Community Relations

The office of Community Relations is the University of Kansas Medical Center's front door for community partnerships. Our team works closely with people, Kansas City metropolitan businesses, neighbors, and civic organizations who want to work with the KU Medical Center. We routinely help our external partners navigate our system, and connect our faculty, staff, and students to the wider community through meaningful partnerships to address community needs, enrich student learning, and facilitate research.

If you have questions, ideas for working together, or want to talk about connecting with KU Medical Center resources, please contact us. We look forward to talking with you and hearing from you. Our goal is to make lasting connections, develop partnerships, and exceed your expectations as a community partner.

2020 Community Partnership Survey Results Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey. Your responses helped enrich our understanding of the vast array of community partnership programs across the metro and the State of Kansas. View Survey Results

Helpful Links

• Anchor Organizations
  • https://anchors.democracycollaborative.org/dashboard-materials.html
• Campus Compact
  • https://compact.org/who-we-are/
• Carnegie Definition for Community Engagement
  • https://www.brown.edu/swearer/carnegie/about
• University of Kansas, Center for Community Health & Development - Community Tool Box
  • toolbox@ku.edu
  • ctb@ku.edu
• University of Kansas, Center for Service Learning
  • http://csl.ku.edu/
• University of Kansas, Community Service Recognition
  • https://csl.ku.edu/recognition/ku