This Thursday, April 15, from 7 to 8 p.m. Jenny Deranek, Program Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, will describe the silent epidemic of concussions and their impact on health and learning via Zoom. Her one-minute video will describe the talk! Register for this virtual event here: https://forms.gle/KD2Lrdg7S2veY39D8.
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Bringing IU South Bend Career Services Knowledge to the Community
When Kevin Schultz changed jobs from working primarily with homeless kids to IU South Bend Career Services not long before the pandemic, he didn’t know just how closely those two paths would align. “A lot of my previous work was to find young folks who are struggling and assess what their struggle is, what they need, and then try… Read more »
Join Dr. McGuire to Discuss Learning and Serving Through Research April 1
Dr. Gail McGuire will deliver her Lundquist lecture “High Impact Teaching: How Students Learn, Grow, and Serve their Communities through Undergraduate Research,” on Thursday, April 1, 7:00-8:00 pm. Dr. McGuire will discuss how undergraduate research enhances student learning, provides students with life-long skills, and connects students to the community. She will also reflect on how… Read more »
Zooming to Encourage High School Students to Study German
Covid has changed school life, but not always for the worst. Jeff Luppes, Professor of German, has found that visiting high-school language classes is a bit easier via Zoom and Google Classroom. “I’ve been able to eliminate travel time and simply “pop in” for quick visits allowing me to visit more classes and speak to… Read more »
Reading, Writing, and Wondering Through Walking
Rebecca Brittenham, Professor of English, will walk listeners through the strolling life in the second Pop-Up University Lecture of Spring 2021 on March 18th at 7 p.m. All are welcome to join the discussion, titled “Saunter, Meander, Stalk, March, Roll: The Poetics and Politics of Walking,” via Zoom. The talk is developed from two courses… Read more »
Gail McGuire: What Community Engagement Means to Me
I grew up in a family committed to public service and social justice. My father occupied many elected and appointed positions in our town. It was my mother, however, who openly challenged authority figures. From her I learned how to speak truth to power. My first solo community service took place as a third grader,… Read more »
Four Students Awarded Engage IU South Bend Internship Stipends for Spring 2021
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 »
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 »