This webinar showcases a model for university/public agency partnerships that can both augment agency capacity and provide opportunities for student professional development and career exposure. […]
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This call is for anyone looking to start and/or improve an EPIC program. […]
The online workshop will provide a unique opportunity for you to partner with a municipal government colleague to gain skills on the use of the EPIC Model for strengthening capacities to achieve more effective university-city partnerships. Furthermore, through this workshop you will be a part of a growing network in Asia committed to forging stronger partnerships between universities and cities to address sustainability challenges. […]
This month, Jane Rogan of the Indiana University Bloomington Sustaining Hoosier Communities program invites participants to come with ideas for how to make EPIC-N Membership better. […]
Friends of the EPIC-Network, CivicSpark is the State of California’s Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program dedicated to building capacity for local public agencies to address community resilience issues such as climate change, water resource management, housing, and mobility. […]
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It’s the end of the semester and it’s time to start on that class summary report. You have ten student papers, zero extra hours in the day, and minimal resources to write it. Now… GO! Join this panel discussion to hear from different programs on their structure and approach to summary report production; what works, what doesn’t and what can we do better? How do you pull off high-quality, value-add reports in a timely manner? […]
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This presentation will explore the question of how to adapt the EPIC Model to the needs of higher education institutions with various missions, sizes, and strengths. Maria will share a case study of adapting the EPIC Model to the University of St. Thomas, a mission-driven liberal arts institution, through the founding and development of the Sustainable Communities Partnership (SCP). […]
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Representatives from Pennsylvania State University, CSU Monterey Bay, and the University of Washington will highlight three different cases in which they are poised to begin EPIC-N partnerships, but with questions about how to move forward in municipalities and communities faced with hardships. […]
In the first half of the session, Daniel Fernandez of CSUMB addresses the challenges and opportunities of working with two city partners at the same time and will detail this past year’s experience in doing so. In the second half of the presentation, Jeewasmi Thapa of Texas A&M will share about how in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the City of Rockport partnered with the Texas Target Communities (TxTC) program to update the city’s comprehensive plan mindful of the challenges and issues of recovery. […]
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This session covers some tools and resources that may be of use to programs, faculty, students, and local government/community leaders involved in EPIC programs. […]
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