Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 62.11
Liaison Natalie Sobrinski
Submission Date June 16, 2016
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STARS v2.0

Muhlenberg College
EN-13: Community Stakeholder Engagement

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Mike Bruckner
Vice President Public Relations
Public Relations
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Has the institution adopted a framework for community stakeholder engagement in governance, strategy and operations?:
Yes

A brief description of the policies and procedures that ensure community stakeholder engagement is applied systematically and regularly across the institution’s activities:

• The policies and procedures that ensure community stakeholder engagement is applied systematically and regularly across Muhlenberg’s activities:
o When committees are convened it is determined who might be appropriate participants including campus employees, students, trustees, local community members, local alumni etc.


A brief description of how the institution identifies and engages community stakeholders, including any vulnerable or underrepresented groups:

• Muhlenberg identifies and engages community stakeholders, including any vulnerable or underrepresented groups:
o The Office of Community Engagement collaborates with community partners to regularly assess effectiveness of programming, impact on local communities and potential future collaborations. The Office regularly convenes relevant constituents to encourage resource sharing and communication amongst institutions.
Each of these initiatives involves opportunity for stakeholder feedback, in either structured or informal ways.


List of identified community stakeholders:

• List of identified community stakeholder groups from the following categories:
o Educational organizations- Allentown School District, dozens of non-governmental organizations focused on youth achievement and adult continuing education, Charter Schools and Catholic schools
o Government bodies- City of Allentown, Lehigh County
o Private sector organizations- Air Products and Chemicals, PPL, Talen Energy
o Civil society - Lehigh Valley Health Network, Good Sheperd Rehabilitation Network and St. Luke's Health Network (e.g. NGOs, NPOs, underrepresented and vulnerable populations)- more than 17 community non-governmental organizations


A brief description of successful community stakeholder engagement outcomes from the previous three years:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s community stakeholder engagement framework and activities is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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