CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WEEK
September 17-24, 2009
Northfield Connect: Serve and Learn in the Local Community
Thursday, September 17th
11:20am- 12:35pm (Community Time)
Viking Theater, Buntrock Commons
*Refreshments and snacks will be provided
Short presentations from local community leaders and about their organizations and opportunities to get involved through internships, academic civic engagement project, community-based work study, volunteering projects, etc., followed by opportunities to network with community leaders in the Crossroads.
Organizations that will be presenting: Cannon River Watershed Partnership, Growing Up Healthy, HOPE Center, The Key (Union of Youth), Laura Baker Services, League of Women Voters, Middle School Youth Center, Northfield Area Family Y.M.C.A, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield.org, Northfield ECFE, Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, Tacking Obstacles Raising College Hopes (TORCH), War Kid Relief, 5th Bridge and others.
Volunteer Network Fair
Thursday, September 17th from 5:00-7:00pm
Buntrock Plaza
Come learn about the various opportunities to volunteer in Northfield through VN programs. Sponsored by the Volunteer Network.
Presentation by Chad Pregrake– Founder and President of Living Lands and Waters
Thursday, September 17th at 7:00pm
Viking Theater
Chad Pregrake, Founder and President of Living Lands & Waters will present his journey to becoming America’s only “industrial strength” river clean-up organization. Sponsored by the Cannon River Watershed Partnership, The Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation, and St. Olaf College. The CRWP will also be sponsoring a Cannon River Clean-up on
Saturday, September 20th from 9:00am- 12:00pm. Please contact Lisa Carey (lisa@crwp.net or 507-786-8400) if you would like to volunteer.
Conversation on Civic Engagement
Monday, September 21st from 5:30-6:45pm
Trollhaugen (bring your caf tray)
Come exchange ideas and explore collaboration with other students who are interested in civic engagement and social change.
Social Change Student Organization Fair
Tuesday, September 22nd from 4:30-6:00pm
Crossroads
Student organizations focused on social activism and social change will be providing information and advocacy resources. Sponsored by the Activism for Social Change Honor House. Please contact Emily <larsone> if your organization would like a table.
Leaders for Social Change Chapel Talk and Reception
Thursday, September 24th
Chapel Talk (11:00-11:15am) & Reception (11:20am-12:15pm, Sun Ballroom)
Learn about nine students’ experiences interning with local nonprofit organizations as part of the Leaders for Social Change Summer Internship Program.
Academic Civic Engagement complements traditional coursework by encouraging students to learn in the community and to apply academic knowledge and tools to address community issues. Common approaches to academic civic engagement include: service-learning, community based research, public scholarship and other forms of community-based learning. During the 2008-09 academic year, more than 14 courses, impacting over 250 students included an academic civic engagement component.
2009-10 Academic Civic Engagement Courses
2008-09 Academic Civic Engagement Courses
Civic Engagement Week is sponsored by the Center for Experiential Learning. For more information, please contact Nate Jacobi, Associate Director, Civic Engagement.