CCSI Newsletter

University Applies for Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Barry University has applied for the Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) submitted the application on April 15.

The application required detailed responses to questions regarding important aspects of institutional mission, identity, and commitment to community engagement. According to Carnegie, community engagement involves combining the knowledge and resources of a college or university with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, and creative activity; enhance curriculum, teaching, and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic values and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; and contribute to the public good.

Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification takes place on a five-year cycle. Barry has applied for this elective classification for the first time. The application will be reviewed to determine whether Barry qualifies for recognition as a community-engaged institution. Next January, Carnegie will publish the list of newly classified colleges and universities as well as those reclassified as community-engaged institutions.

32 Course Sections on the List

Thirty-two sections of 15 courses have been designated as service-learning. Eight of the courses are in the College of Arts and Sciences; two each are in the Schools of Education and Human Performance and Leisure Sciences; and one each is in the College of Health Sciences, the School of Business, and the School of Social Work.

Eleven sections of THE 201 – Theology: Faith, Beliefs, and Traditions – have been designated as service-learning.

There is no SL-designated course in the Schools of Law, Podiatric Medicine, and Professional and Career Education.

The full list of courses is on the CCSI homepage (click on the Service-Learning Designation image).

Collection Underway, Ends Sunday

The Sixth Annual Dorm Drive is underway and will end next Sunday, May 4. A variety of “gently used” household and educational items are being collected from students as they move out of the residence halls. The items will be donated to charitable projects in the community.

Students can drop off donations at various places: the Weber Game Room; Holly House Laundry Room; and the lobbies of Benicasa, Kolasa, and Dominican halls.

Donations will go to New Life, a transitional housing project run by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc.; two homeless shelters in Liberty City; and Mount Tabor MissionaryBaptist Church’s Bread of Life Ministry.

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The current Box Tops for Education Campus-wide Collection Drive is still underway. For each box top – from groceries and household products – that is donated, North Miami Middle School will receive a 10-cent contribution toward much-needed supplies. The Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS) has placed collection boxes in various locations on campus, including the CCSI office, Adrian 208.

Conference Organizers Seek Session Proposals

The organizers of the Fourth Annual Eastern Regional Campus Compact Conference are seeking workshop and poster session proposals from colleges and universities. The mission of the conference is to advance institutional and community engagement for the public good.

Scheduled for October 15-17 in Jacksonville, Fla, the conference will highlight the 50th anniversary of the Civic Rights Act. The conference theme is “Moving Us Forward: Fifty Years On: From Civil Rights to Critical Engagement,” and the deadline for proposal submission is May 1.

Further information is available from Eastern Region Campus Compact.