Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton

11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
From UD to DECA
Presenter(s): Megan C Guy, Jacqueline R Musser, Joseph P Riazzi
Advisor(s): Matthew D Archer, Meredith L Doench, William H Johnston, Monalisa M Mullins,
Lori G Phillips-Young, Margaret M Strain
English - Course Project, 12_SP_ENG_102_B3
The Building Communities through Social Justice Learning and Living Cohort (BCSJLLC) strives to help students understand the importance of
social justice and its impact on communities while providing students with opportunities to grow as leaders. As members of BCSJLLC we have
been participated in many social justice activities in the Dayton area. One of our community partners is Project READ, a non-profit organization
that trained us how to tutor students and then placed us with The Dayton Early College Academy (DECA). DECA is a college prep high school that
is focused on preparing urban students to graduate and continue on to college. We have been tutoring students from diverse backgrounds and
socioeconomic levels and engaging them in academic tasks that include learning the biological process of the cell, revising English papers, doing
science worksheets, studying geography, math and graphing various objects, and generally supporting their goal of becoming a college student.
In the course of our service, we have built meaningful relationships with our students. Our experiences have given us an appreciable amount of
insight into to a world beyond the University of Dayton. And, our civic engagement at DECA has allowed us to apply the Marianist ideals of lead,
learn, and serve.
Guiding Little Angels: A Literacy Experience at Holy Angels Elementary School
Presenter(s): Domenic M Miccinilli, Eric W Mueller, Erik D Stanbery
Advisor(s): Matthew D Archer, Meredith L Doench, William H Johnston, Monalisa M Mullins,
Lori G Phillips-Young, Margaret M Strain
English - Course Project, 12_SP_ENG_102_B1
The Building Communities through Social Justice Learning and Living Cohort (BCSJLLC)is committed to the ideal of improving literacy in the
Greater Miami Valley. During our first semester, our cohort participated in the first annual Book Buddy Program with Dayton’s Cleveland Elementary
School. We donated brand new books to students in the fourth and fifth grade and to students in special education. The BCSJLLC’s community
partner, the non-profit organization Project READ, trained us to tutor reading for students in grades K-8 and young adults. Then Project READ
placed us in tutoring positions at Holy Angels, a private elementary school. Holy Angel’s mission is to guide its students to academic excellence. Our
mission was to support the classroom teachers and to assist five and six year-old students with their reading and vocabulary skills. Our tutoring
time was spent going over math worksheets, alphabet flashcards, their spelling words, and reading books with students. Throughout the spring
we have learned more about the Dayton community and through our service we have learned more about the importance of the Marianist ideals
of lead, learn, and serve.
Helping Angels Find Their Wings
Presenter(s): Henry P Hessel, Matt D Hurtubise, Jake W Kocinski
Advisor(s): Matthew D Archer, Meredith L Doench, William H Johnston, Monalisa M Mullins,
Lori G Phillips-Young, Margaret M Strain
English - Course Project, 12_SP_ENG_102_B1
The Building Communities through Social Justice Learning and Living Cohort (BCSJLLC) strives to help students understand the importance of
social justice, community service, and civic engagement while providing students with opportunities to grow as leaders. The LLC’s primary mission
is literacy and all BSCJLLC members performed service learning in the community by tutoring. All members of BSCJLLC were trained by the LLC’s
community partner Project READ to tutor students in K-8 and young adults. Project READ then placed us in tutoring positions in local elementary
schools like Holy Angels Grade School. Throughout our tutoring we developed great relationships with the students and assisted teachers that
were overworked. We helped students improve their skill in math, reading, and writing by using a number of educational strategies like flashcards
to help them memorize and pronounce words. It is through this program that we learned how to carry out the University of Dayton’s mission of
civic engagement at the local level and to apply the Marianist principles of learn, lead, and serve.
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