Community Engagement Symposium Includes Workshop, Seminar and Poster Sessions
A workshop, seminar, concurrent presentations, and poster session are the main components of Barry University’s fifth annual Community Engagement Symposium, which will be held on March 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Registration for the symposium is underway.
Organized around the theme “Demonstrating Social Responsibility through Experiential Learning,” the symposium will feature Nadinne Cruz, former director of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University, as the lead presenter.
An internationally recognized experiential learning expert, Cruz will lead a 10–11:15 a.m. workshop on the topic, “Doing Justice, Making Peace in a Divided World,” and a 12:30–1:45 p.m. seminar titled “Community Engagement as Epistemic Justice and Democratic Practice.”
Five concurrent presentations are listed at the registration site. They include “Collaboration with Community Partners: Oral Histories of Virginia Key Beach — ‘The Colored Beach.’” The other presentations are titled as follows: “Educational Initiatives of the Barry University Nursing and Education International Learning Partnership”; “Gender Differences in Attitudes towards Experiential Learning”; “Humanitarian Protection for the ‘Dreamers’ in America”; and “Promoting and Evaluating Youth Empowerment through Face-to-Face Social Learning and the videoRehearser Media Platform.”
The symposium will also include a student poster competition aimed at showcasing and recognizing students’ course-based and co-curricular work focused on social responsibility. Entries for the competition will be displayed during the poster session, which is slated for Room 112 of the Andreas Building from 2-3:30 p.m. Although any student, faculty and staff member may participate in the poster session, the competition is open only to undergraduates.
Prizes will be presented during the closing session of the symposium, which immediately follows the poster session.
Symposium Schedule
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8:45-9:20
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Registrants’ Check-In
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Andreas 111
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9:30-9:50
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Opening Session:
“Demonstrating Social Responsibility through Experiential Learning”
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Andreas 111
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10:00-11:15
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Session II – Workshop:
“Doing Justice, Making Peace in a Divided World”
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Andreas 111
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11:30-12:20
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Session III – Concurrent Presentations
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Powers 166B, 166C, 166D, 235, 236
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12:30-1:45
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Session IV – Seminar Presentation:
“University – Community Partner Collaboration as if Our Lives Depended on It”
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Andreas 111
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2:00-3:30
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Session V – Poster Session
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Andreas 112
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3:30-4:00
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Closing Session
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Andreas 112
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The symposium supports the implementation and assessment of Barry’s QEP, “Fostering Personal and Social Responsibility through Experiential Learning.” Key elements of social responsibility are identified as follows: “Becoming aware of the importance of contributing to the greater good; gaining civic knowledge and skills; and taking action with others to address issues affecting local, national, and/or global communities.”
Experiential learning includes service-learning, community-based research, fieldwork, clinical rotations, study abroad, capstones, and internships. The social responsibility outcomes are linked primarily to the “community engagement and collaboration” category of the QEP.
The opening session of the symposium is set for 9:30 a.m. and the closing session at 3:30 p.m. Dr. Victor Romano, associate vice provost for student success and undergraduate studies, will deliver the opening address, and Dr. Karen Callaghan, chair of the QEP Implementation Committee, will make closing remarks.
For additional information on the symposium, contact the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) at service@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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