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Experiential Learning Administrator to be Lead Presenter at Symposium
Patrick M. Green, the founding director of the Center for Experiential Learning at Loyola University Chicago, will be the lead presenter at this year’s Community Engagement Symposium. He will lead a morning workshop and an afternoon seminar session at the event.
Loyola is a Jesuit Catholic university. Its Center for Experiential Learning houses the service-learning, academic internship, undergraduate research, and learning portfolio programs.
Green also is a clinical instructor of experiential learning at Loyola University Chicago. He teaches a variety of experiential learning courses, engaging students in service-learning, both domestic and international; undergraduate and community-based research; and internship experiences.
A former chair of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSCLE), Green also is an engaged scholar with Campus Compact, the national organization that advances the public purposes of colleges and universities.
Green is a coeditor of volumes on service-learning and community engagement published by Stylus, a leading publisher of books in higher education. He has authored several scholarly papers on those and related topics.
Additionally, he has been a lead evaluator of a university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) as part of the accreditation process administered by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges.
Green received his doctorate in education from Roosevelt
The topic of his workshop at the symposium is: “Reflecting on Community Work: A Framework for Meaning-Making.” The workshop is scheduled for 10–11 a.m. His hour-long seminar, scheduled for 12:30–1:30 p.m., is titled “Leading with Community: Emphasizing Community in Community-Based (Experiential) Learning.”
The fourth annual Community Engagement Symposium will be held on March 29 on Barry’s main campus. In addition to the lead presenter’s workshop and seminar, the program will include two concurrent presentation sessions for faculty, staff, students, and community partners; a poster session; and a community engagement showcase consisting mainly of community partner exhibits.
Over the years, the symposium has drawn praise from South Florida colleges and universities whose presidents are members of Campus Compact, the national organization, and Florida Campus Compact, the state affiliate.
Miami Dade
In an email to senior university administrators on January 26, Joshua “Josh” Young, director of the Miami Dade College (MDC) Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy, thanked Barry for “generously welcoming folks from the community and other colleges and universities.”
Young mentioned that the eight MDC attendees “were supremely impressed” by the “dynamic students who presented their community projects” at the symposium last year. He added: “It was obvious that making a difference had become a way of life for them – something we all hope to do with our students.”
Young copied his email (see “Praise for Symposium” below) to DeeDee Rasmussen, executive director of Florida Campus Compact.
In response, Barry President Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, PhD, thanked the CCSI team and the students who helped to welcome guests to the symposium “and to highlight the expressions of our commitment to engage in mutually supportive community initiatives.”
Sister Linda added, “We are Barry proud of you!”
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Staff, Faculty, and Students Urged to Support Sustainable Agriculture
Staff and faculty members as well as students are urged to support sustainable agriculture by participating in the Barry FairShare project.
Participants may purchase a full share or a half share of assorted fruits, vegetables, and herbs harvested by a cooperative of South Florida farmers. All produce is non-certified organic.
Barry FairShare purchases will provide revenue directly to local small farmers who practice sustainable agriculture.
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City of Hollywood Recognizes Barry in Black History Month Proclamation
At its meeting last Wednesday (February 1), the Hollywood City Commission issued a proclamation of Black History Month in which it recognized Barry
February is Black History Month, and Barry is an organizer of the City of Hollywood’s celebration, which will feature presentations and a spoken word/poetry contest focused on Black Education.
After reading the proclamation, Mayor Josh Levy presented a copy to Dr. Glenn A. Bowen, executive director of Barry’s Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI).
According to the proclamation, “African American history is rich in centuries-old efforts of resistance to denial of access to knowledge, from the rise of historically Black colleges and universities to local community based academic and mentorship programs.”
Noting that the Association for the Study of African American Life and History has chosen “The Crisis in Black Education” as the theme for Black History Month 2017, the City Commission stated: “Public schools in urban neighborhoods lack resources, endure overcrowding, and exhibit achievement gaps. … Meaningful collaboration among community organizations, community leaders, students, parents, and teachers make successful schools possible; and successful schools facilitate successful communities.”
In the proclamation, the commission also expressed support for activities that improve public schools and make them successful.
Mayor Levy, Vice Mayor Traci L. Callari, and City Commissioners Sarah Case, Peter D. Hernandez, Richard S. Blattner, Kevin D. Biederman, and Linda Sherwood urged the entire community to participate in activities commemorating Black History Month.
Levy presented copies of the proclamation also to Dr. Mary Mites Campbell, chair of the City of Hollywood’s African American Advisory Council; Victor Beninate, AT&T regional director of external and legislative affairs; and Daphne Dilbert, an AT&T Pioneers board member.
After the presentation, Bowen outlined plans for the Black History Month celebration, which will take place this Wednesday (February 8) and February 22 at City Hall, located at 2600 Hollywood Boulevard. He said the two-part event “will provide an opportunity to look back and look ahead – to honor the struggles and achievements in Black education and to consider the challenges that remain.”
Two of the university’s academic administrators will make presentations as part of the event (see schedule below). The first presentation is titled “The History of Education in the Black Community” and the second “Educating for the New Workplace.”
Bowen told the commission that Barry
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Deliberative Dialogue on February 16 to Focus on LGBTQ Issues
The next forum in the Deliberative Dialogue Series will be held next Thursday, February 16. It will address conflicts between exercising one’s religious beliefs and the civil and human rights of the LGBTQ community.
Titled “LGBTQ Rights vs. Religious Freedom: Legal, Social, and Political Dimensions,” the 90-minute forum will be held in Room 111 of the Andreas Building on Barry’s Miami Shores campus, beginning at 4 p.m.
CCSI Associate Director Courtney Berrien has provided the following context for the forum: “The past decade has brought a wave of expanded freedoms for LGBTQ Americans, from open service in the branches of the military to the 2014 affirmation of marriage equality by the U.S. Supreme Court. At the same time, some religious groups see the tenets of their faith as incompatible with expanding LGBTQ rights. These groups believe that their religious freedoms have come under attack and have supported the passing of Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs). The acts allow individuals and organizations to cite religious objections as a rationale for withholding services or refusing to comply with legal requirements.”
According to Berrien, the forum will explore the nature of the RFRA legislative efforts and their impact on the LGBTQ community.
The CCSI organizes the Deliberative Dialogue Series as a method of civic learning and engagement. Participants work toward practical solutions to social issues of current concern.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : February 06, 2017
