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The Center for Regional Excellence has been established at IU Northwest to foster learning, scholarship, discovery, creativity, and service, in the areas of Cultural Discovery and Learning and Sustainable Regional Vitality, in collaboration with the communities we serve.
The Center for Regional Excellence promotes regional quality of life along twelve dimensions:
- a diverse region, in which all residents are treated with equity and dignity
- an economically thriving region
- a region of opportunity for all
- a region in balance with its environment
- a region that facilitates learning and intellectual growth
- a region whose residents are healthy in body, mind, and spirit
- a region of open and viable neighborhoods
- a region that equitably facilitates access to education, health care, work, commerce, and recreation
- a region whose residents and visitors are safe
- a region that appreciates the arts and celebrates life
- a region of responsible and caring neighbors and institutions
- a region of empowered citizens served by an effective and ethical public sector
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Mission Statement
The Mission of the Center for Regional Excellence is to foster learning, scholarship, discovery, creativity, and service, in the areas of Cultural Discovery and Learning and Sustainable Regional Vitality, in collaboration with the communities we serve :
Cultural Discovery and Learning
Cultural Discovery and Learning is dedicated to exploring our regional cultures through diverse perspectives and forms of expression. Using both traditional and new media, IU Northwest and the broader community collaborate to celebrate diversity in all its dimensions through cultural projects, programming and events that serve and tell the story of our region. Center activities include artistic and historical programs and exhibits, education and exchange programs, humanities and cultural studies, public work, research and consulting services, and theatrical and performance art. Recent accomplishments include authoring the Indiana Arts Commission Region One (3-county) Cultural Plan, promoting the Sculpture Garden, and Campus Art Committee Projects that include furnishings for Moraine Center lounge to enhance viewing of the Sculpture Garden, an exhibition of Basque Art, digitizing the art collection, and the Klamen Mural Project.
Sustainable Regional Vitality
Sustainable Regional Vitality engages IU Northwest and the broader community in understanding how the constituencies of our complex region interact to support the region's ability not only to survive but also to thrive as a living, growing entity. Sustainability specifically addresses our region's ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment in ways that ensure the area's ability to perpetuate its growth and prosperity. Five areas of focus for the Center are health and human services, urban education, excellence in business education and development, and environmental and urban issues.
Non-Profit Institute
The Non- Profit Institute is dedicated to providing education, research, and technical assistance that will increase organizational capacity and financial sustainability of Lake County and in particular, Gary service based non-profits. The Institute will provide targeted education and training, support for grantsmanship and organizational development, new means and methods for non-profit sustainability including funding resource information, and on-going education, research and public service in a university-based setting to non-profits and the audiences they serve.
Northern Indiana Consortium for the Environment
The Northern Indiana Consortium for the Environment (NICE) is a consortium of IU Northwest and its Center for Regional Excellence, Purdue University Calumet, Purdue University North Central, Valparaiso University, Calumet College of St. Joseph, and Ivy Tech Community College, promoting economic development through environmental restoration. The colleges and universities, government agencies, industries, and environmental organizations will collaborate to consolidate environmental information, enhance public access and education, and facilitate and encourage research and policy activities that positively influence the quality of life in Northern Indiana .
Funding
Center projects have been enabled over three years by more than $661,000 in external non-operating funding--a $150,000 Lake Area United Way Grant with Grants Inc. as a partner for the Non-Profit Institute, $150,000 from an auction of IU Northwest-owned art prints, a $291,000 Lilly Opportunity Grant and an additional $70,000 in Commitment to Excellence Funds to support staffing and 40 research and creativity projects for faculty fellowships involving student experiential learning and community partners (totaling $206,000).
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