Outreach Mission
The College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s mission is to advance knowledge and
skills and to promote the leadership necessary for the stewardship of both the natural and
designed environments.
ESF’s outreach mission is to make high quality educational and professional development
experiences available to our diverse constituents.
Outreach Vision
A Better World through Environmental Discovery
ESF Outreach builds upon and extends the College’s educational and research programs and
resources to a diverse range of learners who are not typically represented in our full-time
undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Outreach efforts enable ESF to be an
engaged institution that plays a significant role in enriching the educational and economic
quality of the communities we serve – locally, regionally, State-wide, and beyond. As
catalysts, linkers and collaborators, ESF Outreach works with on- and off-campus partners
to serve individual and societal learning and development needs in order to improve our
world.
Strategic Priorities
In order to ensure alignment of Outreach priorities and resources with our College’s and
partners’ priorities, we have identified and established three overarching strategic priorities.
These strategic priorities serve as the basis for annual and ongoing self-assessment,
planning and reporting. We will continue to engage our several on- and off-campus partners
and stakeholders in reviews and discussion in order to ensure progress and alignment.
We are committed to serving our learners (students and professionals), our external
communities and College partners, and to having an energizing, supportive, and
collaborative work environment for our Outreach staff and collaborators.
Our three overarching strategic priorities are to
1. Meet the learning and development goals of our program and project participants.
2. Engage with our communities, our partners and across the College.
3. Strengthen and support Outreach capacity.