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University Earns Distinction for Strong Institutional Commitment to Service
Barry University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, earning distinction in the General Community Service category.
Students completed 45,000 hours of community service – 38,600 hours of service-learning and 6,400 hours of voluntary service – during the 12-month period considered for this national recognition.
The Honor Roll recognizes institutions of higher education that support exemplary community service programs and effective practices in campus-community partnerships. There are four categories of recognition: General Community Service, Interfaith Community Service, Economic Opportunity, and Education.
According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, institutions named to the Honor Roll “with distinction” have demonstrated strong levels of institutional commitment and have provided a compelling case for partnerships that produce measurable impact in the community. These institutions also have allocated at least 15 percent of Federal Work-Study funds to community service.
Major contributors to Barry’s achievement were the College of
The nearly 40 students who served as reading and mathematics tutors at schools near the university’s main campus also contributed to the achievement.
The Corporation for National and Community Service has named Barry
For information on Barry’s community service programs, contact the Center for Community Service Initiatives at service@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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Five Years of Significant Achievements Highlighted in Annual Report
The celebration of five years of significant achievements in community engagement is one of the highlights of the 2016 Annual Report of the Center for Community Service Initiatives.
The CCSI is observing its fifth anniversary in 2016. During its fifth year of program and service delivery (2015–2016), the center began “marking a milestone in the deepening of Barry’s culture of community engagement,” according to the report.
Other highlights of the CCSI Annual Report include the third annual Community Engagement Symposium and Awards; the signing of Campus Compact’s 30th Anniversary Action Statement; and 75 Acts of Service, an initiative to mark Barry’s 75th Anniversary.
Barry University President Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, Ph.D., signed Campus Compact’s 30th Anniversary Action Statement, expressing institutional commitment to developing a Campus Civic Action Plan. The plan will include specific actions that the university will take to prepare students for democratic citizenship, build partnerships for change, and contribute to reinvigorating higher education for the public good.
In academic year 2015–2016, students logged 62,000 hours of community service – a 17 percent increase in service hours in comparison with the previous year’s 53,000 hours. Both course-based service (service-learning) and volunteer service hours are included in the tally.
Also last year, 3,500 pounds of clothes and household items were donated in the
“As the CCSI prepares for the second half of its first decade, there is a strong resolve to build on the successes achieved so far – to develop innovative approaches to community improvement, to make community-engaged pedagogies more robust, and to intensify activities focused on social justice,” wrote CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen in an introductory message. “Undoubtedly and deservedly, the university will maintain its standing as a responsible and responsive institutional citizen contributing to positive social change while further deepening its culture of community engagement.”
The theme of the 72-page publication is “Deepening the Culture of Community Engagement.”
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Barry Group Presents at International Conference on Community Engagement
Two Barry community engagement administrators and two student leaders made a presentation at the annual conference of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement on Wednesday.
Courtney Berrien, Dr. Glenn Bowen, Paola Montenegro, and Quayneshia Smith presented “Civic Learning by Design: Developing Curriculum for Student Learning Outcomes” during a concurrent session of the conference. They presented findings from research on the Barry Service Corps Fellows Program, a co-curricular initiative aimed at fostering civic-mindedness among a select group of students.
Berrien is the associate director and Bowen the director of the Center for Community Service Initiatives. Montenegro and Smith are Barry Service Corps Fellows.
The IARSLCE conference was held in New Orleans
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Submission Deadlines Set for Major Community Engagement Events
The deadline for the submission of proposals for concurrent-session presentations at the fourth annual Community Engagement Symposium is January 20. Proposals should address the symposium theme, “Exploring Community-Focused Dimensions of Experiential Learning.”
The deadline for the submission of nominations for Community Engagement Awards is January 27. The fourth annual Community Engagement Awards Ceremony will take place on March 29, the same day that the symposium will be held on Barry’s main campus in Miami
The seven categories of awards are Community Impact, Community Partnership, Community-Based Research, Engaged Scholarship, Community Engagement Educator, Service-Learning Faculty, and Engaged Department.
For further information, contact the CCSI atservice@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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CCSI to Launch “Why I Vote” Campaign on October 3
The Center for Community Service Initiatives will launch a social media campaign on Monday, Oct. 3, to promote voting. Students, faculty, and staff will be encouraged to use social media to share their reasons for voting.
The social media campaign is part of Barry’s Campus Democracy Project, a civic engagement initiative coordinated by the CCSI.
For further information, email the CCSI at service@barry.edu or call 305-899-3696.
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Presidential Debate Watch Parties Continue Next Sunday
Students on Barry’s main campus will gather in Weber Grand Hall again next Sunday (Oct. 9) to watch and discuss a presidential debate between Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Party nominee Donald Trump.
The debate will be held at Washington
The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which half of the questions will be posed directly by citizen participants and the other half by the moderator based on topics of broad public interest as reflected in social media and other sources. The candidates will have two minutes to respond and there will be an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate further discussion. The town meeting participants will be uncommitted voters selected by the Gallup Organization.
The Debate Watch Parties have been organized as part of Barry’s Campus Democracy Project, or CDP.
Three presidential debates are on the schedule. The first debate took place on Sept. 26, and the third is scheduled for Oct. 19.
For additional information on the Debate Watch Parties, contact CDP Committee member Alberto Lorenzo at alorenzo@barry.edu or 305-899-4763.
For information on other CDP events, contact either of the CDP co-chairs: Courtney Berrien at cberrien@barry.edu; Dr. Sean Foreman at sforeman@barry.edu.
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Students to Test Knowledge of American Government on October 28
It will be a test of knowledge in American government. Questions will be based on the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, The Citizen’s Almanac, and current affairs.
On Oct. 28, four-member teams of students representing campus clubs and other student organizations will compete for a championship cup and various prizes.
The Center for Community Service Initiatives will host the Quiz Competition on American Government and Elections as part of Barry’s Campus Democracy Project. The CDP is a nonpartisan initiative that promotes civic learning and democratic engagement primarily through get-out-the-vote activities, including voter registration, education, and mobilization. The CCSI launched the competition at the end of the Constitution Day forum on Sept. 16 in the R. Kirk Landon Student Union on Barry’s main campus.
Student clubs and other organizations interested in participating in the competition are asked to register by Oct. 14. Registration will be via email to service@barry.edu, with “Quiz Competition” in the subject line. .
For additional information, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : October 03, 2016
