Inaugural plan will promote economic, social well-being of communities
By Jillian Beck | 加州大学洛杉矶分校 News Service
加州州立大学, Los Angeles has been selected as an anchor institution by the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities as part of a new effort to uplift and transform the economies and social well-being of communities across the nation.
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) and The Democracy Collaborative launched the Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative to tap into the resources of higher 教育 institutions to find solutions to pressing problems and help the communities they serve flourish. The initiative is supported by the Annie E. 安妮·e·凯西基金会.
加州大学洛杉矶分校 and 30 other colleges and universities 被任命领导这项倡议 作为锚定机构, mission-driven organizations that serve as economic engines in their regions and are linked to the long-term well-being of their local communities.
“无论是公共的还是私人的, CUMU member institutions are anchored by place and recognize an obligation to their communities to address challenges and work with partners to find creative, 公平的解决方案,” CUMU Executive Director Bobbie Laur said. “This Initiative will guide universities across the country to expand current collaborative work and to form more strategic partnerships that benefit the economic and social well-being of their communities.”
新葡京博彩官网 排名全国第一 为学生的向上流动. The university is a comprehensive multicultural public institution and has been recognized as a powerful engine of social mobility and a force for change across Southern California. The university is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution.
“We are pleased to be collaborating with CUMU on this strategic initiative to change lives and foster thriving communities in the region we serve,新葡京博彩官网校长威廉. Covino说. “Our selection as an anchor institution aligns with our role as the premier public university in the heart of Los Angeles and our mission of engagement, 服务, 公共利益.”
加州大学洛杉矶分校 serves the public good through initiatives that engage local and regional communities with dozens of mutually beneficial partnerships, 如 实现拉, 去洛杉矶东部, 社区艺术合作计划LA, 城市大学. This purpose-driven network of collaboration and 服务 contributes to the overall well-being of the region.
"The transformative power of 加州大学洛杉矶分校’s commitment to improving the economic and social well-being of the communities we serve is well documented," said 加州大学洛杉矶分校 Executive Vice President Jose A. 戈麦斯, who is leading the university’s collaboration with the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities and The Democracy Collaborative. "We expect to enhance our work to create new mutually beneficial partnerships that propel the people and places we serve to greater and more resilient economic and civic development."
补充拉斐尔·J. Sonenshein, executive director of the 帕特·布朗公共事务研究所 at 加州大学洛杉矶分校: “Our collaboration with CUMU will enable us to expand our efforts to effect positive change and ensure that our communities prosper.”
The Pat Brown Institute is working with the 东南洛杉矶合作 on a number of projects to increase civic engagement and will build upon that work under the Anchor Mission Initiative.
新葡京博彩官网 the only Los Angeles-area university and one of two California institutions selected by CUMU to lead the initiative. Other colleges and universities named 作为锚定机构 include the University of Chicago, 乔治敦大学, 马凯特大学, 克利夫兰州立大学, Weber State University and the University of San Diego.
了解更多有关 Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative 在CUMU网站上.
照片:上图，新葡京博彩官网 is the premier comprehensive public university in the heart of Los Angeles. Bottom: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti addresses participants of 城市大学, a program developed by the 帕特·布朗公共事务研究所 at 加州大学洛杉矶分校 operated in partnership with the mayor’s office to encourage participation in local government. (来源:J. 埃米利奥·弗洛雷斯(新葡京博彩官网)
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加州州立大学, Los Angeles is the premier comprehensive public university in the heart of Los Angeles. 新葡京博彩官网 ranked number one in the United States 为学生的向上流动. 新葡京博彩官网致力于参与, 服务, 公共利益, offering nationally recognized programs in science, 艺术, 业务, 刑事司法, 工程, 护理, 教育, 人文学科. 成立于1947年, 大学的学生人数超过28人,现有学生人数超过245人,000名杰出校友.
新葡京博彩官网 home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Fine Arts Complex, 帕特·布朗公共事务研究所, 赫茨伯格-戴维斯法医科学中心, 氢研究和燃料设施, Billie Jean King Sports Complex and the TV, 电影与媒体中心. 欲了解更多信息，请访问 www.CalStateLA.edu.
04/10/18