KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Board of Regents

DATE:June 7, 2018
SUBJ ECT:Public Engagement and Community Outreach Update
FROM:Office of Enrollment Management and Brand Identity
ACTION ITEM:No

BACKGROUND: Public Engagement is an outreach effort to grow and foster relationships with current and new stakeholders. Kentucky State University is in a forward motion to seek out community and civic opportunities which create educational opportunities that integrate engagement, partnerships, and general interest events which position us for growth.

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES: Kentucky State University has a clear commitment to public engagement, a strong and yet challenging effort for infusing engagement into curriculum and the teaching mission, and a forward path to foster its city, surrounding areas, and neighborhood in which in resides.

ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC GOALS: Goal 4(h) – Develop and deploy a plan to enhance relationships between the University and the local community.

COMMITTEE/PROGRAM ACTION:

  • Attended Frankfort community implosion of the state towers – 4000+
  • Hosted Delta Tau Boule new member induction ceremony - 40+
  • M. Christopher Brown II, guest speaker – MLK Memorial Service at St. Stephens Church in Louisville, KY – 200+
  • Ribbon cutting ceremony - My Old Kentucky OM Yoga Center, Frankfort
  • Attended Alumni Kentucky Region with updates by V.P. Clara Stamps
  • The WIZ presented by Kentucky State University
  • Attended 4th Annual Taste of West Louisville Scholarship program – 400+
  • Hosted Kentucky 6th Congressional District Primary candidate forum