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Learning Your Abcds: Asset-Based Community Development Through Education Abroad And Community Engaged Research In Rural Malawi, Jennifer Wapinski, Lisa V. Blitz, Denise Yull
Learning Your Abcds: Asset-Based Community Development Through Education Abroad And Community Engaged Research In Rural Malawi, Jennifer Wapinski, Lisa V. Blitz, Denise Yull
Research Days Posters 2016-2019
"The project is a partnership with the Malawi Children’s Mission (MCM), a feeding center and primary school that provides health care and emotional support services to 150 children who have been orphaned and their families in the rural villages of M'bwana, Jamali, and Mwazama. Asset-based community development (ABCD; Kretzman & McKnight, 1996) was used in the context of community engaged research to establish a sustainable university-assisted component of MCM through education abroad. ABCD relies upon individual and collective strengths and resources of community members to address the problems they define as needing attention, and has been used successfully in sub-Saharan …
Binghamton University: Moving Toward A More Community-Engaged Campus, Mengchen Huang
Binghamton University: Moving Toward A More Community-Engaged Campus, Mengchen Huang
MPA Capstone Projects 2006 - 2015
Binghamton University has a long standing commitment to community engagement and would like to apply for the 2015 Carnegie community engagement classification. Although the community engagement classification provides national recognition for institutions' commitment to community engagement, the application process is intensive and nearly half of 305 institutions registered withdrew from the application process in 2010. In an effort to increase Binghamton University's success in achieving the 2015 Carnegie classification, the Capstone project examined institutional characteristics that were associated with successful attainment o 2010 Carnegie classification for applicant universities.
University Downtown Campuses And Community Engagement In Small And Midsized Citites, Richard Albert Francis-Beltran
University Downtown Campuses And Community Engagement In Small And Midsized Citites, Richard Albert Francis-Beltran
MPA Capstone Projects 2006 - 2015
In summer of 2011, as a graduate intern from the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program I conducted a research project under the supervision of the Director of Special Programs for Economic Development. The purpose of the project was to learn about the perceptions of downtown area officials and community members regarding the impact of the Binghamton University Downtown Center (UDC). Findings showed that overall participants were satisfied regarding UDC partnering relationships with public and non-profits agencies. At the same time, the findings also indicated that participants had unmet expectations regarding the UDC participation in various downtown activities. In order …