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AnnouncementsGraduate Student ResourcesThe Graduate Student Network (GSN) is for graduate students who are interested in advancing research on service-learning and community engagement. The GSN is an affiliate group of IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement) and provides a graduate-student only listserv, mentoring opportunities, and research advancement and professional development workshops at the annual IARSLCE conference (Oct. 25-28, New Orleans, LA).
UCLA Study on Spirituality in Higher EducationWe recently received information on a survey being conducted at UCLA regarding spirituality in higher education. See the following links and survey form. If you choose to participate/respond, please send us a copy of your reply? We are compiling information on faith-based service and civic engagement as part of our planning for future NYCC Regional Roundtables.PROMISING PRACTICES In November 2006, the Spirituality in Higher Education project at UCLA hosted a National Institute on Spirituality with the purpose of identifying promising practices to incorporate spirituality perspectives in the curriculum and co-curriculum. A copy of the Institute proceedings can be found on the project website. http://spirituality.ucla.edu/PromisingPractices/ We would like to invite you to participate in an effort we have undertaken to develop a pamphlet that outlines best practices on campus for incorporating spirituality in the curriculum and co-curriculum. If you know of such practices on your campus, please let us know by completing the downloadable submission form below. You can also send us via email any information you may have or, if easier, mail to us directly any such documents: Jennifer A. Lindholm Director, Spirituality in Higher Education Project UCLA Higher Education Research Institute 3005 Moore Hall, Box 951521 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521 spirit@gseis.ucla.edu
Many thanks for your assistance. We look forward to hearing from you! An Invitation: Spirituality in Higher Education Promising Practices
Name: Institution: Title/Department: Contact Information (phone, email): In an effort to learn more about what other institutions from around the country and world are currently doing to encourage students to explore issues related to meaning, purpose, and spirituality, the Spirituality in Higher Education project seeks responses to the following questions:
Please send responses to spirit@gseis.ucla.edu You may attach any supplementary documents or materials that help to illustrate the work you describe above. Thank you and best of luck with your current and future plans!
NYCC Student wins National Award!We are pleased to announce that Elisabeth Stern, a junior at Cornell University, was one of five national winners of the Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award for 2008. Elisabeth co-founded Cover Africa, a student organization dedicated to reducing the global burden of malaria, and organized a service-learning course on malaria interventions in Ghana. See the following press release for information on the impressive projects of the other Swearer awardees.New York Campus Compact member institutions submitted 17 student nominees, among the highest in the nation, for the Newman and the Swearer awards. This recognition of students' efforts and achievements is a key factor in the growth of civic engagement and campus/community partnerships across the state. Congratulations to all! Regards, Jim
June 2, 2008 PROVIDENCE, RI - Campus Compact has named five college students whose work shows an extraordinary commitment to improving their local and global communities as recipients of the 2008 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award. The students receiving this national award are Alexander Alvanos of Northeastern University (MA), Tryna Dalton of River Parishes Community College (LA), Elisabeth Stern of Cornell University (NY), Anh Tran of the University of Minnesota, and Ian Yaffe of Bowdoin College (ME). These students have tackled a wide range of social issues, from hunger in the local community to health care internationally. Ian Yaffe launched Food Forward, a program that transports nearly 3,000 pounds of unused food from campus to a community soup kitchen each semester, while working to educate his fellow students about poverty and hunger issues. Alex Alvanos created the student group Social Change through Peace Games, which partners with elementary schools to promote peace-making in troubled neighborhoods. Tryna Dalton leads efforts at local public schools to educate students about disaster preparedness. Elisabeth Stern co-founded Cover Africa, a student organization dedicated to reducing the global burden of malaria, and organized a service-learning course on malaria interventions in Ghana. Anh Tran established the nonprofit organization Biology without Borders to improve public health in under-resourced nations. “The range of depth of these student-led programs is remarkable,” notes Maureen F. Curley, president of Campus Compact. “Students at our member colleges and universities clearly care deeply about issues that affect not only their local communities but also communities around the world. What’s most impressive, though, is that they are creating effective new avenues to address these issues.” Campus Compact gives the Swearer Award annually to five students who have been nominated by their college or university for creating an innovative approach to addressing a social, educational, environmental, health, economic, or legal issue within a community. Each award includes a $1,500 prize—$250 to support a service program or organization the student has worked with and $1,250 for the student’s professional development. The award is named in honor of the life and work of Howard R. Swearer, the 15th president of Brown University and one of Campus Compact’s founders. More information about the Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award is available at http://www.compact.org/awards/swearer/.
NYCC Members Chosen for National CommissionWe are pleased to announce that Dr. Mathew Johnson, Associate Professor of Sociology at Siena College, and Dr. Mercedes Franco, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Queensborough Community College, have been selected in a national competition to join the New Leaders Organizing Team of the national Campus Compact. As described in the following release, ten individuals were "selected for their demonstrated ability to bridge engaged scholarship and administrative leadership of campus-based civic and community engagement, to advance the public mission of higher education."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following individuals were selected for their demonstrated ability to bridge engaged scholarship and administrative leadership of campus-based civic and community engagement: Elizabeth Carmichael Burton, Missouri State University; David Donahue, Mills College; Melissa Kesler Gilbert, Otterbein College; Patrick Green, Loyola University Chicago; Mathew Johnson, Siena College; Mercedes Franco, Queensborough Community College; Micki Meyer, Rollins College; Tania Mitchell, Stanford University; Magaret Post, College of Holy Cross; Maggie Stevens, Northern Kentucky University; and Rowena Tomaneng, DeAnza College. “These scholars represent a group of emerging leaders who are making an impact on higher education's ability to serve the public good,” notes Campus Compact president Maureen F. Curley. “Their work will not only help lead Campus Compact’s continuing efforts but also affect work on their campuses and across the country.” Members of the New Leaders Organizing Team represent a broad range of academic areas, types of higher education institutions, geographic regions, and approaches to civic and community engagement. “We chose these scholars specifically for their ability to bring diverse communities, identities, and perspectives to bear on their work, as well as for their academic and administrative leadership in supporting campus engagement.” The team will meet in June to establish specific goals and activities. Over the next 18 months, they will contribute to new print or online resources, present at state and regional events, and help shape Campus Compact’s efforts to support and convene high-quality engagement efforts and emerging leaders across the country. Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents—representing some 6 million students—who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education. As the only national association dedicated solely to this mission, Campus Compact is a leader in building civic engagement into campus and academic life. Campus Compact’s membership includes public, private, two- and four-year institutions across the spectrum of higher education. These institutions put into practice the ideal of civic engagement by sharing knowledge and resources with their communities, creating local development initiatives, and supporting service and service-learning efforts in areas such as literacy, health care, hunger, homelessness, and the environment. For more information, see www.compact.org.
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