HECUA’s
inaugural semester in Northern Ireland,
“Democracy and Social Change”
great success.
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Ten students from the University of
Minnesota, Macalester College, Gustavus
Adolphus College, the College of St.
Benedict’s/St. John’s University,
and Hamline University participated.
– Lorraine
Heffernan, Program Director, expressed
admiration for the students and her
sense of accomplishment at being able
to bring internships to fruition in
a country whose education system doesn’t
typically offer professional internships.
St. Olaf J-Term Partnership with HECUA
Introduces Students to Cities’
Rich Diversity
Youth
community cabaret, "Inclusive
Space," curated by City Arts
students featured over 30 students
from five area elementary and high
schools.
–
In April five City Arts students organized
the event as part of their group study
project. The students secured the
donation of the St. Patrick’s
Cabaret, as well as in-kind donations
of food and art materials from a variety
of local businesses.
– The project focused on the
uses of art and performance in working
with youth for social change.
Partners
Internship Program 2002 kicked off
with June seminar
– The seminar included supervisors
as participants, an introduction to
HECUA and its programs, a panel of
former PIP students and supervisors,
roundtable discussions and a discussion
of learning tools to help facilitate
a meaningful work and learning experience.
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An early August seminar is planned
to help end internship and integration
of the work and learning into student's
lives. 20 student interns will work
in a variety of arts, community and
environmental organizations.
Fellows
get taste of HECUA programs in U.S.,
Northern Ireland and Guatemala
–
Minneapolis/St. Paul programs Spring
Fellows Programs familiarized faculty
and staff at member campuses with
HECUA’s programs and teaching
style and helped identify resources
HECUA can offer.
– Northern
Ireland Program Advisory Group members,
Kelly Kraemer, College of St. Benedict,
and Cris Toffolo, University of St.
Thomas, and HECUA Executive Director
Amy Sunderland visited the Northern
Ireland program in April. Trip included
visits with students at their internship
sites and discussions with program
personnel and the UNESCO center staff
to further develop the collaborative
learning partnership.
– Chris
Chiappari, St. Olaf College, and HECUA
Director of Programs, Jackie Geier,
visited the Environment, Economy,
and Community in Latin America program
in Guatemala in March. Highlights
included participation in a Maya ceremony,
as well as a tour with the mayor of
Panajachel, where they learned about
citizen involvement in the wastewater
treatment system which has led to
a more engaged citizenry.
HECUA
partners with Macalester to offer
Intensive Spanish J-term in Ecuador
in 2003, open to all schools.
–
Macalester's Spanish Department approached
HECUA in response to departmental
and college interest in finding creative
ways of exploring language study and
to address the demands of the language
requirement.
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The "bridge" course is designed
to motivate students to continue beyond
the requirement and increase enrollments
in Latin American Studies. Field work
will serve as a “lab” and
introduce more students to contemporary
social issues as in Community Internships
in Latin America.
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The course will be taught by HECUA
faculty in Ecuador with a "faculty
liaison" from Macalester.
“Service-Learning
for Social Justice,” experiential
hands-on model, developed by HECUA
& Gustavus staff.
–
Faculty and administrators from Gustavus
Adolphus College and Macalester College
along with HECUA program directors
Bill Reichard (City Arts) and Lorraine
Heffernan, will head to HECUA’s
program site in Northern Ireland for
a week in August to develop service-learning
courses for January 2003.
–
The program will explore ways to connect
students and courses to social justice
themes, and use service-learning as
a tool for social justice. Follow-on
seminars will be held in the Twin
Cities this fall.
–HECUA
hopes to offer similar programs in
the future at other sites, and encourages
other member campuses with an interest
in exploring this model to contact
HECUA Director of Programs, Jackie
Geier.
Carnegie
Foundation Political Engagement Project
selects Metro Urban Studies Term for
research project.
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Project will address the decline in
student political engagement. The
program was selected because of its
commitment and accomplishments in
sustaining student political involvement.
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Results will be disseminated by Carnegie
through conferences, web and other
means.
