Campus-Community Connections
A Publication of ITGA
4/11/24
The 2024 ITGA Conference Update - Registration Closes May 17th!
The 2024 ITGA Conference brings together leaders from campus-communities across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom for networking and resource sharing. With over sixty educational sessions, diverse mobile sessions and powerful keynote speakers, you and your colleagues will benefit professionally from attending the conference, June 5-7, hosted by The University of Maryland and the City of College Park! To register, click here. Registration closes Friday, May 17th.
ITGA Pre-conference Workshop - June 4, 8:30am-1:30
From Turmoil to Triumph: Crisis Communication Tactics for Town & Gown
Whenever you’re dealing with a hot-button issue, your news can easily go viral in moments. Since it takes a lifetime to build a reputation and only a few seconds to destroy one, “managing the message” and "managing the strategy" is a necessary skill set for city and university administrators – and the lawyers that serve them. To learn more about the workshop and Bruce Hennes, click here.
Nominations for 2024 ITGA Presidential Excellence Award. Last Call!
In 2013, the Presidential Excellence Award was created as a way to highlight ITGA members who demonstrate exceptional performance in volunteer service, leadership, or educational achievement in town gown communities or for the ITGA. The ITGA Presidential Excellence Award is presented annually at the ITGA Conference. Submission deadline is April 15th. To learn more, click here. Submit yours today!
2024 ITGA Campus & Community Day - April 23rd
You are invited to join ITGA in spotlighting some of the amazing work going on within your community or organization as we prepare for the second annual Campus & Community Day on April 23, 2024. 
National & International Headlines
Town Seeking Novel Approach to Unruly Students
A small Nova Scotia town that has struggled to tame its sometimes rowdy population of university students is considering advice from an unlikely source.
Goddard College Announces Closure
The small, progressive Vermont college will close at the end of the spring semester. It’s another blow to a state that has lost a number of higher ed institutions.
ATU, Community Welcomes Eclipse Experts to Town
Arkansas Tech University and the City of Russellville welcomed an outreach team from NASA and a group of astronomers from the Paris Observatory in France.
Awards Celebrate Leaders Strengthening Town & Gown
Eleven individuals and organizations from across Yale and New Haven were recognized during the annual Seton Elm-Ivy Awards ceremony on April 8.
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