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The University of Iowa Engagement Corps

The University of Iowa Engagement Corps. Funded by the Year of Public Engagement Sponsoring Organizations: Faculty Senate UI Speakers Bureau. Engagement Corps Objectives. Acquaint newly hired and promoted faculty with their home state

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The University of Iowa Engagement Corps

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  1. TheUniversityofIowaEngagementCorps Funded by the Year of Public Engagement Sponsoring Organizations: Faculty Senate UI Speakers Bureau

  2. Engagement Corps Objectives • Acquaint newly hired and promoted faculty with their home state • Enhance awareness of actual and potential connections between the UI and the state • Engender a better understanding of the economic, social and cultural conditionof Iowa • Promote interaction among faculty across ranks and disciplines

  3. 15 Participants 12 Departments or Divisions 6 Colleges Engagement Corps Participants

  4. Jerry Anthony, Urban and Regional Planning Mercedes Bern-Klug Social Work Lucinda BuysPharmacy Patricia Clinton, Nursing Minnetta Gardinier Pharmacology Nagi GabraeelIndustrial Engineering Paul Hanley, Urban and Regional Planning Kathleen Hanson Nursing Paul Heidger, Anatomy and Cell Biology Steve McGuire Curriculum and Instruction and Art History Jane SchildrothCareer Center Jane SingerJournalism and Mass Communication Ethan Stone, Law Jane Van VoorhisOffice of the President Susan White, Art Engagement Corps Participants

  5. Engagement Corps Itinerary Storm Lake, Iowa Investigation of the social, economic and educational implications of welcoming new populations to the state

  6. Engagement Corps Itinerary Storm Lake, Iowa Storm Lake Public School System Workforce Development Buena Vista County Historical Society

  7. Storm Lake Story Swap

  8. Engagement Corps Itinerary Sioux City, IA Introduction to community college education Discussion of economic development challenges facing Iowa’s “border towns” Cultural conversation Dinner with hosts and local alumni

  9. Western Iowa Tech

  10. Orpheum Theatre

  11. Woodbury County Courthouse

  12. Woodbury County Courthouse

  13. Follow-up Activities • Sioux City Historic Preservation representative will travel to Iowa City to present to students and faculty in Urban and Regional Planning and to the City of Iowa City • Continued funding of the program from the Provost’s office for another 2-3 year pilot program

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