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Volunteers Promote Environmental Awareness at Beach Event Graphic Design Students to Display Their Work at Community Event African American History Workshop Series Ends This Tuesday Barry Faculty Named Section Co-chairs for Service-Learning Conference Seventh Annual Move-Out Drive Begins May 4 North Miami Elementary to Benefit from Box Tops Drive |
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Volunteers Promote Environmental Awareness at Beach Event
A small team of Barry volunteers made a big impact recently, when they promoted environmental awareness as part of a major beach event. Students Seretse Davis, Gilberte Jean-Francois, and Andres Quevedo went to
The students placed trash buckets on the beach and engaged in conversations with visitors about the need to maintain a litter-free beach. They also spoke with beachgoers about the adverse environmental effects of Styrofoam products and their violation of the city’s code regarding the use of Styrofoam coolers.
Instead of giving code violation tickets, the City of
Called Floatopia, the event at
“The feedback was positive, and visitors expressed their gratitude by throwing smiles our way and trash in the buckets,” said Quevedo, who works in the Center for Community Service Initiatives as a graduate assistant coordinating co-curricular events.
Davis and Jean-Francois, leaders of the Barry Service Corps, said they appreciated the opportunity to make a difference in the community. Floatopia Miami, which identifies itself as a community organization, posted a thank-you message on Facebook.
“We want to thank everyone that joined us Saturday, everyone that kept us safe and the amazing people who gave up their Saturday and volunteered to help make it easier for us to clean up after ourselves,” according to the online statement. “We put this event together for you, our community. We want you to come relax, enjoy our amazing beach and make some new friends. The only thing we ever ask is that you clean up after yourselves.”
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Graphic Design Students to Display Their Work at Community Event
The work of Barry’s graphic design students will be on display this Thursday, April 30, at an event in Wilton Manors.
Eleven students enrolled in ART 333-01: Poster Design will participate in the KID Hero 5K Poster Design Contest hosted by Kids In Distress of Broward County (KID). Judges will select one poster from which the design will be used for the KID Hero 5K T-shirt. “The students were asked to create posters, each revolving around the idea of a superhero," explained Nicole Beltran, the course instructor. “As part of their research, the students took a trip over to the KID campus and worked with some of the children on a superhero-themed art project. KID was very impressed with our students, who left smiles on the children’s faces and came back with inspired ideas for their posters.”
ART 333-01 is a service-learning-designated course in the Department of Fine Arts.
Thursday’s Poster Design Contest will be the highlight of a wine-and-cheese event from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the KID Advancement Gallery, 819 NE 26th Street, Building A, in Wilton Manors. |
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African American History Workshop Series Ends This Tuesday
The series of workshops on African American History and Culture in Hollywood, Fla., will end this Tuesday, April 28, with a workshop on “African American Music and Dance: Sacred and Secular Traditions.” The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the
After the workshop presentations, community members will perform in a showcase of African American cultural talents.
The City of
The topic of the most recent workshop, on April 14, was “African Americans in the Workplace.” As part of that workshop, Dr. Victor Romano, associate professor of sociology and criminology, made a presentation on “The New Racism” and the challenges facing minority groups. Earlier, in his presentation, CCSI Director Dr. Glenn Bowen highlighted “how far African Americans have come – from the cotton fields and the plantation house to positions of power, including the White House.”
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Barry Faculty Named Section Co-chairs for Service-Learning Conference
Dr. Glenn Bowen, associate professor and director of the Center for Community Service Initiatives, and Dr. Celeste Fraser Delgado, associate professor of English and humanities in the
IARSLCE is the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. This year’s IARSLCE Conference will have 10 sections, with Bowen and Fraser Delgado co-chairing separate sections.
Bowen will co-chair the Social Justice section with Dr. Laurie Ross, associate director for international development and social change in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment at
The primary role of the co-chairs is to assign conference presentation proposals to reviewers and recommend proposals for acceptance.
Scheduled for Nov. 16–18, in Boston, Mass, the conference is targeted to scholars, practitioners, students, and community partners interested in research on service-learning, community-based research, community–campus partnerships, and civic learning outcomes.
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Seventh Annual
The seventh annual
“We hope to collect a variety of items, which will be donated to local community organizations,” said Caitlin Geis, a Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) staff member, who is helping to coordinate the project formerly known as Project partners are the CCSI, Facilities Management, Housing and Residence Life, Mission Engagement, and Public Safety. Students are asked to drop off donations at designated sites in the residence halls and elsewhere on campus. Faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the project by donating unwanted items or by signing up for a volunteer assignment.
For further information, contact Caitlin Geis at cgeis@barry.edu or 305-899-5465.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : April 27, 2015
