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

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... Read More →

Cathy Wissink

‎Senior Director, Technology & Civic Engagement, Microsoft

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

Speakers

Becca Berkey

Director of Service-Learning, Northeastern University

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... Read More →

Meghan Callaghan

Callie Davis

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

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... 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... 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... Read More →