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ENGAGING GENERATION Z: INTEGRATING GLOBAL AND LOCAL VISION, STRUCTURE, AND INNOVATION
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UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS PRESENTERS
Camille George, AVP, Global & Local Engagement and Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Elise Amel, Director, Office of Sustainability Initiatives and Professor, Psychology
Sarah E. Spencer, Director, Office of Study Abroad
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GENERATION Z OVERVIEW
IdentityTechnology Family Life Social IssuesCareers
EducationPrivacy & Safety
Global + Innovative
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OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL & LOCAL ENGAGEMENTS
Purposeful Interactions
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KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR APPROACH
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VISION
Responding to the needs of the 21st century: Students need to demonstrate intercultural agility, curiosity and empathy to navigate the complexities of the contemporary world.
Our vision is to promote a wide-range of experiential learning experiences to all stakeholders.
GALE Vision: The Center for Global and Local Engagement at the University of St. Thomas facilitates learning programs that promote intercultural agility and ethical community engagement. The Center gives all students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to advance the
common good through study away experiences and transformational community partnerships that address social, environmental, and economic issues important for our
region and world.
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MISSION
GALE Mission The Center for Global and Local Engagement provides a University-wide structure to support ethical and sustainable partnerships, programs, and policies that enable the University to advance the common good through traditional and innovative approaches to study abroad and community engagement.
Responding to our Strategic Plan- St. Thomas 2020: Living our Mission, Expanding Our Horizon
From a global perspective, coordination with study abroad experiences From a local perspective, emphasize the ‘glocal’ and the need to introduce intercultural
learning in our diverse metropolis
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STRUCTURE
Structure: Faculty & staff for programmatic efforts: Study Abroad, Community Engagement, Sustainability Initiatives, Social Impact.
Directors are both staff and faculty
Directors meet once a month
Shared resources: Centralized administration (event planning, calendar coordination), assessment and budget support.
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AGREEMENTS & ASSESSMENT
Two areas of expertise that are often overlooked
Develop a more coordinated approach to agreements with external partner organizations
Develop consistent policies
Develop an assessment strategy to refine our programs
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OFFICES WORKING TOGETHER
Office of Sustainability InitiativesOffice of Community EngagementOffice of Study AbroadSocial Innovation ‘Collaboratory’
SUSTAINABILITY
energy
water urban wetlandsurban agriculture
waste transportation
community
climate
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY
Evolution
Interdisciplinarity
Value
Opportunities
CASE: PSYCHOLOGY OF SUSTAINABILITY ABROAD
•Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, Freiburg, Köln, Lüneburg, Magdeburg, Göhrde
•Explore how behavior affects the environment and how the environment affects behavior
•Understand social, cognitive and developmental aspects of real social problems
•Upper-level credit toward majors/minors in Psychology, Environmental Studies & Environmental Science
LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable Communities Partnership
Collaborates with cities to link city-identified, high-priority,
sustainability projects with St. Thomas courses
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP
SCOPE?
Individual project Unit Group
projectCourse theme
STUDENT WORK
Needs assessment best practices
precedentsData collection
& analysisDesigns, models, prototypes, maps, plans, programs
Cost/benefit analysis
Communication, outreach, education
Policy recommendations
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
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OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (OCE)
OCE MissionInspired by Catholic Social Teaching, the Office of Community Engagement accompanies global and local partner organizations by supporting the design, implementation, and evaluation of courses that use collaborative strategies of engagement to advance the common good.
ENGAGE, EXAMINE, EMPOWER
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OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Analyzed past Service Learning Courses in light of the world’s most pressing needs
Identified theme based initiatives
Guiding Principles
Best Practices
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OCE - GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Do no harm & maximize the common good
Recognize the Scholarship of Engagement (community partners are co-educators)
Critical Service-Learning (attends to dynamics of privilege and power)Radically Inclusive (inspired by Catholic Social Teaching where diverse
worldviews and faith traditions are respected)Collaborative Strategies of Engagement (wide framework from charity to
justice)Project-based Approach (partner organizations define deliverables)All staff are educators to extend learning and serve the mission of
education
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OCE BEST PRACTICES
Adopted six best practicesReciprocity (partner articulates a real need)Student Orientation (every student trained for engagement across lines
of difference)Quality Reflection (the experience is not graded; student learning is
evaluated)Common Good (work promoting the net social & environmental
conditions necessary for human thriving)Student Evaluation (connection between academic content and
experiences)Program Assessment/Community Voice (partner’s voice in assessing
success)
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OFFICE OF STUDY ABROAD
Stabilization Assessment & FinanceCommonalitiesCommunity engagement – global or localIntercultural learning/agilityProgram managementShort-term – course-based, faculty-directedLanguage of experiential learning
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EXTRA THOUGHTS
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QUESTIONS?DISCUSSIONHow are your current students engaging with complex, contemporary local and global communities?
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THANK YOU
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