UM-St. Louis: Partnerships for the Future

The University of Missouri-St. Louis is a 30-year-old campus located in the population center of Missouri. Partnerships have been integral to the university’s success in developing and fulfilling its land-grant mission. These partnerships have yielded meaningful and mutually beneficial collaborative efforts with cultural, educational, business, and governmental agencies and organizations. UM-St. Louis currently has hundreds of formalized partnership arrangements. Many of the initial partnership efforts have now evolved into activities involving additional agencies and organizations.

The UM-St. Louis presentation showcases the life cycle of initiating, managing, and perfecting successful outreach partnerships. Specific partnership initiatives are described.