"Civic/Public engagement means an institutional commitment to public purposes and responsibilities intended to strengthen a democratic way of life in the rapidly changing Information Age of the 21st century."
President Robert Bruininks
(then Executive Vice President and Provost)
The purpose of the Council on Public Engagement is to incorporate public engagement as a permanent and pervasive priority in teaching, learning, and research activities throughout the university and to enlist support for public engagement among all segments of the university and in the larger community.
The Council on Public Engagement brings together people working on public engagement activities, along with representatives of faculty and student governance, colleges, and central administration offices. The Council works with the Office for Public Engagement to cultivate, to encourage, and to recognize public engagement opportunities on every campus across this institution. |
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