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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Last week, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was signed into law that includes $350 billion in direct aid to state and local governments. A new CivicPulse survey shows how local governments see changing priorities with billions of dollars in new relief funds now headed their way. When asked how they would use future relief funds, the majority of local governments officials indicated the need for covering payroll, paying for implementation public health safety measures, and purchasing PPE. Many government officials also indicated that they would be likely to use new funding to support small businesses and cover the costs of vaccine distribution.
Stanfordâs Office of Community Engagement and its associate vice president Megan Swezey Fogarty recently named Preeti Hehmeyer to its staff.
The Indian American was previously the associate director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, and was named as assistant vice president for community engagement.
Fogarty, since taking her role last March, has worked with her team to establish the new Office of Community Engagement as part of the Office of External Relations to further connect Stanford with the communities it touches, a university report notes.
OCE was first established by president Tessier-Lavigne as part of the Long-Range Vision process, in response to the identified need for more purposeful and organized engagement between Stanford and external communities, the report said.
Q&A: Stanfordâs engagement with the community
The leaders of Stanfordâs Office of Community Engagement, Megan Swezey Fogarty and Preeti Hehmeyer, discuss the vision for the new office, the universityâs engagement with its neighbors and the officeâs initial work.
By Joel Berman
When Megan Swezey Fogarty was appointed Stanfordâs first associate vice president for community engagement on March 1, she could not have foreseen how local, national and global events would shape the work of her new office.
Megan Swezey Fogarty (left) and Preeti Hehmeyer are leading the new Office of Community Engagement. (Image credit: Joy Leighton; courtesy Preeti Hehmeyer)
Stanford trustees express gratitude for campus pandemic response
In a series of remote meetings this week, the Stanford Board of Trustees discussed the ongoing pandemic, new construction, the university’s engagement with the external world and Long-Range Vision progress.
By Kate Chesley
“Enormous gratitude and appreciation” were the words Board of Trustees Chair Jeff Raikes used to recognize the efforts of the Stanford community as it continues to grapple with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Raikes shared the trustees’ appreciation for those “delivering patient care, continuing research and education, supporting our students [and] keeping our administrative operations going” at the end of the board’s remote meetings Dec. 6–8.