Community Engagement Showcase

by Evans,Thomas Wayne — last modified Feb 28, 2011 02:33 PM

Thanks to everyone who helped to make the UofL CE Showcase 2010 a huge success!

2010 Community Engagement Showcase

April 12, 11:00-3:00

George Howe Red Barn

Plan to Attend

Ideas to Action in conjunction with the Office of the Vice President for Community Engagement and the Office of Civic Engagement, Leadership and Service have organized the 2010 Community Engagement Showcase. At this showcase faculty, staff, and students will share with the University community how they are applying teaching/ learning, research, and service to address community needs. Posters, informational displays, and interactive presentations will highlight community engagement activities related to a course or activity. There are three categories for the showcase: General Community Engagement, Community Engagement and Ideas to Action Culminating Undergraduate Experiences, and Community Service.

Faculty and Students participating are listed below:

Name	Course or Program	Project Title	Category
Emily Peeler	Alternative Spring Break	Eat Smart Black Mountain Program	3
Mary Carothers	ART 590: Collaborative projects	Walnut Street Projet	2&
Muriel Harris	Critical Thinking and Program Evaluation	Critical Thinking and Program Evaluation	1
Leslie Friesen	Design for Public Issues	Pro Bono Graphic Design	2
Brittney Dickerson	Psychology Community Internship	Psychology Community Internship: Family College	2
Cheryl Young	Psychology Community Internship	Psychology Community Internship: St. John's Center for Homeless Men	2
Nicholas de Guzman & Brian Wessel	Bonner Leader Program	Project Sunshine with Kosair's Children's Hospital	3
Wes Fischer	Bonner Leader Program	Frazier Ambassador Program	3
Samyu Kemparakurs	Bonner Leader Program	Gilda's Club	3
Elijah McKenzie	Bonner Leader Program	Americana Community Center	3
Jenna Richards	Bonner Leader Program	Build-A-Brick	3
Michael Losavio	CECS 566: Information Security	Capstone Course in Information Security	2
David Booher	CECS 590: Capstone Design	CECS Capstone Design	2
Marianne Hutti	NURS 473: Community Leadership Practicum	NURS 473: Community Leadership Practicum	2
Rhonda Buchanan	LALS Internships - LAS 400, 401, 681	Latin American and Latino Studies Internships	2
Sharon Bowland	Gerontology Supervision	Citizen Advocates Training/Guardianship Project	1
Christine Sherretz	EDTP 311: Intro to Language Arts	Writing Resilence Project	1
Jon Lee	Developing Parental Support for Children's Early Language Development: An Intervention Plan	Developing Parental Support for Children's Early Language Development: An Intervention Plan	1

Categories:

1. General Community Engagement

This category includes community engagement activities in which students are engaged in the community as part of a course requirement. This includes, field placement, practicum, service-learning or other forms of community-based learning courses.

2. Community Engagement and Ideas to Action Culminating Undergraduate Experiences (CUE)

This category includes community engagement activities in which curricular projects demonstrate well-cultivated critical thinking skills that reflect the Paul Elder framework coupled with purposeful community engagement through senior-level Culminating Undergraduate Experiences.

3. Community Service

This category includes community engagement activities that are not associated with a course. Any community service through student organizations or University units in which students are involved are eligible to be presented if the following areas are addressed thoroughly.

Personal tools

IDEAS TO ACTION (i2a): Using Critical Thinking to Foster Student Learning and Community Engagement