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January 6, 2020 | |
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In This Issue:
Students Log 1,860 Hours of Service as Part of Service-Learning Courses Deliberative Dialogue Series to Continue with Two Spring Semester Forums CCSI Accepting Nominations for Community Engagement Awards 2020 Community Engagement Symposium Presentation Proposals Should be Submitted by February 3 Course Instructors Invited to Apply for Service-Learning Designation Box Tops for Education Drive Continues with Traditional Submission Process Organizers of First Miami Walk to End Epilepsy Seeking Student Volunteers
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Students Log 1,860 Hours of Service as Part of Service-Learning Courses
Over 320 students took theology courses in Fall 2019
Students taking designated service-learning courses in theology and sociology provided approximately 1,860 hours of service to the community last semester.
The students were assigned mainly to social service agencies, educational institutions, and faith-based organizations, where they rendered both project- and event-related service benefiting the wider community.
Some students served in the
More than 320 students provided service as part of Theology: Faith, Beliefs, and Traditions (11 sections) and Sexuality, Sex, and Morality (two sections). The theology course instructors were Fr. George Boudreau, Rev. Richard Clements, Sister Mary Frances Fleischaker, Dr. Christopher Jones, Fr. José David Padilla, Fr. Jorge Presmanes, Dr. Alex Schlich, Karen Stalnaker, and Fr. Cristóbal Torres.
Nearly 150 students were enrolled in sociology courses – four sections of Perspective Consciousness and Social Justice and one section of Marriage and the Family. Johnson Desiral reported that Drs. Laura Finley, Gary Grizzle, and Lisa Konczal were the sociology course instructors.
In addition, 20 students taking Dr. Pawena “Winnie” Sirmangkala’s Introduction to Communication provided significant service to the community.
Barry’s QEP, titled “Fostering Personal and Social Responsibility through Experiential Learning,” includes designated service-learning courses.
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Deliberative Dialogue Series to Continue with Two Spring Semester Forums
The academic year’s Deliberative Dialogue Series will continue this semester with two forums – the first on comprehensive sex education, scheduled for February 25, and the second on waste disposal, for April 16. Both are slated for 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in Andreas 112.
The CCSI hosted two forums in the Deliberative Dialogue Series in the fall semester.
The CCSI organizes the Deliberative Dialogue Series as an approach to civic learning and engagement in addressing hot-button social issues. Free and open to the public, the series brings together campus and community stakeholders to weigh perspectives on the issues and to work towards practical solutions.
For further information, contact CCSI Associate Director Courtney Berrien at cberrien@barry.edu or 305-899-4017.
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CCSI Accepting Nominations for Community Engagement Awards 2020
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is accepting nominations for the 2020 Community Engagement Awards. Students, faculty, and staff members, as well as community partners, are invited to submit nominations by January 27.
Nominations are being accepted in seven categories: Community Impact, Community Partnership, Community-Based Research, Engaged Scholarship, Community Engagement Educator, Service-Learning Faculty, and Engaged Department.
The CCSI will host Barry’s seventh annual Community Engagement Awards on March 25, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., in Andreas 111.
The nomination forms are available in CEMS, the Community Engagement Management System. For additional information, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu.
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Community Engagement Symposium Presentation Proposals Should be Submitted by February 3
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is accepting proposals for presentations at Barry’s seventh annual Community Engagement Symposium. Students, faculty, staff, and community partners are invited to submit proposals for presentations by February 3.
The theme of the symposium is "Engagement in Purposeful Projects: From Awareness to Action.”
In the context of community engagement, purposeful projects include experiential learning practices such as service-learning, community-based research, fieldwork, study abroad, capstones, and internships.
Proposals should address the theme of the symposium and identify the experiential learning practice that was implemented. Successful proposals will specify the course or co-curricular project, the social or community issue addressed, the related activities undertaken, and the actual learning outcomes. Proposals should also emphasize how the project was designed to be purposeful and how student awareness was translated into action.
Scheduled for March 25, this year’s symposium will highlight student learning outcomes of community engagement practices in the context of Barry’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) titled “Fostering Personal and Social Responsibility through Experiential Learning.”
The guidelines and proposal submission form are available in CEMS, the Community Engagement Management System. For additional information, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu or the QEP desk at qep@barry.edu.
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Course Instructors Invited to Apply for Service-Learning Designation
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is inviting faculty members whose courses include a service-learning component to apply for the service-learning designation.
Sections of courses, internships, practicum assignments, field education, capstones, community-based research, and similar community-focused or community-based work also may be designated as service-learning.
“Designating courses as service-learning promotes deep integration of thoughtfully organized community service into the curriculum and high standards of service-learning practice,” according to a statement from the CCSI. “Service-learning courses demonstrate the value of applied learning, student engagement with the community, and critical reflection.”
For additional information on the service-learning designation, contact Dr. Glenn Bowen at gbowen@barry.edu.
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Box Tops for
Barry’s Box Tops for
“Box Tops is changing to fit today’s families,” the program organizers have announced. “The new and improved Box Tops mobile app uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to your school’s earnings online.”
While traditional Box Tops clips are being phased out of production, they may still be found on many products and will continue to be accepted for the Box Tops for Education program. Eventually, it will become a digital-only program.
Proceeds of Barry’s Box Tops for
The Minority Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS), in association with the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), organizes the drive.
Box Tops clips from household products – each with a clearly visible product acronym and expiration date – may be dropped in the labeled boxes found at several locations on Barry’s main campus, including the CCSI (Adrian 208), the Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library, and Thompson Hall. Alternatively, donations may be sent to Dr. Stephanie Bingham, the MAPS advisor, in the Department of Biology,
Cereals, household-cleaning supplies, paper products, and school supplies are on the list of eligible products found at the following site: <http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/participating-products>.
For further information, contact Bingham at sbingham@barry.edu.
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Organizers of First Miami Walk to End Epilepsy Seeking Student Volunteers
The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida needs student volunteers for its Miami Walk to End Epilepsy, scheduled for March 14 at Zoo Miami. The first such event in
Over 223,000 people in
“Our previous walk in
The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida is a chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation of America, which develops and implements programs and services for people with epilepsy.
For answers to questions, visit https://epilepsyfoundationfl.org/ or contact Delgado at cdelgado@efa.org or 813-255-0840. | |
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