Action

Goal #4

Increase the number of sustained and mutually beneficial connections with diverse communities

March 25, 2003

Action	Dept./Unit/Prog. Responsible for Implementation & Assessment	Outcome Measures	Outcome Measures Time-frame	Dept./Unit/Prog. Responsible for reviewing data	Rationale for Task	Resources Needed
1) Promote community outreach through curricula and training activities
a) Recognize the importance of and increase the number of students in Capstones and community based learning courses that work with people from diverse communities	Capstone Coordinator, UNST Individual Capstone Faculty	Increase in number of Capstones	Two years -> 2004	UNST, Director Community-Based Learning, Deans, CAE	To enhance the quality of students' experience at PSU and identify direction of diversity in geographical, subject and cultural coverage
b) Develop workshops to educate faculty, staff, and students to cultural differences	Faculty-in-Residence for Diversity	Increase in number of workshops & internships	By Sept 2003	Faculty-in-Residence for Diversity & Associate Deans	To provide functional and appropriate opportunities for students and faculty
2) Promote community outreach by identifying and facilitating opportunities for PSU-community connections.
a) Increase opportunities for all students to participate in internships, practicums, and research organizations in settings that serve and/or involve people from diverse communities, both domestic and international	Coordinators of domestic and international programs and global graduate programs, etc.	More opportunity for greater number of students	Two years -> 2004	Coordinators of domestic & international programs of outreach	To provide students the opportunity to work with people from diverse groups and institutions, both domestic and international
b) Create an interactive website to communicate possible internships, practicums, research opportunities for all students, and information matchmaker	DAC through Faculty-in-Residence for Diversity and student interns; Director of Community-Based Learning	Increase in public communication and awareness	By Sept 2003	DAC / Faculty-in-Residence for Diversity	To assist in communicating potential opportunities for a more diverse audience - student, faculty and general public, domestic and international
c) Increase student volunteer opportunities within diverse communities	Student government	Percentage of students volunteering	Annually	DAC	To provide students the opportunity to work with people from diverse groups
d) Design and implement community-university activities that promote Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy and goals	DAC, CAE, Student Affairs	Students and community partners	Annually	DAC	Brings alive Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy and spirit
3) Promote community outreach through scholarship activities
a) Increase the number of faculty that conduct research, teaching, scholarship, and service learning with diverse communities	Department Chairs (to target students for connections to different community partners); Director of Community-Based Learning	Organize a "Community Fair" where faculty, students and community members meet and exchange ideas for scholarship opportunities	Fall 2003	Dept Chairs	To promote action and research that provide service to diverse communities, both formal and informal, involved in community-based research, domestic and international.
4) Promote community outreach with executive administrative initiative
a) Require that executive administrators and directors take an active role within a diverse community organization (identify current links)	President / Provost-OAA	Increase in number of connections and strength of outreach	Sept. 2003	Provost, VP for Campus Initiatives; Excom	Identify boards or community organizations that would recruit students as ad hoc members
b) Create opportunities for students to serve on boards and committees in the community	Program Officer for Community Relations	10-20 organizations to accept students	Summer 2003	Program Officer for Community Relations and Program Development Coordinator-Capstone	Increase PSUs visibility & facilitate a structural base for student community contacts.
5) Promote community outreach by identifying resources
a) Create an asset map of community links for the Portland Metropolitan region, and conduct a gap analysis.	Director of Community-Based Learning / Institute for Metropolitan Studies	Asset Map	Two years	DAC, Director of Community- Based Learning	To identify PSU partnerships, strengths and weaknesses
6) Promote community outreach through effective public relations
a) Publicize and support university & community activities on campus that attract persons from diverse groups, domestic & international, to campus.	Marketing and Publications, Admissions and Upward Bound	Number of web links - opinion poll	Sept 2003	Marketing and Publications	1) To communicate activities to PSU community and region 2) To attract people from underrepresented groups to PSU 3) By supporting community activities, we will enhance university climate
b) Provide systematic methods to get feedback from community members who access PSU facilities	Vice President for Administration & Finance; Vice Provost for Campus Initiatives	Obtain feedback from community members on the accessibility of the facility (e.g. Evaluation form, Focus group etc.)	Winter 2003	Program Officer for Community Relations and Vice Provost for Campus Initiatives	This will aid with continuous improvement of resources