Browsing by Subject "community partnerships"

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    Campus Kitchen Project at IUPUI
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2014-04-11) Remington, Daniel W; Barton, Nancy
    The Campus Kitchens Project (CKP) is a national leader in community engagement and service through student-led initiatives to decrease waste in campus cafeterias. This is accomplished through food rescue and repurposing with the intention of distributing this food to those in need. Based in Washington D.C., Campus Kitchens Project has been working with 34 universities and colleges to establish student-run kitchen operations. This establishment of a CKP at IUPUI will not only recycle unused food and decrease waste on campus but will also create student leadership and community service opportunities. In addition, IUPUI students will receive hands on training in non-profit management and development of community partnerships. Additionally, this will expand IUPUI’s capacity to have an impact in surrounding communities and empower students with a commitment to service upon graduation. The effort to bring a CKP to IUPUI began in 2012 when Nancy Barton, a faculty member in the School of Physical Education and Tourism Management began a course redesign of her Consumer Health class to encourage students to explore topics of food rescue and hunger relief. In the resulting course, a feasibility study was conducted and a CKP was identified as an appropriate next step in addressing hunger in Indianapolis. Currently, the project is being developed by the Office of Sustainability and Service Learning Assistants in order to identify community partners and arrange for implementation at IUPUI. The CKP has now received administrative support and is scheduled to begin as a pilot project in the summer and fall semesters of 2014.
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    Educating for Informed Community Involvement
    (2010-09) Bringle, Robert G.; Steinberg, Kathryn S.
    Service learning, which integrates community service into coursework, provides a pedagogical intervention that can promote the civic growth of students in unique and powerful ways. Research is reviewed that documents the capacity of service learning to meet learning objectives associated with a conceptual framework that focuses on the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of a civic-minded college graduate. The outcomes of service learning should facilitate these students assuming influential roles in helping others become empowered, and thereby are important for enhancing the quality of life in communities. We also review research that focuses on the impact of service learning for community outcomes. Finally, we present implications for teaching community psychology, and recommendations for future research on service learning and community engagement.
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    International Service Learning Through Microfinance: Enhancing Global Perspectives While Empowering Women
    (2012-04-20) Hook, Sara Anne; Oliver, Ashley
    This presentation will illustrate how a microfinance project in Mexico is providing international service learning opportunities in online courses and outside the classroom. It will also demonstrate the power of academic and community partnerships in support of service learning and consider how to create meaningful learning experiences with a global perspective when travel may not be feasible. It will highlight the mentoring that takes place when a faculty member and a student work together to prepare grant proposals, participate in community events, give presentations and navigate cultural and language barriers to effectively advocate for a cause that they are both passionate about.
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    Sparking humanities conversations with rural community partnerships
    (Libraries Unlimited, 2019-03) Lamb, Annette; Library and Information Science, School of Informatics and Computing