Next Deliberative Dialogue Focuses on Human Trafficking Students Attend Campus Millennium Campus Conference Students Use New System for Voter Registration Mini-Grants Available for Community-Based Research Faculty Participate in Service-Learning Conference CCSI Staff Takes Part in Neighborhood Showcase |
Next Deliberative Dialogue Focuses on Human Trafficking The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) will host the next forum in the Deliberative Dialogue Series on November 18. Scheduled for 4:00–5:30 p.m. in Andreas 111, the forum will focus on human trafficking. Students and alumni, faculty and staff, and community members participate in each forum. The most recent forum was on “College Access and Rising Tuition.” It highlighted the impact of increased tuition on certain demographic groups and the challenge debt presents to graduating students. Participants discussed creative solutions to this timely issue, including “performance funding” legislation and debt forgiveness programs. The lead participants were Seretse Davis, student; Dr. Lilia DiBello, associate professor, Adrian Dominican School of Education; Raquel Figueroa, program director, College Summit Florida; Dart Humeston, Barry’s director of financial aid; Marianna S. Lopez, managing director of development, Teach for America, Miami-Dade; and Lutze B. Segu, alumna and program director, MCCJ. Courtney Berrien, CCSI associate director, was the moderator. --- |
Students Attend Millennium Campus Conference Four Barry students attended the Sixth Annual Millennium Campus Conference earlier this month at Lynn University in Boca Raton. Andrea Brown, Kevin Dalia, Hector Pizarro, and Bianca Rudge joined hundreds of students from other universities in workshops, presentations, and networking activities designed to connect young leaders with one another and with nongovernmental organizations and international companies. The conference “motivated me in such a way that it has me hungry to make [social] change,” Pizarro said. “It was life-changing; it was emotionally transforming. … It made me appreciate my privileges.” Pizarro, who was publicly recognized last year with civic awards from Campus Compact and the CCSI, said the Millennium Campus Conference was unlike any other leadership program he had attended. He particularly appreciated the opportunity to make meaningful connections with students from various universities and countries. The Millennium Campus Network is a national non-profit organization that supports university student organizations working to reduce extreme poverty and achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Barry’s participation in the conference was made possible by Florida Campus Compact, an organization dedicated to advancing the civic purposes of colleges and universities, and the CCSI. |
Students Use New System for Voter Registration Nearly 60 students recently registered to vote through a new system at Barry. As part of the Campus Democracy Project, Barry launched its TurboVote website on Constitution Day, September 17. Students can use TurboVote to register as voters in |
Mini-Grants Available for Community-Based Research The CCSI is offering mini-grants for community-based research (CBR). Faculty who teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses may apply for a mini-grant of up to $500. A CBR project may be conducted by an entire class, or by a group or team. Each team must include at least one student, faculty member (as co-investigator and/or mentor), and community partner. CBR proposals should be submitted by November 28. Additional information is available from CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen, gbowen@barry.edu. |
Faculty Participate in Service-Learning Conference A panel of Barry faculty members participated in the 2014 Conference of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) in The theme of the conference was “Reaping What We Sow: Growing a Culture of Community Engagement.” In keeping with the theme, the Barry panel made a presentation on “The Ecosystem of Engagement.” The panelists were Dr. Celeste Fraser Delgado ( Glenn Bowen (CCSI), Dr. Paula Delpech ( --- |
CCSI Staff Takes Part in Neighborhood Showcase Members of the CCSI staff participated in the Neighborhood Showcase, a highlight of Barry’s 2014 Professional Development Conference, on October 10. The CCSI created a community center as part of the neighborhood, with staff members assuming relevant roles. They got bystanders to rock to the rhythm of Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.,” which complemented the community center theme, “It’s fun to serve with the C.C.S.I.” Participating staff were Stephanie Auguste Shaw, Courtney Berrien, Glenn Bowen, Yleinia Galeano, Caitlin Geis, and Andres Quevedo. Barry’s Division of Human Resources organized the Professional Development Conference. Marjorie Loring, manager of organizational development and learning, was the coordinator. |
CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : October 20, 2014
