My first days at UNP have been full of welcoming kindness, openness and passion from staff, community members and partners. What a privilege it is to be invited to be part of this delicious UNP recipe.
Read MoreAs the Westside Leadership Institute (WLI) celebrates 15 years of success building leadership skills among residents on Salt Lake City’s west side, the collaborating organizations behind it seek to increase the institute’s wrap-around services by expanding its length and breadth into a year-long leadership pathway.
Read MoreThis past semester the Department of Theatre offered a flipped classroom course entitled Theatre for Social Action. The premise of the class was to focus on devising social action pieces with youth at the UNP Hartland Partnership Center, located in the Glendale neighborhood.
Read MoreJacque Tovar has been a paraeducator in Salt Lake City’s schools for over 20 years. As a youth, Jacque struggled in school. She and her parents — a Mexican immigrant father and a white mother — were forced to move year after year into new school boundaries. Today, Jacque works tirelessly on behalf of students, […]
Read MoreI’ve been thinking a lot about sandwiches lately. And accordions. The 17 years I’ve been at UNP have been like that huge intake of breath of an accordion, filled with possibility, energy and excitement. It’s been such fun, and such an honor, to be part of the creation and growth of UNP, to be part […]
Read MoreBy Brooke Adams, senior news writer, University of Utah Communications University of Utah President Ruth Watkins has appointed Jennifer Mayer-Glenn as the new director of University Neighborhood Partners and special assistant to the president for campus-community partnerships.
Read MoreCasa Quetzalcoatl celebrated the 2019 Xipetotec Graduation this past June 1st. The event honored First Generation students, along with their families, for the important mile stone of high school graduation.
Read MoreThe Karen Higher Education partnership began this past Spring and is taking place at the UNP Hartland Partnership Center every other Friday.
Read MoreToday is U Giving Day! We at UNP are reaching out to our partners for additional support of the work that we all do with the west side communities of Salt Lake City. Working together reciprocally we all increase individual and family capacity, education pathways, community wellbeing, and community-engaged scholarship. The piece of the UNP […]
Read MoreUNP’s Free Mental Health Clinic was honored yesterday with a Select 25 grant from Select Health, along with 24 other community programs and organizations throughout Utah.
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