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Nominations for University’s 2020 Community Engagement Awards Now Open
Awards designed to encourage excellence
Nominations for Barry University’s seventh annual Community Engagement Awards are now open. The awards ceremony will be held on March 25, 2020, and the nomination deadline is January 27.
“The primary purpose of the awards is to publicly recognize students, faculty and staff members, departments, and community partners for their community engagement participation, contributions, and achievements,” according to a statement from the organizers. “The awards are also designed to encourage excellence and to inspire similar achievements by others.”
There are seven award categories: Community Impact, Community Partnership, Community-Based Research, Engaged Scholarship, Community Engagement Educator, Service-Learning Faculty, and Engaged Department.
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) will host the Community Engagement Awards on Barry’s main campus.
The nomination forms are available in the Community Engagement Management System, or CEMS <http://web.barry.edu/service/ProgramView.aspx?ID=1494>.
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Dr. Pamela Hall Recognized Again for Supporting Early Childhood Education
Dr. Pamela Hall, an associate professor of psychology, has received another award for her support of early childhood education benefiting children from low-income households.
Dr. Maite Riestra-Quintero, assistant director of Early Childhood Programs in the Head Start and Early Head Start Division, presented the award recently. Nadie Mondestin, executive director of the Haitian Youth and Community Center, accepted the award on Hall’s behalf.
Last October, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of South Florida recognized Hall with its Spirit of Service-Learning Award for her community-based project that provided social and emotional support to children in a Head Start / Early Head Start Program managed by the Haitian Youth and Community Center.
A former service-learning faculty fellow, Hall teaches a designated service-learning course through which she and her students have contributed to early childhood education.
Head Start / Early Head Start is a free, comprehensive educational program for eligible children up to 5 years of age. Early Head Start serves children from birth to age 3, as well as expectant mothers. Head Start serves children who are 3 to 4 years old by September 1 or no older than 5 years after September 1.
A department of the county government, Community Action and Human Services concentrates on “Empowering families, individuals and communities through the provision of comprehensive social services.”
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All Set for Tomorrow’s Legislative Forum with State Senator Jason Pizzo
All arrangements have been finalized for tomorrow’s Legislative Forum, organized as part of Barry’s Campus Democracy Project (CDP).
State Sen. Jason Pizzo (D–38) will participate in what will be the final of two forums for this semester.
Pizzo is expected to discuss Florida’s current legislative agenda and his specific plans for the district he represents in the Florida legislature. He will answer questions from the audience.
The CDP Committee, including student leaders of the BucsVote initiative, will host the forum in Room 110 of the R. Kirk Landon Student Union, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
State Representative Dotie Joseph (D–108) participated in the first Legislative Forum on September 25.
The Campus Democracy Project is a nonpartisan initiative aimed at promoting civic learning and democratic engagement through voter education, registration, and mobilization.
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Barry Student Leaders Highlight Campus Democracy Project in TV News Segment
The Campus Democracy Project (CDP) was in the news last Tuesday (Oct. 1), when five student leaders and a faculty member commented on civic engagement at Barry.
“We respect each other enough to have civil conversations about issues so we can … get to that middle ground,” declared sophomore Holly Kachler.
Isaly Ortiz of the College Democrats noted that the CDP was focusing on voter registration, providing information on how to get registered and how to request an absentee ballot.
Stephanie Torres of the College Republicans emphasized the importance of the upcoming census.
“A lot of people think that the census is just a population count,” Torres said. “They don’t know what it actually is, and the impact it has on funding for our state and particularly budgeting for things that we deem necessary in our community.”
Antonio “Toni” Rodriquez and Mateo Gomez were the other student leaders sharing their perspectives during NBC 6 College Week: Barry University. NBC 6’s Carlos Suarez was the onsite reporter.
Dr. Sean Foreman, professor of political science, offered his perspective as well.
Foreman and Rodriquez are co-chairs of the CDP Committee, which consists of students as well as faculty and staff members.
For the NBC South Florida affiliate, September 30–October 4 was College Week 2019.
Here is a web link to the College Week news segment: https://www.nbcmiami.com/on-air/as-seen-on/College-Week_-Barry-University_Miami-561907172.html
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Faculty Invited to Apply for Community-Based Research Incentives
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is inviting faculty to apply for Community-Based Research Incentives. The incentives support the development and implementation of CBR projects.
CBR incentives are awarded through a competitive process to full-time faculty members who teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses. Up to three CBR awards are usually available each year. Applicants may request $500–$1,000.
Community-based research is a collaborative process of critical inquiry into problems or issues faced by a community. Faculty (and sometimes staff) members and students collaborate with community partners on applied research projects that address specific problems or issues and simultaneously promote social change. Research questions emerge from the needs of the community. The goal of the research is to produce and disseminate information that will benefit community members or agencies serving the community.
Through CBR, students learn research design, data collection, data analysis, and reporting.
A CBR project may be conducted by an entire class, or by a group or team. Each team must include at least one student, a faculty member (as co-investigator and/or mentor), and a community partner. Staff members may be included on the research team.
The assessment of proposals is based on six criteria, with categories including Community Rationale, Community Partnerships, Student Participation, and Budget. A document with a detailed description of the program, the application form, and the rubric used by the Review Committee for assessing applications are available in CEMS (the Community Engagement Management System).
CBR proposals may be submitted at any time this semester. For further information, contact Dr. Glenn Bowen in the CCSI at gbowen@barry.edu.
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Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship to Meet Next Tuesday
The Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship (FLC) will have its second meeting for the academic year next Tuesday (Oct. 15), beginning at 1 p.m. The CCSI will host the hour-long meeting in Adrian Hall, Room 208.
All FLC members and prospective members are urged to attend.
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Community Engagement Symposium Highlighted in CCSI Annual Report
In its Annual Report for 2019, the CCSI put the spotlight on Barry’s sixth annual Community Engagement Symposium. Student presentations during two concurrent sessions and a poster session demonstrated how engagement with the community brought learning to life.
Also highlighted in the Report are the University’s celebration of the community engagement achievements of students, faculty, staff, and community partners; the Barry Service Corps Fellows’ demonstration of excellence in academics and civic leadership; and forums focused on voting rights, hunger policy, the opioid epidemic, and global warming.
Copies of the 60-page Report, whose theme is “Accelerating the Pace of Civic Engagement,” are available from the CCSI.
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Fact Sheets on Various Community Engagement Topics Available from CCSI
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Contact Brittney Morales, coordinator of Federal Work-Study Community Service, at BriMorales@barry.edu or 305-899-3696. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Community Engagement News
Posted On : October 07, 2019
