CCSI Newsletter

In This Issue:

• CCSI Calls for Proposals for Symposium Presentations
• Nominations Open for Community Engagement Awards
• Faculty Invited to Participate in Service-Learning Survey
• Faculty Learning Community to Meet on Wednesday
• Students Promote Breast and Heart Health in Cutler Ridge
• Community Partners Come to Campus for Fall Fair
• Minority Access Recognizes Barry’s Commitment to Diversity

CCSI Calls for Proposals for Symposium Presentations

The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) has issued a call for proposals for Barry University’s 3rd annual Community Engagement Symposium. The symposium will focus on partnerships that contribute to student success.

“In general, productive partnerships involve collaborative activities between University stakeholders – students, faculty, and administrators/staff – and the wider community that yield mutually beneficial outcomes,” explains CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen.

“As part of its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), BarryUniversity seeks to advance student success through highly engaged, high-impact educational practices that advance liberal education outcomes,” Bowen said. “The university aims to provide purposeful pathways for all students – no matter the student’s chosen program or major, no matter the degree – leading to essential learning outcomes.”

Proposals are being accepted from faculty, students, staff, and community partners for concurrent presentations during two sessions of the symposium. All proposals will be peer reviewed and should be submitted by January 22.

Additional information and the proposal form are available in the Community Engagement Management System (CEMS), accessed from the CCSI homepage, and directly from the CCSI.

Nominations Open for Community Engagement Awards

Nominations are open for Barry University’s third annual Community Engagement Awards. Students, faculty, staff, and community partners are invited to submit nominationsby January 29.

The award categories are Community Impact (for students), Community Partnership, Community-Based Research, Engaged Scholarship, Community Engagement Educator, Service-Learning Faculty, and Engaged Department.

The nomination form is available in the Community Engagement Management System (CEMS), accessed from the CCSI homepage.

Faculty Invited to Participate in Service-Learning Survey

All faculty members are invited to take part in a service-learning survey.

“The purpose of the survey is to determine the level and extent of professional development support currently needed by faculty for the implementation of service-learning,” said Drs. Raul Machuca and Ligia Mihut, service-learning faculty fellows with the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI). “The results of the survey will be used primarily for planning and delivering service-learning workshops.”

For further information, contact one of the service-learning fellows.

Faculty Learning Community to Meet on Wednesday

The Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship (FLC) will meet for a seminar this Wednesday, October 28, from 2:00 to 3:15 p.m., in Adrian 208.

The FLC and its Engaged Scholarship Seminars are open to all faculty members.

Students Promote Breast and Heart Health in Cutler Ridge

Five Barry University students participated in an outreach event organized by The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative (WBHI) earlier this month.

Mickaelle Celigny, Andres Quevedo, Alexus Sergeant, Mernyka Webster, and Ky’era Williams joined volunteers from Miami Dade College, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, and two business organizations in Cutler Ridge, where they visited 476 homes to educate women about the importance of breast health and heart health.

The volunteers went from door to door, creating awareness about proper nutrition, exercise, and breast self-examinations. They also told the women about the free mammograms being offered by WBHI.

Each year, according to WBHI, one in three women dies from heart disease and one in eight is diagnosed with breast cancer.

“As a future healthcare provider,” Quevedo reported, “I openly shared with the community guidelines for breast cancer and heart disease, which can be prevented and treated successfully when diagnosed in time.”

The outreach event was a Saturday of Service project for the Barry group. The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) coordinates Saturdays of Service throughout the academic year.

Community Partners Come to Campus for Fall Fair

Twenty-three community agencies participated in the fall Community Engagement Fair in the R. Kirk Landon Student Union on Barry’s main campus.

Representatives provided information on agency programs and services. They also shared volunteer and course-based service opportunities available to students.

The spring Community Engagement Fair is scheduled for January 28.

Minority Access Recognizes Barry’s Commitment to Diversity

Minority Access, Inc. recently presented a certificate to Barry University in recognition of the institution’s commitment to diversity. The presentation was made during a special luncheon at the organization’s 16th National Role Models Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Glenn Bowen, director of the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), represented Barry at the event.

Dr. Scott F. Smith, vice president for student affairs, prepared and submitted the university’s diversity profile to Minority Access. That was the basis on which the university received this national recognition.

Minority Access is a national nonprofit organization whose work is focused on increasing diversity, decreasing disparities, and reducing environmental injustice in higher education, government, and the business sector.