Community and Economic Engagement Track

Partnerships between Universities, Companies, Civil Society and Governments for Sustainable Development: Latin-American Experiences
Level: Applied
Location: Willow A
For more than 20 years, RECLA (Continuing Education Network of Latin America and Europe) has been promoting continuing education as a driver of sustainable development in Latin America and Europe. In this session, we will share some recent experiences on this journey, present concrete examples of how innovative partnerships with the private sector, civil society, and governments have driven impact, and highlight opportunities for other UPCEA members to get involved in these programs.

• María del Rosario Bozón, RECLA
  

Moderator: Elizabeth Valencia-Borgert, St. Cloud State University

Community Engagement and Training in University Continuing and Professional Education Schools
Level: Applied
Location: Aspen
Professional and continuing education units develop programs that complement and optimize their university’s community engagement, training activities, and economic development outcomes. Examples include Columbia University programs that enhance commitments in the University’s community benefits agreement, New Jersey Institute of Technology trainings for Newark residents, University of Central Missouri service training in careers for its community, St. Cloud State University offerings for the under/unemployed and the local community, and Western Washington University’s student-led world language training for employees.

• George Calderaro, Columbia University
  
• Gail Ruhland, St. Cloud State University
  
• Gale Spak, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• Andrew Blick, Western Washington University
  
• Kirsten Drickey, Western Washington University

Moderator: Laurel Hogue, University of Central Missouri

Extending University Knowledge Through Unique Strategic Partnerships: Lessons for Practitioners From Two Innovative Case Studies
Level: Foundational
Location: Jefferson
In this collaborative session between developers of California State University East Bay’s Alameda County MPA and the University of Delaware’s Christiana Care Health System PocketMBA, participants will hear about two strategic partnerships that extended university expertise in teaching and research to outside organizations. Each case study presentation will follow parallel themes: context, partners, objectives, program format, challenges, outcomes, and key lessons that can be replicated by practitioners. This session is well suited for higher education outreach professionals, executive education practitioners, and instructional designers, or anyone interested in evidence of state universities leveraging innovative educational partnerships.

• Toni Fogarty, California State University, East Bay
  
• George Irvine, University of Delaware
  
• Erin Sicuranza, University of Delaware
  
• John Stocker, University of Delaware
  

Moderator: Laura Jo Swartley, University of Washington

Research Roundtables
Location: Cedar
Research Roundtables are table-based, small-group, guided discussions about a specific and timely topic, question, or issue facing professional, continuing, or online education. Roundtable presenters share their experiences and ideas and then promote the sharing of thoughts, solutions, and questions among table’s attendees. This session will host a series of synchronous conversations:

Moderator: Emily Lewis, Indiana Wesleyan University

Changing Publicness of Research Universities
Level: Strategic
Professional, continuing, and online education (PCO) professionals engage with the community in order to extend university knowledge for societal benefit. Such engagement can best be understood as part of a university's publicness, or the ongoing synthesis of a university's belief in the value of public engagement and the frequency and extent of such public engagement. This research roundtable posits a dynamic understanding of research university publicness over time in order to understand how publicness has changed in the past, how it could change in the future, and how such change will affect the public engagement of PCO units.

George Irvine, University of Delaware

Take Two Kant Lectures and Call Me in the Morning: Leveraging Educational Technology to Improve Well-Being in Seniors With Dementia and at Risk for Cognitive Decline
Level: Applied
In this study we examined the technology requirements for providing a sustained educational experience for seniors living in long term care or retirement residences across several comparison groups. Content was delivered using streaming technology compared with face to face and pre-recorded courses across a number of selected disciplines. We discuss how to create partnerships between healthcare and higher education for improvement of the quality of life and well-being of seniors across the continuum of aging.

Aviva Altschuler, Baycrest Health Sciences

Melanie Santarossa, Ryerson University

Tools for Successful Courageous Conversations: Resources and Framework for Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion Development
Level: Applied
Location: Aspen
The UPCEA Diversity & Inclusion committee is creating a framework and practical toolset for use by UPCEA and its members. In this session, University of Washington and University of Utah will present successful examples that have worked for their programs. There will also be an opportunity for participants to share their ideas and provide feedback on the UPCEA Diversity & Inclusion framework. Ideas collected will benefit the entire UPCEA member community and participants will have tools to take with them to develop their own diversity efforts.

• Nicole Batt, University of Utah
  
• Rachel Everitt, University of Utah
  
• Peter Wallis, University of Wasington
  
• Lena Hopkins, University of Washington
  
• Courtney Jones-Vanderleest, University of Washington
  
• Sandi Pershing, University of Utah
  
• Lalitha Subramanian, University of Washington
  

Moderator: William Bajor, East Stroudsburg University

Building Pathways to Opportunity: Northeastern-Year Up Partnership
Level: Strategic
Location: Willow B
Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies and Year Up have forged a unique partnership to create pathways to opportunity and career advancement. In this highly interactive presentation, representatives from Northeastern and Year Up share their experiences and illustrate how this partnership delivers on the promise of higher education among young adult learners and provides the skill sets and knowledge demanded by today’s employers.

• Paula Boyum, Northeastern University
  

Moderator: Anne-Marie Brinsmead, Ryerson University

Internal and External Strategies for an Enterprise-Wide, Industry-Validated Badging Program
Level: Strategic
Location: Willow B
Agile institutions are providing learning opportunities which meet employers demands for upskilling and new skilling professional development. Join Institutional and digital credentialing experts to explore proven strategies for connecting to tomorrow’s jobs through custom-designed curriculum, targeted coursework, and industry certifications, then conferring recognition for skills learned through verifiable digital credentials. You will learn how the combination of employer engagement in curriculum planning and digital credentials fuels the job economy.

• Gary Matkin, University of California, Irvine
  
• Anne Reed, State University of New York at Buffalo
  

Moderator: Pete Janzow, Credly

CANCELED: Engaging Community and Industry on Campus: The Case for Collaboration Campus
Level: Strategic
Location: Willow A
Arapahoe Community College, Colorado State University, the local K-12 district, the Castle Rock Economic Development Corporation, and local industry collaborated to develop a new $42 million Collaboration Campus, which opens in August 2019. This new campus will provide seamless connections between K-12, community college, 4-year, and industry with multiple on and off ramps. Hear about the processes, success, and lessons learned by many of the key partners involved in this project.

• Eric Dunker, Arapahoe Community College
• Amy Smith, Colorado State University

Moderator: Joe Miera, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University-Workforce Partnerships: New Pathways With Internships and Apprenticeships
Level: Applied
Location: Willow B
Internships and apprenticeships are an important response to industry requests for graduates with pertinent workforce experience, hands-on knowledge, and communication, critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership skills. In this session, hear from two institutions about their approaches, successes, and lessons learned. Hear about how University of Missouri supports internships with mobile learning, providing a flexible platform for materials, communication, assessment, and evaluation. Learn how Kapiolani Community College took Hawaii from zero registered health apprenticeships to seventeen in one year, and how to deliver mandated related technical instruction integral to all apprenticeships.

• Terrie Nagel, University of Missouri
• Mark Kuhnert, University of Missouri
• Sally Pestana, Kapi’olani Community College

Moderator: Kyle Harkness, University of the Pacific