Education & Outreach
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Goals
The long-term goal of the Education and Outreach component of the UA Water Sustainability Program is to encourage outcome oriented projects that enhance the ties between the University and the community. The research within the program emphasizes long-term sustainability, which can only be achieved through multi-disciplinary, integrated approaches to “real-world” science and policy issues. The education and outreach efforts, therefore, focus on balancing the programs for a wide variety of audiences, from K-12 through professional groups, particularly those with industry affiliation.
The program itself must be financially sustainable, so building partnerships is a key component of the program. In addition, the program is designed to support the University’s “focused excellence” approach to the Earth Sciences, which promotes use of University resources in support of socially-relevant issues.
Outreach efforts include:
- Water Sustainability Program website
- Printed publications: program brochure/directory; research reports aimed at private businesses, government agencies, and policy makers as well as other researchers; non-technical newsletters prepared by the four Water Centers; and Annual Water Conference and other educational programs for water professionals and policy makers
- Water related educational displays
- Education programs for K-12 students and teachers and others throughout Arizona
- Water-related outreach activities, including a speaker’s bureau with water experts available, brown-bag presentations on topics of interest, etc.
- Arizonawater.org, a Web-based statewide integrated database of water experts, organizations, centers, research facilities, and degree programs