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Strategic Initiative IV

Serving the Public through Community Engagement

Community engagement at UTSA is the active involvement of the university community through its faculty, staff, students, and alumni in strategic partnerships with the broader community to enrich learning and research, to prepare engaged citizens, and to contribute to the public good. Community engagement values a culture of openness and access, creating value and improved quality of life, active communication and collaboration with community stakeholders, and positive constituent services at all levels. Engagement initiatives work to transform the lives of individuals and communities through active involvement with UTSA's stakeholders by building relationships, conducting dialogue focused on common goals, and extending university knowledge, resources and expertise that contribute toward the advancement of society. Five goals address engagement with our communities:

Goal 1: Develop community partnerships to provide quality, accessible, and lifelong learning, including programs such as P–20 (preschool through graduate education) outreach; service learning; Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) initiatives; executive and entrepreneurship education; and extended education.

Goal 2: Engage community employers through dialogue, internships, and other cooperative learning experiences to ensure that UTSA graduates are prepared to enter the future workforce and play leadership roles in the globally competitive knowledge economy.

Goal 3: Stimulate social and economic development through activities such as outreach, service, and collaborative research and commercialization programs that respond to community needs and align with the UTSA mission.

Goal 4: Develop a rich and vibrant culture in the arts and humanities that will expand the community’s awareness and appreciation of the human condition, our history and cultures, and aesthetic awareness through an active community program of visual arts exhibitions, debates, discussions, and theatrical and musical performances; preserve and present our history through the Institute of Texan Cultures.

Goal 5: Enhance the local community’s global role by serving as a resource for sharing global understanding and perspectives such as linkages with our international exchange student programs, international faculty, and global research activities.