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Serving Our Community
Welcome to the Center for Resiliency
Every piece of our communities defines disaster and resilience from their own unique experiences and perspectives. Our communities are made up of local government, nonprofits, industry, business, healthcare, and community groups that are also made up of real people with real needs and real challenges of disaster. As a part of the Southeast Texas community, and in support of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ mission, the Center for Resiliency strives to provide service, outreach, and education for improved resilience to disaster through community-based research and service to uncover the needs of each part of the community in supporting the community system when adversity is at its highest. Our goal is that the work we do can be applied in the Southeast Texas community and serve as an example to communities across the Gulf Coast region, from Texas to Florida, for increased community resilience to disaster.
Brian D. Williams, Executive Director
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ| Center for Resiliency
"it must be foolishness or madness to intervene in systems that people depend on without knowing how the systems work and how they will react" (Dombrowsky, 1998,29)
Center for Resiliency Highlights
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ earns prestigious R2 classification
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has earned the prestigious R2 designation, a classification for institutions with high research activity, as recognized by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Youth Resilience Camp
CfR oversees various educational services to facilitate unique academic opportunities for students of Southeast Texas
COAS Empowering Youth Resilience in Southeast Texas
STEM Basketball Camp
Multidisciplinary Arts and Science
Dr. Brett Welch named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Brett Welch has been appointed to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ subject to the approval by the Texas State University System Board of Regents.
City of Orange, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ launch a new flood monitoring program
Areas of Impact
Lamar Investigators are active in the fields of study, and excel in applied research that positively impacts citizens of Southeast Texas and surrounding areas.
Environment Cluster
- Extreme Weather Outreach and Infrastructure Impacts
- Evaluation of Data Analytics
- Ecosystems and Natural Science
Engagement Cluster
- Engagement and Outreach
- Education and Development
- Empowerment and Advocacy
Economics Cluster
- Emergency Management and Community Rating Systems
- Energy and other support Enterprises
- Employment and Energizing the Workforce
Center for Resiliency
Is Looking To Hire
Associate Director
of Engagement and Education
Lamar Research By The Numbers
46
Subawards FY25
100
Students Involved In Research FY25
45
Publications
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