Community Engagement and Strategic Partnerships
We are proud to be The University FOR Toledo. Under the leadership of UToledo’s 19th President, Dr. James Holloway, the institution is recommitting its focus on serving the greater Toledo community. In his Inauguration Address, Dr. Holloway outlined three launchpads that will define UToledo’s next chapter:
Advantage Toledo: Ensure that all UToledo undergraduate students have a learning experience that bridges the classroom with the world of professional practice.
Innovate Toledo: Encourage interdisciplinary research inspired by the opportunities and challenges of our region, and support its economic growth.
Healthy Toledo: Enable improved health outcomes throughout the area.
UToledo is also working to establish a UToledo Extension to align existing efforts and provide a focus on external service and relationship building.
These initiatives will support UToledo’s leadership in community engagement as we attract students to the University, increase our impact as a research institution and support the well-being of our community.
Aligned with the UToledo’s designation in 2013 as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the American Public Land Grant Universities (APLU), UToledo continues to measure, tell and enhance its economic and community development impact as it relates to talent, innovation and place.
Talent
Talent development includes how universities advance knowledge through programs and activities that educate and prepare people for the 21st century economy.
UToledo is one of just eight engineering schools in the country that integrates work-based learning opportunities into its academic curriculum. The program recently celebrated 25 years of success.
UToledo leads meaningful workforce development
UToledo is the leader of a collaborative initiative aimed at training regional workers for new and existing jobs related to hydrogen production, distribution, storage and use.
Academic Affiliation with ProMedica
The academic affiliation between UToledo’s College of Medicine and Life Sciences and ProMedica enriches the quality of medical education and expands clinical training capacity in Toledo to retain top talent and build a pipeline of medical providers for the future.
Innovation
Innovation begins with basic research and builds on that knowledge for applications that benefit society.
UToledo's water research initiatives
UToledo water quality researchers are protecting the Great Lakes to continue to provide clean drinking water. In 2022 the APLU additionally recognized the University with the Public Impact Research Award for UToledo’s work in water research.
UToledo’s solar expertise propels glass hub
UToledo’s expertise in solar energy research with the Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization is supporting a $31M Northwest Ohio Glass Innovation Hub, a consortium of public research institutions and private industry.
UToledo fights against human trafficking
Through education, advocacy and research, UToledo is a leader in the fight against human trafficking.
Place
Institutions of higher education contribute to making attractive, competitive communities where people want to live, create jobs, raise families and participate in civic life.
UT gives back to the community through the annual Big Event
Rocket Week brings together University and Community
The annual week-long community event leads up to the home-opening football game and start of the academic year.
Greening UToledo through Service Learning promotes native plantings on campus
Since the campus organization’s inception in 2017, the group has seeded 17 mall garden plots around campus promoting native ecology of the region.