Program, and the academic performance and good citizenship of student-athletes
Community engaged scholarship is the creation, exchange, and dissemination of knowledge, information, and expertise between community and university representatives aimed at addressing social issues and promoting the public good. It is based on interdisciplinary, reciprocal, sustainable, equitable and mutually beneficial scholarly partnerships.