We have three main priorities that serve our mission and the IU Indianapolis Strategic Plan.
We prepare students, faculty, and staff by:
- Preparing our students for lives of engaged citizenship
- Fostering the development of community-engaged scholars, practitioners, researchers, and staff
- Leading campus efforts to engage with the community in an ethical, strategic, and effective manner
We collaborate with communities by:
- Leading the campus’s role as an anchor institution
- Facilitating democratically engaged partnerships with the community, including strategic neighborhood partnerships that address community-identified desires
- Supporting talent development, entrepreneurship, and innovation to spur economic development
- Enhancing understanding of different cultures and promoting an inclusive and welcoming campus environment
We tell the story by:
- Developing and executing an effective communications strategy
- Providing information on engagement activities by collecting data and analyzing and translating it for decision making
- Developing internal office infrastructure to support a more effective approach to community engagement
