Washington State University has been recognized for its community engagement by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for the second year in a row.

“At WSU, community engagement is an important and integrated part of how we do business every day,” said WSU President Elson Floyd. “This classification demonstrates how true engagement with local, statewide, national and international communities has become an ingrained standard practice for all sectors of our university family.”

The Foundation cited the university's “excellent alignment among campus mission, culture, leadership, resources, and practices to support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement,” as the reason for the repeat recognition.

"As a land-grant institution, community engagement is central to WSU’s mission to advance, extend and apply knowledge to improve quality of life and strengthen the economy of the state, nation and world," a press release stated. "Recently, the university increased its emphasis on outreach and engagement by establishing both as central themes in nearly every aspect of WSU’s operations."

To read the entire press release, go to: http://bit.ly/1yBqF9V.

 

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