Barry Athletics Finishes Fifth in Community Service Participation Students Support Farm Share Projects as Part of Service-Learning Courses Barry Volunteers Honor MLK by Engaging in Community Service City of Hollywood Council to Host Barry-Organized Workshops Events for 40 Days of Peace Include Film Screening on Thursday Deliberative Dialogue to Draw Attention to Campus-Based Sexual Violence Next Monday’s Service-Learning Workshop Focuses on Critical Reflection Faculty Learning Community Seminar Set for February 10 Opportunity to Learn and Intern in Washington, DC
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Barry Athletics Finishes Fifth in Community Service Participation
Barry University Athletics finished fifth in NCAA Division II in community service participation last semester.
Dr. Darlene Kluka, dean of the “This is a phenomenal accomplishment for BarryU!” she told them. “To also be 17th out of 100 in the nation for community service is quite distinguishing.”
Kluka urged the student-athletes to continue serving the communities in which they live and work.
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Students Support Farm Share Projects as Part of Service-Learning Courses
Barry students are supporting projects organized by Farm Share, Inc., a Homestead-based organization whose mission is to alleviate hunger and malnutrition by recovering and distributing fresh and nutritious food to people who need it most.
The students will assist Farm Share as a service-learning assignment in social work and theology courses throughout this semester. The theology students will concentrate on supporting the organization’s food distribution events.
A three-member team of social work students recently administered and scored a survey of 30 food recipients in Opa-Locka as part of a research project that Farm Share is conducting. Bridget Andres, Lourdy Cesar, and Rosa Gordon are enrolled in SW 323: Service-Learning and Social Work Practice.
“Just knowing how we are helping get food on the table, instead of the dump, gives me a deep sense of satisfaction and fulfillment,” Gordon said. “This is a great opportunity for anyone to experience and see first- hand hunger in America and one organization responding to the need.”
To prepare for their service-learning assignment, Gordon and her classmates were trained in using a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) food security survey tool. Kristen King Jaiven, Farm Share’s director of communications and development, was the trainer.
“Social work students will be participating in various aspects of Farm Share’s Local Food Distribution and Education Program,” said Liz James, experiential learning coordinator in Barry’s Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI). “For example, they will draft testimonials based on interviews with food recipients, summarize monthly program results, score surveys, and assist on food distribution days.”
Preeti Charania is the course instructor for SW 323, which includes a 45-hour community service component. Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church Ministries partnered with Farm Share to facilitate the Opa-Locka survey and food distribution site.
Farm Share has received a USDA Local Food Promotion Program grant to support food distribution and education in Opa-Locka and Pahokee, Fla.
Established in 1991, Farm Share operates the only charitable produce packinghouse in the eastern United States. The organization distributes food, free of charge, through various agencies in the community. Its Homestead facility is located in the heart of South Florida’s agricultural area.
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Barry Volunteers Honor MLK by Engaging in Community Service
Dozens of Barry students and other volunteers honored the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by engaging in service projects last month. In all, 158 volunteers logged 553 hours of service at 13 sites in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
Community partners for Barry’s MLK Day of Service included Doctors
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Committee was composed of representatives of departments in three divisions: Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Mission and Institutional Effectiveness.
Courtney Berrien and Ashton Spangler of the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) co-chaired the committee. Other members were Yvonne Alonso, Fabio Naranjo, Dr. Mitchell Rosenwald, and Carolina Rios (School of Social Work); Shernee Bellamy (Office of Mission Engagement); Dr. Laura Finley (Department of Sociology and Criminology); Frederique Frage and Daisy Santiago (International and Multicultural Programs, Center for Student Involvement); Liz James and Andres Quevedo (CCSI); Amanda Knight (Intercollegiate Athletics); Alberto Lorenzo (Housing and Residence Life); Dr. M. Eileen McDonough (Division of Student Affairs); Sandra Rampersad (School of Podiatric Medicine); and Karen Stalnaker (Campus Ministry).
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City of Hollywood Council to Host Barry-Organized Workshops
This month, the City of Hollywood’s African American Advisory Council will host two workshops organized by Barry University’s Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) with support from the D. Inez Andreas School of Business and the School
On February 9, Dr. Nichole Castater, assistant professor of finance, will conduct a workshop titled “Financial Literacy: Managing Your Personal Finance.” Two weeks later, on February 23, Dr. Walter Pierce, an associate professor of social work, will lead a workshop on “Civic Involvement for Community Improvement.”
Both workshops are scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m., in the City of Hollywood Commission Chambers at
For further information, contact CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen at gbowen@barry.edu.
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Events for 40 Days of Peace Include Film Screening on Thursday
A film screening and panel discussion will take place this Thursday, February 4, as one of the 40 Days of Peace events.American Sniper will be screened in Kostka, Thompson Hall, beginning at 6 p.m.
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to watch the film and contribute to the discussion.
American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical war film based loosely on the 2012 memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle, with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. According to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) summary of the film, “Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.”
Directed by Clint Eastwood, American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife Taya. The 132-minute film won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing.
Barry University is observing 40 Days of Peace, from January 18 through February 26, with various events.
A deliberative dialogue focusing on solutions to sexual violence is one of the major events on the 40 days of Peace calendar. This 90-minute event is scheduled for February 11, in Andreas 112, starting at 4 p.m.
The College Brides Walk, another 40 Days of Peace event, will take place the following day, February 12. The opening session will begin at 10 a.m. in the Broad Auditorium, with the walk itself scheduled for 11 a.m.
For the specific schedule of other 40 Days of Peace events, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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Deliberative Dialogue to Draw Attention to Campus-Based Sexual Violence
The next forum in the Deliberative Dialogue Series will draw attention to sexual violence as an issue on university campuses. Students, faculty, staff, and community members will come together on Thursday, February 11, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., to explore this issue.
“Sexual Violence on Campus: Are We Propagating a Rape Culture?” is the topic of the forum, which will be held in Andreas 112 on Barry University’s main campus in Miami Shores.
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) organizes the Deliberative Dialogue Series to bring stakeholders together for the purpose of working towards a common understanding of social issues, identifying practical solutions, and promoting workable public policy.
For further information, contact CCSI Associate Director Courtney Berrien at cberrien@barry.edu or 305-899-4017.
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Next Monday’s Service-Learning Workshop Focuses on Critical Reflection
“Critical Reflection as Assessment in Service-Learning” is the topic of a service-learning workshop for faculty, scheduled for next Monday, February 8. The workshop will be held in the Center for Community Service Initiatives, Adrian 208, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
The registration site is http://goo.gl/forms/uYaxSTXe5f
For further information, contact either of the service-learning faculty fellows – Dr. Ligia Mihut, lmihut@barry.edu, or Dr. Raul Machuca, rmachuca@barry.edu – or the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI).
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Faculty Learning Community Seminar Set for February 10
The Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship will meet for a seminar on Wednesday, February 10, from 2:00 to 3:15 p.m., in Adrian 208.
Dr. Sabrina Des Rosiers (Department of Psychology) will lead this engaged scholarship seminar. She will focus on experimental and survey research design for community-engaged scholarship.
The seminar is open to all faculty members.
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Opportunity to Learn and Intern in Washington, DC
The Fund for American Studies is inviting students to apply for its summer Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service. The institute is designed for students interested in careers in the nonprofit sector, direct service, and fundraising.
Interested students may apply for a full scholarship through the Outstanding Student Leader Scholarship awards program. Four scholarships will be available for summer 2016. More information is available at www.DCinternships.org/StudentLeader.
Students will be accepted on a rolling basis until the final deadline of March 16. Interested students are encouraged to apply by the priority deadline of February 10 to receive preference in admissions and scholarship consideration, as well as internship placement.
For answers to questions about the application/admission process, contact the Fund for American Studies at admissions@tfas.org or 202-318-0441.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : February 01, 2016
