University of Texas at Arlington
EN-13: Community Stakeholder Engagement

At UT Arlington, engaging with people and organizations through dialogue, partnerships, and collaborations is at theheart of all we do. Our key stakeholder groups are those that have the greatest likelihood of impacting, or being impacted by, the University’s mission and operations: from the students who choose UT Arlington to meet their educational and career goals to the individuals and organizations that fund and support our mission; from the businesses on which we rely for goods and services to those who hire our graduates or utilize our services. Certainly, we also include our neighbors, with whom we share the resources of North Texas. We engage with stakeholder groups on campus and off, through a variety of ways. Methods of engagement on campus range from formal to informal. Representative governance bodies, discussed on page 8, bring the voices of key constituencies into University decision making. Open communication through town-hall meetings and other forums encourages dialogue on key topics of concern to a range of stakeholders. Surveys and online submission forms including course evaluations and student satisfaction surveys that measure our effectiveness in meeting student needs, provide a systematic method to collect and analyze stakeholder feedback and identify areas for improvement. Social media channels, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, provide additional ways to connect. Internal Stakeholder Groups ■ The University of Texas System ■ The UT System Board of Regents ■ Development Board ■ Advisory Boards ■ University administration ■ Faculty ■ Staff members external Stakeholder Groups ■ State of Texas, including taxpayers and local, regional, and federal governmental agencies ■ City of Arlington and other local and regional governments ■ Current and prospective students, and their families ■ Alumni associations ■ Donors and funders ■ Key vendors and suppliers of goods and services ■ Non-governmental organizations, including those representing the interests of the regional air and watersheds, habitats, and wildlife ■ Partners and collaborators ■ Regional businesses ■ North Texas residents

At UT Arlington, engaging with people and organizations through dialogue, partnerships, and collaborations is at theheart of all we do. Our key stakeholder groups are those that have the greatest likelihood of impacting, or being impacted by, the University’s mission and operations: from the students who choose UT Arlington to meet their educational and career goals to the individuals and organizations that fund and support our mission; from the businesses on which we rely for goods and services to those who hire our graduates or utilize our services. Certainly, we also include our neighbors, with whom we share the resources of North Texas. We engage with stakeholder groups on campus and off, through a variety of ways. Methods of engagement on campus range from formal to informal. Representative governance bodies, discussed on page 8, bring the voices of key constituencies into University decision making. Open communication through town-hall meetings and other forums encourages dialogue on key topics of concern to a range of stakeholders. Surveys and online submission forms including course evaluations and student satisfaction surveys that measure our effectiveness in meeting student needs, provide a systematic method to collect and analyze stakeholder feedback and identify areas for improvement. Social media channels, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, provide additional ways to connect. Internal Stakeholder Groups ■ The University of Texas System ■ The UT System Board of Regents ■ Development Board ■ Advisory Boards ■ University administration ■ Faculty ■ Staff members external Stakeholder Groups ■ State of Texas, including taxpayers and local, regional, and federal governmental agencies ■ City of Arlington and other local and regional governments ■ Current and prospective students, and their families ■ Alumni associations ■ Donors and funders ■ Key vendors and suppliers of goods and services ■ Non-governmental organizations, including those representing the interests of the regional air and watersheds, habitats, and wildlife ■ Partners and collaborators ■ Regional businesses ■ North Texas residents

Internal Stakeholder Groups ■ The University of Texas System ■ The UT System Board of Regents ■ Development Board ■ Advisory Boards ■ University administration ■ Faculty ■ Staff members external Stakeholder Groups ■ State of Texas, including taxpayers and local, regional, and federal governmental agencies ■ City of Arlington and other local and regional governments ■ Current and prospective students, and their families ■ Alumni associations ■ Donors and funders ■ Key vendors and suppliers of goods and services ■ Non-governmental organizations, including those representing the interests of the regional air and watersheds, habitats, and wildlife ■ Partners and collaborators ■ Regional businesses ■ North Texas residents

Stakeholder Feedback- As part of the materiality assessment process undertaken for UTA's GRI report, a team of Sustainability Studies students, working under the guidance of the Office of Sustainability and external sustainability reporting consultants, conducted an anonymous survey to identify and rank sustainability topics of the greatest importance to a sample of key stakeholders. The team received 291 responses: 47 percent were internal stakeholders (faculty, staff, and administration) and 53 percent were external stakeholders (primarily students along with student families, prospective students, government representatives, local businesses, and self-described ‘others’). Respondents were asked to rank a variety of economic, environmental, and social topics. The top three issues for each category, based on overall ranking score, are shown below. All of these topics are covered in the report. The stakeholder survey also captured comments, suggestions, and observations from survey respondents—some positive, and others not so positive. We have included a balanced sampling of survey respondent comments throughout the report. In general, the greatest areas of concern are the need for more public transportation options, more recycling bins across campus, and more communication about sustainability efforts. We are working to improve these areas through a variety of efforts, all of which are discussed in this report.