Speaker Series
Resources from Hillary Kane’s Visit
Anchor Institution Keynote PowerPoint: Anchor Institutions
Notes from Keynote and Breakout Consultation Sessions: Hillary Kane Notes
The Office of Leadership and Service-Learning, the Office of Research and Economic Development, and the School of Education presents
Building the University’s Capacity for Community Engagement
Spring 2011 Speaker Series
February 7, 2011
Keynote Breakfast with Hillary Kane
8:30-10:00am Maple Room, EUC
“Anchor Institutions: Learning to Mobilize Our Intellectual, Financial, and Institutional Assets Within Our Community”
As an anchor institution in the larger Triad community, UNCG has a responsibility to leverage its assets as a means for strategic economic and community development. Join us in examining the role of academic institutions as a collaborator, convener, and facilitator with the larger engaged community. This is an open plenary session designed to explore the high impact practices of deepening community engagement.
Open to the public, please register with Selena Hilemon at sjhilemo@uncg.edu or 336-265-1484.
Hillary
Kane is the Director for the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND). PHENND is a consortium of 32 institutions of higher education in the Greater Philadelphia region that seeks to help campuses connect to their communities through mutually beneficial service and service-learning partnerships. Since Ms. Kane joined PHENND in 1999, the organization has increased its membership, developed new multi-university programs and partnerships, and become a leader in the field of service-learning.
Ms. Kane is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies. Ms. Kane serves as a Co-Chair of the Pennsylvania K-12 Learn & Serve Advisory Board and Executive Board of the Penn State Cooperative Extension for Philadelphia County. She is also on the Local Advisory Board of LIFT’s Philadelphia office.
Several resources have been provided by the North Carolina Campus Compact as primers for this dialogue:
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“The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads,” by Rita Axelroth and Steve Dubb of The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, December 2010
- Urban Universities: Anchors Generating Prosperity for America’s Cities – Prepared by the Strengthening Communities Initiative of the Coalition of Urban Serving Institutions, 2010
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Urban Universities As Anchor Institutions: A Report of National Data and Survey Findings
A Discussion Paper – Prepared by the Coaliation of Urban Serving Institutions, July 2010
- “Academic Excellence and Civic Engagement: Constructing a Third Space for Higher Education,” by Nancy Cantor, http://www.syr.edu/chancellor/speeches/AACU_3-25-10.pdf
- Anchor Institutions Toolkit: A Guide for Neighborhood Revitalization — Prepared by Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, March 2008, http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/anchortoolkit/
- “How to Behave like an Anchor Institution,” A White Paper by ECOs for Cities with Living Cities, June 2010 – looks at what six institutions have done to function as anchor institutions — http://www.ceosforcities.org/pagefiles/behave_anchors.pdf
- “Navigating the Power Dynamics between Institutions and their Communities,” by Byron E. White. A study for the Kettering Foundation, 2009. Download the pdf at http://www.kettering.org/media_room/publications/navigating-the-power-dynamics-between-institutions-and-their-communities
Kane is the Director for the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND). PHENND is a consortium of 32 institutions of higher education in the Greater Philadelphia region that seeks to help campuses connect to their communities through mutually beneficial service and service-learning partnerships. Since Ms. Kane joined PHENND in 1999, the organization has increased its membership, developed new multi-university programs and partnerships, and become a leader in the field of service-learning.“The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads,” by Rita Axelroth and Steve Dubb of The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, December 2010
Urban Universities As Anchor Institutions: A Report of National Data and Survey Findings
A Discussion Paper – Prepared by the Coaliation of Urban Serving Institutions, July 2010
Small group consultation articles:
- Economic Development: VITA, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, IDA Programs
http://www.alternatives.org/creditpath.html and http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/07/poorfinances/intro.shtml - K-12 Education: K-12 Service-Learning, Hal Lawson’s article from UACS Journal
http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/NetterJournal_Spring2010.pdf - Construction a Consortium for Change: PHENND Thought Piece
http://www.phennd.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/79/ - Intercultural Dialogue: Dunlap and Webster “Enhancing Inter-Cultural Competence through Civic Engagement. Civic Engagement in Higher Education/Creating Opportunities for College Students to Learn about and Practice Civic Engagement”