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University of Massachusetts Lowell |
Advisory Board
The Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC)
Advisory Board brings together representatives of the
community with those of UMass Lowell’s administration,
faculty and staff . It is primarily composed of
community representatives who serve in Lowell’s public
and private non-profit service organizations, but also
includes representatives from local businesses and labor
organizations. The long-term goal of the Board is to
increase the number and quality of University-community
partnerships and to help foster the University’s mission
of addressing economic and social development in Lowell
in partnership with community organizations and
community members.
To this end, the Advisory Board created “Signature
Outreach Areas” in 2003 to help the University and
community identify where the University can apply its
strengths to help social and economic development in
Greater Lowell. To give just one example, one of the
eight areas recognized was “Reinventing
the Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy.”
With the University’s strengths in this area,
it could help make Lowell a destination for
learning-based centers and diversify Lowell’s creative
economy. Some other Outreach Areas include “Strengthening
the Environment, Environmental Health, and Health,”
“Working to Make Lowell a Math Mecca,” and “Improving
Prospects for Youth.”
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