Goal 4

Goal 4

Regional community service

IU Southeast will provide service to our regional community by offering high-quality activities on campus to support P-12 enrichment, community cultural needs and promote lifelong learning.

Strategies

1. Utilize the Office for Community Engagement to track, create and facilitate events as well as evaluate, increase and enhance programs already in place.
   1. Host large scale community-focused events, starting with one per year and increasing to one per semester.
   2. Host academically-focused events for P-12 students by having each school report existing events to the Office for Community Engagement and create new ones with a goal to offer a balanced mix for all ages within each school.
   3. Increase faculty and staff participation in community engagement events.
2. Create a youth summer camp program for P-12 students with a variety of sections for all ages and interests.
   1. Resurrect and rebrand Project Ahead, increasing and diversifying options.
   2. Engage alumni and experts in their field to be involved in camp programs.
   3. Provide scholarship or paid internship opportunities for IU Southeast students who participate as camp counselors.
   4. Create and market a “priority admission” program for high school juniors and seniors who attend camp to fast-track IU Southeast enrollment.
   5. Create opportunities within the summer camp programs that target underrepresented youth.