Some are one-time, others are continuous. Some programs have extensive relationships with agency partners, including designing curricula and co-teaching courses. These agency partners are given adjunct faculty status. Other departments have developed contractual relationships with agencies, and are active in ensuring the service given is what the agency needs. All faculty are encouraged to develop a partnership relationship with the agency, and to recognize the agency is teaching the students.
Faculty are encouraged to develop agency partnerships, meeting needs that they find.
However, the Bennion Center is contacted weekly by agencies in need of assistance. These needs are passed on to faculty who teach courses in a subject relevant to the need. The faculty are responsible for following up with the agency if they are interested in the service opportunity. Leadership and Management 26. Irene Fisher is the Director of the Bennion Center, and has been since its founding in 1987.