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Search
Underway for HECUA Executive Director
Citing
the occasion of completing ten years
of leadership during which HECUA grew
and thrived, Amy Sunderland resigned
as Executive Director in May. A The
committee will begin meeting in August
to outline the hiring process, draft
the job description and create the position
announcement. If you have questions
please contact the Chair of the Search
Committee Margit Johnson ([email protected],
507-646-4031). The Search Committee
includes both Board Representatives
(Margit Johnson, Carleton College; Mary
Wagner, College of St. Catherine; and
Solveig Zempel, St. Olaf College) and
staff members (William Reichard, Michael
Eaton and Judy Sharken Simon).
Rose
Brewer, University of MN, Named to Lead
Civil Rights Movement January-Term Program
Dr. Brewer is a professor of African-American
Studies and a Morse Alumni Distinguished
Teaching Professor. Her areas of interest
and research are the intersection of
economy, culture and Black family life,
Black women’s studies, race, class
and gender, social transformation, and
critical theory. She has also taught
at the College of St. Catherine and
holds a B.A. from Northeastern College
and an M.A., and Ph.D. from Indiana
University. This appointment exemplifies
rotating leadership of short-term programs
among consortium members.
Otto
Bremer Foundation Endorses Continued Collaboration
with HECUA – Funds Partners Internship
Program (PIP) for Three More Years
The Foundation has granted $480,000 to
fund PIP through Summer of 2006. To date
the Otto Bremer Foundation has provided
more than $1 million in grants to HECUA
since 2001 to continue programs for civic
engagement, student involvement and social
justice.
Curriculum
Integration Project In Motion
This project will identify how HECUA
programs fulfill general education/major
requirements on member campuses. Information
will help students envision ways HECUA
programs can assist in completing major/minor
degrees and will provide faculty with
a clear sense of the learning achieved
on HECUA programs.
Partners
Internship Program Interns Attend Two-Day
Reflection Seminar at St. John’s
University
Interns gave presentations, reflected
on their work and learning and celebrated
their accomplishments. Projects included
starting a transitional housing shelter
for domestic violence survivors, coordinating
meetings on ending homelessness, creating
a garden and curriculum for preschoolers,
designing a Web site for a small theater
organization, working with the Somali
community on the issue of sexual violence,
starting a campaign assistance project
for female political candidates, and
organizing the new Midtown Market in
Minneapolis.
Philanthropy
Fellows Announced
University of Minnesota students Ayana
Weekley, Feminist Studies major working
in area of health disparities within
communities of color, and Circe Toruellas,
Public Policy major working in area
of organizational effectiveness, have
been awarded Fellows Grants to work
at the Otto Bremer Foundation fall semester.
HECUA Scholarship Recipients Named
Congratulations to Fall 2003 scholarship
recipients Ellen Moore, College of St.
Catherine and Marla Depew, Augsburg
College for Community Internships in
Latin America; Robby Schreiber, St.
John’s University for Environmental
Sustainability Semester; and Adam Leonard,
St. John’s University for Metro
Urban Studies Term.
First
Annual Working for Change: Vocation, Careers
and Social Justice Workshop Draws 50 Alumni
• Event at Macalester College held
in late May provided informational sessions
to help students sharpen job search skills
and connect with alumni working in fields
such as community and labor-organizing,
adult education, youth work, domestic
and international service, and the nonprofit
sector. A second workshop will be held
next year.
HECUA
Metro Urban Studies Term Part of Carnegie
Foundation Research Project
This project will research ways to engage
students in the political process. HECUA
is one of 25 courses & programs
nation-wide selected to participate.
Results of project will provide “tool
kit” of resources for a new social
justice/political engagement pedagogy
to be disseminated around the country.
Phil Sandro (Metro Urban Studies Program
Director/Interim Scandinavia Studies
Progam Director) attended a preparatory
workshop in early June to kick off the
3-year research project. Joanna Kadi,
Interim Metro Urban Studies Program
Director) will implement the first phase
of the research this Fall.
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