Four students have been awarded Engage IU South Bend Internship Stipends to support their work in the Spring 2021 semester: Hannah Good, Rana Hamad, Colette Stitsworth, and Jean DeWinter. “It’s like a little positive reinforcement,” said Hannah Good, a junior majoring in criminal justice. She is an intern this semester at the St. Joseph County… Read more »
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Humans and the Environment (HIST-T190)
This past semester, Professor Monica Tetzlaff has guided her First Year Seminar students through a variety of community service projects in collaboration with local parks. Although this semester looked a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tetzlaff said “it was a lesson of needing to adjust.” To allow her students to apply their study… Read more »
The Heart of Engagement Within the School of the Arts
Have you ever heard over 1,000 elementary students screaming in excitement? If not, then you haven’t had the opportunity to witness Michele’s Little Hearts Theatre, one of Cory Iwaszewski’s favorite productions in the School of the Arts. Cory is the Media and Community Outreach Manager for the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. He… Read more »
Senate Committee on Community Engagement Launched in Fall 2020
The impetus for a senate committee came out of the process of completing the application for the Carnegie Foundation’s Classification for Community Engagement. Committee Chair, Jay VanderVeen, along with fellow members Krista Bailey and Kim McInerny, were all involved in the Carnegie Engaged Campus Task Force—the faculty committee that worked for three years to complete… Read more »
A Message from our Director:
Welcome to IU South Bend’s blog on community engagement! Our goal is to increase awareness of IU South Bend’s community-engaged work and to support the learning community developing around this work. Posts by faculty, staff, students, and community partners will explore different aspects of community-engaged teaching and research, and offer advice on how to maximize… Read more »
Meet with national expert on community engagement
Would you like to meet with John Reiff while he is visiting our campus? Dr. Reiff has worked with civic engagement and service-learning for over 35 years as a college teacher, administrator, scholar, consultant, and organizer. He welcomes the opportunity to meet with individuals or teams to discuss ideas for community projects or challenges you… Read more »
Bridging Theory and Practice in Public Relations
When the spring semester sneaks up on junior or senior public relations majors at IU South Bend, they are immersed in more than just an upper level mass communication course; they create an actual public relations campaign for a local non-profit organization. This year, students worked on a campaign for Mosaic, a non-profit organization that… Read more »
Applications for Engaged Faculty Fellows Program due on Sept. 8
Applications for the Engaged Faculty Fellows Program are due on Friday, September 8th. Please note that the stipends for both Mentors and Fellows have increased since this call first went out. Gail Engaged Faculty Fellows Program accepting applications for Fall 2017 The campus is launching an Engaged Faculty Fellows Program which will provide programming and… Read more »
ICC Fall Kick-Off Retreat
Indiana Campus Compact’s Fall Kick-Off Retreat will be held in Indianapolis on September 15 from 8:00-3:30. The retreat is an opportunity to network with faculty and staff who are working in the area of community engagement, and to deepen your understanding of community engagement. If you are interested in registering for this free event, click… Read more »
Engaged Faculty Fellows Program
The campus is launching an Engaged Faculty Fellows Program which will provide programming and mentoring for faculty who are eager to integrate community-based teaching in a course. The program will begin in Fall 2017 and conclude once the Fellow has taught his/her course (Fall 2018 or Spring 2019). Three mentors and three fellows will be… Read more »