2008
Andrew Furco appointed Associate Vice President for Public Engagement
2006
University of Minnesota becomes an inaugural member of the Carnegie Foundation’s elective Community Engagement classification
2005
Establishment of Office for Public Engagement in the office of Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration
Victor Bloomfield is the first Associate Vice President for Public Engagement
2002
Establishment of the Council of Public Engagement (COPE)
2000-2001
Provost Bruininks established a Civic Engagement Task Force and an Administrative Advisory Committee for Public Engagement
The Board of Regents also established an Ad Hoc Committee on Outreach