From: Barrett Brenton
Date: October 28, 2020
Subject: Resources for Faculty - Community-Engaged Teaching, Research and Scholarship


CCE Faculty Newsletter

Oct. 2020 | Volume 9, Issue 3

Faculty engagement associate updates

Barrett Brenton, faculty engagement associateBarrett P. Brenton, PhD
Faculty Engagement Associate, UU-137
bbrenton@binghamton.edu, 607-777-2859

As we enter the later stages of this most unusual fall semester, I hope all is well. The extended winter session and a delayed start of the spring semester provides a perfect opportunity to consider developing community-engaged learning and research opportunities.  As highlighted in previous CCE faculty newsletters, there are a growing number of ways in which faculty, students and community partners have been managing to maintain virtual and online commitments to community engagement during these challenging times.

I am also here to work with you one-on-one to develop or modify your distance learning and in-person community-engaged teaching and research plans for winter, spring 2021 and beyond. In addition, the CCE is maintaining on our website a list of online and virtual service opportunities.

As always, the CCE staff and I are all here to facilitate and strengthen community connections for sustainable and mutually beneficial community-based learning and research, whether that experience is in person or through some other means.

The goal for each of the CCE newsletters is to share opportunities for professional development related to community-based teaching, research and scholarship. Feel free to reach out to me at any time to discuss your interest in these activities.

Public Archaeology Facility

Binghamton University to launch archaeology program for local middle schoolers

The National Science Foundation has awarded a two-year, $295,951 grant to help a team of educators at the Public Archaeology Facility implement an afterschool archaeology program for students in Whitney Point and Windsor schools. The program will serve approximately 150 students in grades 6-8 over the two-year pilot project.

Read more on BingUNews.

Faculty announcements

Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence in Community Engagement

It is with great pleasure that I share with you the recipients of two inaugural Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence in Community Engagement — one for scholarship and one for teaching. 

The 2020 Provost's Award for Faculty Excellence in Community-Engaged Teaching honors Binghamton University faculty Al Vos, associate professor emeritus of English, general literature and rhetoric in Harpur College, and collegiate professor of Hinman College. Vos demonstrated an exemplary commitment to community engagement that helped to create meaningful change through his teaching. 

The 2020 Provost's Award for Faculty Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship honors Binghamton University faculty Denise Yull, chair and associate professor of human development in the College of Community and Public Affairs. Yull demonstrated through her scholarship an exemplary commitment to community engagement that helped to create meaningful change through her community-engaged research.  

If you are interested in being considered for one of these awards, please review the guidelines for nominations.

Remind your students to vote!

Remember to tell you students to make their voices heard by voting on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Students registered to vote with their on-campus address will vote from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Events Center. In addition, be sure to look for post-election campus conversations for the University community.

Should you find yourself in the position of facilitating post-election conversations with students, consider these guidelines for facilitating dialogue on difficult issues.

Professional development

Webinars in the Time of COVID — archived

The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) hosted a webinar entitled Confronting Systemic Inequities: Implications for Conducting Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement on Sept. 18, 2020. You may access it on YouTube.

Imagining America: Artists + Scholars in Public Life hosted a webinar entitled Community Building, Community Caretaking, and the Spatial Imaginary on Oct. 19, 2020. You may access it on YouTube.

AAC&U resources for education, anti-tacism and assessment

AAC&U has made available an extensive list of online resources for strategies on teaching and civic engagement online during COVID-19, anti-racism resources and ways to assess student civic learning.

CCE resources

The Center for Civic Engagement provides resources and tools for faculty interested in incorporating community engagement into their teaching, research and scholarship. Learn more below.

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