Community Engagement Symposium

Registration Form

This year's Community Engagement Symposium is a fully virtual event and is free of charge. You may register for Session I (which includes the Featured Workshop), a selected presentation in Session II, a selected presentation in Session III, and Session IV (which includes a Special Presentation). Once registered, you will receive individual confirmation emails with the Zoom link for each session. You are invited to turn on your audio and video throughout specified portions of sessions during the Symposium.

Learn more about the concurrent sessions and presenters.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

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Session I

Session I - 9:00 am - 10:45 am, Register Now

Opening Remarks
Dr. John D. Murray | Provost
"Effectively Balancing Community Impact With Student Outcomes"

Featured Workshop
"Epistemic Justice in Practice: Implications for Community Partnerships and Student Learning"
Dr. John Saltmarsh (University of Massachusetts, Boston) and Dr. Melissa M. Quan (Fairfield University)

Session II

Session II-A - 11:00 am - 11:50 am, Register Now

Pivoting to a Virtual Health Fair to Teach Graduate Nursing Students Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Dr. Laura Dean Albuja, Lisa Ferrand, and Dr. Corvette Yacoob

Session II-B - 11:00 am - 11:50 am, Register Now

FINFit Thursdays with SMIF (Financial Literacy Program)
Marvin Best and Gabriella Reyes

Session II-C - 11:00 am - 11:50 am, Register Now

Engaging with Our Community: Stories of English Language Teachin My Meetingg with Afghani Refugees
Dr. Heather Johnson Desiral and Students of TSL 415-5Y

Session II-D - 11:00 am - 11:50 am, Register Now

Liberty City Walls: Coming Together
Danny Fernandez and Caroline Gillingham-Varela

Session II-E - 11:00 am - 11:50 am, Register Now

Can This Actually Work? Examining Students’ Reflections on Amnesty International’s Write for Rights as Service-Learning
Dr. Laura Finley, Dr. Lisa Konczal, and Mr. Luis Estrada

Session II-F - 11:00 am - 11:50 am, Register Now

From Undergraduate Research to Podcast Sustainability Series: Community-Engaged Pedagogy in College English Composition
Emily Andrea Sendin, Alejandra Cano, and Laura Guerra-Lopez

Session II-G - 11:00 am - 11:50 am, Register Now

Purpose and Empowerment Through the Presence of M My Meetingulticultural Children’s Literature
Michael Woodward, Jr.

Session III

Session III-A - 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm, Register Now

The Miami Shores Village Strategic Plan Initiative: Students Reflecting on Applied Learning
Dr. Carole Huberman, Dr. Stephen Sussman, Dr. Dale Hartz, Yileen Ng, and Anja Marinkovic

Session III-B - 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm, Register Now

Service-Learning and Social Work Practice: An Overview of Team Projects
Liz Valdez James

Session III-C - 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm, Register Now

Grow Healthy, Beat Cancer
Stefani Davila and Ana Muñoz

Session III-D - 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm, Register Now

An Intercultural Exchange Program for Women’s Empowerment: A Community-Based Service Project
Reem Juraid and Michael Portnoy

Session III-E - 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm, Register Now

Community-Based Work: Participatory Budgeting
Dr. John Murphy, Roger Horne, and Sister Evelyn Brown

Session III-F - 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm, Register Now

Inspiring Civic Engagement in Undergraduate Students Through Community-Focused Internships
Isnavys Perez and Michael Spooner

Session IV

Session IV - 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Register Now

Welcome Back
Dr. Mike Allen | President

Special Presentation
"Orienting Campus–Community Engagement Towards Reparations"
Dr. Timothy Eatman (Rutgers University – Newark), Dr. April Khadijah Inniss (King Boston), and Dr. John Saltmarsh (University of Massachusetts, Boston)

Poster Competition: Announcement of Prize Winners