Partnered Community Visioning A Proposed Campus Community Impact Plan

1. Partnered Community Visioning A Proposed Campus Community Impact Plan Tricia Simon Kelsey Ivancich Anthony Maly Cara Grussing St. Cloud State University

2. The Importance of Visioning To regain positive community relations between Sunnyvale University and the greater community. • Our discussion will include: • A History of Town and Gown Relations • Guidelines for Partnerships • Current Issues • Short/Long Term Recommendations • Expected Outcomes

3. Town and Gown Relations • Town and Gown Origination • During Middle Ages, scholars wore long, black gowns to distinguish themselves from local citizens, hence the Town and Gown term • Normally viewed as a misunderstanding between the community and university • Can be described as a clash of different interests between people who share a geographical place • Why the Concept of Town and Gown is Mutually Beneficial • Creates dialogue on a variety of life issues between leaders who might not otherwise engage • Students develop a more positive, well-rounded understanding of the community and themselves as students • Enhances the quality of living and learning in the community and university through fostering improved communications and partnerships

4. Guidelines for Town and Gown Partnerships • A commitment to a shared vision, values, and goals • Partnerships should be based on respect between and among the partners, as well as a respect for and commitment to the partnership • The partnership should be long-term, serious, and sustained, involving multiple sectors in deepening and broadening relationships • Partnerships should be based on mutual and common benefit and the need for change and improvement of all partners • Learning, research, and assessment of the partnership and its results should be ongoing • Partnerships should be based on actions that involve concrete, real world successes that lead to achieving sustainable communities • Partnerships should involve institutional structures that promote institutional change and ongoing innovation, as well as cooperation and collaboration among partners

5. Reasons for Today's Discussion • Ongoing campus and community issues • Growth of University into community • Late night parties are disrupting the quaint New England community • Roaming groups of students who don't seem to respect the community in which their University resides • Noise problems • Enforcement issues • Sestercentennial celebration • Community feels overcrowded and "under siege" by former and current students of the University • Behavior during large, annual celebrations of the University is causing further disconnection from the community • Our goal is to set the tone for how to move forward together and continue to build partnerships between the city and university

6. Task Force Formation • Goal: • The task force was formed to increase communication between interested parties in order to address current issues and to develop innovative university-community partnerships • Who is involved? • President, Mayor, committee members, town council member, subcommittee of the Board of Trustees, Deputy Mayor, student government, faculty, administration, local community members • Why are they involved? • This group represents key stakeholders in building better university and community relations and will establish key cross-functional coalitions, planning committees, and assessments to gather information to build and support an initiative titled "Together We are Community"

7. Task Force's Considerations When making recommendations for improving town and gown relations, the task force considered: • Relevant literature on effective town and gown relations • Examples of successful university-community partnerships • College student development theory • Chickering's Theory of Identity Development • Seven vectors in social, emotional, and intellectual areas of well-being important to the identity development of college students (Hamrick, Evans, & Schuh, 2002) • Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development • Six stages of moral judgment in which "progression to more advanced stages of reasoning requires the ability to see others' viewpoints and to reason logically" (Hamrick, Evans, & Schuh, 2002, p. 63)

8. Recommendations for Addressing Current Issues and Improving University-Town Relations Nichols (1990) suggests five elements considered essential in effective town and gown relations: • A Commitment to Cooperation: Leadership and Communication • An Economic Partnership • Sharing Resources Effectively • Being Good Neighbors • Enhancing the Quality of Life The task force's recommendations are organized around these five areas, with a focus on being good neighbors

9. Immediate Implementations: Being Good Neighbors • Most critical recommendations to alleviating current university-community tensions • Recommendations: • Educational campaign utilizing social media to educate students and community members about how to live together in the community • Community building efforts for neighborhoods with largest populations of students • Campus programming • Enforcement

10. Educational Campaign • Objectives: • Educate students and community members about how to be good neighbors and coexist • Inform students and community members about local programs and events • Provide a platform for formal and informal dialogue between community and the university • Social Media Elements • YouTube-Series of videos providing information on a variety of topics including hosting parties responsibly, community safety, etc. which will enhance awareness and the importance of respect and being a good neighbor • Facebook page-Provide up-to-date information on events, allow for conversation, and link to recordings of task force meetings and other relevant information • The start of our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/SunnyvaleUniversity?ref=hl • Additional marketing • Bus ads-Advertisement for university programming and events and awareness of responsible drinking and appropriate behavior

11. Community Building Efforts • Neighborhood walks • Door-to-door greeting and delivery of relevant university information each semester • Annual community picnic/block party • Bring together students and community members to get to know one another • Can include demonstrations by local law enforcement officials on safety issues and provide an opportunity for local businesses to advertise • Meet and Greet events in neighborhoods • Regular meetings of students and community members to discuss community issues including livability and local revitalization projects • Safety notices • Provide information to residents about current safety concerns • Website • Provides information related to renting and landlords, city regulations, and community safety • Online community survey to collect information about current issues and ways to improve the relationship between the university and community • Complaint form for community members and students to report problems

12. Campus Programming • Late Night Program Implementation • Provide entertainment opportunities for students on campus as alternatives to off-campus parties and to provide opportunities to engage with other students • Movie nights • Live music • Talent shows • "Celebration of cultures" night • House Party 101 • Experimental event placing students in a simulated house party • Demonstrate the dangers of house parties and how to handle situations properly and safely • Off-Campus Living Fair/Orientation Programs • Provide students information about living off campus

13. Enforcement • Task force review of relevant policies and procedures • Student code of conduct and city ordinances • Alcohol Program for Education (APE) prevention • Drug and alcohol online and classroom education • Registering parties held by students • Students can register parties to be informed of a complaint before police arrive • Additional patrol • Daily with increased patrol during special events • Police partnering to share resources for planning and problem solving, review documentation process, and training of officers (GIS hotspots)

14. Long-Term Implementation Plans: Continued relationship building through: • A Commitment to Cooperation: Leadership and Communication • Student Affairs Commission and City Council position for student • An Economic Partnership • Business partnerships • Sharing Resources Effectively • Joint safety efforts • Funding • Research and training • Partnerships • Enhancing the Quality of Life • University Strategic Planning - mission/vision • Community Service and Service-learning • Opportunities and Amenities

15. A Commitment to Cooperation: Leadership and Communication • Student Affairs Commission • Create a permanent tie between City Government and students by creating a City Student Affairs Board • Who is represented? • Rental property owners, business owners, neighborhood organization representatives, various students from different constituency groups • Student Representatives on City Council and Other Decision-Making Boards • Regular Meetings of City and University Officials

16. An Economic Partnership Develop synergy - share and develop knowledge between the university and community • Bring local businesses on campus for events • Work with local businesses to develop healthy partnerships with the university • Develop workshops and draw speakers to benefit the community • Create incentives for students to use local businesses

17. Sharing Resources Effectively • Joint safety efforts-police, fire, etc. • Exchange information on events • Police involvement with planning and problem solving • Agree on documentation process and training of officers • Shared funding of projects • Academic and technical training for community members • Faculty/student research efforts to support community initiatives • Utilize community members' abilities • Adjunct faculty • Internship or hands-on learning activities for students • Partner to bring speakers, artists, entertainers, etc. to benefit local business and community members

18. Enhancing the Quality of Life • University Strategic Planning • Align mission/vision statements to include university and community and a quality of life element • Community Service • Discussions of how university and community are interrelated • Share how students are affecting the community • Civic Engagement Program • Building connection with community service programs (United Way, Local food shelves, neighborhood cleanup and restoration projects) • Recognition program to promote administration and faculty involvement • Service Learning • Begin with bringing community history into the classroom • Studying neighborhood demographics/growth plan, housing, economic development, transportation & environment in the classroom (Community in Classroom Program) • Opportunities and Amenities provided by the University and Community • Farmer’s market, community garden, fine arts, entertainment and speakers

19. Time Frame for Planning and Implementation

20. Budget • The majority of current recommendations can be funded through current campus department budgets and through the collaboration of university and city funding. • Future possible revenue sources: • Student Government Association sponsored referendum to fund events • Research grant opportunities for civic learning/engagement programs and alcohol education • Charitable gift campaign

21. Expected Outcomes/Benefits of Recommendations • Expected Student Outcomes: • Increase knowledge and demonstration of appropriate student behavior • Appreciation of cultural and human differences, social responsibility, and sense of civic responsibility • Enhance interpersonal skills and relationships • Expected Community Outcomes • Decrease the level of complaints from community members • Improve communication between university and community • Develop partnerships between university and community • How to measure outcomes: • Immediate Assessments • Community survey, Student survey, Review and comparison of annual disturbance/noise complaints • Future assessments: • University Audit/Typology Matrix, SWOT Analysis, Gap Analysis, Continued Environmental Scan

22. Next Steps • Bi-weekly meetings of the task force to review progress • Implementing work groups for identified recommendations out of the task force and with other partners from the greater community and campus • Continued updates to interested parties Thank you for your time and commitment to improving university and community relations. Feedback can be directed to the Dean of Students at Sunnyvale University.