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To Whom Much Is Given 2007 Conference on Service Learning in Higher Education Conference Schedule Keynote Sessions and Featured Speakers
Moderated by Stephen Black and Michele Forman
To Render a Life: The Creation and Sharing of Vivid Personal Narratives
Ethical citizenship requires a strong sense of empathy and compassion. Developing such qualities requires the ability to imagine what others see, feel, and experience. The focus of the Conference’s opening dinner program is the development of service-learning courses and campus initiatives in which students learn to portray the personal stories of people living in communities of need, exploring the ever-expanding dimensions of cultural and social experience.
Welcome Stephen Black (Director, Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility)
Promoting A Better Understanding of Poverty in Alabama
Nick Foster (Executive Director, Alabama Poverty Project): The mission of the Alabama Poverty Project is to inspire the moral and civic responsibility of citizens to work together toward the elimination of poverty, especially by providing information that promotes a better understanding of the nature of poverty. Mr. Foster will introduce the mission, strategy, and resources of APP and discuss the unique relationship of Alabama's colleges and universities to the progress of APP.
Sarah Louise Smith (SaveFirst Coordinator, Impact Alabama: A Student Service Initiative): Ms. Smith will give an overview of the “poverty packet” each conference attendee will receive. Intended to provide a basis for developing courses related to issues of poverty, the packets highlight selections from some of the most engaging historical and contemporary literature on the subject. The packets also contain syllabi from poverty courses at a range of universities across the nation as well as a bibliography of additional suggested readings.
ADDRESS: Dr. Wayne Flynt (Professor Emeritus, Auburn University): Dr. Flynt will address the current state of poverty in Alabama—its complex causes, prevalence, and persistence. Grounding the conference in a nuanced understanding of the extent of the problem in our state, Dr. Flynt will then share thoughts on solutions to the problems of poverty and a vision for the future.
Developing a Culture of Service Learning on Campus Marybeth Lima (Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University)
Service learning typically starts at a university as a grassroots effort. This presentation will provide tips and strategies for developing a culture of service learning on a college campus beyond the grassroots level. Topics will include developing and executing service-learning pedagogy, generating support with stakeholders, and institutionalizing community engagement efforts.
Why Service Learning? Why Now? Reflections on the Power of Service Learning in Faculty Work KerryAnn O'Meara (Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Maryland College Park)
This luncheon session begins with a brief sharing of recent research on faculty exemplars in community engagement, touching on what motivates and sustains these faculty in their work. It then moves to a discussion of strategies for shaping and documenting service-learning as forms of scholarship to maximize its impact and improve visibility in academic reward systems.
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