Background

To initiate the anchor mission, a 50-member Task Force was established in fall of 2018 and charged to conduct a comprehensive review of the University’s existing community engagement efforts, conduct an assessment of community needs, and make recommendations on an organizational infrastructure that would develop and support the University’s anchor mission.

To undertake its work, the Task Force sought input from stakeholders internal and external to the University through community and faculty convenings and electronic surveys. The convenings informed our community and campus about the anchor initiative, solicited input and insights about how we should move forward as an Anchor University, and suggested priorities of action for deepening the University’s engagement with Sacramento and its residents. Two of the convenings were held in the community and a third was held on campus.

Finally, the Task Force also completed a cross-sector literature review to identify those issues that are of collective concern within Sacramento. Findings from all of these data sources were incorporated into an Anchor University Task Force Report presented to President Robert Nelsen in late August 2019.

Task Force Full Report

Community Report Summary