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

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

• 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, Iowa

• Storm Lake Public School System

• Workforce Development

• Buena Vista County Historical Society

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