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Scott: The concept of community service as a one‐way “expert” model of university assistance to communities is giving way to an expanded concept of community engagement and associated scholarship and impacts. Engagement is a model of partnerships and reciprocal benefits to both communities (of place, interest, practice) and the university. The number of institutions carrying the Carnegie Foundation’s elective community engagement classification continues to grow. http://nerche.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=341&Itemid=92Here is a brief quote from Carnegie: The purpose of community engagement is the partnership of college and university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, and creative activity; enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic values and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; and contribute to the public good.
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Campus Based Public Services
• Jefferson Public Radio ‐ a regional public radio service reaching over 1 million potential listeners in a 60,000‐square‐mile area of Southern Oregon and Northern California via the largest translator network in public radio. Programming seeks to:
• Enhance the quality of community dialogue about regional, state, national and international civic issues by presenting in‐depth news and public affairs programming.
• Make available music that otherwise would not be available on the radio. • Provide cultural programming that celebrates the human experience.
• Digital Media Center – Home to Rogue Valley Public Television• Small Business Development Center – providing free and low cost training and
research services to small businesses in Jackson County.
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PSU: 84 percent of all PSU departments provide applied, work experience opportunities
Regional Partnerships:Parks Dept: Cottonwood Crossing‐ building an outdoor classroom for students to learn environmental scienceRails to Trails: Faculty and students doing a feasibility study on adding a trail for public access next to the Elgin to Joseph scenic railwayhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B41zHE5rRoM2R2RYZVhqd1RBS1U/view
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In 2008 The American Association for Higher Education convened a group of national educational, policy, business and community leaders to develop the LEAP report. This responds to the changing demands of the twenty‐first century—demands for more college educated workers and more engaged and informed citizens. This work identifies that college graduates need higher levels of learning and knowledge as well as strong intellectual and practical skills to navigate this more demanding environment successfully and responsibly.
They identify a set of "High Impact Practices" that when used effectively help students succeed and leave college with intellectual and practical skills.
Community engagement is central to these High Impact Practices. Synthesis of this research can be found at:https://www.aacu.org/sites/default/files/files/hip_tables.pdf
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40‐40‐20. It seems that anything we do individually and collectively that inspires college and career readiness and degree completion supports this policy goal. In the case of OSU, our land‐grant history drives work statewide with youth and adults who often advance to an educational credential. Another huge and growing contribution is the evolution of online courses, degrees and certificates.Alignment with institutional missions. OSU’s mandate as a “peoples” university drives deployment of faculty to every Oregon county in partnership with local government.
Commission priorities. These features seem tied to 40‐40‐20. I would mention the role of experiential learning (beyond service learning) as a distinctive benefit to student success. Many examples exist of the way our “community” activities enhance the academic experience, skills, and employability of matriculated students.Benefits. By the numbers, OSU’s impact exceeds $2 billion supported by quantified extramural funds, licensing, invention disclosures, etc.
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Here are some from OSU: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/bridges/
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Regional Partnerships:Parks Dept: Cottonwood Crossing‐ building an outdoor classroom for students to learn environmental scienceRails to Trails: Faculty and students doing a feasibility study on adding a trail for public access next to the Elgin to Joseph scenic railway
Community Engagement:EOU is working with its Regional Solutions Offices to connect EOU students with internships to support the needs of the region
EOU research is focused on rural change and economic development
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As with our other public university partners, community engagement is an essential part of the UO mission and our students’ experience. There are a number of programs that we could highlight – The Holden Leadership Center, College of Education Service‐Learning Programs, Community Service Center and many others –but today we’d like to tell you about one example ‐‐ our Sustainable Cities Initiative.
In 2009, the University of Oregon pioneered a radically simple framework to increase the impact of course‐based, community‐defined efforts. The Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) is a framework based around a yearlong partnership between a university and a city in which existing courses are directed towards that city’s self identified ‘real‐world’ sustainability, livability, and quality of life projects and plans. The scale of engagement – typically 500+ students across 30+ courses giving 60,000+ hours of effort to city‐identified vexing issues – expedites the introduction and adoption of innovative thinking into local government, accelerates adoption of new policy and practice, re‐charges city staff toward their public sector work, and trains the next generation workforce in effective, applied, multi‐disciplinary approaches toward solving local quality of life issues.
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SCYP has thus far worked with Gresham, Salem, Springfield, and Medford and is in the process of choosing its partner city for next year. SCYP has won numerous national awards and has been written about in the Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times, Financial Times, Alaska Airlines magazine, and scores of times in local Oregon outlets.
The model has real benefits for students with many of the 500 yearly participants listing their participation on their resume as a significant component of their professional portfolio. City leadership has praised the effort as accelerating the implementation of their work plans by years, creating political space for innovation, re‐energizing staff, and for bringing hard to reach community members better into the process of public decision making. Many projects have also been successfully implemented or are in the process – from the $1 million annual savings Salem is enjoying from rethinking their municipal bio digester, to the new bikeways planned in several cities, to the advancement of redevelopment of former industrialized sites.
SCYP has been a major recruiting magnet for the UO across the twelve different majors that have been involved thus far. And SCYP has become an Oregon export –with UO’s help, SCYP, is currently being adopted and adapted at twenty other universities across the U.S.. SCYP is a fully integrated teaching‐service‐research program like no other in Oregon or across the United States, and like the Chronicle of Higher Education noted in 2013, it is “one of higher education’s most successful and comprehensive service‐learning programs”.
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Institutional• Mission “…. Responsible global citizenship…”• Commitment #1: “…practical education centered on learning, accessibility and civic
engagement…”• Commitment #2: “…public service and addressing regional economic development
needs….”• Accreditation Theme No. 3 “….local & global responsible citizenship…”
Civic Engagement Programs• Alternative Spring Break• Student Food Pantry• Annual Days of Service and nationally recognized Make a Difference Day• Partner with JOIN – Connecting the Street to a Home – a Portland based program• Service Project Support Volunteer program• Student Housing Civic Engagement Floor: A community of students wishing to invest
time and energy in local and regional issues.• Ecology & Sustainability Resource Center – ECOS: Community garden, Bike
repair/maintenance program, Raider Rideshare carpooling program.• Each student‐athlete is required to have at least 10 hours of volunteer work per year.
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Community‐Based Learning• Connected learning through internships, mentor relationships, field study, capstone
projects, volunteer work
• SOU “Houses” ‐ The House Seminar is a distinctive and challenging student experience that fosters resilience, adaptability, team skills, career awareness, and the ability to solve real‐world problems. Faculty, students, and staff collaborate across traditional majors to create novel academic experiences that involve active learning, real‐world research/performance, adventure, career mentoring, and real‐world application.
• Center for Sustainability – 3.5 acres of land used to develop: Outdoor classroom, Farm Stand, Orchard, Vineyard.
Campus Based Public Services
• Jefferson Public Radio ‐ a regional public radio service reaching over 1 million potential listeners in a 60,000‐square‐mile area of Southern Oregon and Northern California via the largest translator network in public radio. Programming seeks to:
• Enhance the quality of community dialogue about regional, state, national and international civic issues by presenting in‐depth news and public affairs programming.
• Make available music that otherwise would not be available on the radio. • Provide cultural programming that celebrates the human experience.
• Digital Media Center – Home to Rogue Valley Public Television• Small Business Development Center – providing free and low cost training and
research services to small businesses in Jackson County.
Intellectual Curiosity/Continuous Learning• Pre‐College Youth programs and competitions, Summer academies and camps,
University Youth experiences for mid‐high Latino and Native American youth.• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Southern Oregon University (OLLI at
SOU) is an adult, member‐driven educational community established to foster intellectual curiosity and continuous learning. OLLI at SOU provides over 1,400 members with intellectually stimulating courses and social functions.
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Western Oregon University had a rich history of students giving back to both the local and abroad communities. These programs are housed in the Center of Service Learning and Career Development. Currently at WOU, we have several different programs that students can apply to participate in. Alternative Break program has been running for the past 9 years with at least 3 trips per academic year. These trips are within 10 hours of Monmouth and gives back to the local communities where many of our students are from throughout Oregon, Washington, Nevada and California. This current academic year we are educating and sending out 6 teams during various breaks‐which includes 60 students, faculty and staff.
Another program that is flourishing for us is our International Service Trips. These trips provide educational opportunities for students to apply information gained in the classroom to service. We have formed community partnerships with several international organizations that we continue to go to every year. Recently a team traveled to Panama over Winter Break. This summer will have two teams going to Honduras and Kenya. Total, we have will have sent out 40 students, faculty and staff through this program this year
Through these two programs, we track students who participate in a service trip and whether or not they complete a college degree from WOU‐ currently, those students who
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participate in our program have a 92% completion rate.
Each term, our office sees students participating in our volunteer days or looking for volunteer opportunities for course assignments. We also have a service component to many clubs and organizations on campus which encourage our students to be engaged and give back to the local community.
WOU has partnerships with local high school’s for tutoring and mentorship. Through these partnerships, WOU students help high school students to apply for college and scholarships and graduate‐helping to meet the 40‐40‐20 goal.
Through Service Learning and Career Development, the Community Internship Program was developed. This partnership is geared to faculty on our campus for WOU students to gain hands on experience in research and other major fields of study. Currently, we have 10 different internships that are being offered on a term basis. The office also helps students become connected and engaged with the Mid‐Willamette Valley through our partnerships with companies for internships. We host a site for employers to post internships that our students can apply to.
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