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Announcement:
Grants of up to $5000 are available to member campuses to fund programs that fulfill California's civic mission of education. Application due to CACC by Dec 8, 2004. More information.
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Partners in Progress : (1) Developing the capacity of California Research institutions to meet the needs of their local community.
By providing funding to research universities, CACC hopes to highlight the outstanding work these institutions are engaged in – enhancing the academic experience of students and preparing them for active participation in our democracy and to institutionalize civic engagement on these campuses. The following grant recipients are working on projects designed to influence the culture of the research university and generate campus-wide understanding of and/or support for civic engagement.
Grant Recipients
University of California, Los Angeles
Minor in Civic Engagement
Contact: Kathy O'Byrne, kobyrne@college.ucla.edu
UCLA is creating a new undergraduate minor in "Civic Engagement", that can be paired with any major and that requires a year of service with a pre-approved community partner. The first students will be able to apply in the fall quarter of 2005. During the current academic year, we will create and convene a new Faculty Advisory Committee to finish the formal proposal for the new minor that will go to the Academic Senate. This same group of faculty leaders will then work on administrative and procedural decisions for the recruitment and management of the minor, including (but not limited to ) liaison with academic departments, review of curriculum and design of capstone requirements for students. We plan a campus-wide launch event in Spring 2005 to formally introduce the Civic Engagement Minor to the broadest possible audience of UCLA faculty, students, administrators and community partners.
University of California, San Francisco
Community Partnership Resource Center Development
Contact: Naomi Wortis, wortis@itsa.ucsf.edu
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is developing a Community Partnership Resource Center (CPRC) that will promote civic engagement by facilitating partnerships between UCSF and local communities. This grant will be used to (1) create a website, (2) set up a searchable database of campus and community resources, (3) publish a brochure, (4) initiate electronic newsletters, (5) organize a celebratory reception and (6) obtain a consultation about how best to evaluate the CPRC.
University of California, Santa Cruz
What Difference Does Civic Engagement Make? The UCSC Experience
Contact: Mary Beth Pudup, pudup@ucsc.edu
To support campus-wide appreciation of civic engagement and enhance strategic development, we will survey Community Studies alumni to assess the extent to which they have remained civically engaged. We will use extended interviews with selected alumni and current UCSC students to explore the perceived long-term relationship between engaged pedagogy and engaged citizenship. Results will be disseminated and implications discussed in campus and public for a and meetings with key administrators.
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