Making new friends when you move to a new place is tough, making new friends during a pandemic is even tougher. Through community engagement, I was able to break the ice with strangers, develop new friendships, and see the City from a local’s perspective.
The University of Utah earns national recognition for community engagement. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching named the University of Utah a recipient of the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation recognizing institution-wide commitment to community engagement.