Community Liaison Program

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Community Liaison Program

• Stephanie Salazar
• Assistant Director of Community Outreach, Arizona
  State University

Ian Goodwin Community Outreach Coordinator,
Arizona State University
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The Center for Off-Campus Commuter Student
Services at Arizona State University

• The Center for Off-Campus Commuter Student
  Services is an initiative to align with the
  University goals of engaging and connecting with
  all students.
• The Center provides resources, academic support
  services, and additional programs to meet the
  dynamic needs of our student body.
• The Center was started in August of 2007.

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The Center for Off-Campus Commuter Student
Services

• The Center is made up for four units
• Off-Campus Housing Resources Services
• Adult Re-entry Support Services
• ASU Family Resources
• Community Outreach Partnerships

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Off-Campus Housing Resources Services

• Places4students on-line housing locator system
• Roommate matching
• Moving Up Moving Out presentations

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ASU Adult Re-entry Program

• ASU Adult Re-entry Program offers a variety of
  services, programs, advocacy and student
  resources.
• Re-entry population includes students 25 years of
  age and older, who are returning to school or
  starting school for the first time.
• Programs include peer partnering, leadership
  development, academic workshops, and an adult
  student organization

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ASU Family Resources

• Serving students, faculty and staff since 1989
• Broad and diverse view of family
• ASU Family Resources works in partnership with
  families to
• Provide university families with appropriate
  resources
• Advocate for the needs of families
• Program development and facilitation
• Expand family responsive policies
• Educate individuals about ASU Family Resources

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Community Outreach Partnerships

• The Community Outreach Department strives to
  provide services programs that enhance the
  community relationships that support overall
  quality of life for our students neighbors.
  Programs include
• City partnerships
• Be a Good Neighbor Program
• Community Liaison Program
• Community Mentoring Program
• Educational programs services

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City of Tempe Partnership

• Close relationship with Tempe Police Tempe
  Crime Prevention Unit.
• Attendance at City Council meetings.
• Joint programming Safety forums, survival
  guides, safety flyers publications housing
  guide.
• Liaison for neighborhood concerns in conjunction
  with Student Judicial Affairs.

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Be a Good Neighbor Program

• Seven Good Neighbor communities participating
  in the program.
• Provides a liaison service between the
  University, apartment community and the city.
• Benefits include advertising in student media
  (Housing guide, State Press), participation in
  the University Housing Fair, Community Liaison
  services, presence at orientation sessions, and
  Housing Locator access.
• Expanding services to all four campuses of ASU.

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Community Liaison Program

• The Community Liaison is a student position
  embedded in our Be A Good Neighbor partner
  housing complexes.
• Community Liaisons
• Assist in building stronger communities in our
  partner complexes.
• Bring students together through events and
  programs.
• Provide University resources to our off-campus
  student population.
• Create an atmosphere where students can work
  together with our partners and other community
  stake holders to improve the quality of life in
  the City of Tempe.
• Opportunity for students to learn multiple
  aspects of providing services to off-campus
  students.

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Community Liaison Program

• Duties of a Community Liaison include
• Distributing and posting university-related
  information provided to them by the Center.
• Meet with the off-campus location management
  monthly to determine needs.
• Provide at least one program, volunteer or
  informational event each month. Programs per
  semester must include two passive and two active
  programs.
• Promote campus programs/events in off-campus
  housing community.
• Refer off-campus residents to appropriate
  university offices for assistance.
• Assist their assigned off-campus complex with
  marketing efforts.
• The ten hours per week is split between the
  Center and the housing communitys office.

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Community Liaison Program

• Examples of Center Community Liaison
  programming
• Annual Thanksgiving dinner
• Clean Out the Cupboards food drive
• Monthly community safety forums with Tempe Police
• Pool parties BBQs
• Service projects

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Community Mentoring Program

• Collaborative effort between Arizona State
  University Center for Off-Campus and Commuter
  Student Services (Residential Life) Arizona State
  University, City of Tempe, Tempe Community
  Council, and the School of Interdisciplinary
  Studies. The idea of the program is to embed
  students into the community to enhance and retain
  academic retention efforts. The Community
  Mentoring Program is a program that is
  two-folded, the program gives City of Tempe
  Officials the opportunity to serve as members to
  Arizona State University students, and these
  students serve as protégés to the mentors.
• One of the goals of the program is to help
  strengthen and broaden the relationship between
  Arizona State University and the City of Tempe.
  Based upon interaction with the City of Tempe
  through serving on various boards and committees
  I found it would be a positive, rewarding
  experience to engage students in a positive
  interaction with a City of Tempe Official. The
  program provides students with the opportunity
  for career exploration and development by
  connecting them with a highly recognized City of
  Tempe Official. Another goal of the program is to
  allow city officials to have a positive
  interaction with Arizona State University.

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QUESTIONS?

• Stephanie Salazar
• Assistant Director of Community Outreach, Arizona
  State University
• [phone]
• Stephanie.Salazar_at_asu.edu

Ian Goodwin Community Outreach Coordinator,
Arizona State University [phone] Ian.Goodwi
n_at_asu.edu