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Community Engagement Events for Spring Semester Include Days of Service, Symposium, and Awards Community Engagement Award Nominations to be Submitted by January 28 Students, Faculty, and Staff Invited to Submit Symposium Presentation Proposals by February 1 Students Serve Community as Part of Theology and Sociology Courses Service-Learning Fellowships Available to Faculty for Next Academic Year CCSI Calls for Proposals for Community-Based Research Incentives
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Community Engagement Events for Spring Semester Include Days of Service, Symposium, and Awards
Achievers and Community Partners to be Recognized on March 27
Days of service, the Community Engagement Symposium, and the Community Engagement Awards are on the spring semester calendar. Also on the calendar are two forums in the Deliberative Dialogue Series.
On January 19, the university will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with community service projects. Scores of volunteers are expected to turn out for projects that promote civil rights and benefit communities historically affected by systemic racism.
Barry’s MLK Day of Service is the Saturday immediately preceding the King holiday. The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is organizing the MLK Day of Service projects with support from the Major Days of Service Committee.
Sustainability Saturday is another day of service on the semester’s calendar. The campus will be invited to “uphold the sacredness of Earth” by supporting community-based environmental projects on April 13.
Meanwhile, plans for Alternative Spring Break trips, March 2–9, are being finalized. The destinations will be Port-de-Paix, Haiti; McAllen, Texas; and Montgomery, Ala.
Both the Community Engagement Symposium and the Community Engagement Awards will be held on March 27 on campus. Presentation proposals are being accepted for the symposium and nominations for the awards.
At the awards ceremony, students, faculty and staff members, and a department will be recognized for exemplary participation and high achievements in community engagement. Community partners will be among the award recipients.
The academic year’s Deliberative Dialogue Series will continue on February 21 with a forum on Florida’s opioid epidemic. Titled “Florida’s Opioid Epidemic: A Serious Public Health Issue,” the forum will be held in Room 112 of the Andreas Building, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
On April 11, the final forum for the academic year will draw attention to climate change. The 90-minute forum, “Natural Disasters and Climate Change: Is Global Warming Causing More Hurricanes?” is slated to get underway at 4 o’clock.
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Community Engagement Award Nominations to be Submitted by January 28
The Community Engagement Awards Ceremony will be held on March 27. Barry Law received the top award for community engagement last year.
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is accepting nominations for this year’s Community Engagement Awards. Students, faculty, staff, and administrators are invited to submit nominations by the January 28 deadline.
The nomination forms are available in the Community Engagement Management System <http://web.barry.edu/service/ProgramView.aspx?ID=1494> and via email from the CCSI.
The award categories are “Community Impact,” “Community Partnership,” “Community-Based Research,” “Engaged Scholarship,” “Community Engagement Educator,” “Service-Learning Faculty,” and “Engaged Department.”
The CCSI will host Barry’s sixth annual Community Engagement Awards on March 27.
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Students, Faculty, and Staff Invited to Submit Symposium Presentation Proposals by February 1
Students as well as faculty and staff members are invited to submit proposals for oral (podium) and poster presentations at Barry’s sixth annual Community Engagement Symposium. The submission deadline is February 1.
The theme of the symposium is “Bringing Learning to Life through Community Engagement.”
Community engagement includes 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 learning “came to life” – that is, how learning was enhanced or enriched and made meaningful for the student.
Scheduled for March 27, the 2019 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.”
For additional information on the symposium, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu.
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Students Serve Community as Part of Theology and Sociology Courses
Community partners included Church World Service, the Food Recovery Network, PACT, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
Students taking theology and sociology courses during the fall semester provided more than 2,500 hours of service to the community. The students took part in several community projects and events.
Service sites included schools, social service agencies, community gardens, and public parks.
Church World Service, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the Food Recovery Network, and PACT (People Acting for Community Together) were among the community partners.
Some students participated in food recovery efforts on campus, taking the surplus food to Miami Rescue Mission, where they served it to community members and then assisted with cleanup.
Students also participated in projects for three days of service: 9/11 Day of Service, International Coastal Cleanup, and Make a Difference Day.
Nearly 300 students were enrolled in THE 201: Theology: Faith, Beliefs, and Traditions (10 sections) and THE 311: Sexuality, Sex, and Morality (2 sections).
The instructors for THE 201 were Fr. George Boudreau, the Rev. Richard Clements, Sister Mary Frances Fleischaker, Fr. José David Padilla, Fr. Jorge Presmanes, Karen Stalnaker, and Fr. Mark Wedig. Dr. Christopher Jones was the instructor for THE 311.
A total of 126 students were enrolled in SOC 200: Perspective Consciousness (4 sections) and SOC 426: Sociology of Violence. The instructors for SOC 200 were Drs. Laura Finley and Lisa Konczal. Finley was the instructor for SOC 426.
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Service-Learning Fellowships Available to Faculty for Next Academic Year
Two service-learning fellowships will be available for the 2019–2020 academic year to full-time faculty members who teach undergraduate or graduate courses.
The Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program is designed primarily to increasing the number and quality of service-learning courses and faculty who use the pedagogy effectively.
The service-learning fellows attend seminars organized by the CCSI. They also participate in the Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship.
Faculty members interested in the program are asked to contact Dr. Glenn Bowen in the CCSI.
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CCSI Calls for Proposals for Community-Based Research Incentives
The Center for Community Service Initiatives has issued a call for proposals for community-based research incentives.
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 currently available. Applicants may request $500–$1,000.
A document with a detailed description of the Community-Based Research Incentive Program, the application form, and the rubric used by the Review Committee for assessing applications are available in CEMS – the Community Engagement Management System.
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