University of North Carolina, Greensboro
EN-13: Community Stakeholder Engagement

The UNCG Campus Master Plan supports the UNCG mission to be a “learner-centered, accessible, and inclusive community” that is “a source of innovation and leadership meeting social, economic, and environmental challenges in the Piedmont Triad, North Carolina, and beyond. In addition, the UNCG Strategic Plan emphasizes Community Engagement in the following ways: promoting economic transformation, cultural expression, and community development. As UNCG continues to expand its campus, future residential and student life facilities will require new approaches to integrate them into the campus culture and community. While there is no overarching university-wide policy that ensures community stakeholder engagement, many groups across campus do have such advisory boards. See below for examples: Center for New North Carolinians Center for Community Engaged Design OLSL's Service-Learning Advisory Board OIC's Innovation Commercialization Advisory Network ICEE's Excellence in Community Engagement Visioning and Planning Advisory Committee Many departments have Alumni boards or community members who serve on accreditation boards, although we don't have this data offhand.

It accomplishes this by building on the extensive community outreach that resulted in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Glenwood neighborhood as well as various UNCG planning studies that guide transportation improvements and new campus building projects.

K-12 Schools Board of Visitors Local Businesses: Central Gateway Corridor merchants Utility Providers: Duke, Piedmont Natural Gas, City of Greensboro Water Resources Downtown Greensboro, The Triad Partnership Greensboro Chamber of Commerce Local Housing Developers Neighborhood Associations: Glenwood Community Organizations (NGOs, NPOs, etc.) Guilford County Officials and Agencies City of Greensboro Officials and Agencies Guilford College, Greensboro College, NC State A&T University

Strengthening the campus community and its relationship with its neighbors is key to the success of this master plan update. An important driver of this plan is the opportunity to establish new campus residences within the Lee Street Corridor and the need to act as responsible stewards of development that will impact both the campus and the Glenwood neighborhood. Through an inclusive, transparent planning process, UNCG engaged with its campus community and built on the existing groundwork of neighborhood outreach it had established through its Memorandum of Understanding with the Glenwood neighborhood.

Information for this credit was obtained from Kristin Medlin, Communications & Partnerships Manager for the UNCG Institute for Community & Economic Development Other resources included: Strategic Plan - http://uncgtomorrow.uncg.edu/archive/plan/UNCG_Strategic_Plan_2009-2014.pdf Campus Master Plan - http://facdc.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/UNCG_2014_Report_FINAL.pdf University Roundtable Report - http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcampusenterprises.uncg.edu%2Fcommunitydevelopment%2Fdocs%2FGreensboroUniversityRoundtableReport.pdf&ei=tr3rVO20IpPpgwS3ooLICA&usg=AFQjCNFBbnNWuj_cNteVwJhyQ2avixXXtw&bvm=bv.86475890,d.eXY