March 25, 2019 |
Registration for Wednesday’s Community Engagement Symposium Remains Open Seats to be Reserved for Wednesday’s Community Engagement Awards by Today Stamps Scholars Participate in Day of Service Supporting Urban Garden Improvement A Child is Missing, Inc. and Other Community Partners Offer Service Opportunities Presentation at Educational Research Conference Highlights Collaboration Box Tops for Education Drive Needs Ongoing Support from Faculty and Staff Special Olympics Still Seeking Volunteers for Annual 5K Run/Walk on April 7
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Registration for Wednesday’s Community Engagement Symposium Remains Open
Lead Presenter’s Sessions Scheduled for 9:30 and Noon
As the organizers put the finishing touches to the program, registration for Wednesday’s Community Engagement Symposium remains open. Students, faculty and staff members, and community partners are urged to register today.
Barry’s sixth annual Community Engagement Symposium will be held on the main campus, with the opening session set for 9 a.m. in Andreas 111 and the closing session at 3:40 p.m. in Andreas 112.
Dr. Patti H. Clayton, former director of the Service-Learning Program at North Carolina State University, will be the lead presenter.
Clayton’s workshop on “Implementing, Assessing, and Refining Experiential Learning to Enhance Outcomes” is scheduled for 9:30 to 10:50 a.m. in Andreas 111.
Her lunch-hour seminar presentation titled “Transformation of and through Community-Campus Engagement” will also be in Andreas 111.
The theme of the Community Engagement Symposium is “Bringing Learning to Life through Community Engagement.” Provost Dr. John Murray will comment on the theme during the opening session.
Dr. Karen Callaghan, chair of Barry’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Implementation Committee, will deliver remarks during the 20-minute closing session.
The symposium program also includes two concurrent sessions – one in the morning, the other in the afternoon. Six presentations will be made during Session III (11:00–11:50 a.m.) and seven during Session V (1:30–2:20 p.m.).
The presentation titled “Of the People, by the People, for the People: Students = the People” – which is listed at the symposium registration site in Session III – has been moved to Session V in the program. The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) has been contacting Session III-A registrants regarding the change.
The hour-long poster session, in Andreas 112, will open at 2:30. As part of a competition for undergraduates, prizes will be awarded to the presenters of the top three posters.
Here is the URL for the registration site: <http://www.barry.edu/community-engagement-symposium/>.
For additional information or assistance with registration for the symposium, contact the CCSI at 305-899-3696.
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Seats to be Reserved for Wednesday’s Community Engagement Awards by Today
The sixth annual Community Engagement Awards will be held this Wednesday (March 27), from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., in Room 111 of the Andreas Building on Barry’s Miami Shores campus.
Dr. Patti Clayton, a nationally recognized community engagement scholar, will be the guest speaker.
Seats for the event must be reserved by today (Monday, March 25). For further information, contact the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) at 305-899-3696.
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Stamps Scholars Participate in Day of Service Supporting Urban Garden Improvement
Stamps Scholars participated in a day of service recently, supporting the improvement of the Barry Urban Garden, which has been created for the benefit of the wider community.
Serving alongside the Stamps Scholars were students from Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores and North Miami Senior High as well as staff and faculty members from Barry’s Adrian Dominican School of Education.
The volunteers installed a cinderblock border for the garden plots, removed invasive species, planted vegetables and flowers, and watered the plants.
The fourth annual Stamps National Day of Service, February 23, saw Stamps Scholars at 25 higher education institutions rendering service based on the theme, “commUNITY: Uniting to Serve.” Scholars across the country were encouraged to “give back in ways that matched their skill sets and community needs.”
Collectively, the Stamps Scholars provided over 1,000 hours of service at local gardens, food banks, and other sites, addressing such issues as hunger and homelessness and the effects of natural disasters.
The Barry Stamps Scholars Program helps “driven and talented student leaders achieve their education and life goals.” With the generous support of the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, the program invests in an exclusive group of high-achieving incoming freshmen with an interest in leadership and service.
Barry University contributes matching dollars to provide a full-merit scholarship to each student selected for the program.
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A Child is Missing, Inc. and Other Community Partners Offer Service Opportunities
Several community partners have highlighted the community service opportunities they are currently offering. The partners include A Child is Missing, Inc.; Branches; HOPE, Inc.; and the Women’s Breast and Heart Initiative.
A Child is Missing assists law enforcement agencies in the early search and recovery of missing children (often with autism and Down syndrome), the elderly (often with Alzheimer’s disease), the disabled, and college students in the first hours of their disappearance, by using an alert system. The organization also offers child safety education programs to children and adolescents as well as “high-risk” or vulnerable youth in schools.
Branches provides long-term, holistic services for motivated individuals and families through programs that focus on student achievement, family services, and financial wellness. The organization helps people “grow deeper and climb higher in life by building a foundation through education.”
The mission of the Women’s Breast and Heart Initiative is “to save lives by connecting at-risk women with the prevention and early detection necessary to fight breast cancer and heart disease.”
HOPE, Inc. (Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence) is a private fair-housing, not-for-profit organization dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination and promoting fair housing. The organization employs education outreach as one of the ways it seeks to achieve its mission.
Students enrolled in service-learning courses may take advantage of the opportunities offered by A Child is Missing; Branches; HOPE, Inc.; the Women’s Breast and Heart Initiative; and other community partners.
Details of the opportunities are provided in the Community Engagement Management System (CEMS), accessible from the CCSI home page(click on the "Get involved" link).
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Presentation at Educational Research Conference Highlights Collaboration
“Intersecting Communities and Their Stories of Belonging: A Qualitative Inquiry.” That is the title of a presentation made at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA) recently.
The presenters were Dr. Ruth Ban, a professor in the Adrian Dominican School of Education (ADSOE), and five Ph.D. students: Xiaoxi Dong, Orlando Cardozo, Annette Cardozo, Aleksandar Chonevski, and Verona Nisbeth-Hart.
Focused on the refugee experience, “Intersecting Communities and Their Stories of Belonging” resulted from collaboration between Dr. Ban and her students with the Miami office of Church World Service (CWS).
The Doral-based Miami office is one of three CWS South Florida offices that provide resettlement and legal support to refugees from such countries as Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Iran, and Iraq.
More than 20 Barry University faculty members and doctoral students attended the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA) in Myrtle Beach, SC, on February 20–23 and presented papers and posters on various topics of original research.
The EERA meeting serves as a major regional conference each year.
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Box Tops for Education Drive Needs Ongoing Support from Faculty and Staff
Students as well as faculty and staff members are urged to continue supporting the Box Tops for Education Drive.
Proceeds of the project benefit two South Florida elementary schools – North Miami in Miami-Dade County and Sheridan Hills in Broward. The schools earn 10 cents for each Box Tops clip.
Box Tops clips from household products may be dropped in the labeled boxes found in the CCSI office (Adrian 208), the Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library, and Thompson Hall. Alternatively, donations may be sent to Dr. Stephanie Bingham in the Department of Biology, Siena 309.
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>.
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Special Olympics Still Seeking Volunteers for Annual 5K Run/Walk on April 7
Special Olympics Florida (Miami-Dade County) is still seeking volunteers for its Sponsor an Athlete 5K Run/Walk next month. Volunteers will help with registration, crowd control, and incentive distribution.
This annual rain-or-shine event raises awareness and funds for Special Olympics Florida: Miami-Dade County. The event will take place on April 7 at Gulliver Schools (Prep Campus), 6575 North Kendall Drive, Pinecrest.
Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The participants are provided with opportunities to develop physical fitness; demonstrate courage; experience joy; and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with the community.
For additional information and to volunteer, contact Karla Pascua at karlapascua@sofl.org or 305-431-2073.
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