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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25th<br />

3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATIONS BY COMMUNITY/HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS<br />

Select <strong>on</strong>e of the eight sessi<strong>on</strong>s outlined below (c<strong>on</strong>tinued <strong>on</strong> page 21).<br />

Smith 323<br />

Smith 236<br />

Smith 296<br />

Smith 262<br />

Smith 328<br />

Advancing Campus<br />

Community Partnerships:<br />

Course Design and<br />

Instituti<strong>on</strong>al Integrati<strong>on</strong><br />

In its efforts to promote service<br />

learning as a complement to<br />

its undergraduate curriculum,<br />

the Community-based<br />

Learning (CBL) program at<br />

the American <strong>University</strong> in<br />

Cairo (AUC) is unique am<strong>on</strong>g<br />

universities in the Arab world.<br />

While the program has been<br />

successful in implementing<br />

service learning, CBL still faces<br />

challenges in instituti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

support through curriculum<br />

integrati<strong>on</strong> and evaluati<strong>on</strong><br />

of community <strong>partnerships</strong>.<br />

Student participati<strong>on</strong> and faculty<br />

interest remain str<strong>on</strong>g allowing<br />

<strong>partnerships</strong> to flourish. In light<br />

of this, the assimilati<strong>on</strong> of CBL<br />

into the core curriculum remains<br />

to be seen. This study attempts<br />

to understand the impact of<br />

instituti<strong>on</strong>al integrati<strong>on</strong> of<br />

campus/community <strong>partnerships</strong><br />

by asking faculty and community<br />

partners to assess the impact of<br />

course design and instituti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

support <strong>on</strong> them. The sessi<strong>on</strong><br />

will include research findings,<br />

strategic planning, and capacity<br />

for replicati<strong>on</strong> at universities in<br />

Egypt and other Arab countries.<br />

Assessing Community<br />

Impact and Leveraging<br />

Civic Engagement Data<br />

for Capacity Building<br />

Collecting, analyzing, and<br />

disseminating civic engagement<br />

impact data involves strategic<br />

methods and creative planning.<br />

This sessi<strong>on</strong> will provide multiple<br />

assessment frameworks,<br />

examples of data analysis and<br />

display, and opportunities for<br />

participants to use existing and<br />

newly learned skills to create a<br />

civic engagement assessment<br />

impact plan. The goal is to<br />

provide participants with ideas<br />

and strategies for utilizing<br />

existing or newly collected data<br />

to inform program improvement,<br />

student learning, effective<br />

faculty-community <strong>partnerships</strong>,<br />

enhanced client services, and<br />

successful securing of grants<br />

and other funding sources.<br />

Presenters: Christine M. Cress,<br />

Ph.D., Educati<strong>on</strong>al Leadership<br />

& Policy, Postsec<strong>on</strong>dary, Adult,<br />

& C<strong>on</strong>tinuing Educati<strong>on</strong> (PACE),<br />

Graduate School of Educati<strong>on</strong>,<br />

<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, and<br />

Sarah Drumm<strong>on</strong>d Hays,<br />

Research Associate, <strong>Portland</strong><br />

<strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

Sustainability and<br />

Reciprocity in a<br />

Partnership Community in<br />

Mexico City, ITESM, and<br />

Santa Fe<br />

Undergraduate students include<br />

communitarian Learning-<br />

Service strategies to improve<br />

citizenship, social participati<strong>on</strong><br />

and resp<strong>on</strong>sibility. Tecnologico<br />

de M<strong>on</strong>terrey Campus Santa<br />

Fe has developed enterprises<br />

around the campus. Students<br />

develop ethics and citizenship<br />

competencies that allow them<br />

to transcend their student life<br />

through curricular and cocurricular<br />

experiences. Kecskes<br />

and Kerrigan c<strong>on</strong>firm that the<br />

undergraduate terminal courses<br />

are most pertinent to include an<br />

involvement and commitment<br />

to citizenship integrated within<br />

curricula. This is an example of<br />

social methodology implemented<br />

in a Latin American country<br />

(Mexico).<br />

Presenter: Dolores Chavez,<br />

Professor, Instituto Tecnologica<br />

y de Estudios Superiores de<br />

M<strong>on</strong>terrey (ITESM), Mexico<br />

Video Vignette Sessi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Capturing the complexity<br />

of community-university<br />

<strong>partnerships</strong> is often best d<strong>on</strong>e<br />

visually. Documenting the<br />

stories and impact with the<br />

use of video helps bring to life<br />

the human element inherent in<br />

these <strong>partnerships</strong> while also<br />

being an effective marking and<br />

communicati<strong>on</strong>s tool. IUPUI<br />

(Indiana <strong>University</strong>-Purdue<br />

<strong>University</strong> Indianapolis), North<br />

Carolina <strong>State</strong>, and <strong>Portland</strong><br />

<strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> have produced<br />

several of these videos and<br />

have provided them for preview<br />

during this sessi<strong>on</strong>. Relax and<br />

enjoy.<br />

Indiana <strong>University</strong>-Purdue<br />

<strong>University</strong> Indianapolis<br />

North Carolina <strong>State</strong><br />

<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

The DEEP Service<br />

Model: Sustainable,<br />

Development, Reciprocal<br />

Community Partnerships<br />

In 2007, Siena College embarked<br />

<strong>on</strong> the development of a new<br />

model of partnership with<br />

Community Based Organizati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

(CBOs). This new model sought<br />

to take into account all of the<br />

best practices known in the field<br />

at that point, as well as emerging<br />

trends in higher educati<strong>on</strong><br />

<strong>partnerships</strong>.<br />

Presenters: Jennifer Simek,<br />

AmeriCorps *VISTA, Siena<br />

College; and Matthew<br />

Johns<strong>on</strong>, Director of Academic<br />

Community Engagement, Siena<br />

College<br />

Presenters: Amy Newcomb<br />

Rowe, Program Coordinator,<br />

American <strong>University</strong> in Cairo,<br />

Egypt; and Amani Elshimi,<br />

Program Director, American<br />

<strong>University</strong> in Cairo, Egypt<br />

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