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CCSI Director Receives Special Award for Community Engagement Leadership Barry’s Physician Assistant Program in St. Croix Makes Community Engagement a Priority Campus and Community Discuss Effects of Industrial Agriculture African American History Workshop Series Ends Next Tuesday
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CCSI Director Receives Special Award for Community Engagement Leadership
Dr. Glenn Bowen, director of the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), recently received a special award, and a standing ovation, in recognition of his community engagement leadership at
“He has made an impressive and lasting impact on the services provided to students, faculty, and staff,” said Dr. Karen Callaghan, associate vice president for undergraduate studies. “Glenn’s understanding of the University Mission and Core Commitments is unsurpassed, and he has infused the Center with an energy and vibrancy that has touched many faculty, staff, and students.”
Callaghan highlighted his “outstanding leadership in facilitating
“This achievement reflects the incredible work of the faculty and students and would not have been possible without Dr. Bowen’s leadership, expertise, and dedication,” Callaghan said.
She noted, too, that Barry has been on the President’s Community Service Honor Roll every year since the CCSI came into operation.
Callaghan, who is also dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, identified some of the programs and services established in the CCSI. They include the Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program, the Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship, Service-Learning Course Designation, Community-Based Research Mini-Grants, Federal Work-Study Community Service, and the Deliberative Dialogue Series.
The CCSI was created as part of Barry’s Strategic Agenda for 2006–2011, and Bowen was hired in September 2011 as the director.
Callaghan presented Bowen with the award “for exemplary leadership and significant contributions to the institutionalization of community engagement and engaged scholarship at Barry University.” The presentation was made on March 26 at the Second Annual Community Engagement Awards Luncheon, which coincided with the Community Engagement Symposium. Dr. Mitch Rosenwald, a former service-learning faculty fellow and current member of the Symposium Committee, assisted with the presentation.
In earlier remarks at the Awards Luncheon, Barry University President Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, PhD, thanked Bowen for his leadership and dedication to community engagement.
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Barry’s Physician Assistant Program in St. Croix Makes Community Engagement a Priority
Students, faculty, and staff of Barry University’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program in St. Croix, USVI, have made community engagement a priority. They participate regularly in public events aimed at improving the health and well-being of the community.
Two recent events exemplify the PA Program’s involvement in the community. The first is the Special Olympics; the second is National Public Health Week.
Special Olympics
Barry PA students assisted with the 2015 Special Olympics in St. Croix and
U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp expressed appreciation for the involvement of Barry students and faculty.
National Public Health Week
Five PA students took part in a National Public Health Week event organized by the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health in St. Croix. Over a four-hour period, the students provided free health screenings, concentrating on blood pressure as well as blood glucose and cholesterol levels.
Faculty members Michael Funk and Valery Kepley supervised the students and provided patient education. Funk is an assistant professor and associate director of medical education at Barry’s St. Croix Campus. Kepley is an assistant professor and the operations director.
During the National Public Health Week event, Melissa Herbert, the PA Program’s administrative assistant, joined Kepley and Funk to promote the physician assistant profession.
Senate President Neville James; Dr. Marc Jerome, medical director of the Department of Health; and Juan Figueroa-Serville, deputy commissioner of health, all recognized Barry University publicly for its service to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Sen. James mentioned the USVI’s strong ties to
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Campus and Community Discuss Effects of Industrial Agriculture Students, faculty, staff, and community partners gathered recently on Barry University’s Miami Shores campus to discuss social issues related to the nation’s agricultural system. Concerns about food waste, effects of pesticides, farm-worker wages and working conditions, nutrition content of “monocrops,” food distribution, and consumer purchasing power were raised during the Deliberative Dialogue forum hosted by the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI).
Participants considered avenues for change and learned about opportunities to promote healthy agriculture, including purchasing sustainably grown produce at local community gardens, volunteering with agencies involved in food distribution projects, and supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program.
Seven panelists provided perspectives on the issues. John Delgado, operations assistant manager at Farm Share; Paolo Umberto Guazzini, a Barry alumnus and assistant service-learning coordinator in the Department of Theology and Philosophy; Roger Horne, director of community health initiatives at Urban GreenWorks; Dr. Silvia Maciá, associate professor of biology at Barry; Paola Montenegro, a Barry alumnus and Alternative Spring Break participant; Leonel Perez, a representative of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers; and Jake Ratner, a member of the Alliance for Fair Food. Sister Patricia Siemen, a visiting professor and director of the Center for Earth Jurisprudence at the Barry University School of Law, was the forum facilitator.
CCSI Associate Director Courtney Berrien is coordinator of the Deliberative Dialogue Series. To share ideas for next year’s forums, contact her at cberrien@barry.edu or 305-899-4017.
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African American History Workshop Series Ends Next Tuesday The series of workshops on African American History and Culture in
Camacho isan adjunct professor of music. He has served as an instructor for the Roots, Rap and Reggae course. Goodrich is an assistant professor of dance. She has directed eight dance concerts at Barry and has choreographed for numerous musicals, including “Once Upon a Mattress,” “Hello Dolly,” and “Pippin.”
After the workshop presentations, community members will perform in a showcase of African American cultural talents. Performances will include music, dance, and poetry.
The City of
For further information, contact CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen, coordinator of the workshop series, at gbowen@barry.edu or 305-899-4711.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : April 20, 2015
