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Using Knowledge to Serve
Humanity:
Civic Engagement at UCI
Kristen Day
Professor, Dept. of Planning, Policy, & Design
Darlene Esparza
Director, Center for Service in Action
Civic and community
engagement on campus
• Universities increasingly focused
on their civic mission
- Kellogg Commission
- Carnegie Commission
• Growing sense of responsibility
- Inside & outside higher ed
Civic and community
engagement on campus
• Universities increasingly focused
on their civic mission
- Kellogg Commission
- Carnegie Commission
• Growing sense of responsibility
- Inside & outside higher ed
Mandate for universities
• More involved in addressing
societal problems
• More intentional in creating
future citizens who are well
informed; concerned about
local, global issues; &
committed to political
participation
Special responsibilities of
research universities
• Top higher ed institutions in US
• Must deeply engage w/our
communities
– In research
– In outreach & service
– In teaching & learning
“At UCI, community engagement involves
the mutually beneficial exchange of
knowledge and resources between the
university and the public and private
sectors to:
– enrich scholarship, research, and creative
activity
– enhance curriculum, teaching, and learning
– prepare educated, engaged, and responsible
citizens, and
– benefit the community at the local, regional,
state, national, and global levels.”
(UCI Civic Engagement Committee, 2008)
UCI = deep involvement in
engagement
• Over 50 outreach, engagement
programs
• UCI faculty, staff, students engaged
with
– Pre K–12
– Health services
– Non-profit organizations
• Focus on service learning is
expanding
UCI Successes in Civic
Engagement
• Community Outreach Partnership Center
• Mission & Goals
– Successful community building begins with investing
in people and their dreams, developing bonds of trust,
and nurturing leadership.
– SUPPORT
– REINFORCE
– EMPOWER
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UCI Successes in Civic
Engagement
• Humanities Out There
– Est. 1977
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– Reaches over 500 intermediate and
high school students and their
teachers each year through its
workshops on humanities topics.
– Collaborative between School of
Humanities and Santa Ana Unified
School District, with support for Center
for Educational Partnerships
UCI Successes in Civic
Engagement
• Creative Connections
– Claire Trevor School of the Arts
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– Dynamic arts outreach program
• Partner with local schools and arts
organizations to share our talents and
knowledge with students of all ages, from
Kindergarten to adults in their senior years.
Creative Connections introduces children to
the arts, prepares students for college, and
provides adults with active, experiential
immersion in the arts.
UCI Successes in Civic
Engagement
• Global Connect
– School of Social Sciences
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- Designed to enrich
California's
secondary school
curriculum in
international studies
UCI Successes in Civic
Engagement
• UCI Alternative Break Program
– Est. 2003
– Winter/spring
– Leadership seminar
• ““We saw skeletons of trees and empty spaces
where houses used to be,” Chiu says. “It was an
eye-opening experience. When you actually see it,
you feel the sense of loss. The land was so
beautiful, but it hurt to see how devastated it was. It
made us realize why we were there.”
– Lori Chiu, 2007-08 Alternative Break Intern
UCI Successes in Civic
Engagement
• School of Engineering
– Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering department
– Partnered with Free Wheelchair
Mission to create a new
wheelchair prototype.
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Proposed UCI minor in civic
engagement
• Campuswide civic engagement
committee
– 25 members
– Students, faculty, staff
• Goals
– Develop proposal for new minor in civic
engagement
– Identify strategies to support civic
engagement at UCI
UCI Committee on Civic Engagement
Zahra Ahmed, Graduate Student, Dept. of Political Science, School of Social Sciences
Stanley Bassin, Community Engagement Unit, Institute of Clinical Translation Science
Victor Becerra, Community Outreach Partnership Center, School of Social Ecology
Jeanett Castellanos , Undergraduate Resource Center, School of Social Sciences
Lori Chiu , Undergraduate student, Dept. of Political Science, School of Social Sciences
William Cooper, Water Research Center, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and School of Social Ecology
Kristen Day, Dept. of Planning, Policy, and Design, School of Social Ecology
Darlene Esparza, Center for Service in Action, Office of the Dean of Students
Jose Gonzalez-Vasquez, Undergraduate student , Dept. of Political Science, School of Social Sciences
Ana Halland, Outreach Programs, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Gillian Hayes, Dept. of Infomatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science
Molly Lynch, Dept. of Dance, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Sue Marshall, Undergraduate Programs, Department of Education
Grace McLaughlin, Dept. of Organization and Management, Paul Merage School of Business
Michael Montoya, Depts. of Anthropology and Chicano/Latino Studies, School of Social Sciences
Luis Mota-Bravo, Bio Sci Outreach & Minority Science Program
Amanda Napier , Undergraduate student, School of Biological Sciences
Carrie Noland, Dept. of French and Italian, School of Humanities
James Nowick, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences
Ellen Olshansky, Program in Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences
Chris Procello, Division of Undergraduate Education
Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio, Center for Educational Partnerships
Oracio Sanchez, Undergraduate student, Spanish, School of Humanities
Said Shokair, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Zohreh Soltani, Division of Undergraduate Education
Rameen Talesh, Dean of Students Office
Liz Toomey, Community & State Government Relations
Linda Vo, Dept. of Asian American Studies, School of Humanities
Bill Zeller, Student Housing, Student Affairs
Proposed minor in civic
engagement
• Goals:
– Accommodate students in all majors on
campus
– Connect service to learning
– Expand learning into community
– Tie majors to understanding of social,
environmental problems
– Learn about research in community
context
Proposal for minor in civic
engagement at UCI
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How you can get involved
• Always have your community
engagement project be born off
campus.
• Solicit student opinions
– Focus groups
• Reflect on personal and group
strengths.
How you can get involved
• Community Outreach Partnership
Center
• Center for Service in Action
• Center for Educational Partnerships
• Career Center Internship Hub
• Social Science Academic Resource
Center
• Center for International Education
• Division of Undergraduate Education
• Office of the Dean of Students
• Campus Organizations
How you can get involved
• How does Civic Engagement relate
to your mission or goals?
• What are you already doing?
• What units or departments could
you collaborate with?