The following positions will offer leadership training and civic development for undergraduate and graduate students who would like to devote their strengths and talents to deepening community-university partnerships through assisting academic departments manage established service-learning courses and programs.
In each of the available positions, the Scholar will serve as a primary liason between faculty and department hosts and their community agency partners, perform direct service, as needed, and manage and train service-learning students to build community agency capacity. Additionally, each Scholar will also participate in bi-weekly seminars, which provides extensive training that focuses on civic learning, democratic engagement, and leadership development in order to provide a meaningful framework for social justice work. In the spring, seminars are reinforced through weekly experiential learning, paired with reflection sessions.
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Number of Available Positions: 2
Dept/School: Occupational Therapy/Rangos Community Partner: Bethlehem Haven
Job Requirements: The CES program will complement the Clinical Reasoning service learning project and additional summer course of Community & World Health for 4th year students beginning in the Fall 2013. Specifically, the Scholars will support the work of the director of Project Employ by working with women experiencing homelessness at Bethlehem Haven, as well as assisting 4th year OT students as they engage in service-learning projects at Bethlehem Haven. Some of the related tasks will include: communicating with the community partners on a regular basis, organizing the logistics, gathering community feedback, and all other required communication; meeting in community agencies weekly for follow-up activities to service-learning consumers, if needed, serving as the liaison between community partner staff and the university; assisting the course instructor with tasks, as needed to support service-learning projects; and collecting data, as needed. Additionally, Scholars will hold office hours to assist in the OT department with the following: preparatory & follow-up tasks for service-learning, literature review, project assessment and analysis, and advertising and program promotion.
The CES program is affiliated with AmeriCorps. All scholars are expected to perform 300 hours of service. In return, scholars will be engaged in meaningful service work, receive $1,175 as an educational grant award; a chance for two semesters of Core Service-Learning credits; and multiple opportunities for leadership and management training.
Contact Person: Anne Marie Witchger Hansen, EdD Contact Information: hansen@duq.edu
Additional Information: E-mail Anne Marie Hansen to apply.
Number of Available Positions: 1
Dept/School: Counseling, Psychology, and Special Education Community Partner: Center of Life
Job Requirements: This Community Engagement Scholar (CES) position will allow for a Duquesne student to work directly with Center of Life and Hazelwood residents to record and share the stories of its oldest residents and their youth. In a mentoring program and outreach plan designed to match the oldest and youngest members of the neighborhood; the scholar will design and implement several sharing circles that will occur at Center of Life over the course of the year. These circles, topical in nature, will allow for residents to share, inform and capture the stories that are heard less and less in the community. This project is part of a larger mentoring program at Center of Life.
The skills needed for this position are to be personable and outgoing - able to lead and organize this project alongside the faculty member and Center of Life staff. The beginning of the fall semester will be spent organizing the project and working to promote the nights which will be held in late fall and throughout the spring semester. The beginning of the project will allow for the scholar to get to know the key stakeholders in Hazelwood and its residents via the youth serving Center of Life programs. The spring semester will be spent in completing the sharing circles and preparing the recordings for use during the Hazelwood Summer Kickoff Block party in early June. Hazelwood is located on the bus line and is approximately 2-3 miles from campus along the river. Center of Life is a leading agency focused on supporting the needs of Hazelwood residents. Known for its programs focused on music and arts, mentoring, and family engagement, Center of life is the place where "everything is about people."
The CES program is affiliated with Americorps. All scholars are expected to perform 300 hours of service. In return, scholars will be engaged in meaningful serivce work, receive $1,175 as an educational grant award; a chance for two semesters of Core Service-Learning credits; and multiple opportunities for leadership and management training.
Contact Person: Temple S. Lovelace, Ph.D., BCBA-D Contact Information: lovelacet@duq.edu
Additional Information: E-mail Temple Lovelace to apply.
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