Conference Presentations

Trends in Fraternity and Sorority Life and the Impact of Reform Measures

Trial and Error: The Community Ambassador Program for Today’s Student

In 1996, University of Vermont students worked in partnership with the Office of Student and Community Relations to establish the Community Coalition. The Coalition and its University and City of Burlington partners invest time and effort in neighborhoods utilizing a Street Strategy that focuses on community development. 

Understanding Campus and Community Relations through Marriage and Family Metaphors: A Town Gown Typology

College towns that have grown up to become University Cities possess unique characteristics that make them a truly distinct species of city, one that is poised to flourish in the knowledge economy, where investment and jobs follow talent rather than the other way around. This session will explore what that means from both city and university perspectives.

This session will outline key elements of the partnership such as faculty in-residence; the MOU process and stakeholder investment criteria; the intentional practice model of civic engagement; outcomes and impacts; and best practices for community-higher education collaboration. 

This session provides insight into different kinds of research relationships and four general strategies for establishing effective research partnerships. Participants will examine the presenter's examples, their own research collaboration experiences, the four strategies, and recommendations related to what facilitates building and sustaining effective research partnerships.

Attendees learn about the institution’s approach to reducing university/community barriers through community-based programming, the utilization of data to deepen institutional understanding of existing partnerships, and the use of storytelling to strengthening relationship.

The Groovy Projects and the culmination of the project with the We Are Not Our Crime Rate video, an original youth- produced, performing arts project, inspired by a struggle for peace and self- identity among the youth in Flint Michigan. Get techniques for encouraging dialogue on divisive issues and explore credible approaches and doable methods to produce positive social impacts.

The City of Fairfax and George Mason University, in partnership with Northern Virginia Regional Commission, hosted a three day event designed to explore the connectivity, livability and sustainability between Mason and the City’s Historic Downtown. This presentation describes planning process, initial outcomes and next steps.

A presentation about a successful Neighborhood Liaison Initiative at Washington University.

Tempe, Arizona with its population of 161,700 residents is home to the largest university in the nation with an enrollment of 98,000 students. Tempe and Arizona State are sometimes synonymous to most people that live here, given how the university seamlessly comingles within the city. Learn about 10 collaborative actions that promote positive Town and Gown relations from constant communication to welcoming activities to party house suppression.

We will share the results of the key partnerships’ collaboration and their positive actions that were focused on these two events. Learn more about upcoming initiatives that will be concentrated toward positive outcomes for the “Big 6” weekends.

This presentation will highlight the vision, methodology, and specific example of developing a community livability, peer wellness program - Community Outreach Agents – one of eight content specialization areas that comprise OSU Wellness Agents, an evidence-based peer leadership program designed by OSU Student Health Services. 

Learn about the West Chester Community Campus Coalition and their joint initiatives.

In the ongoing debate about whether colleges and universities contribute enough to local economies, formal economic impact analyses often use sophisticated models to measure dollar values of regional economic impact and net local fiscal impacts.  Often missing are positive economic impacts related to talent, economic opportunity, property values, vibrant placemaking, and service provision. 

What is the role of love in creating, connecting, and catalyzing vibrant town/gown partnership? In this interactive session Marquita Taylor and Onyeka Obiocha of Yale University will present their findings in building innovative programming with and for the New Haven community.

When there is a complaint about a loud party in the neighborhood, vandalism, and disruptive behavior by students living in a community, how can it be addressed? This presentation will share how Kent State University staff walks door-to-door, to off campus houses rented by students to proactively provide prevention, risk-reduction, safety, and neighborhood relationship-building activities. 

Take time to learn about the drug that has been saving countless lives in Franklin County. Narcan. It is an opioid antagonist that reverses the effects of an overdose. First Responders in the City of Columbus carry narcan and you can too!

Preventing and Addressing Campus Sexual Misconduct: A Guide for University and College Presidents, Chancellors, and Senior Administrators

Learn about the Charlottesville-UVA-Albemarle Emergency Operations Plan.

Jeff Malehorn is the President & CEO of World Business Chicago (WBC), where he is responsible for the attraction, expansion and retention of companies to Chicago. His role includes the overall implementation of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs, which was produced by WBC at Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s request and is the outline for the city’s overarching economic development efforts.

This is a report by Savills World Research