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FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
April15,2016
PartnershipbetweenMarquetteUniversity,areacorporationsreceivescivicengagementaward
TheNearWestSidePartners(NWSP),anon-profitfoundedthroughsupportfromMarquetteUniversity,AuroraHealthCare,Harley-Davidson,MillerCoorsandPotawatomiBusinessDevelopmentCorporation,workstorevitalizeandsustainMilwaukee’sNearWestsideasathrivingbusinessandresidentialcorridor.Fortheirworkimprovinglivesforresidents,studentsandemployeesinthatneighborhood,theNearWestSidePartnerswillreceiveanEstherLetvenCampus-CommunityPartnershipAward.TheawardwillbepresentedbytheWisconsinCampusCompactonApril18attheMedicalCollegeofWisconsininMilwaukee,aspartoftheCivicEngagementInstitute.
TheEstherLetvenCampus-CommunityPartnershipAwardrecognizesuptotwooutstandingcampus-communitypartnershipsthatproducemeasurablecommunityimpactaswellasstudentgrowthandlearning.Thepurposeofthisawardistohonorpartnershipsthathavesuccessfullydemonstratedamutuallybeneficialandmutuallyinvestedpartnershipbetweenhighereducationandcommunity.
ThefiveinstitutionshavecommittedfinancialandhumanresourcestotheNWSPthrough2019.TheNWSPhasconnecteduniversity,government,industry,residentandnonprofitpartnerstogenerateincreasedeconomicopportunityandgreatersupportofpublicsystemsinthearea.ForMarquetteUniversitystudents,thepartnershiphasprovidedmanyopportunitiesforserviceandleadership.HundredsofstudentsandmorethanadozenfacultyfromtheMarquettecampushavebeeninvolvedinthepartnership,andhavelearnedimportantlessonsaboutstructuringcivicengagementrelationshipsandconsideringhowanchors,residents,studentsandemployeescanworktogethertobuildastronger,healthiercommunity.
“MarquetteUniversityisproudtobelocatedinMilwaukee’sNearWestSideandiscommittedtothelong-terminvestmentanddevelopmentofthiscommunity–forourstudents,ourstaff,andourneighbors,”saysDr.MichaelLovell,presidentofMarquetteUniversity.“Workingtogetherwitheachofourmajoranchorinstitutions,weknowthatwecanrevitalizethisimportantpartofourCity,makingitamongthebestplacestolive,work,playandlearninthecountry.”
Sincethepartnershipwascreated,homesaleshaveincreased,anewparkandcommunitygardenweredevelopedandtheNearWestSidewelcomedthreenewrestaurantsandagasstation.Residentshaveconnectedwitheachotherinnewways,too,formingaresidentcouncil,expandingcommunitymeetingsandcreatingneighborhoodambassadorstorespondtosafetyconcernsandprovideresourcestocommunitymembers.
“We’vebeenabletoachievesomuch,sofast,becauseofthepowerofcollaboration,bringingtogethertheresourcesofeachofouranchorinstitutions–AuroraHealthCare,Harley-Davidson,MarquetteUniversity,MillerCoorsandPotawatomiBusinessDevelopmentCorporation,”saysRanaAltenburg,VPofPublicAffairsatMarquetteUniversityandBoardPresidentofNearWestSidePartners.“Together,weareabletoachievewhatnoneofuscoulddoonourown–revitalizeandsustainthiskeypartofourcommunity.”
TheWisconsinCampusCompactwillpresentfiveotherawardsattheApril18CivicEngagementInstitute.CampusCompactisanationalcoalitionofnearly1,100collegesanduniversitiescommittedtothepublicpurposesofhighereducation.In2002,WisconsinjoinedNationalCampusCompact’smovementtowardaninstitutionalizedcommitmentofcivicengagementandservice-learning.LearnmoreabouttheWisconsinCampusCompactathttp://www.wicampuscompact.org/.
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