African American History Workshop Series Ends on Celebratory Note CCSI Receives Recognition for Community Education Seventh Annual Move-Out Drive Underway Staff and Faculty Urged to Support Box Tops Drive Community Engagement Fact Sheets Available |
African American History Workshop Series Ends on Celebratory Note
The series of workshops on African American History and Culture in
The City of
City of
Launched on Feb. 10, the six-part workshop series was designed primarily to increase knowledge of African American history and culture and to promote positive self-identity among African Americans in the local community. Among the topics were “The Black Church and the Civil Rights Movement,” “African American Educators and Social Reform,” and “African Americans in the Workplace.”
The series featured presentations by 10 Barry faculty members: Dr. Walter Pierce and Dr. Terrell Brown (Social Work), Dr. Paula Delpech (Nursing), Dr. Nickesia Gordon (Communication), Dr. Pamela Hall Psychology), Dr. Evelyn Cartright (English and Foreign Languages), Dr. Glenn Bowen (CCSI), Dr. Victor Romano (Sociology and Criminology), and Dionisio Camacho and Yvonne Goodridge (Fine Arts).
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CCSI Receives Recognition for Community Education
The City of
Last Tuesday, the council presented the Esau Jenkins Community Educator Award to CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen “in recognition of your dedication to the education of the overall community.”
In presenting the award, Anthony Grisby, the City of
Grisby, who serves as the city’s liaison with the African American Advisory Council, thanked the CCSI director for organizing a team of Barry faculty to present workshops on African American history and culture. He said the workshops would “be of exponential benefit to the City of
In response to a request from the council, the CCSI coordinated a series of six workshops aimed at increasing awareness of African American history and culture among residents of
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Seventh Annual
The seventh annual Move-Out Drive is underway on Barry’s main campus in Miami Shores. The drive will continue through next week.
“We hope to collect a variety of items, which will be donated to local community organizations,” said Caitlin Geis, a Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) staff member, who is helping to coordinate the project formerly known as Project partners are the CCSI, Facilities Management, Housing and Residence Life, Mission Engagement, and Public Safety. Students are asked to drop off donations at designated sites in the residence halls and elsewhere on campus. Faculty and staff are also encouraged to participate in the project by donating unwanted items or by signing up for a volunteer assignment.
For further information, contact Caitlin Geis at cgeis@barry.edu or 305-899-5465.
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Staff and Faculty Urged to Support
Barry staff and faculty members are urged to support the Box Tops for
Donations should be dropped in boxes at various locations on the
Box-top coupons may be cut from a variety of products and submitted as donations. A list of products is available at http://www.boxtops4education.com/-/media/BoxTops/FlyersAndDownloads/Participating-Products-Flyer.pdf.
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Community Engagement Fact Sheets Available
Nineteen fact sheets on community engagement are available from the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI). Among the topics of fact sheets are Community Engagement, Service-Learning, Community-Based Research, Community-Engaged Scholarship, Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Publications, Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Conferences, and Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Organizations.
To obtain copies of any of the fact sheets, contact the CCSI via email at service@barry.edu.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : May 04, 2015