Community Engagement
Outreach and Partnerships
As the Carnegie Foundation Classification describes, Outreach and Partnerships are defined as:
Outreach focuses on the application and provision of institutional resources for community use with benefits to both campus and community.
Partnerships focus on collaborative interactions with community and related scholarship for the mutually beneficial exchange, exploration, and application of knowledge, information and resources (research, capacity building, economic development, etc.)
Some examples of Outreach and/or Partnerships at Grand Valley include:
| Program Description and/or Link | Primary Partner | Primary Community |
| Calling All Colors | Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance | Lakeshore |
| LEAD: Let Education Answer Dreams | Muskegon Community Foundation | Muskegon |
| Safety Training | MIOSHA | Holland |
| Rachel Simmons Bullying Program | West Middle School | Holland |
| Walk for Warmth 2008 | Community Action Agency | Holland |
| Community Outreach Week (April) | GVSU Community Service Learning Center | West Michigan |
| GVSU Departments & Examples of Outreach: | ||
| Advising Resources & Special Programs | Modern Languages & Literature | |
| Annis Water Resource Institute | Dept of Physics | |
| Anthropology Dept | School of Engineering | |
| Campus Recreation | Student Life | |
| College of Education | Women's Center | |
| Continuing Education | ||
Page last modified October 27, 2010
