Community-Engaged Learning News
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Natalie DeCesare SU ‘19 Honored as a 2018 Newman Civic Fellow
The Newman Civic Fellowship “recognizes and supports community-committed students who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country.”
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Spring Breakaway 2018
Three groups of SU students traveled to communities across the country to engage in direct service and learn about complex social justice issues.
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It’s Up to Us
As the campus leader of the Southwestern University Up to Us team, I had the opportunity to travel to Oakland to participate in the winter training session. Going into the weekend, I knew the purpose of the session was to prepare each team leader, but I did not know how they would achieve this.
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A BiG Change of Perspective
During the spring semester of my senior year, I took the community-engaged learning course “Survey of Exceptionalities” with Dr. Alicia Moore, which examined special education, the stigmas that surround it, and the policy that influences it. Students got to choose the location that they wanted to volunteer with. Most chose to be in a special education classroom within local elementary schools, but I chose to spend my time with the citizens of BiG: Brookwood in Georgetown, “a community where adults with intellectual challenges are celebrated and empowered by engaging their talents in meaningful work.”
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What is the GEH?
The Global Engagement Hall, or as students refer to it “The GEH,” is a community of sophomores, soon to be open to all upper-classmen, that helps students get the most out of their Southwestern experience.
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Southwestern University and the Williamson County Institute for Excellence in Nonprofits Formalize Partnership
A new memorandum of understanding outlines opportunities for collaboration that will support students while building the capacity of area nonprofits.
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Southwestern University Student Honored as Newman Civic Fellow
Eugenia Agobe ’23 recognized for commitment to solving public problems
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Campus Voting Above the National Average at Southwestern University
College-student voting skyrocketed nationwide in 2020
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Southwestern University Again Earns Voter-Friendly Campus Designation
SU has been recognized for the third time for supporting civic education and voter participation.
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Southwestern University Student Honored as Newman Civic Fellow
Music and political science double major Maureen Rendón ’21 is recognized as a campus leader for her commitment to public service.