Enrollment
Management: Key Interventions to Promote Student Selection,
Satisfaction and Success
Presenters:
Chris Lucier
Vice President for Enrollment Management
University of Vermont
Carrie
Williams Howe
Associate Director
Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning
University of Vermont
Description: Enrollment management is a process
that calls on an institution to support students at every
step of their experience from recruitment and enrollment,
to retention and successful graduation. Civic engagement,
encompassing a spectrum of activities from volunteering
to community-based research, can be an important complement
to enrollment management strategies. Collaboration between
these two areas of focus is the theme of this session. Presenters
will discuss a variety of “touchpoints” where
these two efforts have linked (or could be linked) at their
institution, encouraging participants to think creatively
toward collaboration on their own campuses.
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Navigating
Controversy Effectively Using Dialogue and Shared Governance
Presenter:
Bruce L. Mallory
Provost and Executive Vice President
Professor of Education
University of New Hampshire
Dr.
Mallory is the Provost and Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs at the University of New Hampshire. In
addition to this position at the University of New Hampshire,
Dr. Mallory serves as a Professor of Education. He earned
his Ph.D. in Special Education and Community Psychology
from the George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.
Dr. Mallory is also an accomplished scholar. He is the author
of numerous publications and has presented at many workshops.
He is currently working on a new book Circles of Citizens:
The role of deliberative dialogue in civic renewal.
Description: This interactive session will describe
experiences at the University of New Hampshire in applying
a range of deliberative dialogue models to address campus
challenges such as post-athletic event celebrations, alcohol
use, achieving a more diverse and inclusive community, and
the balance between free speech and maintaining a non-threatening
learning environment. Over the past 12 years, UNH has incorporated
study circles and related forms of facilitated dialogue
to create a more participatory, democratic approach to shared
governance and expand the curriculum beyond classroom walls.
The aim of this work has been to improve campus life and
demonstrate to students the civic value of deliberative
practices.
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Campus
as Community Partner: Students as Agents for Campus Culture
Change
Presenter:
Andrea Grayson
Continuing Education
The University of Vermont
Description:
This session describes a multi-course process through which
students have researched, written, and are now producing
a web-based TV series on the student lifestyle that specifically
addresses risk behaviors such as excessive alcohol consumption,
risky sexual activity, and issues of bias. Using the methodologies
of Social Marketing and Entertainment-Education, the process
engages students in problem-solving with and for their peers.
In addition to personal transformation, the project has
the potential, upon completion, to help meet broader campus-wide
goals. We will discuss this unique service-learning partnership
(campus as partner), and share ideas about using media to
reach both academic and social goals.
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Supporting
Student Success in the First-Year
Presenters:
Student Panelists
Tyler Morton,
Andrea Stoddard,
Elizabeth Sartori,
Kristen Cummings
Faculty
Panelist: Professor Eric Despard
Moderator:
Daniel Cantor Yalowitz, Ed.D.
Associate Dean for Special Projects
Associate Professor, the Donald Everett Axinn Division of
Social Sciences
Description: Many, if not most, first-year courses
and programs are constructed primarily to impact student
retention. Along the way, it is hoped that a multitude of
other positives will occur. This workshop, including student
and faculty panelists from SVC’s award-winning “Quest
For Success” Program, will focus on the many successful
processes and outcomes that have evolved since its inception.
Statistical and anecdotal research will be shared from the
many stakeholders and constituencies within this program,
including students, faculty, community partners, administrators,
and staff.
Transformational
Learning and Scholarship through Insititutional Support
of Community-Based Reasearch
Presenters:
Lini Wollenberg
Director
UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Ken
Bauer
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
UVM
Ernesto
Mendez
Assistant Professor
Plant and Soil Science
UVM
Kate Elmer Westdijk
Program Coordinator
Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning
UVM
Rycki
Maltby
Associate Professor
Department of Nursing
UVM
Chris
Koliba
Associate Professor
Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
UVM
Description: Community-based participatory research
(CBPR) is an approach that sees the community as a partner
in the research process, not just a place to do research.
Over a two year period, the University of Vermont initiated
a focused effort to support community-based participatory
research on campus. By combining faculty advocacy with community
input, student training, and institutionalization of support
structures, the campus saw a surge in visibility of this
research approach. In this session, we will describe the
distinct programs that were developed as well as a broad
framework for supporting community-based participatory research.
We will facilitate a conversation about the role of research
in advancing the civic mission of our colleges and universities
as well as explore specific strategies for participant’s
own campuses.
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Enhancing
Residential Life: Educating Peers About Sustainable Living
Practices
Presenter:
Christina Erickson
Office of Sustainability
UVM
Description: Student outreach and education is
a goal of many campus sustainability programs. One model,
using the peer to peer education approach, attempts to broaden
the reach to all residential students. Often known as "Eco-Reps",
these programs enlist students to be educators and leaders
in their residence halls to encourage behaviors such as
waste reduction and energy conservation. This session will
give examples from campuses around the country, and show
how these programs are tools for not only campus sustainability
but student engagement and leadership development.
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Consciousness
Raising: A Different Pathway to Civic Engagement
Presenters:
Michael Ohler
Transitional Housing Specialist
Burlington Housing Authority
&
Instructor of Sociology
Saint Michael’s College &
Community College of Vermont
Katherine
Stamper
Development Coordinator
Laraway Youth and Family Services
Instructor, Community College of Vermont
Description: As college campuses have developed
the term “volunteerism” into a more community-based
educational process, pathways to get at the core of the
developing concept needed to change as well. Sometimes it
is not feasible for college classes to engage in “the
act” of service. Students can still engage in the
experience though through class presentations and writing
projects pertaining to organizations and issues of interest.
Let’s explore how this happens and how raising the
consciousness level of their peers can be an engaging experience
in itself for the students who go through the process.
The
Study Abroad Path to Civic Engagement
Presenters:
Wanda Dutton
University Relations Manager
SIT Study Abroad
Megan McBride
Americorps VISTA
Post Program/Re-entry Coordinator
World Learning
Description: We will explore the link between study
abroad and civic engagement by examining ways that study
abroad programs promote social responsibility and enhance
leadership skills. We will look at ways programs encourage
sustainable living and reciprocity and focus on how we can
keep students engaged upon their return to their college
campuses. We will share our tools and activities and brainstorm
activities that can be used on your college campuses.
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"Art
and Soul" Civic Engagement: The Power of Stories
Presenters:
Diane Munroe
Coordinator for Community-Based Environmental Studies
Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest
Middlebury College
Since
2001, Diane has been working to develop, evaluate, and improve
our community-based approach to environmental studies. This
approach necessitates a unique set of logistics that Diane
coordinates, including networking with community organizations
to identify project needs, serving as a liaison between
students and community organizations, ensuring that the
community’s goals as well as our curricular/educational
goals are being met, and providing the essential follow-up
after the conclusion of the semester including dissemination
of project results to audiences in the college and local
community and beyond.
Robert
Turner
Community Partner from the Town of Starksboro
R. J. Turner Company
Robert
Turner was one of four community members that worked to
secure the Art and Soul grant for Starksboro and who continue
to guide its implementation. As a resident for the last
two decades, he has been active in community planning and
conservation issues, with a particular interest in enriching
and strengthening the social tapestry of the community.
Christian
Woodard '10 is from Western New York and currently in his
second year at Middlebury College. He is majoring in Environmental
Nonfiction Writing, and spends more time than he ought wandering
around the woods and paddling. While participating in the
Starksboro Art and Soul project Christian gained several
pounds on generous home cooking and desserts.
Alena
Giesche is a sophomore environmental geology major at Middlebury
College. Last fall, she was one of fifteen students taking
a course called "Portrait of a Vermont Town".
Like many of her classmates, this was my first experience
with a community-based course. The class was unique in the
way it fostered independent, creative ideas and how it engaged
students in such a positive way with the local community.
She is personally very grateful for this opportunity, and
would like to encourage other educators to take the risk
and opportunity of finding creative ways to connect their
classes to community projects.
Description:
Collecting a community’s stories and giving them
back in a meaningful way can be a powerful community building
tool, and, in the case of this model “Art and Soul”
project with the Town of Starksboro, the Orton Family Foundation,
the Vermont Land Trust and an Environmental Studies Course
at Middlebury College, the first step in a multi-year process
focused on sparking discussions of community values that
will feed into town planning strategies to protect the “Heart
and Soul” of a town. This session is intended to share
methods of community story gathering and creative storytelling
techniques (digital and print) with community members and
faculty leading community-connected courses.
Community
Engagement in Academic Units: A Strategic Approach
Presenters:
Kimberly DePasquale
Coordinator of Community-Based Learning
AmeriCorps/VISTA Vermont Campus Compact
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
University of Vermont
Kelly
Hamshaw
CDAE-CUPS Liaison
Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning
University of Vermont
Carrie
Williams Howe
Associate Director
Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning
University of Vermont
Kate
Elmer Westdijk
Program Coordinator
Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning
409 Billings Center
University of Vermont
Description: The Engaged Department initiative
is a nation-wide effort to help academic units strategically
utilize engaged pedagogies across their curriculum. This
presentation will illustrate how the engaged department
process can strengthen the ability of an institution to
fulfill its civic mission by fostering departments that
can effectively engage faculty, students, and community.
Using experiences and lessons learned from the application
of the initiative in two academic units at the University
of Vermont, participants will gain an understanding about
the process and identify action steps for use at their own
campuses.
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Roundtables:
1:40-2:20
Conversation
with Vincent Tinto
Join Vincent Tinto, Professor of Education at Syracuse University
and today's Keynote, for an informal discussion about what
can be done on college and university campuses to promote
student success.
Vincent
Tinto
Distinguished University Professor
School of Education
Syracuse University
Civic
Engagement in Challenging Times: Maintaining Institutional
Support As Budgets Tighten
Higher education is going through a transformation that
requires all of us to rethink our agendas and strategies.
For those of us who care about civic engagement we need
to broaden our audiences by learning to talk about civic
engagement as more than a goal for achieving an important
purpose of higher education. We need to also learn to talk
about civic engagement as a strategy for meeting many of
the important issues facing presidents, provosts, deans
and boards. In other words, we have to do more than try
to convince people that our goal should be theirs. This
roundtable will discuss strategies for ensuring that we
maintain institutional support as budgets tighten.
Adam Weinberg
Executive Vice President
and SIT Provost
World Learning
The
Democracy Imperative
The Democracy Imperative is a national network of multidisciplinary
scholars, campus leaders, and civic leaders in the fields
of democratic dialogue, public deliberation, and democracy-building.
TDI's mission is to strengthen public life and advance deliberative
democracy in and through higher education. Join Bruce Mallory,
Provost and Executive Vice President at UNH, to learn more
about this program and to discuss how to integrate democracy
and dialogue into your campus culture in more intentional
ways.
Bruce
L. Mallory
Provost and Executive Vice President
Professor of Education
University of New Hampshire
Cross-Campus
Collaborations to Foster Student Success
Civic engagement activities engage students meaningfully
with peers, faculty, and community, and create conditions
that are known to lead to student success in college. Yet
civic engagement really can't be the
job of only one office or program; it is most meaningful
when integrated throughout the campus in a variety of programs
and initaitives, and the possibilities for this collaboration
are practically unlimited. This roundtable will explore
creative opportunities for collaborating across campus,
capitalizing on synergies and efficiencies, and working
together to achieve student success.
Carrie
Williams Howe, Associate Director
Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning Office
University of Vermont
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