Fostering Outreach & Engagement
(FY 2019-2025)
1. Increase the Number of Participants in Outreach and Engagement Activities
- Ensure each UT campus and institute has reporting processes and recordkeeping software to effectively and consistently record and compile outreach and engagement activity
- Increase outreach and engagement activities by 10% each year
Target: 9,616,995 (2024-25)
Benchmark: 4,935,039 (2017-18)
2. Continue to Increase UT’s Economic Impact across the State
- Increase the estimated economic impact of UT on the Tennessee economy by 15% each year
Target: $5,526,058,194 (2024-25)
Benchmark: $2,077,449,960 (2017-18)
3. Identify Major Statewide Challenges for Which UT Can Provide Thought Leadership and Outreach Support While Also Deploying Resources and Expertise to Help Address These Issues
- Provide leadership in mitigating the opioid crisis in Tennessee
- Work with State leaders and UT researchers, faculty and students to identify other important issues that can be addressed through UT’s tripartite mission to educate, discover and connect
Diversity & Inclusive Excellence Goal
Reach new and more diverse audiences through outreach efforts that ensure contacts are more demographically representative of Tennessee’s diverse population
Goal Champions: Herb Byrd, III and Robert Burns