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Awards to be Presented in Six Community Engagement Categories
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) will present 18 community engagement awards in six categories next Wednesday, March 30.
In the community partnership category, four awards will be presented to community partners. Eight awards will be presented to students in the community impact category. A community engagement educator will be honored at the event, as will two departments that have excelled in community engagement.
At the lunchtime event, awards also will be presented for service-learning and engaged scholarship.
Barry University’s Third Annual Community Engagement Awards will be held in Room 111 of the Andreas Building, beginning at noon.
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All Set for Wednesday’s Community Engagement Symposium
- Registration Remains Open
All arrangements are in place for Wednesday’s Community Engagement Symposium. However, registration remains open.
The symposium will be held on Barry’s main campus in Miami
Dr. Dwight E. Giles, Jr., professor of higher education at the University
Two sets of hour-long concurrent sessions featuring peer-reviewed presentations are on the schedule. The first (in Powers 137, Thompson 230, and Kostka) will start at 10:45 a.m. and the second (in Powers 137, Thompson 230, Kostka, and Library 103) at 1:30 p.m.
The poster session is scheduled for noon to 1:15 p.m. in Andreas 112. However, the posters will be on display from 11:30 a.m. until 2:40 p.m.
For additional information regarding registration, contact Alicia Santos in the CCSI at asantos@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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Deliberative Dialogue Complements Earth Justice Mini Conference
The next forum in the Deliberative Dialogue series will complement Barry University’s earth justice mini conference next Tuesday, April 5.
Titled “Rising
Courtney Berrien, associate director of the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), has provided this context for the deliberative dialogue: “Scientists estimate that between 4.2 and 13.1 million Americans will have their lives disrupted by sea-level rise, according to a recent New York Times article, with 50% of this population residing in Florida. The predicted cost to relocate these displaced people is $14 trillion.
“With ocean levels rising at the fastest rate in 28 centuries, Miami is already dealing with this consequence of climate change. But what is at stake in the future? In what ways will sea-level rise affect our water supply, ecosystems, infrastructure, and local economy? Which populations will be most affected? How are local and international officials preparing for the rising tides?”
The mini conference, “Earth Justice: Ways of Caring for Our Common Home,” focuses on critical issues in climate change and environmental sustainability. The event will feature a keynote presentation and book signing by environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett. The hour-longkeynote presentation, “Ethics Underwater: History as Destiny at the Tip of Florida,” will be held in Room 111 of the Andreas Building on Barry’s Miami Shores campus, beginning at 7 p.m. The 30-minute book signing will follow in Room 112 of the same building.
The Office of Mission Engagement has organized the mini conference with support from the Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), and Whole Foods Market.
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Saturday of Service Scheduled for April 9 at Virginia Key Beach
A Saturday of Service is scheduled for Saturday, April 9. Barry volunteers will take a trip to the Historic Virginia Key Beach, where they will help to restore the marine ecosystem.
“They will also remove debris from the beach and shoreline,” said Courtney Berrien, associate director of the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI).
Prospective volunteers should register in CEMS, the Community Engagement Management System as soon as possible.
The Saturday of Service is on the schedule for the 75 Acts of Service initiative in celebration of Barry University’s 75th anniversary.
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Student Leaders Host Youth at College Readiness Fair
Local high-school youth learned how to navigate the college admissions process and how to become successful college students at a recent College Readiness Fair.
The event, which took place on Barry’s Miami
Representatives of the Offices of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid and members of Barry’s Student Organizations Council (SOC), Student Government Association (SGA), Barry Service Corps Fellows Program, and the REACH-UP for Nursing Program made presentations at the fair.
The REACH-UP for Nursing Program is designed to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation opportunities for minority and disadvantaged students in the nursing profession. This includes a long-term goal to increase workforce diversity, reduce health disparities, and achieve population health equity.
Participating youth and their parents learned about completing an application to college, the different forms of financial aid available to undergraduates, and the options available to college students to become actively engaged on campus and in the community. Activities included a campus tour led by Barry Student Ambassadors and a student-leader panel discussion.
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) organized the event with support from the College Reach-Out Program (CROP) in the School of Education.
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Barry Students Spread the Word to End the “R” Word
Barry social work and education students and officers of the university’s Disability Services Student Advisory Board partnered with Special Olympics Florida to create awareness about the damaging effects that words like “retard” have on people with intellectual disabilities. The March 2 campaign was an event for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
The R-Word Campaign, a national campaign promoted by Special Olympics, seeks to “spread the word to end the word.” The goal is to create more accepting attitudes and communities for all people by bringing attention to the power of language.
Barry’s campaign organizers invited students to take the R-Word Pledge – to eliminate exclusive, offensive, and derogatory language from their conversations with family and friends and on social media.
Allison Kowlessar, disability services coordinator, hoped that the content shared during the event, including the purpose of the campaign and significance of making the pledge, would help to “create an inclusive culture that is welcoming to Barry students with seen and unseen disabilities.”
Kowlessar coordinated the event in collaboration with Special Olympics, the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), the School of Social Work, and the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences (HPLS).
President Ronald Regan proclaimed Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987.
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Volunteers May Attend Amnesty International’s AGM Free of Charge
Students, faculty, and staff who volunteer for Amnesty International’s annual general meeting in Miami will be able to attend free of charge. The AGM will be held on April 1–3 in
The volunteer form is also available here.
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who “take injustice personally” and campaigns “for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.”
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : March 28, 2016
