Community Engagement

Cultivate and Strengthen Community Engagement

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1. Develop and enhance opportunities to highlight the 日本av视频 brand, our economic impact, research and scholarly activity, as well as collaborations between the university and the communities we serve, with particular emphasis on external-facing areas such as the Wokini Initiative, athletics, fine and performing arts, botanical gardens, museums and community impact research.

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2. Expand outreach and educational opportunities throughout South Dakota to address community needs through collaborative partnerships utilizing the talents and resources of 日本av视频 Extension, the university faculty, staff, and students and the communities we serve.

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3. Invest in 日本av视频 Connect efforts and initiatives to engage the Sioux Falls metropolitan area and expand 日本av视频 Connect into additional locations.

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4. Stimulate and support innovation and creative solutions to grand challenges affecting our communities, state, region, nation and world.