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老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 Office of Civic Engagement has announced the inaugural recipients of its Civic Engagement Grants.
Made possible through a generous gift from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, these grants will support collaborations between 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 and external partners that mutually benefit community well-being, student learning and academic scholarship.
Grants ranging from $2,500 to $5,000 have been awarded to 20 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 faculty members representing an array of disciplines and to four 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 student organizations.
鈥淎t 老澳门六合彩官方开奖, we鈥檙e fortunate to have faculty and student leaders who truly embody our passion for Engaged Learning,鈥 said Byron White, 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 vice president for university engagement and chief diversity officer. 鈥淭hey do so by creatively connecting classroom, campus and community. The Civic Engagement Grants will affirm some of their best work and enhance it, and encourage other faculty and students to embrace and appreciate the benefits of Engaged Learning for student success and community enhancement. Through the efforts of our grant recipients, the whole city wins.鈥
The winners were honored at a reception Wednesday, January 29, in 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 Office of Civic Engagement. The program included remarks by 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 President Ronald M. Berkman and former Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White of the Mandel Foundation.
老澳门六合彩官方开奖 has ramped up efforts for students and faculty 鈥渢o use the city as a learning laboratory,鈥 President Berkman told reception attendees.
鈥淯ltimately, Engaged Learning is not something we want to do in addition to teaching, research and service,鈥 President Berkman said. 鈥淓ngaged Learning is something we want to do within teaching, research and service. If we鈥檙e able to achieve that, I think we鈥檝e taken a step beyond the traditional urban university definition of engagement.鈥
White commended 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 for its enlightened and energetic commitment to civic engagement.
鈥淢y perspective about this program is that it鈥檚 powerful -- great minds, great engagement, great commitment of individuals here at the university, both faculty and students, teaming up with people who are also engaged in their own neighborhoods, who believe that they can make a difference,鈥 White said.
Julian A. Rogers, 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 director of community partnerships, welcomed the winners.
Following is a list of Civic Engagement Grant recipients:
$5,000 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 Faculty Grants
These grants will support 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 Central Neighborhood Alliance. Grantees will participate in a series of exchanges with community leaders, including a community-led orientation and a neighborhood review of selected projects. Grantees will identify a community partner to receive 20 percent of the grant funds.
Joanne Goodell, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Services
老澳门六合彩官方开奖teach, a secondary school mathematics and science teacher licensure program, in partnership with Central Promise Neighborhood will house a STEM coordinator position that will be responsible for STEM learning throughout the greater Central Promise neighborhood.
Robert Ferguson, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Services
Part of the NEOMED-老澳门六合彩官方开奖 Urban Primary Care Initiative, this summer program will encourage middle school and high school students to take an interest in the health professions through a grassroots recruitment effort driven by parents, caregivers and community stakeholders, such as barbers, coaches and youth ministers.
Justin C. Perry, Center for Urban Education, College of Education and Human Services
The Center for Urban Education will work with middle school teachers in the Central neighborhood to redesign 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 successful 鈥淢aking My Future Work鈥 college and career readiness curriculum so that it can be pilot tested among middle school students.
Kristine Lynn Still, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education and Human Services
老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 Community Learning Center for Children and Youth will provide opportunities for 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 education students to work individually and in small groups with children and youth from the Central Neighborhood.
Michael Williams, Black Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth), a giant inflatable speech bubble and video recording booth that is traveling the world. Central neighborhood residents will engage with this living, evolving art exhibit with a focus on African-American males.
$2,500 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 Faculty Grants
Victoria Avi, Center for Sustainable Business Practices, Monte Ahuja College of Business
Develop learning tools to help small- and medium-sized companies in Northeast Ohio to understand the challenges of carbon regulations that impact their supply chains and to adjust their strategies accordingly.
Birch Browning, Department of Music, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Develop an El Sistema after-school orchestra program, designed for urban students, at Campus International School to allow 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 music education students, working with master teachers, to instruct CIS students.
Robin L. Chilton, Occupational Therapy Program, College of Sciences and Health Professions
Expand program that allows students in the Master of Occupational Therapy Service Learning Program to provide one-on-one interaction to low-income, African-American older adults at the Eliza Bryant Adult Day Care Center.
Lynn Deering, Dance Program, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Expand dance/movement classes for senior citizens with Parkinson鈥檚 Disease and other older adults as part of the Intersections project, which encourages intergenerational engagement in creativity and the arts.
Michael Dover, School of Social Work, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Add a Service Day component at the Garden Valley Neighborhood House for participants at the annual Cuyahoga County Conference on Social Welfare to be held on 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 campus on March 29, 2014.
Vickie Gallagher, Department of Management, Monte Ahuja College of Business
Expand initiative that allows graduate students in organizational change to help businesses, non-profits and other organizations incorporate practices in sustainability, restructuring, mergers and other change opportunities.
Collette Hart, Outreach and Engagement Centers, Monte Ahuja College of Business
Launch 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 new interdisciplinary undergraduate minor and graduate certificate in entrepreneurship by providing students with real-world project opportunities with local entrepreneurs and business accelerators.
Kathryn Hexter, Center for Community Planning and Development, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Create a public forum to engage 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 and the community on envisioning policies that will connect Clevelanders to public lakefront and leverage the lakefront to the region鈥檚 benefit.
Edward (Ned) Hill, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Launch a three-part project in partnership with the Center for Community Solutions focused on the public health outcomes from gun violence, including research, public policy formation and community organizing.
Robert Kleidman, Department of Sociology and Criminology, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Assist Building One Ohio to organize a conference of mayors and other leaders from Northeast Ohio middle-class suburbs and towns to address regional and local economic viability, racial and economic diversity and sustainability.
Mary Milidonis, Physical Therapy Program, College of Sciences and Health Professions
Establish program in 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 Gerontology Certificate Studies that will improve the quality of life of area senior citizens by having area high school students teach music technology to the older adult participants.
Stephanie Ryberg-Webster, Department of Urban Studies, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Assist the Cleveland Restoration Society with interpretive preservation activities regarding Cleveland鈥檚 African-American community as part of the society鈥檚 40th anniversary legacy project.
Andrew Thomas, Energy Policy Center, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Introduce a new 鈥淪hale Academy鈥 in conjunction with the University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio to coordinate law, geology, engineering and economic development courses on shale development.
Nancy Meyer-Emerick, Center for Emergency Preparedness, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Work with the Cuyahoga County Office of Emergency Management to add a behavioral change component to existing training for Cuyahoga County residents in shelter-in-place and evacuation procedures.
Pamela Rutar, School of Nursing
Develop continuing education offerings for health-care providers who are not experienced in caring for those enrolled on Medicaid and other medically underserved populations.
$2,500 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 Student Organization Grants
Cleveland State Transfer Connection Organization
Work with women from the Northeast Reintegration Center to reduce recidivism.
Colleges Against Cancer
Enhance marketing to promote the Relay for Life event hosted by the American Cancer Society to increase participation among college students.
老澳门六合彩官方开奖 Society for Human Resource Management
Partner with the Veterans Administration Domiciliary to provide resume writing, workshops on networking, mock interviews and other critical job-hunting skills to unemployed veterans.
老澳门六合彩官方开奖 International Reading Association
Promote literacy by providing tutoring to students in grades K-3 to in schools within the Central neighborhood of Cleveland.