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The First New Zealand Tertiary Community Engagement Summit 30 August 2013 Welcome & Acknowledgements Supporters in the Welcome Letter Volunteer Army Foundation The Eastern UC’s Motivation to Host the Summit People prepared to make a difference UC’s Motivation to Host the Summit UC is recognized as having a distinctive graduate profile reflecting researchinformed teaching & value adding elements of employability and innovation, community mindedness, global experience and bi-cultural competence that are valued by staff, students, employers & the community. To Become a Citizen… According to the Ancient Greeks, and idiot is: • A person lacking professional skill • A private citizen • Not concerned with public affairs • Self-centered A person is born an idiot and is made a citizen through education. New Zealand can’t afford many idiots These are and will be our students: •8,500 (out of 10,000) volunteer firefighters •12,690 volunteer School Boards of Trustees •3,000 volunteer surf lifesaving guards > 1600 lives •1.2 million volunteers overall (25% of population), 270 million hours of labour = $6.95 billion (4.9% of GDP) •NZ tied with Australia as #1 in World Giving Index •54,134 volunteer jurors (321,832 called; 199,760 excused; 67,938 no-shows) •$435 million in unpaid taxes (2012), $6 billion total •$400 million in unpaid student loans Guiding Questions • What can/does tertiary community engagement look like in New Zealand? • What are the key elements of effective tertiary community engagement at Tulane and in New Zealand? • What are the key constraints or barriers to effective tertiary community engagement, and how can these be managed? • Thinking about our education system as a whole (primary, secondary, and tertiary), what aren’t we currently doing that would promote useful and relevant community engagement?