international institute on partnerships - Portland State University
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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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