In This Issue: Barry Attains Carnegie Community Engagement Classification Symposium Presentation Proposals Due January 20 Call for Community Engagement Award Nominations Service-Learning Fellowship Application Deadline is January 30 Registration Underway for MLK Day of Service Nursing Students Provide 3,750 Hours of Service Faculty, Staff, and Students Invited to Fair on January 21 |
Barry Attains Carnegie Community Engagement Classification The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected Barry is one of only 83 The Carnegie Foundation said Barry’s application for the classification “documented excellent alignment among campus mission, culture, leadership, resources, and practices that support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement, and it responded to the classification framework with both descriptions and examples of exemplary institutionalized practices of community engagement.” In a letter to Barry’s Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), the Carnegie Foundation added: “The application also documented evidence of community engagement in a coherent and compelling response to the framework’s inquiry.” In all, 240 institutions were selected for Carnegie’s 2015 Community Engagement Classification. Of this number, 157 were selected for reclassification after being classified originally in 2006 or 2008. These 240 institutions join the 121 others that earned the classification during the 2010 selection process. The Carnegie Foundation had invited colleges and universities with an institutional focus on community engagement to apply for the classification, first offered in 2006. Unlike the Foundation’s other classifications that rely on national data, this is an “elective” classification. Institutions participate voluntarily by submitting required documentation describing the nature and extent of their engagement with communities, from local to global. In 2014, a total of 241 first-time applicants registered to receive the application, 133 institutions submitted applications, and 83 were successfully classified as community-engaged institutions. |
Symposium Presentation Proposals Due January 20 Proposals for presentations at the second annual Community Engagement Symposium are due next Tuesday, January 20. The deadline had been extended to January 19. However, because January 20 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) is a university holiday, proposals will be accepted up to January 20. Faculty, staff, students, and community partners may submit proposals for concurrent presentations during two sessions of the symposium. Relevant topics include service-learning, civic engagement, community-based research, community-focused fieldwork/internships, community-engaged scholarship, and community partnerships. Session formats are: 45-minute oral presentation, panel discussion, roundtable, and poster presentation. Additional information is available in the Community Engagement Management System (CEMS), via the CCSI homepage, and from CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen, gbowen@barry.edu. |
Call for Community Engagement Award Nominations The second annual Community Engagement Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 26, and the CCSI is accepting nominations/applications. Service-Learning Faculty is among the seven categories of awards. The Service-Learning Faculty Award recognizes faculty members for exemplary integration of community service into the curriculum or for demonstrating excellence in using service-learning as a teaching and learning strategy. During the inaugural year, the Service-Learning Faculty Award went to Dr. Tamara Hamilton, associate professor of chemistry in the Department of Physical Sciences. The deadline to submit nominations/applications for the Community Engagement Awards is Friday, January 30. Additional information is available in the Community Engagement Management System (CEMS), via the CCSI homepage. |
Service-Learning Fellowship Application Deadline is January 30 The application deadline for service-learning fellowships is January 30. Two fellowships will be available for the 2015–2016 academic year. Through the fellowships, successful applicants participate in a yearlong faculty development program focused on service-learning pedagogy, practice, and associated scholarship. Each service-learning fellow gets a course release to serve as a workshop coordinator/instructor, faculty mentor, and engaged scholar. Applications should be submitted to CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen at gbowen@barry.edu. |
Registration Underway for MLK Day of Service Registration for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is underway. Volunteers are required to register through the Community Engagement Management System (CEMS). The Corporation for National & Community Service has explained that the MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President’s national call-to-service initiative. It urges Americans from all walks of life to work together to provide solutions to the most pressing national problems. The Center for Student Involvement, the Department of Campus Ministry, and the Veteran Student Organization are collaborating with the CCSI in organizing the day’s service projects. Service for Peace, with support from the Corporation for National & Community Service, is a sponsor of Barry’s MLK Day of Service. The CCSI also has received a donation from Costco Wholesale. For more information, contact CCSI Associate Director Courtney Berrien at cberrien@barry.edu or 305-899-4017. |
Nursing Students Provide 3,750 Hours of Service Nursing students taking NUR 422: Community/Public Health Nursing logged nearly 3,750 hours of service during the fall 2014 semester. According to an end-of-semester report from the Each of 30 students taking NUR 422-01 completed 45 hours of service in As part of NUR 422-BG, a group of 7 students completed 315 hours of service in South Miami and, similarly, 7 students completed 315 hours in Homestead. Another group (8 students) did their service in Goulds, where they spent a total of 368 hours. |
Faculty, Staff, and Students Invited to Fair on January 21 Faculty, and staff, and students are invited to the Community Engagement Fair on January 21, between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Community partners will be stationed at tables in the Andreas Courtyard, where they will provide information on opportunities for off-campus experiential learning such as volunteer work, service-learning, community-based research, and internships. Additional information is available from the CCSI at service@barry.edu or 305-899-3696. |
CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : January 12, 2015
