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Symposium Sessions Show Variety in Presentations Nursing Students Promote Hydration in Community Box Tops Project Gets Going Again School Group Comes to Campus for Shadow Day Workshop on African American Educators this Tuesday Students Comment on Significance of MLK Day
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Symposium Sessions Show Variety in Presentations
A variety of concurrent presentations is on the schedule for the Second Annual Community Engagement Symposium. Concurrent sessions are scheduled for 10:45–11:35 a.m. and 1:15–2:05 p.m.
During the first set of 50-minute concurrent sessions, presentations will include “A Model for Understanding Collective Identity Formation among Lay Community Health Workers”; “Dollars and ‘Sense’: Integrating Community Engagement into Business Courses”; and “A Tu Salud – International Service Learning/Study Abroad.”
Among the presentation topics for the second set of concurrent sessions are “Community Mapping: Discovering Relevant Social Dimensions and Planning Appropriate Interventions”; “Engaging the Community to Address Child Welfare and Housing Needs”; and “Increasing Collaboration to Advance Collective-Impact Goals.”
Registration for the March 26 event is in progress.
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Nursing Students Promote Hydration in Community
A group of Barry nursing students recently partnered with the
The students provided service as part of a community/public health nursing course. Clinical and Offsite BSN Program Coordinator Rosanne Sonshine is an instructor for this course, which has a service-learning component.
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Box Tops Project Gets Going Again
The Box Tops for
“We will continue this as a year-round initiative to benefit
According to Bingham, MAPS, with support from the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), collected nearly 1,000 box tops last year. Each box top is worth 10 cents.
“In spite of the fact that many faculty and staff were already saving box tops for their children’s schools, we had enough participation that between February and October 2014, we collected almost 1,000 box tops,” Bingham said. “North Miami Elementary was grateful to be the substitute recipient when North Miami Middle decided to discontinue their box tops program. We more than doubled the number of box tops North Miami Elementary collected on their own.”
Bingham expressed “heartfelt thanks” to all students, faculty, and staff members who supported the effort.
MAPS will continue to organize the collection drive in association with the CCSI.
It is very easy to participate. Identify the Box Tops logo on household products, including many grocery items; cut the logo from the packaging; drop the logo in a donation box on the
Donations also may be made via interoffice mail to Dr. Stephanie Bingham, Department of Biology, NHS 309. Alternatively, donation pickups may be scheduled by contacting her via email, sbingham@barry.edu, or phone, 305-899-3215.
“We thank everyone in advance for their continued support of this very worthy cause,” Bingham said.
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School Group Comes to Campus for Shadow Day
A group of students from the Van E. Blanton Elementary School in
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Workshop on African American Educators this Tuesday
The series of workshops on African American History and Culture continues in
Dr. Terrell Brown, assistant professor of social work, and Dr. Evelyn Cartright, assistant professor of English and director of Africana studies, will be presenters at the workshop on “African American Educators and Social Reform.”
The workshop is free and open to the public. Further information is available from Dr. Glenn Bowen, coordinator of the workshop series, at gbowen@barry.edu.
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Students Comment on Significance of MLK Day
Barry students who participated in this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service have shared their perspectives in a video. Some of the students commented specifically on the “Beloved Community” theme.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : March 09, 2015
