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The University of Georgia and Colquitt County
The Colquitt County Archway Executive Committee and the Archway Professional developed a clear set of priorities and built a network of faculty, staff, and students from UGA's Colleges, Departments, and Public Service and Outreach units to lend their expertise to issues facing Colquitt County in the pilot Archway Partnership Project that began in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia in July 2005.
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2008-2009 Scholarship of Engagement Grants | Reaching Out to Georgia
In 2008-2009, the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach of the University of Georgia (UGA) continued to support projects that extend a faculty member’s disciplinary expertise to the needs of Georgia and international communitiesthrough a competitive seed-grant process called the Scholarship of Engagement Grants Program.
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2009 Annual Report
The 2009 major accomplishments for the Office of the VPPSO were guided by the office’s strategic plan, which is designed to preserve and strengthen the historic core mission of the PSO units, build strong ties to and support for outreach throughout campus while at the same time realigning fiscal and human resources to best realize a series of special initiatives that address the critical needs of the State of Georgia and beyond.
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2008-2009 Scholarship of Engagement Grants | Reaching Out to Georgia
In 2008-2009, the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach of the University of Georgia (UGA) continued to support projects that extend a faculty member’s disciplinary expertise to the needs of Georgia and international communitiesthrough a competitive seed-grant process called the Scholarship of Engagement Grants Program.
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2007-2008 Annual Report
University outreach happens when members of the university provide programs, services, or activities for communities – locally, nationally, or internationally.
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2007-2008 Scholarship of Engagement Grants | Reaching Out to Georgia and the World
The 2007-2008 grants were designed to support projects that:
• Address a need expressed by a community;
• Apply a faculty member’s disciplinary expertise to the community need, and then provide fresh insights and “lessons learned” to shape the faculty member’s future research, teaching, and outreach endeavors;
• Create collaborations across disciplines and university units;
• Involve UGA students in a service-learning activity;
• Have strong support from the faculty member’s home unit; and
• Demonstrate a strong likelihood that the project can be sustained by internal and/or external funding -
2007 Archway Partnership Project
The Archway Partnership Project is a new way to deliver a full range of University of Georgia resources to cities and counties facing significant issues, especially those related to growth. UGA’s Cooperative Extension and the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach are partners in this project.
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2006-2007 Scholarship of Engagement Grants | Reaching Out to Georgia
In 2006-2007, the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach of the University of Georgia (UGA) continued to support projects that extend a faculty member’s disciplinary expertise to the needs of Georgia communities through a competitive seed-grant process called the Scholarship of Engagement Grants Program.
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2006 Poverty and the Economy Faculty Research Grants program
To improve economic well being and quality of life for Georgians, the University of Georgia’s Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach has undertaken an initiative that aims to address issues of persistent poverty and the economy. With 91 counties in persistent poverty, the state of Georgia is at the heart of the South’s poverty belt — a 242-county region across the southern United States that has experienced persistent poverty over the last three decades and has not been served by federal initiatives.
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2005 - 2006 International Development Education Awards
The International Development Education Awards or IDEAS grants aim to increase involvement of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Georgia in international outreach projects and global service-learning programs in developing countries. By extending the university’s expertise in developing nations, the IDEAS program helps to “internationalize” the state by preparing Georgia’s businesses and communities for globalization. The 2005-2006 IDEAS grant projects demonstrate how global outreach can simultaneously create a positive impact on Georgia communities. Through service-learning, collaborative research, and long-term outreach programs, the 2005-2006 IDEAS grant recipients are extending UGA knowledge to international development challenges and are demonstrating the importance of service in higher education. Their work is helping to prepare faculty, students, and citizens of Georgia to face environmental, economic, and social challenges worldwide.
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2005-2006 Annual Report
The 2005-2006 achievements for the Office of the VPPSO have been guided by its recently completed Strategic Plan, which is designed to preserve and strengthen the historic core mission of PSO units, while at the same time realigning fiscal and human resources to best realize PSO initiatives.
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A Five-Year Retrospective: 2001-2006
Today, policymakers and the public pressure universities to respond and provide solutions for local, state, national, and international problems. At the same time, universities are pressured to be accountable and contain costs. This climate has caused landgrant universities nationwide to examine the role and scope of their outreach mission. The University of Georgia is no exception. Over the last five years, UGA has engaged in a process to re-define its outreach mission and improve its responsiveness to emerging and critical needs of the people of Georgia and beyond.
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2005-2006 Scholarship of Engagement Grants
The SEGUE program encourages innovative, sustainable outreach activities that apply faculty expertise to community needs. Outreach activities include service-learning and service-based instruction, community-based participatory research, applied research and policy analysis, technical assistance, and program development and delivery. Funded projects address issues related to strengthening the economic and social well-being of people living in Georgia and the Southeast and issues related to the changing demographic profile of Georgia, particularly the increasing Latino population.
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2005 IDEAS
As a land-grant university, the University of Georgia’s historic mission includes extending knowledge and expertise generated by the institution to serve the citizens of the state. As Georgia has become increasingly diverse and connected to other nations through global trade and advances in communications and transportation, this mission has evolved. The University of Georgia plays an important role preparing faculty, students, and citizens of the state to live, work, and prosper in an increasingly diverse and interdependent world. Growing interconnectedness means that what happens today thousands of miles away on the continent of Africa can have an impact on the state of Georgia tomorrow. Today’s land-grant outreach mission fulfills the need to extend University of Georgia knowledge and expertise beyond Georgia’s borders to address complex international challenges that affect us all.
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2004-2005 Scholarship of Engagement Grants
Outreach at the University of Georgia is defined as the extension of the university’s resources in the form of professional knowledge and expertise to help communities improve the quality of life. Following this tradition, the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia awarded 18 grants in 2004-2005 to develop long-term, sustainable domestic and international outreach activities
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2004 Annual Report
After more than a decade of declining resources, changing demographics, evolving technologies and emerging needs, the University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach (OVPPSO) is honing its image and mission to become more responsive to the people of Georgia, more efficient in its delivery of services, more selfsustaining as an organization, preparing its work force to meet future challenges, and more fully integrated throughout the mission of a tier one research land-grant university.
