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| October 2012 |
About Us
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The Office for Academic Excellence and Assessment (AEA) at Creighton University provides ongoing support and resources to enhance teacher effectiveness and student learning.
To learn more about faculty development programming, assessment, course design, student learning processes and/or effective teaching methods, or the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), contact Mary Ann Danielson at 402.280.2535.
Find past issues of this newsletter here.
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Faculty Resource Fair a Success
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Approximately 90 faculty, staff, students and community partners joined together on Oct. 5 for the inaugural Metropolitan Area Consortium for Service-Learning Faculty Resource Fair.
With this year's theme of "Refugees," the resource fair was an excellent opportunity to learn about Omaha's refugees through speakers such as Alice Schumaker, College of Public Health, UNMC; Karen Parde, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Jude Connelly, Lutheran Family Services; Ann Marie Kudlacz, Southern Sudan Community Association; and UNMC hosts Ruth Margalit and Laura Vinson.
Following the opening speakers, attendees met with LFS, SSCA and other community groups, including: Bridge to Care Refugee Program, Omaha Together One Community, Omaha Public Schools ESL and Migrant Education Office, and Embrace the Nations.
Special thanks to the refugee community members who shared their personal stories. Attendees learned firsthand what it means to be a Burmese, Sudanese, Burundi, Kachin and Bhutanese refugee. A spring service event to address these refugee needs is being planned.
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Corporation for National & Community Service Updates
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Service Honor Roll
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For the fifth consecutive year, Creighton has been named to the 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. We join six other Nebraska, 21 other Jesuit, and a total of 513 institutions of higher learning across the United States in celebrating our excellent work in "engaging students, faculty and staff in substantial, relevant and meaningful service to communities."
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Program spotlights
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Continuing our series highlighting the programs in which our students have participated, we feature three Academic Affairs programs, specifically two college honor rolls and the School of Law Clerkship Program.
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The Dean’s Honor Roll for Social Responsibility in the College of Business recognizes that business should be a positive force in society. Hence, business education must include an appreciation of the relationship between business and social responsibility. Last year, more than 160 undergraduate and graduate students were named on the honor roll as those who take the opportunity to serve their community. For more information, contact Bev Kracher, Ph.D.
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The College of Arts and Sciences Student Senate named 65 students to the Dean’s Service Honor Roll. Students who maintained a QPA of at least 3.0 for the academic semester and completed a minimum of 30 hours of community service were eligible for inclusion. In fall 2011, students completed a combined total of 2,570 hours of community service.
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For more than 100 years, the School of Law has been educating for service and justice. Last year, more than 200 law students donated almost 37,000 hours through the Creighton Fund for Clerkships in the Public Interest; the Civil and CEDC legal clinics; externships (including GOAL externships); the Street Law class; and, for some, a trip to the Dominican Republic through the ILAC program.
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Metropolitan Coalition for Service-Learning News
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2012 Theme: refugees
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Creighton University is a member of the Metro Area Service-Learning Coalition. The 2012 theme is "Refugees."
The Coalition seeks to (1) increase collaboration and share selected service-learning programming among nine metro-area universities; (2) offer coordinated programming on a selected topic each semester; and (3) bring university and college resources to bear in educating students and the public about selected significant local, national and international issues.
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CU Hosts October Meeting
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The Metropolitan Area Coalition for Service-Learning meeting will be hosted at Creighton University on Monday, Oct. 29, from 12:30-2 p.m. Each meeting opens with campus updates, so if you have something to share, please contact Mary Ann Danielson. Main discussion items will be a review of the Faculty Resource Fair and its implications for a spring joint service event and a newly launched website.
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Documentary Screening
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Bridge to Care, an interprofessional organization on UNMC’s campus that aids refugees in the metro area, has been selected to host a free screening of the documentary Invisible Children on Oct. 25 at noon in the Sorrell Center, room 3002. Following the screening, from 1:30-3 p.m., will be a workshop featuring a guest speaker from Uganda. Download the flyer, or for more information, please contact laura.vinson@unmc.edu.
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OTOC Speaker
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The College of Saint Mary is hosting a Service-Learning Speaker Series with Joe Higgs, Omaha Together One Community (OTOC), to speak on Friday, Nov. 9, 1-2 p.m., in Mercy Hall. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Eric Kyle.
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Campus Events
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Fall Break Service Trips
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All participants in the CCSJ Service and Justice Trips safely arrived at their community host partners. Check out pictures of the 24 groups here: Trips Arrive | Fall Break Send-Off.
Save the date: Service & Justice Trips Soup and Stories (1 IDEA credit), Thursday, Nov. 1, Harper Center, room 3023, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30-1:30 p.m. Students will share experiences from their trips.
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RECOMMENDED READING
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Award-Winning Book
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Congratulations to Roger Bergman, Ph.D., on his new book, Catholic Social Learning: Educating the Faith That Does Justice, recipient of one of the Catholic Press Association awards. Bergman addresses service-learning generally and Creighton's Dominican Republic semester-long program specifically. Read a review by Theological Studies.
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