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The Power of Civic Engagement for Student Learning and Success Dr. Don Unger Erica Schomer dunger1@stedwards.edu eschome@stedwards.edu A Faculty Fellows Perspective Dr. Don Unger dunger1@stedwards.edu Faculty Fellows


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The Power of Civic Engagement for
 Student Learning and Success

  • Dr. Don Unger

dunger1@stedwards.edu

Erica Schomer

eschome@stedwards.edu

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A Faculty Fellow’s Perspective

  • Dr. Don Unger

dunger1@stedwards.edu

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Faculty Fellow’s Responsibilities

  • Create CE resources for faculty
  • Develop partnerships with community organizations
  • Facilitate campus-wide communication
  • Create a virtual hub or database
  • Develop a plan for Carnegie Engaged Campus

Classification

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How Carnegie Depicts CE

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CE at St. Edward’s

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General Faculty Meeting Survey

How would you characterize your work? Check all that apply.

  • Action Research
  • Activism
  • Advocacy
  • Civic or Public Engagement
  • Community Organizing
  • Community-University Partnership
  • Coordinating Internships
  • Mentoring Student Group(s) (involved in community engagement)
  • Overseeing Capstone Projects, Honors Theses, or Directed Studies (involving community engagement)
  • Service Learning
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Volunteering
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How Faculty Define CE

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Documenting Faculty CE Work

  • Where these approaches converge and diverge
  • Where my disciplinary training fits into this landscape
  • How these approaches affect students and community

partners differently

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Involving Students in the Documentation

  • Freshman Studies
  • Lecture course linked to multiple sections of first-year writing
  • Our Theme: Austin Then & Now
  • Racial Equity
  • Labor
  • Food Justice
  • Art & Culture
  • Major Project: Short Documentaries
  • Research and production teams
  • One issue per team
  • Comprised largely of interviews
  • Faculty
  • Upperclassmen
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Student Documentation

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Student Documentation

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Takeaways

  • Continuing the assignment
  • Documenting an issue v examining ongoing work
  • The role of research within institutions
  • Examples of case studies
  • Impact assessment in community-based work
  • Describing St. Ed’s CE landscape
  • Introducing CE work
  • Engaging in CE work
  • Partnering for CE work
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Thank you

  • St. Edward’s University

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  • St. Edward’s University

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  • St. Edward’s University

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  • St. Edward’s University
  • Dr. Don Unger

dunger1@stedwards.edu

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A Student’s Perspective

Erica Schomer

eschome@stedwards.edu

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Working as a Teaching Assistant

  • Leading activities and discussions
  • Follow up outside the classroom
  • One-on-one tutoring
  • Peer mentoring
  • Connecting students to campus resources
  • Student Life offices and organizations
  • Interview participants
  • Review interview questions
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  • St. Edward’s Mission

A caring faculty and staff, recognizing that learning is a lifelong process, teach the skills needed to be independent and productive. They encourage individuals to confront the critical issues of society and to seek justice and

  • peace. Students are helped to understand themselves,

clarify their personal values and recognize their responsibility to the world community.

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Thank you

  • St. Edward’s University

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  • St. Edward’s University

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  • St. Edward’s University

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  • St. Edward’s University

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  • St. Edward’s University

Erica Schomer

eschome@stedwards.edu