Barry Students Make a Difference in the Community Nursing Students Lend a Hand at Little Haiti Event Faculty and Staff Take Part in Campus Compact Events Faculty Learning Community Seminar Postponed to November 19 Jubilee Center of South Broward Appeals for Donations |
Barry Students Make a Difference in the Community Barry students, faculty, and staff participated in 13 community service projects on Make a Difference Day. Project sites included Each project was designed to allow students to explore career interests while having a positive impact on the community. Community partners indicated that the students did make a difference through service. Students conducted community-needs assessments; carried out beautification and renovation projects; served as mentors to youth in crisis; interviewed undocumented farm workers; promoted awareness about human trafficking; worked on community gardens and environmental restoration projects; and participated in activities with residents of nursing, rehabilitation, and homeless centers. The 169 participants included students in Barry’s First-Year Experience (FYE) Seminar as well as representatives of Barry student organizations, including the Alternative Spring Break Committee and MALES (Men Achieving Leadership, Excellence, and Success). Six FYE instructors and three Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) staff members participated. Barry Service Corps Leaders assigned to the CCSI supervised the projects and facilitated reflection activities. The community service projects were designed in collaboration with community partners to build on the Here is a list of the Make a Difference Day project partners/sites with related career focus areas:
Make a Difference Day is the fourth Saturday of October. This year, Barry’s Make a Difference Day program was organized as a partnership initiative between the Division of Student Affairs and the CCSI, with pre- and post-service activities taking place in each section of the FYE Seminar. The CCSI thanks the community organizations that participated in Make a Difference Day. |
Nursing Students Lend a Hand at Little A group of Barry Nursing students assisted with this year’s Earlier that day, the five-member group of clinical students and Assistant Professor Dr. Mureen Shaw visited the church, regarded as the epicenter for the spiritual and social sustenance of the Little Haiti community. Father Reginald (Reggie) Jean-Mary, the parish administrator, took them on a tour of the property. It was during the tour that the students learned about Jericho 2014. They accepted Fr. Reggie’s invitation to participate, and they were back at Notre Dame d'Haiti that evening. Dr. Shaw thanked the students for "stepping up to the plate and representing |
Faculty and Staff Take Part in Campus Compact Events A group of Barry faculty and staff members attended Florida Campus Compact’s Awards Gala and made workshop presentations at the Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference in Florida Campus Compact hostedthe Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference this year. At the conference, Courtney Berrien, associate director of the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI); Dr. Glenn Bowen, CCSI director; and Dr. Sean Foreman, associate professor of political science, made a presentation on Barry’s Campus Democracy Project and Deliberative Dialogue Series. Dr. Pamela Hall, assistant professor of psychology, and Dr. Celeste Fraser Delgado, associate professor of English and humanities in the Part of a national organization, Florida Campus Compact is composed of more than 50 college and university presidents committed to advancing the civic purposes of higher education. The eastern region includes The next Florida Campus Compact Awards Gala will be held on November 5, 2015, at |
Faculty Learning Community Seminar Postponed to November 19 The next seminar of the Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship (FLC) has been postponed from November 12 (during Barry Founders’ Week) to November 19. The seminar is scheduled for 9:00 to 10:15 a.m., in The seminar agenda includes a presentation on community-based teaching and learning and a review of a journal article, “The Journey of a Community-Engaged Scholar: An Autoethnography.” |
Jubilee The Jubilee Center of South Broward is appealing for donations of food items for Thanksgiving distribution. “Currently our shelves are almost bare,” according to the Farrell further explained: “Our baskets are for families with children, and our concern is many children will not have a Thanksgiving meal this year. The deadline for delivering the items is Thursday, November 20th. This will give us the needed time to make the baskets for distribution on Tuesday, November 25th. Also, please do not wrap your basket, in case we have additional items for each basket.” The Jubilee Center of South Broward is located at |
CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : November 03, 2014
