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Welcome to the Center for Resiliency

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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 °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ 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 

 Brian D. Williams, Executive Director
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"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)
Counties We Serve
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Counties Served: Jefferson, Orange, Hardin, Jasper Jefferson County Orange County Hardin County Jasper County

Center for Resiliency Highlights

Summer 2026 STEM Resiliency Camp Registration Open

STEM Resiliency Camp opens doors for local studentsMiddle and high school students from across Southeast Texas got a hands-on introduction to college life this week at °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ’s (LU) free STEM camp, a five-day program designed to spark interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Registration Open Now

Center for Resiliency Attends Building Resilience Conference in Washington, D.C.

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The Center for Resiliency is looking to support faculty research for 2026 summer semester.

Resiliency Lecture Guest Speaker
Jesse Thompson
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Students, Faculty, and Administration are invited to hear Jesse Thompson talk about the “Oil and Energy Markets in the current global landscape, from Venezuela to Iran, and their impact on the SETX region”

 Donations are used to purchase refreshments for our educational and engagement opportunities