HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network

The HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network aims to build strong relationships between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and higher education to create inclusive, sustainable, and thriving communities. Through the network, colleges and universities will receive tools, resources, and technical assistance to directly engage with and advance HUD initiatives on the ground.

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How to get involved

Join the HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network by subscribing to our email list to begin receiving regular briefings. Briefings will offer ideas and resources for campuses to implement and grow programming in partnership with HUD Field Offices. Briefings are curated by the HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Think Tank, a group of strategic leaders with broad experience across higher education and public policy. Members of the HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network will also be invited to leverage training, technical assistance, and resources from experts at HUD, Campus Compact, the Anchor Institutions Task Force (AITF), the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), the University Economic Development Association (UEDA) & other partners.

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Who can participate?

Participation in the HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network is free and open to all. To start receiving briefings, be sure to subscribe to the mailing list. Faculty, staff, and administrators, involved in community engagement, civic engagement, anchor partnerships, economic development, workforce development, and other externally facing roles are particularly encouraged to join!

Join the HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network

Sign up to join the HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network and receive regular briefings full of tools and resources to help you implement programming in connection with HUD Field Offices and initiatives.

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David Muarrasse
Director and Founder & President, Marga Inc.

Bobbie Laur
President

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Valerie Holton
Executive Director

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Tim Hindes
Executive Director

This partnership will bolster HUD’s and the members of the Higher Ed Engagement Network’s ability to serve our most vulnerable populations through the higher education space.

- Michele Perez, HUD Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and Management

Read the announcement from HUD

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Learn more about the HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network from the October 6 press release published by HUD.

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Think Tank Members

Reginald Blaylock

CalPoly Pomona

Presidential Associate for Community, Campus Partnerships and Student Experience

Gary Brown

Elizabeth City State University

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Mary Jo Callan

Brown University

Vice President for Community Engagement and Executive Director, Swearer Center for Public Service

Monica Chavez-Silva

Grinnell College

Vice President of Community Engagement and Strategic Planning

Kathleen Frank

Northern Arizona University

Program Manager, The W. A. Franke College of Business, Economic Policy Institute, Center for American Indian Economic Development

William Generett

Duquesne University

Senior Vice President for Civic Engagement and External Relations

Azuri L. Gonzalez

University of Texas at El Paso

Executive Director, Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities UT Regents’ Distinguished Director, Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success