The official newsletter of the International Town & Gown Association™ July 29, 2021
Mayor Named HBCU ELI Fellow
Atlanta, GA: The HBCU Executive Leadership Institute (HBCU ELI) at Clark Atlanta University, announced its first honorary fellow, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Monday. Funded in large part by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), HBCU ELI aims to serve as an incubator for recruiting and developing the next generation of leaders for over 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The first-of-its-kind program boasts a roster that includes 58% women, making it the nation’s most diverse cohort of future HBCU leaders. CZI’s $1M donation is the largest gift to HBCU ELI to date. HBCU Gameday
"Touchdown in College Town" Program
Blacksburg, VA: United Airlines has added the Roanoke Blacksburg Regional Airport to its Touchdown in College Town Program to support additional demand expected for the Notre Dame versus Virginia Tech football game on October 9, 2021. United created the Touchdown in College Town Program in 2017 to connect smaller college towns to each other with special non-stop service for the big game. On Friday, October 8, the flight will depart South Bend at 5:30pm and arrive at ROA at 7:30pm. The return flight will depart ROA at 8:45am and arrive in South Bend at 10:35am. Tickets are available for purchase at www.united.com. The Roanoke Star
Upcoming Webinars and Networking Opportunities
Thursday, July 29, 3:00-4:30 pm (GMT): UKTGA Virtual Forum: Open Discussion: Off Campus Management - Looking Ahead. This will be an opportunity for ITGA members to learn about off campus management practices being implemented by colleagues across the UK in the fall. Top join this session, click here.
Monday, August 9, 1:00pm (EDT): The Updated College Intervention Matrix (CollegeAIM): What Colleges and Communities Need to Know Now: Please join The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), The International Town and Gown Association (ITGA), and The Association of College and University Housing Officers - International (ACUHO-I) for this informative and interactive free webinar. To register for this webinar, click here.
Brexit and Universities
Europe-UK: Five years since the Brexit referendum and more than six months since the final deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom was agreed, the final pieces are falling into place when it comes to cooperation between universities on both sides of the Channel. The biggest worry for the sector since the UK chose to leave the EU in 2016 has been participation in EU funding programmes such as Horizon Europe or Erasmus+. The framework for this has been laid out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK. University World News
Ontario Institutions and Vaccines for Students
Ontario, CA: The University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Guelph, and McMaster University have announced that they are mandating COVID-19 vaccines for students living in residence. UWaterloo and WLU students will be required to have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and to have plans to get their second shot by November first. UoGuelph and McMaster will require students to be fully vaccinated before moving into residence. While neither the University of Windsor nor St Clair College plan to require students on campus to be vaccinated, UWindsor is launching the “Knock Out COVID” vaccination campaign to encourage vaccination among its community. Academica.ca Group
New Agreement Improves Town Gown Relationship
Berkeley, CA: After more than two years of negotiations and extensive community input, the city of Berkeley late Tuesday agreed to a $82 million deal with UC Berkeley that will govern the growth of the campus and set the stage for a new town-gown relationship. City leaders argued that the campus’s continued growth — determined by the state and the UC regents — was placing an unfair burden on city services like police and fire, and impacting the character of neighborhoods close to campus.Berkeley News
ITGA News & Announcements
Save the Date - The 2022 ITGA City & University Relations Conference: The annual ITGA City & University Relations Conference will be hosted by the City of Clemson and Clemson University, June 6-8. More info available soon!
A growing and impressive group of professionals from campus communities continue to network and share strategies for improving town-gown relations. Join us on Twitter, LinkedInandInstagram.