Community Connect ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (CCºÚÁϳԹÏÍø) is a database and management platform that allows ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty, staff, students and community partners to connect, organize, and understand impacts of collaboration. Interested in exploring? Login (using your NetID) and join both CCºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s home group and your campus group (below) to start! Bothell | Seattle | Tacoma This winter, we’re expanding Community Connect ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in many directions: More, and more varied, community-engaged courses at each campus Civic Health Scorecard and NextGen Civic Leader Badge, piloting on Seattle campus…
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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President Dr. Robert J. Jones Lays Out Bold Vision for Affordability, Innovation, and Community Partnership
In his inaugural address as the newly appointed president of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Dr. Robert J. Jones delivered a powerful and forward-looking message about the future of higher education, the urgency of affordability, and the need for transformational collaboration across sectors. Jones, a nationally recognized higher education leader, spoke candidly about the challenges universities face, including student debt, the changing demands of the workforce, and the need to expand access and equity. Central to his message was a call…
Vietnam at a Glance: A Week of Cultural and Business Insights
In March 2025, twenty students and two faculty members from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-Tacoma’s Milgard School of Business embarked on an enriching study tour to Vietnam. The journey was a blend of academic lectures, cultural immersion, and insightful tours, providing a comprehensive understanding of Vietnam’s business environment and cultural heritage. Exploring Hanoi The tour began on March 22 with lectures by Dr. Jill Purdy and Dr. Gregory Rose, who introduced Vietnam’s business environment and cultural values. On March 23, the group…
Faculty and Staff Across the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Three Campuses Begin Collaborating to Improve Community-Engaged Scholarship and Learning
Officially kicking off at the start of winter quarter 2024, twelve faculty and staff from Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses will collectively tackle key infrastructure priorities for community engaged research and learning at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. Stemming from the tri-campus capacity-building effort launched in 2022, these Community Engagement Leads will work within and among campuses to assess, evaluate, and build community engagement supports for faculty, staff, students, and community partners. Background Building on each campus’ comprehensive assessments of…
Executive Summary of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in Seattle’s findings for Carnegie: a rich ecosystem of community engagement
In spring 2017 the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in Seattle committed to apply for the Carnegie Foundation’s 2020 elective Community-Engaged Campus classification. This effort, also undertaken separately by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tacoma, has embraced both the wide-ranging community-engaged work happening across campus and the critical opportunity of a systematic assessment of policies, practices and partnerships to examine and address areas of strength and opportunities for improvement, in support of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s vision to “be the world’s greatest public university, as measured by…
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Carnegie self-assessment will draw on years of community-engaged work
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø kicked off the self-assessment process for the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification this spring, as a cross-campus initiative to understand, connect and build on ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s broad efforts in community-engaged teaching, research and service. The Carnegie Working Group, comprising faculty, students and staff from units across campus, is tasked with exploring data and stories about the reciprocal partnerships that we have with communities in our city, region and across the world. Luckily, it is not hard to identify…