The University of Iowa Engagement Corps Funded by the Year of Public Engagement


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The University of Iowa Engagement Corps


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 condition of Iowa

  • Promote interaction among faculty across ranks and disciplines



Engagement Corps Participants

  • 15 Participants

  • 12 Departments or Divisions

  • 6 Colleges



Engagement Corps Participants

  • Jerry Anthony, Urban and Regional Planning

  • Mercedes Bern-Klug Social Work

  • Lucinda Buys Pharmacy

  • Patricia Clinton, Nursing

  • Minnetta Gardinier Pharmacology

  • Nagi Gabraeel Industrial Engineering

  • Paul Hanley, Urban and Regional Planning

  • Kathleen Hanson Nursing



Engagement Corps Itinerary

  • Storm Lake, Iowa

  • Investigation of the social, economic and educational implications of welcoming new populations to the state



Engagement Corps Itinerary



Storm Lake Story Swap



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



Western Iowa Tech



Orpheum Theatre



Woodbury County Courthouse



Woodbury County Courthouse



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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