2013 Summit Program
This year's summit theme is Weaving Deep Connections Across Institutions and Communities. Greater depth and integration of civic engagement work in higher education is essential to advancing colleges’ and universities’ missions to graduate students with the capacities and determination to contribute to the public good; to discover and apply knowledge in ways that strengthen our democracy, economy, and society; and to act as responsible anchors in their own communities, by giving their idea in forms of eploratory essays https://writing-service.org/exploratory-essay/
Our keynote speaker is Dr. Thomas Schnaubelt of Stanford University. Prior to assuming the role of Executive Director at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford, Tom served as Dean for Community Engagement and Civic Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and was the founding Executive Director of Wisconsin Campus Compact, where he provided leadership for a coalition of thirty-four college and university presidents and chancellors committed to the civic purposes of higher education.
His experiences span broad geographic, disciplinary, and institutional boundaries, including positions in three states (Michigan, Mississippi, and Wisconsin) as well as consulting roles with institutions across the country. While at UW-Parkside Schnaubelt was responsible for the development of two community-based environmental education centers, a community-wide mentoring campaign, and overall financial and human resource management of a comprehensive outreach and engagement center. Another of his innovations includes the establishment of the Mississippi Center for Community and Civic Engagement, a statewide center based at the University of Southern Mississippi designed to foster and support educational partnerships between K-12, postsecondary, and community-based organizations.
Our keynote speaker is Dr. Thomas Schnaubelt of Stanford University. Prior to assuming the role of Executive Director at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford, Tom served as Dean for Community Engagement and Civic Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and was the founding Executive Director of Wisconsin Campus Compact, where he provided leadership for a coalition of thirty-four college and university presidents and chancellors committed to the civic purposes of higher education.
His experiences span broad geographic, disciplinary, and institutional boundaries, including positions in three states (Michigan, Mississippi, and Wisconsin) as well as consulting roles with institutions across the country. While at UW-Parkside Schnaubelt was responsible for the development of two community-based environmental education centers, a community-wide mentoring campaign, and overall financial and human resource management of a comprehensive outreach and engagement center. Another of his innovations includes the establishment of the Mississippi Center for Community and Civic Engagement, a statewide center based at the University of Southern Mississippi designed to foster and support educational partnerships between K-12, postsecondary, and community-based organizations.
Program At a Glance (See Complete Program below or download it)
Note: All summit sessions will take place at Loras College in either the Academic Resource Center (ARC, #1 on the campus map) or the Alumni Campus Center (ACC, #2 on the campus map).
May 29, 2013
10:00-11:30 am Iowa Campus Compact Annual Membership Meeting, Clarke University
Noon-1:30 pm Iowa Campus Compact Anniversary Lunch, Wahlert Atrium, Clarke University
2:00-5:30 pm Preconference Sessions
5:30-6:30 pm Social Hour– Alumni Campus Center Ballroom
6:30-8:30 pm Networking Dinner – Alumni Campus Center Ballroom
May 30, 2013
8:00-9:00 am Registration and Poster Session – ACC Concourse
9:00-9:30 am Opening Plenary – ACC Ballroom
featuring Loras College President Jim Collins
9:45-10:45 am Breakout Session I
11:00-12:00 Breakout Session II
12:15-1:30 pm Luncheon Plenary – ACC Ballroom
Keynote Speaker Dr. Thomas Schnaubelt, Stanford University
1:45-2:45 pm Breakout Session III
3:00-4:00 pm Breakout Session IV
May 29, 2013
10:00-11:30 am Iowa Campus Compact Annual Membership Meeting, Clarke University
Noon-1:30 pm Iowa Campus Compact Anniversary Lunch, Wahlert Atrium, Clarke University
2:00-5:30 pm Preconference Sessions
- Weaving Deep Connections in Dubuque: Partnering with Community and Local Government to Achieve Results – ACC, Ballroom C
- Weaving Deep Connections through Dialogue: Facilitator Training for Multiple Types of Dialogue – ACC, Mary Alexis Room
- Measuring Civic Learning: Meaningful Strategies for Educating 21st Century Citizens – ACC, Arizona Room
5:30-6:30 pm Social Hour– Alumni Campus Center Ballroom
6:30-8:30 pm Networking Dinner – Alumni Campus Center Ballroom
May 30, 2013
8:00-9:00 am Registration and Poster Session – ACC Concourse
9:00-9:30 am Opening Plenary – ACC Ballroom
featuring Loras College President Jim Collins
9:45-10:45 am Breakout Session I
- Preparing Future Leaders in the Field of Engagement: A Conversation about Professional Development Needs and Opportunities – ACC-Arizona Room
- Engage: Preparing and Practicing Active-Learning Techniques to Enhance Reflection – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
- Assessing Institutional History in Planning for the Future: The Millsaps College Faith & Work Initiative at a Twelve-Years Crossroads – ARC-102
- Taking on Poverty: Creating Impact and Opportunity with a Community Partner Organization – ARC-202
- Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships that Provide Deep and Integrative Learning Opportunities – ARC-402
11:00-12:00 Breakout Session II
- Flashback to the 60’s: Tips and Tools for Building Relationships – ACC-Arizona Room
- Are You Engaged? – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
- Leadership Development: How a Student Organization Develops Leadership Skills for Careers in the Nonprofit Sector – ARC-102
- Homelessness: The Intersection of Teaching and Scholarship at St. Catherine University – ARC-202
- Playing with Persona: Adopting Author Identities through Service-Learning – ARC-402
12:15-1:30 pm Luncheon Plenary – ACC Ballroom
Keynote Speaker Dr. Thomas Schnaubelt, Stanford University
1:45-2:45 pm Breakout Session III
- Social Entrepreneurship: “Anaconda” or “Our Only Hope”? – ACC-Arizona Room
- Copernican Shift: Putting Community at the Center of Holistic Partnerships – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
- The Public Achievement Model as a Useful Tool to Foster Community/University Partnerships and Teach Citizens How to Do Public Work – ARC-102
- Facilitating and Assessing Community Engagement and Student Learning Across Disciplines – ARC-202
- We Can & Must Do More: Community Engagement and Sustainability as the Keys to Higher Education Transformation – ARC-402
3:00-4:00 pm Breakout Session IV
- Measuring and Articulating the Public Value of Community-University Partnerships: Preventing Heroic Suicide – ACC-Arizona Room
- Digging into Assessment: Strategies for Starting and Improving Assessment Work – ARC-Mary Alexis Room
- Preparing for Study Abroad/Away Service-Learning Experiences: Organizations, Structures and Students – ARC-102
- Engaging Diverse Communities – ARC-202
- Working with Faculty and Community Partners to Establish Aligned and Sustainable Service-Learning – ARC-402
COMPLETE PROGRAM (download a copy)
Note: All summit sessions will take place in either the Academic Resource Center (ARC, #1 on the campus map) or the Alumni Campus Center (ACC, #2 on the campus map).
May 29, 2013
2:00-5:30 pm Preconference Sessions
Weaving Deep Connections in Dubuque: Partnering with Community and Local Government to Achieve Results – ACC, Ballroom C
Attendees will have the opportunity to tour Dubuque and learn about the power of partnerships to transform a community. Highlights include learning from community leaders about multiple ways to partner with community organizations, emphasizing the city of Dubuque’s sustainable initiatives, how to utilize statistics to achieve and demonstrate results and an introduction to the method of asset mapping.
Presenters and speakers include: Loras College President Jim Collins; Clarke University President Joanne Burrows; Northeast Iowa Community College President Liang Wee; Dubuque Mayor Pro Tem Joyce Connors; Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager of Dubuque; Rick Dickinson, Executive Director & COO, Greater Dubuque Development Corporation; Deborah Tootle, Associate Professor, University Extension Community Development Collaborative, Iowa State University; Charles Connerly, Co-Founder and Director, Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities at the University of Iowa; Lisa Garoutte, Associate Professor of Sociology and Kate McCarthy-Gilmore, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages & Cultures, both at Loras College
Weaving Deep Connections through Dialogue: Facilitator Training for Multiple Types of Dialogue – ACC, Mary Alexis Room
Participants in this interactive session will learn and practice the skills of facilitating dialogue and will take away resources that can be used to train facilitators in their communities. The workshop is intended for practitioners, faculty, community partners, and students interested in dialogue facilitation as a tool for inclusive decision-making, public engagement, and evaluation and assessment.
Kira Pasquesi, doctoral student in Higher Education and Student Affairs at the University of Iowa, and Nancy Franz, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University Extension
Measuring Civic Learning: Meaningful Strategies for Educating 21st Century Citizens – ACC, Arizona Room
Using the recent AAC&U report A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy's Future and research arising from the Personal and Social Responsibility Inventory, participants will discuss current areas of research related to civic learning and identify areas for additional research. Discussion of best practices will focus on both indirect and direct measures of civic learning and campus engagement, including existing and available measures that can be adapted for use on participants' campuses.
Robert D. Reason, Associate Professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education, and Joshua J. Mitchell, doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Research Institute for Studies in Education, both at Iowa State University
5:30-6:30 pm Social Hour – ACC Ballroom
6:30-8:30 pm Networking Dinner – ACC Ballroom
Join colleagues for networking and dialogue about civic engagement.
May 30, 2013
8:00-9:00 am Registration and Poster Session – ACC Concourse
Assessing the Motivations of Students Enrolled in “Approaches to Service-Learning in the Classroom,” a Graduate Course in Service-Learning Pedagogy
Matthew Gilchrist, University of Iowa
Badgers Volunteers: Increasing Student Engagement while Meeting Community Needs
John Kalogriopoulos, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Civic Engagement Through Independent and Classroom-Linked Biology Research: The Manitowoc County Stream Assessment Project
Rebecca Abler, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc
Footprint Project: Introducing Students to Service Learning and Civic Engagement
Ashley Farmer-Hanson, Buena Vista University
Layered, Linked, and “Going Live”: One Publication’s Contribution to University Community Building
Adrienne Lamberti, University of Northern Iowa
Loras College Center for Experiential Learning: Be Experiential. Be Challenged. Be Engaged
Abigail Wiegel, Loras College
Once Upon a Classroom: Collaboration and Diversity Made a Difference
Mary Kay Smid, College of Saint Mary
Service-Learning in a University’s Honors Program: Developing the Balance of Civic Contribution and Interdisciplinary Learning
Jessica Cannova, St. Ambrose University
Sharing Abilities: A First Year Seminar Service-Learning Partnership between Drake University and Ruby Van Meter High School
Anisa Fornoff, Drake University
Skill Building through Civic Engagement: Student Involvement with the Circles Initiative in Dubuque
Nancy Zachar Fett, Loras College
9:00-9:30 am Opening Plenary – ACC Ballroom
featuring Loras College President Jim Collins
9:45-10:45 am Breakout Session I
Preparing Future Leaders in the Field of Engagement: A Conversation about Professional Development Needs and Opportunities – ACC-Arizona Room
This listening session will engage participants in a dialogue about how to prepare leaders—current and future—to be successful in the field of civic engagement. What knowledge, skills, and competencies are most critical for success? What gaps exist in preparing emerging leaders in the field? What might be done in the future?
David Weerts, Associate Professor and Director of the Jandris Center for Innovative Higher Education in the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Engage: Preparing and Practicing Active-Learning Techniques to Enhance Reflection – ACC-MaryAlexis Room
Come ready to engage with a variety of reflective techniques. We will discuss and practice community partner inclusion activities, awareness and observation exercises, concept maps, reflection journals, as well as sensory and impromptu reflection. Each technique provides students opportunities to think critically and develop a deeper understanding of the subject matter.
Anisa Fornoff, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, and Mandi McReynolds, Service-Learning Coordinator, both at Drake University
Assessing Institutional History in Planning for the Future: The Millsaps College Faith & Work Initiative at a Twelve-Years Crossroads – ARC-102
This session looks back on twelve years of the Faith and Work Initiative and Civic Engagement at Millsaps College, a national liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. Our panel provides insider reflection on the process of implementation, expansion, and institutional review of service and engagement from three crucial areas of the campus: student, faculty and administration.
Dr. Stephanie Rolph, Assistant Professor of History and Director of Community-Engaged Learning, Dr. Greg Miller, Janice Trimble Professor of English, and Katherine Wilson, student and Ford Fellow, all at Millsaps College
Taking on Poverty: Creating Impact and Opportunity with a Community Partner Organization – ARC-202
This session will explore how the Dubuque Circles Initiative has created deep, mutually beneficial connections with colleges and universities to tackle poverty. Participants will actively engage in exploring strengths and challenges of the Circles model, and explore the benefits of incorporating similar approaches in their own communities.
Brad Cavanagh, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Loras College and Chair of the Guiding Coalition for the Dubuque Circles Initiative
Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships that Provide Deep and Integrative Learning Opportunities – ARC-402
This session considers how meaningful partnerships can have significant implications in the areas of civic engagement and leadership education. The presenters will share a model of partnerships that is demonstrated at Wartburg College, then invite critical reflection and shared dialogue around models of best practice that are mission-driven.
William Soesbe III, Assistant Professor of Education, and Daniel R. Kittle, Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives and Director of the Center for Community Engagement, both at Wartburg College
11:00 am-12:00 pm Breakout Session II
Flashback to the 60’s: Tips and Tools for Building Relationships – ACC-Arizona Room
Community change theory and processes were all the rage in the 1960’s. In this interactive workshop you will learn how that early theory applies to your community engagement work today. These tips and tools are beneficial for entering into and sustaining great relationships in communities, no matter what your background.
Susan Erickson, PLaCE (Partnering Landscape and Community Enhancement) Program Coordinator at Iowa State University
Are You Engaged? – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
Studies indicate that community-engaged learning strategies are a promising best practice for student retention and success. The nationally recognized Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship (ICES) will invite participants to inventory active learning strategies on their campus and visualize ways to more fully develop those opportunities for students’ success.
Jodi Bantley, Community Engagement Coordinator, and Victor B. Cole, Community Engagement Coordinator, both in the Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship (ICES) at Metropolitan State University
Leadership Development: How a Student Organization Develops Leadership Skills for Careers in the Nonprofit Sector – ARC-102
This session will present the findings from a study conducted to determine how the decisions and actions of students based on the depth and breadth of participation in a student association impacts their perception of their own learning and leadership development in the area of nonprofit management.
Dr. Julianne Gassman, Assistant Professor and Executive Director of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, and Angela Widner, Instructor and Assistant Director of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, both at the University of Northern Iowa
Homelessness: The Intersection of Teaching and Scholarship at St. Catherine University – ARC-202
The St. Catherine University Voices of Homelessness Oral History Project emerged after the presenters co-taught an immersion “Global Search for Justice” capstone course on homelessness within the Twin Cities. Gathering the stories of housing insecurity and homelessness experiences among university students and staff helps dispel myths and misconceptions about who lacks housing. Join us for a discussion of the ways service-learning can serve as the bridge for faculty to think about and work on community-based scholarship as well as teaching.
Louise Edwards-Simpson, Assistant Professor of History, and D'Ann Urbaniak Lesch, Assistant Director of the Center for Community Work and Learning, both at St. Catherine University
Playing with Persona: Adopting Author Identities through Service-Learning – ARC-402
This session will present case studies of undergraduate writing students who grew into the persona of “author” through service-learning projects. Session participants will have the opportunity to engage in a mini-writing workshop activities similar those offered through the service-learning projects described in this presentation.
Joel Friederich, Assistant Professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Barron County; Frances Auld, Assistant Professor of English, and Mike Jacobs, Associate Professor of History, both at University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County
12:00-1:30 pm Luncheon Plenary Session: Weaving Deep Connections Between Campuses and Communities: Reflections and Projections across Time and Place – ACC Ballroom
featuring Thomas Schnaubelt, Executive Director, Haas Center for Public Service, Stanford University
Dr. Schnaubelt will draw from his professional experience in three different parts of the United States (the Deep South, the Midwest, and California) over the past two decades to share some reflections and observations. He will share thoughts about why context matters: how our work has evolved in general, how local/regional cultures shape the relationship between campuses and communities, and how our work with students changes over time and place. He will also consider what these deep connections might look like in the future.
1:45-2:45 pm Breakout Session III
Social Entrepreneurship: “Anaconda” or “Our Only Hope”? – ACC-Arizona Room
Which is it? Can it be both? The facilitator will share a framework for thinking about social entrepreneurship as a necessary but insufficient approach to supporting civic and community engagement in higher education, and will describe the ways in which social entrepreneurship manifests itself at Stanford University. Participants will be invited to share their own hopes, fears, observations and ideas for how social entrepreneurship relates (positively or negatively) to efforts to weave deep connections between campuses and communities. NOTE: If possible, prior to this session, attendees should read www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/the_trouble_with_winning.
Thomas Schnaubelt, Executive Director of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University
Copernican Shift: Putting Community at the Center of Holistic Partnerships – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
This presentation describes a model utilizing community listening as a basis for sustained service partnerships. Through interactive dialogue, participants will discuss community partners’ needs and how a higher education model can prevent college programs from effectively responding. In small groups, participants will discover the potential of deploying a range of civic engagement possibilities.
Walter Cannon, Professor of English, and Cheri Doane, Director of the Center for Community-Based Learning, both at Central College
The Public Achievement Model as a Useful Tool to Foster Community/University Partnerships and Teach Citizens How to Do Public Work – ARC-102
Clear Vision Eau Claire is a planning process based explicitly on a participatory model of meaningful citizen involvement. The participatory citizenship model promotes collaborative problem-solving, redefines problems from diverse views, promotes public dialogue, restructures mediating institutions (governments, schools, community organizations), and defines citizens as primary actors in effective public problem-solving.
Donald Mowry, Professor and Chair of the Social Work Department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and President of the Board for Clear Vision Eau Claire; Mike Huggins, former city manager, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Tom McCarthy, Executive Director, Eau Claire County
Facilitating and Assessing Community Engagement and Student Learning Across Disciplines – ARC-202
This session explores qualitative and quantitative assessment procedures utilized across three undergraduate departments to examine changes in civic engagement after student participation in a community-based learning project. Attendees will be given the opportunity to make predictions about, interpret results and evaluate the utility of our procedures for their own classes.
Marie Walker, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, Angelique Dwyer, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Kristian Braekkan, Assistant Professor of Economics and Management, all at Gustavus Adolphus College
We Can and Must Do More: Community Engagement and Sustainability as the Keys to Higher Education Transformation – ARC-402
Higher education is facing three related external demands: address pressing social issues, prepare students for professional life, and be societally relevant. And do these things without much additional money. In attempting to meet all three demands, colleges and universities are looking increasingly at both sustainability and community engagement as keys to making higher education both relevant to society and of high value to students graduating from these institutions. This session will highlight one experiment, carried out in two different but related ways at two of the region’s largest universities.
Charles Connerly, Co-Founder and Director, and Nick Benson, Program Manager, both with the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities at the University of Iowa; and Carissa Schively Slotterback, Director of the Director of the Urban and Regional Planning Program in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
3:00-4:00 pm Breakout Session IV
Measuring and Articulating the Public Value of Community-University Partnerships: Preventing Heroic Suicide – ACC-Arizona Room
Universities and communities are focusing more fully on working together to reach goals and maximize resources and impacts. To attract and retain support for projects, partners struggle to help others understand the public value of their partnership. Learn how you can articulate and measure the public value of your work.
Nancy Franz, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University Extension
Digging into Assessment: Strategies for Starting and Improving Assessment Work – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
This session will provide specific strategies for starting and continually improving assessment of student learning outcomes, faculty experience and community impact based on our experience at St. Catherine University. In addition to sharing specific tools and examples, we’ll invite participants to share their successful strategies for doing and sharing assessment.
Martha Malinski, Director of the Center for Community Work and Learning, D'Ann Urbaniak Lesch, Assistant Director of the Center for Community Work and Learning, and Laura Haynes, Program Coordinator in the Center for Community Work and Learning, all at St. Catherine University
Preparing for Study Abroad/Away Service-Learning Experiences: Organizations, Structures and Students – ARC-102
This session will focus on the challenges of developing and managing a service-learning project for a study abroad/study away class. Discussion will center on how to find and engage a community partner, manage the ambiguities for community partners and students, and maintain the community partner relationship to ensure sustainability.
Debra Petersen, Associate Professor, Kevin Sauter, Professor, and Timothy Scully, Associate Professor, all in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of St. Thomas
Engaging Diverse Communities – ARC-202
This session explores the work of graduate students in an organizational leadership course at St. Catherine University, who advised St. Paul Parks and Recreation on strategies to increase participation in park visioning and planning processes by engaging diverse communities whose voices are not generally heard in local government.
Amy Ihlan, assistant professor in the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership program at St. Catherine University, and former Roseville City Council member
Working with Faculty and Community Partners to Establish Aligned and Sustainable Service-Learning – ARC-402
We know service-learning is a high-impact practice that can improve students' academic outcomes and teach civic responsibility and life-skills; however, facilitating connections between faculty and community partners that are mutually beneficial, aligned, and sustainable sometimes seems challenging. This session provides participants with resources and tried-and-true strategies for developing these connections.
Katie Halcrow, Director of Service-Learning at Inver Hills Community College
4:00 pm Adjourn
Note: All summit sessions will take place in either the Academic Resource Center (ARC, #1 on the campus map) or the Alumni Campus Center (ACC, #2 on the campus map).
May 29, 2013
2:00-5:30 pm Preconference Sessions
Weaving Deep Connections in Dubuque: Partnering with Community and Local Government to Achieve Results – ACC, Ballroom C
Attendees will have the opportunity to tour Dubuque and learn about the power of partnerships to transform a community. Highlights include learning from community leaders about multiple ways to partner with community organizations, emphasizing the city of Dubuque’s sustainable initiatives, how to utilize statistics to achieve and demonstrate results and an introduction to the method of asset mapping.
Presenters and speakers include: Loras College President Jim Collins; Clarke University President Joanne Burrows; Northeast Iowa Community College President Liang Wee; Dubuque Mayor Pro Tem Joyce Connors; Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager of Dubuque; Rick Dickinson, Executive Director & COO, Greater Dubuque Development Corporation; Deborah Tootle, Associate Professor, University Extension Community Development Collaborative, Iowa State University; Charles Connerly, Co-Founder and Director, Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities at the University of Iowa; Lisa Garoutte, Associate Professor of Sociology and Kate McCarthy-Gilmore, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages & Cultures, both at Loras College
Weaving Deep Connections through Dialogue: Facilitator Training for Multiple Types of Dialogue – ACC, Mary Alexis Room
Participants in this interactive session will learn and practice the skills of facilitating dialogue and will take away resources that can be used to train facilitators in their communities. The workshop is intended for practitioners, faculty, community partners, and students interested in dialogue facilitation as a tool for inclusive decision-making, public engagement, and evaluation and assessment.
Kira Pasquesi, doctoral student in Higher Education and Student Affairs at the University of Iowa, and Nancy Franz, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University Extension
Measuring Civic Learning: Meaningful Strategies for Educating 21st Century Citizens – ACC, Arizona Room
Using the recent AAC&U report A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy's Future and research arising from the Personal and Social Responsibility Inventory, participants will discuss current areas of research related to civic learning and identify areas for additional research. Discussion of best practices will focus on both indirect and direct measures of civic learning and campus engagement, including existing and available measures that can be adapted for use on participants' campuses.
Robert D. Reason, Associate Professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education, and Joshua J. Mitchell, doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Research Institute for Studies in Education, both at Iowa State University
5:30-6:30 pm Social Hour – ACC Ballroom
6:30-8:30 pm Networking Dinner – ACC Ballroom
Join colleagues for networking and dialogue about civic engagement.
May 30, 2013
8:00-9:00 am Registration and Poster Session – ACC Concourse
Assessing the Motivations of Students Enrolled in “Approaches to Service-Learning in the Classroom,” a Graduate Course in Service-Learning Pedagogy
Matthew Gilchrist, University of Iowa
Badgers Volunteers: Increasing Student Engagement while Meeting Community Needs
John Kalogriopoulos, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Civic Engagement Through Independent and Classroom-Linked Biology Research: The Manitowoc County Stream Assessment Project
Rebecca Abler, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc
Footprint Project: Introducing Students to Service Learning and Civic Engagement
Ashley Farmer-Hanson, Buena Vista University
Layered, Linked, and “Going Live”: One Publication’s Contribution to University Community Building
Adrienne Lamberti, University of Northern Iowa
Loras College Center for Experiential Learning: Be Experiential. Be Challenged. Be Engaged
Abigail Wiegel, Loras College
Once Upon a Classroom: Collaboration and Diversity Made a Difference
Mary Kay Smid, College of Saint Mary
Service-Learning in a University’s Honors Program: Developing the Balance of Civic Contribution and Interdisciplinary Learning
Jessica Cannova, St. Ambrose University
Sharing Abilities: A First Year Seminar Service-Learning Partnership between Drake University and Ruby Van Meter High School
Anisa Fornoff, Drake University
Skill Building through Civic Engagement: Student Involvement with the Circles Initiative in Dubuque
Nancy Zachar Fett, Loras College
9:00-9:30 am Opening Plenary – ACC Ballroom
featuring Loras College President Jim Collins
9:45-10:45 am Breakout Session I
Preparing Future Leaders in the Field of Engagement: A Conversation about Professional Development Needs and Opportunities – ACC-Arizona Room
This listening session will engage participants in a dialogue about how to prepare leaders—current and future—to be successful in the field of civic engagement. What knowledge, skills, and competencies are most critical for success? What gaps exist in preparing emerging leaders in the field? What might be done in the future?
David Weerts, Associate Professor and Director of the Jandris Center for Innovative Higher Education in the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Engage: Preparing and Practicing Active-Learning Techniques to Enhance Reflection – ACC-MaryAlexis Room
Come ready to engage with a variety of reflective techniques. We will discuss and practice community partner inclusion activities, awareness and observation exercises, concept maps, reflection journals, as well as sensory and impromptu reflection. Each technique provides students opportunities to think critically and develop a deeper understanding of the subject matter.
Anisa Fornoff, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, and Mandi McReynolds, Service-Learning Coordinator, both at Drake University
Assessing Institutional History in Planning for the Future: The Millsaps College Faith & Work Initiative at a Twelve-Years Crossroads – ARC-102
This session looks back on twelve years of the Faith and Work Initiative and Civic Engagement at Millsaps College, a national liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. Our panel provides insider reflection on the process of implementation, expansion, and institutional review of service and engagement from three crucial areas of the campus: student, faculty and administration.
Dr. Stephanie Rolph, Assistant Professor of History and Director of Community-Engaged Learning, Dr. Greg Miller, Janice Trimble Professor of English, and Katherine Wilson, student and Ford Fellow, all at Millsaps College
Taking on Poverty: Creating Impact and Opportunity with a Community Partner Organization – ARC-202
This session will explore how the Dubuque Circles Initiative has created deep, mutually beneficial connections with colleges and universities to tackle poverty. Participants will actively engage in exploring strengths and challenges of the Circles model, and explore the benefits of incorporating similar approaches in their own communities.
Brad Cavanagh, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Loras College and Chair of the Guiding Coalition for the Dubuque Circles Initiative
Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships that Provide Deep and Integrative Learning Opportunities – ARC-402
This session considers how meaningful partnerships can have significant implications in the areas of civic engagement and leadership education. The presenters will share a model of partnerships that is demonstrated at Wartburg College, then invite critical reflection and shared dialogue around models of best practice that are mission-driven.
William Soesbe III, Assistant Professor of Education, and Daniel R. Kittle, Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives and Director of the Center for Community Engagement, both at Wartburg College
11:00 am-12:00 pm Breakout Session II
Flashback to the 60’s: Tips and Tools for Building Relationships – ACC-Arizona Room
Community change theory and processes were all the rage in the 1960’s. In this interactive workshop you will learn how that early theory applies to your community engagement work today. These tips and tools are beneficial for entering into and sustaining great relationships in communities, no matter what your background.
Susan Erickson, PLaCE (Partnering Landscape and Community Enhancement) Program Coordinator at Iowa State University
Are You Engaged? – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
Studies indicate that community-engaged learning strategies are a promising best practice for student retention and success. The nationally recognized Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship (ICES) will invite participants to inventory active learning strategies on their campus and visualize ways to more fully develop those opportunities for students’ success.
Jodi Bantley, Community Engagement Coordinator, and Victor B. Cole, Community Engagement Coordinator, both in the Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship (ICES) at Metropolitan State University
Leadership Development: How a Student Organization Develops Leadership Skills for Careers in the Nonprofit Sector – ARC-102
This session will present the findings from a study conducted to determine how the decisions and actions of students based on the depth and breadth of participation in a student association impacts their perception of their own learning and leadership development in the area of nonprofit management.
Dr. Julianne Gassman, Assistant Professor and Executive Director of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, and Angela Widner, Instructor and Assistant Director of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, both at the University of Northern Iowa
Homelessness: The Intersection of Teaching and Scholarship at St. Catherine University – ARC-202
The St. Catherine University Voices of Homelessness Oral History Project emerged after the presenters co-taught an immersion “Global Search for Justice” capstone course on homelessness within the Twin Cities. Gathering the stories of housing insecurity and homelessness experiences among university students and staff helps dispel myths and misconceptions about who lacks housing. Join us for a discussion of the ways service-learning can serve as the bridge for faculty to think about and work on community-based scholarship as well as teaching.
Louise Edwards-Simpson, Assistant Professor of History, and D'Ann Urbaniak Lesch, Assistant Director of the Center for Community Work and Learning, both at St. Catherine University
Playing with Persona: Adopting Author Identities through Service-Learning – ARC-402
This session will present case studies of undergraduate writing students who grew into the persona of “author” through service-learning projects. Session participants will have the opportunity to engage in a mini-writing workshop activities similar those offered through the service-learning projects described in this presentation.
Joel Friederich, Assistant Professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Barron County; Frances Auld, Assistant Professor of English, and Mike Jacobs, Associate Professor of History, both at University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County
12:00-1:30 pm Luncheon Plenary Session: Weaving Deep Connections Between Campuses and Communities: Reflections and Projections across Time and Place – ACC Ballroom
featuring Thomas Schnaubelt, Executive Director, Haas Center for Public Service, Stanford University
Dr. Schnaubelt will draw from his professional experience in three different parts of the United States (the Deep South, the Midwest, and California) over the past two decades to share some reflections and observations. He will share thoughts about why context matters: how our work has evolved in general, how local/regional cultures shape the relationship between campuses and communities, and how our work with students changes over time and place. He will also consider what these deep connections might look like in the future.
1:45-2:45 pm Breakout Session III
Social Entrepreneurship: “Anaconda” or “Our Only Hope”? – ACC-Arizona Room
Which is it? Can it be both? The facilitator will share a framework for thinking about social entrepreneurship as a necessary but insufficient approach to supporting civic and community engagement in higher education, and will describe the ways in which social entrepreneurship manifests itself at Stanford University. Participants will be invited to share their own hopes, fears, observations and ideas for how social entrepreneurship relates (positively or negatively) to efforts to weave deep connections between campuses and communities. NOTE: If possible, prior to this session, attendees should read www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/the_trouble_with_winning.
Thomas Schnaubelt, Executive Director of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University
Copernican Shift: Putting Community at the Center of Holistic Partnerships – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
This presentation describes a model utilizing community listening as a basis for sustained service partnerships. Through interactive dialogue, participants will discuss community partners’ needs and how a higher education model can prevent college programs from effectively responding. In small groups, participants will discover the potential of deploying a range of civic engagement possibilities.
Walter Cannon, Professor of English, and Cheri Doane, Director of the Center for Community-Based Learning, both at Central College
The Public Achievement Model as a Useful Tool to Foster Community/University Partnerships and Teach Citizens How to Do Public Work – ARC-102
Clear Vision Eau Claire is a planning process based explicitly on a participatory model of meaningful citizen involvement. The participatory citizenship model promotes collaborative problem-solving, redefines problems from diverse views, promotes public dialogue, restructures mediating institutions (governments, schools, community organizations), and defines citizens as primary actors in effective public problem-solving.
Donald Mowry, Professor and Chair of the Social Work Department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and President of the Board for Clear Vision Eau Claire; Mike Huggins, former city manager, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Tom McCarthy, Executive Director, Eau Claire County
Facilitating and Assessing Community Engagement and Student Learning Across Disciplines – ARC-202
This session explores qualitative and quantitative assessment procedures utilized across three undergraduate departments to examine changes in civic engagement after student participation in a community-based learning project. Attendees will be given the opportunity to make predictions about, interpret results and evaluate the utility of our procedures for their own classes.
Marie Walker, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, Angelique Dwyer, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Kristian Braekkan, Assistant Professor of Economics and Management, all at Gustavus Adolphus College
We Can and Must Do More: Community Engagement and Sustainability as the Keys to Higher Education Transformation – ARC-402
Higher education is facing three related external demands: address pressing social issues, prepare students for professional life, and be societally relevant. And do these things without much additional money. In attempting to meet all three demands, colleges and universities are looking increasingly at both sustainability and community engagement as keys to making higher education both relevant to society and of high value to students graduating from these institutions. This session will highlight one experiment, carried out in two different but related ways at two of the region’s largest universities.
Charles Connerly, Co-Founder and Director, and Nick Benson, Program Manager, both with the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities at the University of Iowa; and Carissa Schively Slotterback, Director of the Director of the Urban and Regional Planning Program in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
3:00-4:00 pm Breakout Session IV
Measuring and Articulating the Public Value of Community-University Partnerships: Preventing Heroic Suicide – ACC-Arizona Room
Universities and communities are focusing more fully on working together to reach goals and maximize resources and impacts. To attract and retain support for projects, partners struggle to help others understand the public value of their partnership. Learn how you can articulate and measure the public value of your work.
Nancy Franz, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University Extension
Digging into Assessment: Strategies for Starting and Improving Assessment Work – ACC-Mary Alexis Room
This session will provide specific strategies for starting and continually improving assessment of student learning outcomes, faculty experience and community impact based on our experience at St. Catherine University. In addition to sharing specific tools and examples, we’ll invite participants to share their successful strategies for doing and sharing assessment.
Martha Malinski, Director of the Center for Community Work and Learning, D'Ann Urbaniak Lesch, Assistant Director of the Center for Community Work and Learning, and Laura Haynes, Program Coordinator in the Center for Community Work and Learning, all at St. Catherine University
Preparing for Study Abroad/Away Service-Learning Experiences: Organizations, Structures and Students – ARC-102
This session will focus on the challenges of developing and managing a service-learning project for a study abroad/study away class. Discussion will center on how to find and engage a community partner, manage the ambiguities for community partners and students, and maintain the community partner relationship to ensure sustainability.
Debra Petersen, Associate Professor, Kevin Sauter, Professor, and Timothy Scully, Associate Professor, all in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of St. Thomas
Engaging Diverse Communities – ARC-202
This session explores the work of graduate students in an organizational leadership course at St. Catherine University, who advised St. Paul Parks and Recreation on strategies to increase participation in park visioning and planning processes by engaging diverse communities whose voices are not generally heard in local government.
Amy Ihlan, assistant professor in the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership program at St. Catherine University, and former Roseville City Council member
Working with Faculty and Community Partners to Establish Aligned and Sustainable Service-Learning – ARC-402
We know service-learning is a high-impact practice that can improve students' academic outcomes and teach civic responsibility and life-skills; however, facilitating connections between faculty and community partners that are mutually beneficial, aligned, and sustainable sometimes seems challenging. This session provides participants with resources and tried-and-true strategies for developing these connections.
Katie Halcrow, Director of Service-Learning at Inver Hills Community College
4:00 pm Adjourn