Boston Civic Media: Design, Technology, Social Impact: Service Learning Centers Panel

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Service Learning Centers Panel

This panel features different service-learning professionals from Boston-area universities in the hopes of elucidating some of the processes and philosophies behind how institutions form, support, and sustain ongoing, mutually beneficial partnerships with the community. In this work, two main questions are at the heart of service-learning course and program design: 1) What should the students be learning? and 2) What does the community need? However, given different institutional structures, goals, and resources, these questions may be approached in a variety of ways- and the aim of this panel is to remove some of the mystery behind these sometimes complex dynamics. Panelists and audience members will collaboratively explore how, if this work were a continuum with the university on one side and the community on the other, partnerships can be fostered in the middle.

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Moderators

Callie Davis

Myra H. Kraft Director of Volunteer and Alumni Services, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston

Callie Davis is the Myra H. Kraft Director of Volunteer and Alumni Services for Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. Callie manages a volunteer program consisting of over 1200 volunteers annually and oversees BGCB’s Alumni Club. In this role, she is responsible for the recruitment, screening, placement, retention, tracking, and evaluation of all volunteer activities and works to create a mutually beneficial volunteer experience for all parties. Callie... Read More →

Cathy Wissink

‎Senior Director, Technology & Civic Engagement, Microsoft

http://blog.microsoftnewengland.com/author/cathywissink/

Speakers

Becca Berkey

Director of the Service-Learning Program, Northeastern University’s Center of Community Service

Becca began at Northeastern’s Center of Community Service in February 2013, and is now the Director of Service-Learning. Previously, Becca served as the Coordinator of Experiential Education in the Center for Engagement, Learning, and Teaching at Keene State. She has also served as a Course Director for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida and worked at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida... Read More →

Meghan Callaghan

Judy Pryor-Ramirez

Executive Director, Elma Lewis Center for Civic Engagement, Learning, & Research @ Emerson College

Judy Pryor-Ramirez is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Elma Lewis Center for Civic Engagement, Learning, & Research at Emerson College. Previously, she was the Director of Civic Engagement & Social Justice at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School in New York City where she oversaw programs for students, faculty, alumni, and community partners, and taught part-time in sociology. Judy is a scholarly and... Read More →

Shauna Rigaud

Service Learning Specialist, Simmons College

Shauna began working in the Scott/Ross Center for Community Service in 2011 as is now the Service Learning Specialist, helping to grow the Service Learning program at Simmons College. Previously Shauna worked in several non-profits in Boston including The Freedom House, MYTOWN, YMCA Achievers and the Youth Worker’s Alliance. Her experience in Higher Education also includes academic and social support for students of color and first-generation... Read More →

Felicia Sullivan

Senior Researcher, CIRCLE @ Tisch College, Tufts University

| Felicia Sullivan is Senior Researcher at CIRCLE’ where she works on diverse projects. Her CIRCLE Working Paper “New and Alternative Assessments, Digital Badges, and Civics: An Overview of Emerging Themes and Promising Directions” and a recent fact sheet, “A National Survey of Civics and U.S. Government Teachers” (with S. Godsay) are example of the types of projects Felicia has worked on. She is also responsible for bringing to... Read More →

Meghan T. Sweeney

Associate Professor of the Practice, Theology, Boston College

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