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Dr. Erin Kobetz Receives Spirit of Service-Learning Award
From Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
The Office of Civic and Community Engagement is pleased to announce that Task Force member Dr. Erin Kobetz, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Miller School of Medicine, won the Spirit of Service-Learning Award in Higher Education from the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of South Florida.
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CB Connects U Launches
With CCE Overseeing Internship
CB Connects U, a new initiative from the Citizens Board designed to inform business leaders of the impact that the University of Miami has in the South Florida community, was launched at a special reception on March 27, 2012 in downtown Miami. As part of the initiative, CCE is overseeing a hands-on internship: UM senior Stephanie Horna is in the process of conducting a national benchmarking study identifying best practices in county procurement processes.
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Meera Nagarsheth Named a 2012 Newman Civic Fellow!
Award given through Campus Compact
The Newman Civic Fellows Award is named for Dr. Frank Newman, one of the founders of Campus Compact, who dedicated his life to creating opportunities for student civic learning & engagement. This award recognizes Meera’s public involvement and her motivation to create lasting change. It highlights her role as a leader who inspires not only other students, but also the entire campus and community. Congratulations, Meera!
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Viva Miami
Investing in Miami Report
Dr. Robin Bachin, Associate Provost for Civic and Community Engagement, contributed to the Miami Herald's "Investing in Miami" report. See her discussion of Miami's polyglot culture!
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UStellenbosch: Engaging South Africa
June 15 - July 21, 2012
UM is offering a 35-day course in South Africa, team-taught by UM and Stellenbosch faculty. Based on-campus at Stellenbosch University, one of the top universities in Africa, the course includes 11 days of travel to locations across South Africa and a service learning experience in an impoverished community outside Cape Town. Park.
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CCE Staff Member Receives Award
Mara D’Amico Receives Recognition
On October 20, 2011 Mara D’Amico was awarded the 2011 AmeriCorps VISTA Recognition through Florida Campus Compact. Mara served as an AmeriCorps*VISTA from 2010 through 2011with the Center for Community Involvement at Miami Dade College. She is currently serving as an AmeriCorps Public Ally in the Office of Civic and Community Engagement and the Butler Center for Service and Leadership at the University of Miami.
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Judaic Studies Students Give Back
Holocaust Survivor Internship
The University of Miami is the site of a national project initiated by the International Commission. This Internship Project is designed to assist Holocaust Survivors while at the same time providing students with a deep educational experience that will reinforce their community values and commitment. It has been an outstanding success and changed the lives of those, students and survivors, who have been involved in it. The program is open to students of all denominations.
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Guatemala: Its Land, Culture, & Religion
Academic Service-Learning abroad
Photo © Byron Maldonado. Students of LAS 302/503 spend a week studying the role of culture, class, social location, and historical context in Christianity and Mayan religion in three different Guatemala cities. They also have the opportunity to research and work in coffee collectives, a school, a women’s center, construction sites, and ecological reforestation projects.
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Why Does Miami Have the Lowest Civic Health in the Nation?
In a 2010 report on Civic Health, the Miami metropolitan area ranked at or near the bottom on almost all indicators of civic involvement. Factors included volunteering, charitable giving, voting, and non-electoral participation, among others. What can we do about it?
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Theatre Department and Arsht Center Collaboration
Starring in "The House of Bernarda Alba"
A new collaboration between UM and the Arsht Center will enable UM students, as well as faculty and staff, to design, direct, and perform in a major professional theatrical production. In this photo, Scott Schiller, Executive Vice President of Adrienne Arsht Center (left) and Henry Fonte, chair of the Theatre Arts Department. (photo by Meg Pukel; courtesy of Arts and Sciences Magazine)
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How Healthy is Your Heart?
Heart Smart at the Miami Science Museum
UM Department of Psychology and the Miami Science Museum collaborate to raise awareness about risk factors associated with cardiovascular health.
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Students Design Mobile Kitchen for Non-Profit
Architecture in action
Students and professors in the School of Architecture are designing and building a mobile kitchen that will be given to Earth Learning, a local non-profit that promotes ecological awareness and permaculture.
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Sephardi Voices
Hear the story first hand!
UM Religious Studies Professor Dr. Henry Green leads a project to collect oral histories of Jews who fled North Africa and the Middle East after World War II.
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Management 100: FIRST Steps as a Business Student
1st year students engage with nonprofits
Management 100 students are placed in teams, mentored by upper-class students, and work in the community on projects designed to bring life the concepts they learn in the classroom. On Business United Day, they spent an entire day planting trees and shrubs, painting classrooms, and restoring a mural.
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Graduate Students Give Back
Master's in Community & Social Change
Students in the new Community and Social Change Master's Program visited the Florida Keys Children's Shelter and worked with the organization's staff on solutions to some of the challenges they were facing. Click below to learn how undergraduates can also be involved!
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Housing Research
Papers and Resources Available Online
The housing crisis in America is one of the central features of the economic downturn of the last few years. The lack of affordable housing options combined with the ongoing foreclosure crisis means that people from low- income communities have few options when it comes to seeking safe, secure, and accessible housing. Find out more about our Focus on Affordable Housing and browse our online resources!
Welcome!
Office of Civic and
Community Engagement
The Office of Civic and Community Engagement (CCE) fosters university-community collaboration by engaging the university’s academic resources in the enrichment of civic and community life in South Florida. Our goals include developing new courses in which community-based partnerships are central to course learning outcomes; enhancing existing courses by integrating community engagement into the course curriculum; and creating new initiatives that bring multiple schools and disciplines together to work on shared community-based projects that promote positive social change. These courses and projects allow students to put theory into practice and understand the complexities of practical problem solving in real-world situations, thereby preparing them to be effective civic leaders.
UM Professor Erin Kobetz Receives Spirit of Service-Learning Award in Higher Education
Dr. Erin Kobetz recognized by the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of South Florida
Announcing the 2012-2013 Engaged Faculty Fellows
Inaugural class of engaged faculty fellows has been chosen!
Excellence in Civic Engagement Faculty Award Recipients Announced
Congratulations Drs. Evans and Santisteban!
Lecture with Dr. Craig L. Wilkins
February 20
6:00 PM
Glasgow Hall, University of Miami School of Architecture
Lecture with Dr. David Campbell
March 05
7:00 PM
Whitten Learning Center, Room 110, Coral Gables Campus
Designing for Diversity Panel
March 26
6:00 PM
Glasgow Hall, University of Miami School of Architecture
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Our Major Initiatives
Click here to view a comprehensive list of our major upcoming initiatives.
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Engaged Scholarship
We promote our mission and work toward our goals by fostering Engaged Scholarship, which consists of Academic Service-Learning Courses and Community-Based Research.