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Two Faculty Members Awarded Service-Learning Fellowships
TheCenter for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) has awarded service-learning fellowships to two faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year. Dr. Adam Dean, associate professor of communication, and Dr. Tisa McGhee, assistant professor of social work, will be the faculty fellows.
Dean (PhD in Media, Art and Text,
He also is a member of the International Communication Association, the Arts in Society Knowledge Community, and the National Association of Broadcasters.
As a faculty member, Dean says his goal is “to teach our students how to make and use socially conscious media to serve the educational, creative, and cultural needs of their community.” As part of his fellowship, he will coordinate the production of a series of videos focused on community engagement and social change.
McGhee (PhD in Social Work, University of Southern California) served on the 2016 Community Engagement Awards Committee and has been a presenter at the annual Community Engagement Symposium. She was a winner of the Engaged Scholarship Award in 2015.
McGhee was awarded a $30,000 State of Florida grant to support the 2014–2015 program evaluation of the Miami Children’s Initiative.
Since 2013, she has been involved in the Overtown Children and Youth Coalition, and, since 2014, in the Liberty City Community Collaborative For Change. In addition, she has been an advisory committee member of the City of Miami Gardens Health Foundation’s Healthy Community Partnership for the past two years.
As part of her fellowship, McGhee will promote community partner participation in service-learning course development and delivery.
Faculty fellows support the coordination and promotion of service-learning at Barry. Their roles include serving as faculty mentors while pursuing community-engaged scholarship.
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Three Staff Members Receive CCSI Award for Service
Three Barry staff members are this year’s recipients of the Community Service Award from the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI). Sandra Acevedo, Kerri-Quaan Stewart, and Grace Ralfelt were recognized at the Third Annual Community Engagement Awards on March 30, after receiving plaques a few days earlier.
Acevedo, the coordinator of local and global outreach for the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences (HPLS), was recognized for her handling of administrative arrangements for various successful community engagement projects over the years. In particular, she was praised for her current coordination of outreach efforts as Barry University prepares to host the 2017 World Congress of the International Association for Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women.
Kerri-Quaan Stewart, director of software solutions in the Division of Information Technology, and Grace Ralfelt, solutions architect, were recognized for their work in developing Barry’s Community Engagement Management System (CEMS).
“CEMS allows users to access a variety of community engagement resources and is essential to the work of the CCSI,” said CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen, who presented the awards for service.
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Campus and Community Stakeholders Reflect on the CCSI’s First Five Years
Several of Barry University’s community engagement stakeholders and observers have commented on the work and achievements of the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) during its first five years.
“The CCSI fulfills a very important role for Barry University [by providing] programs, resources, and services that facilitate University engagement with communities at the local, regional, national, and global levels,” said Barry’s Associate CIO Dr. Hernan Londono.
“Thank you for contributing to my professional and personal growth as a Barry Service Corps Fellow,” wroteEmmanuella Carriere, a recent Barry graduate, in an email to the CCSI.
“The CCSI staff has been very supportive and we’re very grateful for our incredible relationship with Barry
Dr. Dwight E. Giles, Jr., professor of higher education at the University
Speaking at the Third Annual Community Engagement Awards on March 30, Giles said: “I know that you are a Carnegie-classified community-engaged institution, and I congratulate you for winning that designation.”
Earlier at the Community Engagement Awards, University President Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, PhD, singled out the Carnegie Classification as one of Barry’s major achievements over the past five years. Sister Linda attributed this and similar achievements largely to the work of the CCSI.
The CCSI is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. Established in 2010, the CCSI launched its first set of programs during the fall semester of 2011.
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75 Acts of Service Ends with Move-Out Drive
Barry University’s 8th Annual Move-Out Drive will bring the 75 Acts of Service initiative to an end.
Scheduled for Monday, May 2–Wednesday, May 11, Move-Out Drive is an opportunity to promote sustainable practices within the university while collaborating with community partners to provide underserved populations with needed resources. Donations of “gently used items” will be made to community organizations for distribution to people in need.
Donation drop-off sites are in residence hall lobbies and laundry rooms on Barry’s main campus.
Volunteers are needed to assist with sorting, packing, and transporting donated items. For additional information, contact Shernee Bellamy in the Office of Mission Engagement at sbellamy@barry.edu.
Last year’s Move-Out Drive yielded 2555 pounds of clothes, 350 pairs of shoes, 70 comforters, 20 mini-refrigerators, 9 microwaves, 46 lamps, 138 books, more than 350 food items, and approximately 100 toiletry items. The donations went to Miami Rescue Mission, Lotus House, Camillus House, New
Sponsored by Bank of America, 75 Acts of Serviceis a coordinated series of community service opportunities facilitated by the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) with support from the Division of Institutional Advancement and External Affairs. The initiative is part of Barry University’s 75th Anniversary celebrations.
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Chapman Partnership Expresses Appreciation to University
Barry University recently received a certificate of appreciation from Chapman Partnership for “dedication and contribution to the least, the last and the lost of
Chapman Partnership aims to “empower homeless men, women and children to build a positive future by providing the resources and assistance critical to growth and independence.” The non-profit organization provides a comprehensive support program that includes emergency housing, meals, health care, and job training for homeless persons.
The university was represented at Chapman Partnership’s Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon in Coral Gables on April 19, by Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) Program Coordinators Ashton Spangler, Valerie Scott, and Andres Quevedo as well as Barry Service Corps Fellow Gilberte Jean-Francois.
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Experiential Education and Service-Learning Books Available from the CCSI
Various experiential education and service-learning books are available from the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI).
Experiential Learning Coordinator Liz James has identified three books covering the broader area of experiential education and six of the service-learning books in the CCSI Library.
Experiential Education: Experiential Learning (Kolb, 1984); Experiential Learning: A Handbook for Education, Training, and Coaching (Beard & Wilson, 2002); and Strengthening Experiential Education: A New Era (Hesser, 2014).
Service-Learning: International Service-Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Research (Bringle et al., 2011); Learning Through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement across Academic Disciplines and Cultural Communities (Cress et al., 2013);Service-Learning Essentials: Questions, Answers, and Lessons Learned (Jacoby, 2014); Service-Learning in Higher Education: Critical Issues and Directions (Butin, 2005); The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning (Stoecker & Tryon, 2009); and Where’s the Learning in Service-Learning? (Eyler & Giles, 1999).
Dwight E. Giles, Jr., coauthor of the still-popular Where’s the Learning in Service-Learning? was the lead presenter at Barry’s Third Annual Community Engagement Symposium on March 30. Barbara Jacoby was the lead presenter at the previous year’s symposium and Robert G. Bringle played a similar role at the inaugural symposium in 2014.
Those and similar books may be borrowed for short periods from the CCSI Library in Adrian 208. Some books are available electronically and may be emailed to faculty, staff, students, and community partners who request them. For further information, contact Alicia Santos, CCSI administrative assistant, atasantos@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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Institutions Identify Student Outcomes for Community Engagement
Higher education institutions across the United States have identified specific student outcomes for community engagement, Campus Compact has reported. More than half of those responding to the 2015 Campus Compact member survey (53%) indicated that they have done so.
Those respondents further indicated that they track student outcomes in the following areas: critical thinking (82%); civic or democratic learning (81%); engagement across differences (76%); social justice orientation (64%); global learning (64%); policy knowledge (25%); and media literacy (21%).
Across institutions, there is a wide variety of vehicles for both curricular and co-curricular student engagement. According to Campus Compact, those vehicles range from residence hall-based service (91%) and international service opportunities (71%) to disciplinary community-based learning courses (78%) and capstone service courses (57%).
Campus Compact advances the public purposes of colleges and universities by deepening their ability to improve community life and to educate students for civic and social responsibility. A Campus Compact member institution, Barry University participated in the survey.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : May 02, 2016
