Promoting Collaborative Partnerships Ellen Percy Kraly, Director, Upstate Institute Colgate University Madison County Department of Health 9 April 2008

Upstate Institute at Colgate University This afternoons conversation is about… Promoting Collaborative Partnerships

Upstate Institute at Colgate University The mission of the Upstate Institute The mission of the Institute is to create linkages between Colgate University and the regional community to engage students, faculty, staff and residents in research and a reciprocal transfer of knowledge that will enhance the economic, social and cultural capacity of the area and sustain the environment. These projects provide a model of community collaboration and civic engagement for our students and within higher education. The Institute values scholarly collaboration as a way to support the region.

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Upstate Institute – a long tradition, a recent history Initiatives in Hamilton, New York COVE 2001 Inventory of faculty interest: our most valuable resource! Utica Field School summer 2003 UI launched Spring of 2004 Formal launch by Senator Hillary Clinton in April 2004 Strategic planning and organizational structure in summer of 2004 Field School launched in summer of 2004 Strategic Planning university wide

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Upstate Institute strategies: 1.Research concerning the upstate New York region 2.Community-based research 3.Skills for community development 4. Create opportunities for dialogue on issues concerning the region; 5. Build capacity within the region.

Upstate Institute at Colgate University 1. Promote scholarship on the region 1. The Upstate Institute supports and promotes faculty and student research on the region and creates a scholarly community for those interested in Upstate New York.

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Faculty Research Symposium Saturday, April 26, Ho Interdisciplinary Sciences Center Charles Pete Banner-Haley, Associate Professor History/African American Studies Advancing the Community: An Overview of African American Networks in Upstate New York, Frank Frey, Assistant Professor of Biology Tim McCay, Associate Professor Biology Natural History Museum of the Chenango Valley – Phase I Meika Loe, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Women's Studies Program How do community-based institutions and individuals living in Albany and Hamilton, NY, create support around aging? William B. Meyer, Visiting Lecturer in Geography Syracuse Salt: The Life and Times of a Natural Resource William H. Peck, Department of Geology Carbon Isotopes of Historical Maple Syrup Collections: A Unique Record of Long-Term Sugar Bush Health

Upstate Institute at Colgate University 2. Community Based Research

Upstate Institute at Colgate University 2. Community Based Research

Upstate Institute at Colgate University UI Summer Field School Summer Field School Students work with a community organization 35 hours per week for 10 weeks –Skill development seminar series

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Field School Curriculum Strategic planning Grant writing Panel of regional journalists Panel of local business owners Defining poverty in Madison County Local farm tour

Upstate Institute at Colgate University The VITA program Student Philanthropy Council Upstate Law Project Legal Aid Services of Mid-New York Social Security claims for disabled children Preparation of bankruptcy interviews and pleads 3. Skill development: Service learning courses Co-curricular seminars

Upstate Institute at Colgate University 4. Promote dialogue on regional issues Facilitate conversation on regional issues Educate students and campus community about benefits of community collaboration

Upstate Institute at Colgate University 5. Contribute to building capacity in the region Strategic planning Grantsmanship Assessment

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Collaboration  Identify: Participants partnerships and stakeholders  And invite these folks to the table!  Learn about each other  and celebrate diversity!  Develop common connections to the task

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Partnerships! 1.Reciprocity 2.Respect 3.Realistic 4.Reflective 5.Research 6.Routine 7.Radar 8.Review 9.Reward 10.Recharge Relationships!

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Promoting…Promotion Reflect on existing relationships Build from strengths Identify new opportunities for connections

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Promoting…Promotion Reflect on existing relationships Build from strengths Identify new opportunities for connections Chuck Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute, has suggested that community leaders in rural areas: ‘…combine urban thinking with rural sustainability, and New York is a great place to start!’

Upstate Institute at Colgate University So…. If today’s conversations is about: Promoting Collaborative Partnerships

Upstate Institute at Colgate University “Nothing will ever be accomplished if all possible objections must first be overcome” Samuel Johnson

Upstate Institute at Colgate University “Do what you can, with what you have, where your are” Theodore Roosevelt

Upstate Institute at Colgate University “Let’s not tinker around the edges!” Chuck Fluharty Rural Policy Research Institute

Upstate Institute at Colgate University Today’s conversations are about: Promoting Collaborative Partnerships … and perhaps, possibly … some plans and solutions … creative experimentation … the middle, not at the edges!