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Developing A (Boutique) Personal Librarian Program For Transfer Students And Other At-Risk Groups, Shannon Kealey, Helene Lafrance May 2016

Developing A (Boutique) Personal Librarian Program For Transfer Students And Other At-Risk Groups, Shannon Kealey, Helene Lafrance

Staff publications, research, and presentations

Transfer students, first-generation college students, those on academic probation, and other at-risk groups may benefit from a Personal Librarian Program more than the average freshman. This presentation describes the planning, implementation, and assessment of a boutique program targeting such groups. We discussed group selection, our collaboration with campus units, the involvement of librarians, marketing activities, the challenges we encountered, and the results of our assessment. We shared best practices for establishing such a program, and discussed our concerns regarding its long-term sustainability. Attendees completed an exercise to explore the viability of such a program at their institutions, and to determine …


Immersive Practices: Dilemmas Of Power And Privilege In Community Engagement With Students In A Rural South African Village, J. Michael Williams, Lisa M. Nunn May 2016

Immersive Practices: Dilemmas Of Power And Privilege In Community Engagement With Students In A Rural South African Village, J. Michael Williams, Lisa M. Nunn

Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education (EPiCHE)

Power is manifested in many ways within immersive study abroad experiences. One of the paradoxes of this reality is that structures of power simultaneously create the conditions necessary for immersive community engagement programs to exist as well as limit the action, voice, and autonomy of the actors involved in the community engagement. Unequal power relations are an enduring dilemma of this kind of work even when the intention is to “join in community” with others to learn, create, and build relationships side by side for mutually beneficial purposes. In this paper we offer lessons we have learned, and continue to …


Immersions In Global Equality And Social Justice: A Model Of Change, Kevin Guerrieri, Sandra Sgoutas-Emch May 2016

Immersions In Global Equality And Social Justice: A Model Of Change, Kevin Guerrieri, Sandra Sgoutas-Emch

Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education (EPiCHE)

In the work for global equality and social justice, how should “change” be understood? Who determines what must change or be changed? In the efforts to carry out social change, what is the academy’s relationship with the community, society at large, and the broader world? This article parts from these and other key questions and then proposes a model of change that can be used as a lens for examining any project, program, or organization with the aim of creating positive change that is meaningful, sustainable, and holistic. The article provides both an explanation of the underlying interdisciplinary theoretical framework …


The Spirituality Of Immersion: Solidarity, Compassion, Relationship, Michael E. Lovette-Colyer May 2016

The Spirituality Of Immersion: Solidarity, Compassion, Relationship, Michael E. Lovette-Colyer

Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education (EPiCHE)

While the term spirituality can be problematic, obscuring as much as revealing, immersion experiences cannot be understood fully without exploring the contours of what can only be described as spirituality. To the extent that they work, immersions effect change when they speak to the deepest longings of the heart. While manifesting in many different ways, the spirituality of immersion revolves around three major components: solidarity, compassion, and relationship. The spirituality of immersion is a developed relationality, a desire to enter into richer, wider, more expansive relationships with others, which naturally leads into deeper relationship with God.


Reflections On Skipping Stones To Diving Deep: The Process Of Immersion As A Practice, Judith Liu Dr May 2016

Reflections On Skipping Stones To Diving Deep: The Process Of Immersion As A Practice, Judith Liu Dr

Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education (EPiCHE)

Reflecting upon over 30 years of teaching courses with a community service-learning and engagement component, this article is a personal piece that explores the author’s journey through voluntarism, community service-learning and civic engagement, and how that path has led to embracing immersion as a critical pedagogical practice for community engagement.


Engaged Pedagogy: Reflections From A Barriologist, Rigoberto Reyes May 2016

Engaged Pedagogy: Reflections From A Barriologist, Rigoberto Reyes

Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education (EPiCHE)

This essay offers advice to University faculty and administrators on how best to implement the work of engaged pedagogy and community development work. The author is an established activist and community organizer for the past 40 years. His most important recommendation when doing the work of community engagement is to begin work that starts and benefits the community.


Community Organizing Methods: Effectively Selecting Community Organizing Methods To Achieve Intended Outcomes For Emerging Grassroots Leaders, Morgan Dewey, Rezwana Zafar May 2016

Community Organizing Methods: Effectively Selecting Community Organizing Methods To Achieve Intended Outcomes For Emerging Grassroots Leaders, Morgan Dewey, Rezwana Zafar

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Serving Edmonton Heights “Connecting A Low-To-Moderate Income (Lmi) Community To Higher Education”, Tyler Pearson May 2016

Serving Edmonton Heights “Connecting A Low-To-Moderate Income (Lmi) Community To Higher Education”, Tyler Pearson

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Amazing Grace, Brandon Huntoon May 2016

Amazing Grace, Brandon Huntoon

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Where Awareness Meets Responsibility: An Examination Of The Urban Education Crisis And Its Effects On One Philadelphia High School, Karen Mcconarty May 2016

Where Awareness Meets Responsibility: An Examination Of The Urban Education Crisis And Its Effects On One Philadelphia High School, Karen Mcconarty

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Editor's Notes Iujsl Volume 4 Issue 1 Fall 2014, Ned S. Laff May 2016

Editor's Notes Iujsl Volume 4 Issue 1 Fall 2014, Ned S. Laff

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Iujsl Volume 4 Issue 1 Fall 2014 May 2016

Table Of Contents Iujsl Volume 4 Issue 1 Fall 2014

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


When Meaningful Writing Reflects Vincentian Values, Michele Eodice, Anne Ellen Geller, Neal Lerner May 2016

When Meaningful Writing Reflects Vincentian Values, Michele Eodice, Anne Ellen Geller, Neal Lerner

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

In The Meaningful Writing Project – our study of over 700 seniors at three universities – students describe how education values are embodied in writing projects in and out of school. In brief, our results show that students find meaning when they are invited to tap into the power of personal connection, see what they are writing as applicable and relevant to the real world, imagine their future selves, immerse themselves in what they are thinking and writing about, and experience research for learning. In many cases, the experiences students reported are aligned with Vincentian values for higher education, namely …


Summary Report Of A Faculty Colloquium Held On The Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ Of The Holy Father Francis On Care For Our Common Home, Mark C. Kiley May 2016

Summary Report Of A Faculty Colloquium Held On The Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ Of The Holy Father Francis On Care For Our Common Home, Mark C. Kiley

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

The Papal Encyclical, issued in summer of 2015, elicited the attention of ten faculty members in St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. All but two of the participants were faculty members based primarily in Staten Island. What follows is a collection of highlights from the formal presentations.


Development Of A Mission-Aligned Campus-Community Partnership Model: The Urban Institute Flu Vaccine Initiative For The Indigent Of Nyc, John M. Conry May 2016

Development Of A Mission-Aligned Campus-Community Partnership Model: The Urban Institute Flu Vaccine Initiative For The Indigent Of Nyc, John M. Conry

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

Despite its position as a powerful country which offers the opportunity for state-of-the-art high-quality patient-centered care, many people within the U.S. do not have access to or cannot afford health care. The Urban Institute of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John’s University was successful in developing a community outreach initiative that provided free flu vaccines to an underserved indigent patient population in New York City in an effort to decrease their risk for flu-related morbidity and mortality.


English Language Instruction, Student Engagement, And Sustainable Practices In Rural Ecuador, Pablo J. Sanchez, Morgan R. Zajkowski May 2016

English Language Instruction, Student Engagement, And Sustainable Practices In Rural Ecuador, Pablo J. Sanchez, Morgan R. Zajkowski

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

St. John’s University’s Vincentian Institute for Social Action aims to develop student commitment to social justice through required coursework, international travel, and community service. A strong theoretical foundation ensures that administrators and students are consistently reflecting on the dynamics of power and engaging with community members in an ethical manner. Our framework should continue conversations with the community about the value of foreign language education in their particular regional and global context and encourage students to see themselves as part of a sustainable process. Where many universities and organizations provide volunteer experiences similar in theory, we hope to improve on …


From Mission To Scholarship: Welcome To Jovsa, Deanne A. Southwell, John M. Conry May 2016

From Mission To Scholarship: Welcome To Jovsa, Deanne A. Southwell, John M. Conry

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

St. Vincent de Paul’s devotion to addressing the needs of the poor is rooted in the foundation of a Vincentian education. As a Catholic and Vincentian institution, the University provides a distinctive, value-based education to its students. In addition to this proud tradition, the University continues to enhance its resources to address the needs of a transforming world. In 2008, the University created a new unit to highlight and strengthen the distinctiveness of its mission. The Vincentian Institute for Social Action was created as part of the University’s strategic plan, with a goal of broadening the Catholic and Vincentian mission …


Table Of Contents May 2016

Table Of Contents

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

No abstract provided.


Editors & Editorial Board May 2016

Editors & Editorial Board

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

No abstract provided.


Cover Page May 2016

Cover Page

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Beyond The Campus: Building A Sustainable University-Community Partnership, By Debra Harkins, Charlotte, Nc: Information Age Publishing Inc., 2013, Alison Kahn May 2016

Book Review: Beyond The Campus: Building A Sustainable University-Community Partnership, By Debra Harkins, Charlotte, Nc: Information Age Publishing Inc., 2013, Alison Kahn

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Interplay Between Agency, Perception, Structure, And Faith, Hannah Morris May 2016

Interplay Between Agency, Perception, Structure, And Faith, Hannah Morris

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Village Health Insurance, Michaela Domaratzky, Sean Roget May 2016

Village Health Insurance, Michaela Domaratzky, Sean Roget

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Childhood Obesity Prevention, Chelsea Pere, Rachel Ginn Mullet, Cynthia Dicarlo May 2016

Childhood Obesity Prevention, Chelsea Pere, Rachel Ginn Mullet, Cynthia Dicarlo

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Editor's Notes Iujsl Volume 5 Issue 1 Fall 2015, Ned S. Laff May 2016

Editor's Notes Iujsl Volume 5 Issue 1 Fall 2015, Ned S. Laff

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Iujsl Volume 5 Issue 1 Fall 2015 May 2016

Table Of Contents Iujsl Volume 5 Issue 1 Fall 2015

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Dominique Wakefield Wins Wellness Leadership Award: U.S. President's Council Selects Annual Recipients, Becky St. Clair May 2016

Dominique Wakefield Wins Wellness Leadership Award: U.S. President's Council Selects Annual Recipients, Becky St. Clair

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

No abstract provided.


Service After Being The Served, Nicholas Daly May 2016

Service After Being The Served, Nicholas Daly

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


The State Of Teaching In Urban Settings And The Importance Of Teaching Unions, Corey Sweeney May 2016

The State Of Teaching In Urban Settings And The Importance Of Teaching Unions, Corey Sweeney

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Transforming Awareness Into Action: An Examination Of The Lack Of Resources In The Urban Education Crisis And What Stops Us From Moving Forward, Shakyra Greene May 2016

Transforming Awareness Into Action: An Examination Of The Lack Of Resources In The Urban Education Crisis And What Stops Us From Moving Forward, Shakyra Greene

The International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change

No abstract provided.