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RECOGNITION:
-Metro Urban Studies Program Director
Phil Sandro celebrates a decade
of service. For a closer look at Phil’s
contributions click
here.
-City Arts Program Director Bill
Reichard’s poem,
“On the Pontoon,” was
featured on MPR/Garrison Keillor's "The
Writers Almanac", Friday, July
23.
-Civil Rights Program Director Rose
Brewer, received the UM Josie R.
Johnson award for human rights and social
justice.
-Board member Lisa Heldke was
selected for the highest faculty honor
at Gustavus Adolphus, the Edgar Carlson
Award for Distinguished Teaching.
-Board member Karen Vogel, was
awarded Hamline’s highest honor,
the Burton and Ruth Grimes Teacher of
the Year Award.
-Former Board member and HECUA founder,
Hamline University Professor Emeritus
Don Irish is the recipient of
the 2004 Award for Peace and Justice
from the Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundation.
-Three $500 scholarships were awarded
to Fall ‘04 students – Heidi
Christine, UM for Metro Urban Studies;
and for Ecuador: Alexander Hindin,
Hamline University and Emily Kolanko,
UW-Madison
PRESENTATIONS:
- Bill Reichard will be one
of the “featured facilitators”
at Service-Learning In The Arts Conference
in October. Presented by Campus Compact
and HECUA at the Minneapolis College
of Art and Design. For more information
visit www.mncampuscompact.org
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-Garry Hesser, Augsburg College,
will present at the National Society
for Experiential Education Midwest Regional
Seminar in Minneapolis.
-Jacquelyn Geier, Martha Malinski,
Roisin McLaughlin, and Martha Moscoso
will offer a bilingual presentation
on “Culturally Appropriate International
Internships”at NSEE Conference
in September in Florida.
STAFF
UPDATES:
-Domestic program staff are now housed
in the HECUA Offices. Many thanks to
Walker Community Church for providing
us with a program home the past three
years. MUST program will meet at the
Resource Center of the Americas.
-Michael Eaton has accepted a
new position as Executive Director for
the NCCA/National Model United Nations.
A search is currently underway for his
replacement.
-Elizabeth Petheo has left HECUA
and is pursuing a Masters in Sustainable
International Development at Brandeis
University in Waltham, MA.
- Welcome to Tracey Tennyson,
Program Assistant. Tracey will assist
Jackie Geier and have primary support
responsibility for the PIP and Civil
Rights programs. She is a 2003 MUST
alumna and a recent Hamline graduate
who majored in Social Justice.
- Welcome to Alysha Boie, the
new Program Outreach Assistant. She
is a 2003 graduate of the University
of St. Thomas and comes to us from Hope
Community, a non-profit organization
in South Minneapolis.
STAFF
ANNIVERSARIES:
Martha Malinski – 5 years, Sara
Carpenter – 4 years, David Holliday
– 2 years, Julia Nerbonne–
1 year, and of course, Phil Sandro –
10 years.
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To
make a donation to HECUA or to find
out about planned giving opportunities,
contact Phil Hatlie
(651/287-3316, [email protected])
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ALUMNI
NEWS:
Alumni
Programs Reconnect Alumni with HECUA
-Abroad Program Directors Reception
kicked off HECUA’s commitment to
reconnect alumni to HECUA and improve
our alumni relations. Fifteen attended
July event which included an informal
reception at Intermedia Arts, followed
by group dinners for each program location
at a local restaurant.
-Alumni solicitation has brought contributions
of nearly $1,100. Response meets expectations
for HECUA’s first foray into offering
the opportunity to give financially
to HECUA.
-Alumni travel programs launched with
a trip to Guatemala in June 2004. Michael
Eaton and Martha Malinski led a 10-day
learning and travel excursion to Guatemala.
Highlights included a site visit to
Common Hope and discussions with local
social justice activists. Upcoming travel
programs for alumni (& friends)
will be Northern Ireland 2005 and Norway
2006.
HECUA Recognizes Alumni Donors –
Emily Binnian, SAUS Fall 78
Stacy Oftelie, SUST Fall 86
Terese Rand Bridges, SAUS Fall 88
Mary Ellison, SUST Fall 88
Pete Vedell, SAUS Fall 88
David Spawn, SAUS Fall 89
Doug Micko, MUST Spring 93
Laura Wolff Brown, SAUS Fall 94
Stephen Faust, CILA, Spring 96
Sarah Sharp, SAUS Fall 96
Emily Nitti Macias, SAUS Fall 98
Lindsay Schwab, CASLA Spring 00
Anna McGovern, EECLA, Spring 02
Kecia-Gaye Osbourne, CILA Fall 02
Allen Bateman, Bangladesh, Jan 04
Jane Becker, Bangladesh, Jan 04
Jennifer Taber, MUST Spring 04
HECUA Receives Grant for Alumni
Relations
- HECUA received an organizational effectiveness
program grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation
to strengthen its alumni relations and
widen the circle of support for HECUA.
Grant builds on our long-standing partnership
with Bremer and will strengthen our
organizational capacity in substantive
ways.
STUDENT
PROGRAM UPDATES:
HECUA
Receives Grant for Environmental Sustainability
Program
- The Mississippi Watershed Management
Organization awarded a grant to HECUA
to support a water quality assessment
project that will be conducted in this
fall’s Environmental Sustainability
program. This will allow HECUA students
to work with community organizations
in Minneapolis’ Longfellow community
to understand attitudes and behaviors
about pressing environmental issues,
and make recommendations about future
research and practice within the watershed.
Environmental
Sustainability Program to House and
Partner with Institute for Agriculture
and Trade Policy.
• IATP and HECUA will host a brown
bag lunch series that will meet select
Mondays during October and November
to discuss program topics. HECUA is
looking for board and faculty to help
promote speaker series.
Program Development Committee Formed
to Investigate Potential Sites for Future
- Efforts have begun to locate new international
program sites for the future. Stay tuned
for exciting new possibilities.
- If you are planning to travel as part
of your work, we invite to you to contact
Jacquelyn Geier, Director of Programs,
(651/287-3306, [email protected]) to
see if this is a potential site for
a HECUA program.
HECUA Holds Retreat for Program Directors
and Staff to Strengthen Connections
Organization-Wide
-All abroad program directors –
Talim Hossain (Bangladesh), Roisin McLaughlin
(Northern Ireland), Tim Szlachetko (Norway),
and Martha Moscoso (Ecuador) as well
as Maria Arboleda (Academic Coordinator,
Ecuador) were able to attend July retreat.
Included was a session on mental health
issues presented by member college professionals
Trish LaPlante (Hamline), Barbara Benner
(University of MN) and Steve O’Neill
(St. Olaf College).
New Norway Programs Considered
-New Program Director Tim Szlachetko
is working to develop new short-term
or semester programs. Please contact
him or Jacquelyn Geier, Director of
Programs, (651/287-3306, [email protected])
with your ideas.
New Bangladesh 2006 Semester Program
Under Development
-Program Director Talim Hossain and
former Program Director Haroun Er Rashid
visited the Twin Cities in the spring
to discuss the elements of a semester
program. Bangladesh Program Advisory
Group has also been planning for the
expansion which will include broadened
field work and internship components.
Documentation and approvals are now
underway on member campuses and with
HECUA’s partner, the Independent
University of Bangladesh.
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION ACTIVITIES:
Professional
Education Programs to Focus on Diversity,
Multi-Cultural Urban Experiences
- St. Olaf College Twin Cities Faculty
Training, August 12-18, completed its
fourth year. Participants focused on understanding
issues of the Twin Cities particularly
looking at issues of diversity and oppression
utilizing the fundamentals of experiential
education. Program participants intend
to develop a cohort of St. Olaf staff
who have attended this workshop over the
past four years.
- Macalester College will offer a faculty
program focused on incorporating multi-cultural
urban experiences into the classroom with
assistance from HECUA. The program (August
2005 & 2006) is funded by a multi-year
Bush grant and is being developed by Macalester
faculty Karin Aguilar-San Juan and Duchess
Harris, and HECUA staff, Sara Carpenter.
FELLOWSHIP
& INTERNSHIP NEWS:
Partners Internship Program 2004 Wraps
Up with Internship Seminar on Summer Projects.
• PIP interns gave presentations
on their work and reflected on what they
have learned and accomplished including:
trained 100+ volunteers to plant 150 trees,
designed web site (www.hmonghail.org),
curated an art exhibit, created a five-year
restoration plan, coordinated five summer
concerts, conducted interviews to compile
testimonies for legislation on human rights
and set-up an employment resource center.
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