And the winner is . . . the community

Sep 01, 2005

Beneficiaries to include those with disabilities and the region's youth

The four winning recipients of the inaugural University-Community Engagement Projects will be announced at a ceremony to be held at the University of Wollongong tomorrow (Friday 2 September).

The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Rob Castle, will officiate at the event while Wollongong businessman and UOW's Community Engagement Committee chairperson, David Morgan Williams, will announce the successful projects.

Projects that will receive funding assistance will range from those trying to assist children and their carers with disability needs; indigenous health support; improvements in water testing and collection of weather data; to identifying issues affecting youth in the region.

The Community Engagement Grants Scheme was introduced in 2005 to encourage and support research, educational or outreach projects that increase UOW's engagement with the communities it serves.

Project leaders from each of the four winning projects will present brief summaries of what they plan to undertake.

When: 10.30am to noon, Friday 2 September

Where: UniCentre Function Room 3, Building 11, University of Wollongong

For further information contact Leanne Crouch in the Office of Community and Partnerships on 4221 3110

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128