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2012 Service-Learning Faculty Fellows 

The Faculty Fellows for Service-Learning Program recruits faculty members from across UVM to participate in a seminar each Spring to build service-learning pedagogy into courses. Brian Lee (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Sarah Heiss (Public Communications), Cynthia Reyes (Education), and Alice Fothergill (Sociolgoy) completed the Spring 2012 seminar, and join a community of over 75 trained faculty members at UVM.  Faculty members apply to the Program, are given a small professional development fund, and are expected to inject service-learning into at least one of their courses after finishing the program.  In its first ten years, the program has graduated more than 75 Faculty Fellows who have gone on to teach more than 130 service-learning courses, involving over 3000 students.

    CUPS Recognizes the Nominees and Awardees for the 2011 Engaged Scholarship Awards

    On May 3rd, the CUPS office announced the recipients of its Engaged Scholarship Awards at the 7th Annual CUPS Recognition Reception.  Nominations were judged on the quality of engaged scholarship demonstrated in courses between Spring 2010 and 2011 semesters.  

    The Outstanding Service-Learning Student Award was presented to Alex Finn, an active member of the Dewey House for Civic Engagement.  As a student in the Civic Engagement and Self-Reflection course, Alex has demonstrated outstanding commitment to service beyond course expectations.  

    The Outstanding Community Partner Award was awarded to Peter DeGraff of Otter Creek Engineering, who worked enthusiastically with students from CDAE 171 "Community and Economic Transformation" to create successful community-based water systems projects in Honduras.  

    The Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award was awarded to Shelly Rayback, Geography, for her exemplary partnership with The Nature Conservancy on a dendrochronology project in the LePlatte Rivermarsh Natural Area.  

    The inaugural CUPS Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to long-time CUPS supporter, collaborator, and passionate friend Janet Bossange.

    Nominees were also honored:
    Outstanding Service-Learning Student
    Alex Finn
    Caitlin Shelburne
    Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty
    Jacquelyn “JB”  Barna, Social Work
    David Kestenbaum, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources
    Shelly Rayback, Geography
    William "Chip" Sawyer, Community Development and Applied Economics
    Kimberly Wallin, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources
    Deane Wang, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources
    Outstanding Service-Learning Community Partner
    Peter DeGraff, Otter Creek Engineering
    Vicky Smith & Gabriella Strouse, King Street Center
    Outstanding Achievement Award
    Janet Bossange, College of Education and Social Services

    Spring 2011 Engaged Scholarship Planning Grants

    Service-Learning Planning grants support the development of new initiatives or partnerships that will result in service-learning or community-based research in the future.  Spring 2011 grants have been awarded to Cecilia Danks and Graham Leitner (RSENR) for building community-based forestry projects at Harwood Union High School, Cynthia Reyes (Education) and Bill Clark (Winooski Middle School) to support a digital research project with English Language Leaners (ELL) at Winooski Middle School, and Thomas DeSisto and Kelly Hamshaw (CDAE) for developing a holistic assessment model for the CDAE 186 Saint Lucia international service-learning experience.

    2011 Service-Learning Faculty Fellows 

    The Faculty Fellows for Service-Learning Program recruits faculty members from across UVM to participate in a seminar each Spring to build service-learning pedagogy into courses. Carol Buck-Rolland (Nursing), Binta Colley (Education), David Conner (CDAE), Larry Forcier (RSENR), Jed Murdoch (RSENR), David Raphael (RSENR), Anju Dahiya (PSS), and Bethany Rice (Education) completed the Spring 2011 seminars, and join a community of over 70 trained faculty members at UVM.  Faculty members apply to the Program, are given a small professional development fund, and are expected to inject service-learning into at least one of their courses after finishing the program.  In its first ten years, the program has graduated more than 70 Faculty Fellows who have gone on to teach more than 125 service-learning courses, involving over 3000 students.

    The CUPS Office supports implementation of 5 Service-Learning courses

    UVM faculty members are invited to apply for mini-grants of up to $1,000 to cover expenses associated with altering an existing course to include service-learning pedagogy, developing a new course involving service-learning activities, or initiating a long-term service-learning project or partnership.

    Jay Ashman (CDAE), Anju Dahiya (P&SS), Walter Kuentzel and David Kestenbaum (RSENR), Walter Poleman (RSENR), and Don Ross (P&SS) have all committed to creating new service-learning opportunities at UVM.  The CUPS office is supporting the implementation of these new courses by awarding $3,750 in Fall 2010 Service-Learning Implementation Grants to these faculty members.  These proposals are judged on the quality of both the projects and partnerships proposed, as well as evidence of innovation and creativity.

    2009 Recognition Reception: Award Winners and Nominees

    Recognizing Community Engagement at UVM
    Faculty, Students, and Community Partners Recognized for
    Outstanding Community Partnerships

    On April 28, 2009, those who have been committed to service-learning and deepening university-community connections will be honored at the CUPS office annual recognition reception. This year’s nominees and winners come from all different disciplines across UVM’s campus. They are a group of dedicated and hard working individuals whom without service-learning would not be what it is at UVM today.

    Service-Learning classes have existed at UVM for many years; they integrate community-based projects with course content so that one aspect informs and guides the other. The CUPS Office was founded in 2003 to promote to support active, collaborative UVM-Community partnerships, high quality service-learning, and community-based scholarship. Since that time, the number documented service-learning classes per year has more than tripled. In the 2008-2009 academic year, for example, more than 60 UVM courses integrated community-based learning elements. Momentum in Community-Based Research has followed suit, with increased numbers of faculty participating in research that is designed and carried out in collaboration with community partners.

    The CUPS Annual Recognition Reception recognizes faculty, students, and community partners who have excelled in creating community-based learning opportunities that both enhance student learning and meet real community needs. Awards have been presented annually for the last 6 years. The following nominees will be honored at the 2009 ceremony:

    Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award:

    Winner: Julie Richards, for her success in her Social Work classes including Social Work Practice in India, an international course.

    Outstanding Service-Learning Student Award:

    -Winner: Michael Haulenbeek, for his work as a service-learning TA in ENVS 195/NR 185: Systems Thinking for Sustainability.

    Nominees:

    -Connor McFadden, Social Work

    -Leanne Avery, Social Work

    -Hung Mai, Graduate Assistant in College of Education and Social Service

    -Sarah Sterling, Community Development and Applied Economics

    Outstanding Service-Learning Community Partner Award

    -Winner: Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger

    -Winner: Joyce Shaw, St. Barnabas Anglican School in Cayo, Belize

    Nominees:

    -Orchard Elementary School

    -Saraswati Mandir Trust

    -Women Helping Battered Women

    -Women’s Rape Crisis Center

    -New Sudan Education Initiative

    In addition to these awards, the event will also feature a service-learning photo contest and a showcase of community-based projects.

    For more information on the Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning, visit www.uvm.edu/partnerships.

    2009 UVM Faculty, Students and Community Partners Receive Statewide Civic Engagement Awards

    Professors Jay and Meg Ashman of UVM's Department of Community Development and Applied Economics have been honored with the 2009 “Excellence in Community-Based Teaching” award by Vermont Campus Compact. Presented at a conference on April 1, 2009, this award recognizes a faculty member who has made public service an integral part of their teaching, to the benefit of both students and community. Founding faculty directors of the Belize Semester Abroad in Sustainable Development, the Ashmans were honored as a team for their long-term dedication to crafting experiences that make a meaningful impact on the local community and have a lasting impact on student learning. In addition to their work in Belize, Jay has been involved in programs in St. Lucia and Meg regularly teaches her strategic writing class as a service-learning course with partners in and around Burlington. As one student said of the Ashmans, “I have never before worked with professors as committed to their program and to their students…my time studying in Belize would not have as much meaning if it were not for the support and guidance I received from Jay and Meg.”

    Nick Balfour, a sophomore at UVM, was named UVM's student winner of the Commitment to Service and Engagement Award. Presented to one student on each Vermont Campus Compact member campus, this award recognizes the breadth and depth of each student's community engagement. Nick's involvement ranges from his status as a Vermont Community Service Scholar, to alternative spring break and 1st year orientation leadership, to leadership in the Dewey House for Civic Engagement. Nick was honored as a sophomore for both his involvement to date and his potential as a future leader of community engagement across campus.

    Professor Ernesto Mendez (Plant and Soil Science) was named as a finalist in the “Engaged Scholar” category for his work in supporting community-based participatory research at UVM, and for his long-term dedication to community participation in his agro-forestry research. Mendez is a founding member of the Community Participatory Action Research Network (CPAR) founded to further support this research approach at UVM and supported by the Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS).

    In addition, UVM had the honor of nominating a community partner who has made a commitment to partnering with the University to enhance student learning while providing meaningful service to the community. We were honored to recognize the Chittenden County Emergency Food Shelf for their work with the new UVM “Campus Kitchens Project.” Their partnership and investment has been pivotal to the successful launch of this program which incorporates student leadership, community service, and service-learning all in the name of increasing food systems sustainability.

    Faculty Selected for 2008 Fellowship Program in Service-Learning

    Each year, the office of Community-University Partnerships selects a small number of faculty members to participate in the Faculty Fellows for Service-Learning seminar program.  This program engages faculty in three intensive days of training in January followed by a semester of one-on-one support and a concluding seminar in May.  This program has trained more than 60 faculty members in service-learning pedagogy who have gone on to teach courses involving thousands of UVM students with local, regional, and national community partners.

    The following faculty members have been selected to participate in the in the Spring 2008 program:

    • Ken Bauer, Community Development and Applied Economics
    • Linda Berlin, Nutrition and Food Sciences
    • Don Ross, Plant and Soil Science
    • Kimberly Wallin, Forestry/Natural Resources

    Fall 2007 Service-Learning Implementation Grant Awardees:

    The Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) is proud to announce the winners of this fall’s Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning. Four projects will be receiving grants of up to $1000 from CUPS to aid them in integrating service-learning pedagogy into courses. A new grant cycle will offer further funding in April 2008.

    • Ken Bauer, Community Development and Applied Economics
      Bauer’s students in Applied Research Methods (CDAE 250) will work with Mercy Connections, a local nonprofit agency, to conduct a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the outcomes of their Women’s Small Business Program.  Specifically, they will work to understand the impact that this program has had on women who have completed it.  Funds will be used to support a research assistant who will support data collection and processing; the grant will also allow the Center for Rural Studies (a partner in this endeavor) to host the survey and database online.
    • Nancy Welch, English; Julie Roberts, Communication Science; Emily Manetta, Anthropology
      Professors Welch, Roberts, and Manetta have created a Problem-Based Service-Learning Community titled “Communicative Competencies in a Multi-Literate World.”  Students will concurrently enroll in 2-3 cross-disciplinary courses to explore the study of linguistics, issues of literacy, and language use.  They will apply their learning in a project with the King Street Youth Center helping to create “King Street Voices,” a blog that represents the diverse experiences of King Street youth.  The grant will fund materials and supplies for creating multimedia portions of the blog as well as a workshop for teens and UVM partners on elements of good storytelling.
    • Matthew Carlson, Political Science
      Students in Professor Carlson’s Asian Politics classes often take part in service-learning projects with local schools.  This grant will be used to help Carlson develop a long-term partnership with an Essex school in order to create a more sustainable and lasting relationship.  Carlson hopes that this long-term relationship will not only be more practical, but also provide a means for increasing and deepening contact between UVM and K-12 students.
    • Ernesto Mendez, Plant & Soil Science/Environmental Program
      Professor Mendez will use his grant funding to continue to pursue a long-term partnership with key actors in El Salvador around conservation and coffee.  Mendez has taken students to these communities for international service-learning courses, and now plans to bring representatives from this community to UVM to participate in strategic planning efforts around sustaining this partnership.  Goals include networking with other UVM offices that might partner with these colleagues, developing plans for multi-semester, multi-discipline coursework; and hosting several public events.

    UVM Faculty, Staff, and Students honored at Statewide Vermont Campus Compact Gala 2007

    Dr. Mary Watzin, Professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and Director of the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, has been named the 2007 winner of the Vermont Campus Compact Campus Engaged Scholar Award.  This distinctive award honors one faculty member in Vermont for making community engagement an integral part of his/her teaching and research, and recognizes the innovative or important use of knowledge for the public good.

    In addition, Carrie Williams Howe, Associate Director of the UVM Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) is the 2007 statewide winner of the Campus Leadership for Civic Engagement Award.  This award recognizes one staff, faculty, or administrator who has strived toward a vision and the institutionalization of service and/or civic engagement; supported faculty, students, and partnerships; and advanced public service on the campus. 

    Vermont Campus Compact (VCC), a statewide consortium of colleges and universities strengthening the civic mission of higher education, each year honors students, faculty and staff, and community agencies with whom they partner, for their contributions and impact on Vermont communities through campus service, service-learning and/or civic engagement.  All winners and finalists were honored at the VCC Gala on Thursday, March 29, at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. 

    Other UVM winners include student Nathaniel Moore, who has been named a 2007 winner of the TD Banknorth Commitment to Service and Engagement Award. Bonnie Acker and Abbie Nelson have been named as UVM’s Engaged Partner Award winners for 2007.  This award is given to one community partner per VCC member institution that has worked with a campus to develop and sustain a lasting partnership.  In addition, UVM students Allison Black-Foley and Ryan Farran were named as finalists for the statewide Madeleine M. Kunin Public Service Award, and Professor Julie Richards from the Department of Social Work was named as a finalist for the Award for Excellence in Community-Based Teaching.

    2007 Outstanding Service-Learning Award Winners & Nominees

    On April 26, 2007, the University of Vermont celebrated another year of community engagement and service-learning at its Annual Recognition Reception.   This reception, which was hosted by the Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS), highlighted the work that is being done to infuse curriculum at UVM with a value of civic participation by recognizing the outstanding contributions of faculty, community partners, and students in creating and implementing service-learning projects and programs. University of Vermont President Daniel Fogel and Provost John Hughes were present to help honor the following awardees:

    • The 2007 Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award was presented to Nancy Hayden, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering for her efforts to infuse the entire engineering curriculum with hands-on, experiential opportunities designed to truly meet the needs of partnering communities. Other faculty nominees included Nancy Brooks (Economics), Jackie Weinstock (Integrated Professional Studies), and Nancy Welch (English).
    • Valerie Esposito, PhD student in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, received the Outstanding Service-Learning Student Award for her performance in multiple roles as service-learning student, service-learning TA, and PhD researcher. 
    • Recycle North and The Williston Conservation Commission were dually recognized with the Outstanding Service-Learning Community Partner Award. The ReCycle North YouthBuild program (Deborah Shelden and Ethan Maurer) partnered with a graduate level career and lifestyle counseling course.  The Williston Conservation Commission has a history of partnering with UVM, and most recently Carrie Deegan and Gary Hawley partnered with a place-based landscape analysis course.  Other community partner nominees included Kate Strotmeyer (UVM Student Life) who worked with graphic design students, and Anya Schwartz and Peggy Curtis of the King Street Youth Center who have worked with multiple UVM courses.

    All of the above awardees were given the chance to designate a financial honorarium to the nonprofit of their choice in recognition of this honor.

    Spring 2007 Service-Learning Implementation Grant Winners

    The Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) is proud to announce the winners of the Spring 2007 Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning. Two projects have received grants of up to $1000 from CUPS to aid them in integrating service-learning pedagogy into their courses. A new grant cycle will offer further funding in Fall 2007. This semester's awardees include:

    • Ernesto Mendez (Environmental Studies/Plant and Soil Scient) - to fund planning efforts toward institutionalizing a participatory action research partnership in El Salvador.
    • John Hayden (Plant and Soil Science) - to fund the creation of a community garden in a partnering community in the Dominican Republic as part of a long-term service-learning project.

    Fall 2006 Service-Learning Grants and Fellowships

    Eight University of Vermont faculty members have been selected as spring 2007 service-learning Faculty Fellows by the Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS).   This semester's fellows are: Richard Watts, RSENR; Jennifer Jenkins, RSENR; Joshua Farley, CDAE; Mike Snyder, RSENR; Ximena Mejia, Counseling; Monica McKenna, RSENR; Mandar Dewoolkar, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Marjan van den Belt, Public Administration.

    The CUPS Offices is also proud to announce the winners of this fall’s Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning. Five projects will be receiving grants of up to $1000 from CUPS to aid them in integrating service-learning pedagogy into their courses. A new grant cycle will offer further funding in April 2007.

    Fall semester awardees include:

    • Scott A. McLaughlin- History: This grant will help fund the equipment and materials costs for a shipwreck simulation that is being created for ANTH 195: Archaeological Education. Those involved in this SL class will have the opportunity to incorporate real world learning from actual artifacts from the Sloop Island wreck. The simulator will be available as part of a traveling curriculum for use by UVM and other educational institutions in the Champlain Valley. 
    • Jan Decher, PhD- Biology: Funding as been provided to help the faculty member to explore the potential creation of a Faculty-Led Study Abroad program to Ghana at the Ankasa National Park.   This course will enable students to collaborate in conservation and education efforts with the Ghana Wildlife Society and villages affected by their projects.
    • Nancy Brooks- Economics: This grant will be used to enable economics students to work with the Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) in Burlington to learn about urban economic theory as it applies to local development.
    • Gary Flomenhoft - CDAE: Students in the newly developed semester-abroad program in Belize will participate in community and environmental projects revolving around the theme of sustainability that will complement their semester-long curriculum.  This grant will contribute to the costs associated with incorporating a service-learning project-based course into their curriculum. 
    • Christina S. Melvin - Nursing: In this service-learning course, students from the Nursing department will partner with the Winooski Wellness Project to deliver health screening and testing services to residents of low-income housing.
    • Julie Richards, MSA- Social Work: Students in the Social Work department may soon have the ability to take part in a Faculty-Led Program Abroad working with the Jewish Community in India.  Funding has been provided to assist the faculty member in developing a relationship that will allow for the development of a long-term service-learning partnership with this community.
    • Ximena Mejia- Integrated Professional Studies: This grant aims connect graduate students in a career counseling course with clients at local agencies who are exploring career and lifestyle choices.  Students will work with the clients to complete career inventories and explore decision-making options.

    Spring 2006 Service-Learning Grants and Fellowships

    The Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) is proud to announce the winners of the Spring 2006 Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning. Five projects have received grants of up to $1000 from CUPS to aid them in integrating service-learning pedagogy into their courses. A new grant cycle will offer further funding in Fall 2006. This semester's awardees include:

    • Mandar Dewoolkar, Civil and Environmental Engineering, who will integrate service-learning into his Geotechnical Design course by having students work on projects related to the foundational design and repair of historic structures.
    • Joshua Farley, Community Development and Applied Economics, who is working with a group of students and faculty on a service-learning course that will travel to Ethiopia in summer 2006. The group will help to conduct a 2-week conference which will bring together stakeholders and experts in order to conduct an ecological economic impact assessment of critical ecosystem services.
    • Scott McLaughlin, History, who will be teaching a course on small museum curation in partnership with the Jericho Historical Society.
    • Kazuko Suzuki, Japanese, who has formed a partnership with educational institutions in Japan; students from UVM will travel to Japan in Summer 2006 and present to local elementary schools on US and Vermont Customs and Traditions.
    • Sasha Davis, Geography, who is taking a course to Vieques, Puerto Rico in summer 2006 to conduct a geological mapping project for the re-development of the island after extensive bombing practices.

    Nine faculty were also accepted to the Spring 2006 Faculty Fellows for Service-Learning Seminar.

    These faculty began their training in January 2006 and continued throughout the Spring 2006 semester. They are:

    • Sarah Abrams (Nursing)
    • Matthew Carlson (Political Science)
    • Jeff Frolik (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    • Lynn Gregory (CDAE)
    • Matt Kolan (Natural Resources)
    • Scott McLaughlin (History/Anthropology)
    • Donna Rizzo (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
    • Kazuko Suzuki (Asian Studies)
    • Amy Trubek (Nutrition and Food Sciences)

    Each of these faculty members has committed to teach a service-learning course within one year of completing the training.

    2006 Oustanding Service-Learning Awards

    Each year, the Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning hosts a "Recognition Reception" to honor the dedicated work of those who participate in service-learning partnerships. Nominations are accepted from a wide group of stakeholders, and winners are chosen by a representative committee.

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    Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award Winners:

    • Daniel Baker, Community Development and Applied Economics
    • Eileen Burgin, Political Science

    Outstanding Service-Learning Student Award Winner:

    • Kelly Hayes, Natural Resources/Community Development and Applied Economics

    Outstanding Service-Learning Community Partner Award Winners:

    • Julie Graham, Chamberlin Elementary School / America Reads and Counts
    • Linda Shaw, Copley Hospital

    Five Faculty Awarded Fall 2005 Planning and Implementation Grants for Service-Learning

    The Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) is proud to announce the winners of this fall's Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning. Five projects will be recieving grants of up to $1000 from CUPS to aid them in integrating service-learning pedagogy into their courses. A new grant cycle will offer further funding in spring 2006.

    This semester's Awardees include:

    • Meaghan Emery - Romance Languages

      Professor Emery recieved this award to be used in three separate French courses undertaking a variety of service-learning activities, including a project that partners with local Congolese high school students.
    • Jeff Frolik - Electrical and Computer Engineering

      This grant will be used to develop a partnership between Professor Frolik's first-year engineering design course and local K-12 schools. UVM students will create interactive displays on engineering concepts in collaboration with local youth.
    • Rick Paradis - Environmental Program

      This grant will be used for Professor Paradis's course Comparative Mountain Systems Ecology and Conservation: New England and Scotland. The course will compare environmental conservation efforts in mountains in New England and Scotland; the course will partner with conservation associations in both geographic areas.
    • Matt Kolan - RSENR

      Students in NR 206: Environmental Problem Solving and Impact Assessment take on service-learning projects each semester to address what they see as problems in the local community. A fund will be created for students to apply for sub-grants to support the projects that they develop.
    • Roulef Boumans - RSENR

      This grant will be used in Professor Bouman's Local Economics Seminar to analyze available local buying programs, and to write a business plan for a solution to fill the gaps.

    2005 Outstanding Service-Learning Awards

    Each year, the Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning hosts a "Recognition Reception" to honor the dedicated work of those who participate in service-learning partnerships. This year, there were more than 20 individuals and partners nominated for these three awards, representing a diverse range of disciplines.

    Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty:

    • Jon Erickson, Rubenstein School
    • Patricia Erickson, Animal Sciences
    • Gary Flomenhoft, Community Dev. and Applied Econ.
    • * Walter Poleman, Botany / Field Naturalist Program
    • Julie Richards, Social Work
    • Sheila Weaver, Mathematics and Statistics
    • Jackie Weinstock, Integrated Professional Studies
    • Nancy Welch, English

    Outstanding Service-Learning Community Partner:

    • Monica Greene, Alburg Revitalization Committee (ARC)
    • Steve Hagenbuch, Audubon Vermont
    • Erin Talmage, Birds of Vermont Museum
    • Lindsey Ketchel, The Intervale
    • * Rhonda Barr, People in Partnership
    • * Megan Camp, Shelburne Farms
    • SUNY-ESF Engineers without Borders
    • Vermont Natural Resources Council
    • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps

    Outstanding Service-Learning Student:

    • *Alvin Chan, CDAE / Engineering
    • John Demeter, Public Administration
    • Kendall Kahl, Community Dev. and Applied Econ.
    • Matthew Kolan, Botany
    • Monique Priestly, Computer Science

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    Nine Faculty Awarded Spring 2005 Planning and Implementation Grants for Service-Learning

    The Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) is proud to announce the winners of this Spring's Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning. Nine projects will be receiving grants of up to $1000 from CUPS to aid them in integrating service-learning pedagogy into their courses. A new grant cycle will offer further funding in Fall 2005.

    This semester's awardees include:

    • Garet Allen-Malley, Education
    • Lisa Chase, Extension / Natural Resources
    • Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Geography
    • Ann Greenan-Naumann, Physical Therapy
    • Fred Magdoff, Plant & Soil Science
    • Rycki Maltby, Nursing
    • Bob McCullough, History / Historic Preservation
    • Christina Melvin, Nursing
    • Yuichi Motai, Engineering

    CUPS Announces Faculty Recipients of Service-Learning Grants

    The Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) is proud to announce the winners of this fall's Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning. Seven projects will be receiving grants of up to $1000 from CUPS to aid them in injecting service-learning pedagogy into their courses. A new grant cycle will offer further funding in Spring 2005.

    The faculty winners of the Fall 2004 Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning are:

    • Mary Canales and Judy Cohen (Nursing) to create service-learning opportunities for graduate nursing students enrolled in a new course - Policy, Organization, and Financing of Healthcare - through partnerships with local health care organizations that would benefit from policy research, policy-writing, legislative assistance, etc.
    • Susan Comerford (Social Work) to integrate a service-learning component into a social welfare policy practice course. The service-learning project will help students to become familiar with the process of policy formulation and policy analysis through key partnerships with legislative bodies and/or nonprofit human service agencies.
    • Jane Mekkleson (America Reads and Counts/Education) for improvements to the service-learning elements of the America Reads/Counts program and the Education seminar in which literacy tutors participate.
    • Roulef Boumans and Saleem Ali (Gund Institute) to provide equipment that will help to facilitate a partnership between the Gund Institute and Chulalongkorn University in Peru. The partnership will explore conflict resolution, and will help to provide ecological, economic, and social welfare evaluations of potential construction and maintenance of gas pipelines through remote areas of Peru.
    • Fran Kahn (Learning Cooperative) to improve the service-learning element of a course cross-listed with Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE) and Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) called "Finding Community Voice." The course will most likely partner with the Vermont Refugee Resettlement program and the Visiting Nurses Association to address the needs, and find the strengths, of a growing population of Congolese, Sudanese and Bantu Somali refugees.
    • Ellen Marsden (RSNER) to create a service-learning project between students in Ichthyology (the study of fishes) and ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. The project will help ECHO to create programming for visitors through student presentations.
    • Charles Rathbone (Education) to create a mentoring project between middle school students in Burlington and UVM students in EDEL 24 - Learners and the Learning Process - that fosters exploration of diverse cultures and diverse learning styles.

    2004 Outstanding UVM Faculty and Community Partners Honored at Spring Reception

    The UVM Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) proudly named its first annual Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty and Outstanding Service-Learning Community Partners, at a ceremony on April 28.  Both honors carried monetary awards.

    Faculty Winners:

    • Bob Costanza and Jon Erickson from the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.

    Faculty nominees:

    • Dan Baker
    • Phyllis Bronstein
    • Mary Canales
    • Bob Costanza
    • Jon Erickson
    • Josh Farley
    • Tom Hudspeth
    • Erica Hurwitz
    • Chris Koliba
    • Kathleen Liang
    • Willard Morgan
    • Yuichi Motai
    • Diane Peterson
    • Walter Poleman
    • Richard Schramm
    • Patricia Stokowski
    • Sheila Weaver
    • Jackie Weinstock

    Community Partner Winners:

    • Celia Cuddy, The Women’s Rape Crisis Center, nominated by both Suzy Comerford and Julie Richards (Social Work) and the Virginia Mullen, Senior Art Guild, nominated by Fran Kahn of The Learning Coop.

    Community Partner Nominees:

    • Alliance for Climate Action
    • American Lung Association
    • Baird Center for Children and Families
    • Burlington Community & Economic Development Office
    • Burlington Community Justice Center
    • Burlington Electric Department
    • Burlington Food Council
    • Burlington Legacy Project
    • The Center for Rural Studies
    • Champlain Elementary School
    • Charlotte Central School
    • ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
    • Edmunds Middle School
    • Edmunds Middle School PTO
    • Food Works
    • Intervale Foundation
    • King Street Youth Center
    • Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
    • Senior Art Guild
    • Shelburne Farms
    • South Burlington School District
    • Vermont Education for Sustainability Project
    • Women’s Rape Crisis Center

    2004 Service-Learning Planning and Implementation Grants

    The Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Planning & Implementation Grants for Service-Learning.  Seven projects will be receiving grants of up to $1000 from CUPS to aid them in injecting service-learning pedagogy into their courses:

    The winners of the mini-grants are:

    • Jan Carney (Medicine)
    • Josh Farley (Community Development and Applied Economics)
    • Gary Flomenhoft (Community Development and Applied Economics)
    • Christina Melvin (Nursing)
    • Yuichi Motai (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    • Jane Petrillo (Diane Gayer, Kathleen Liang) [Community Development and Applied Economics]
    • Walter Poleman (Botany)

    UVM Faculty, Students, and Staff honored by Vermont Campus Compact

    • Commitment to Service Student Award Winner: Laura Megivern
    • Community Impact Student Award Winner: Laura Sforza
    • Engaged Staff Award Finalist: Courtney Lamontagne, CUPS Associate Director
    • Excellence in Linking Community with Academics Finalist: Richard Schramm, UVM CDAE
    • Engaged Scholar Award Winner: Lynne Bond, CUPS Director, UVM Psychology Department

    For more information about these awards: Campus Compact Spring Gala Awards (Spring 2004)

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