In February of 2016, the Office of Community Engagement invited faculty and staff stakeholders to an introductory strategy session, inviting participation in writing a plan for course-based engagement at the University of St. Thomas

1. STRATEGIES FOR
ENGAGEMENT AT
UST
OFFICE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
“CLUSTER” MEETINGS
FEBRUARY 2016

2. INTRODUCTIONS
THANK YOU . . .
. . . for coming to this planning meeting
for creating an initiative through the
Office of Civic Engagement towards
INSERT YOUR CLUSTER HERE.
TODAY:
1. Introductions
2. GALE Update
3. “Cluster” Model
4. Our Task
5. Next Steps

3. community engagement
Inspired by Catholic Social Teaching,
the Office of Civic Engagement at the
University of St. Thomas accompanies
global and local partner organizations
by supporting the design,
implementation, and evaluation of
curricular components and courses that
use collaborative strategies of
engagement to advance the common
good.
—Vision Proposal, 2015

4. conceptualizing engagement

6. MODEL:
Hiv/aids INITIATIVES
Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas
educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically,
act wisely, and
work skillfully to advance the common good.

7. HIV/AIDS Initiatives
The HIV/AIDS Initiatives were initially
funded by a grant in order to recruit
faculty from multiple disciplines to
engage around this public health issue
by working in mutually beneficial
partnerships with local community
organizations.
The grant funded:
1. Faculty training workshops,
2. student orientation luncheons,
3. Co-curricular programming
(such as World AIDS Day
events, film screenings,
lectures),
4. Closing ceremony.

8. COMMUNITY PARTNERS

9. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY?
Students in Paola Ehrmantraut's
Spanish English Translation (SPAN
490) class translated documents from
English to Spanish pro bono for Open
Arms of Minnesota. This organization
delivers meals to people who are living
with HIV/AIDS and other life limiting
illnesses.

10. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY?
Students in Jill Manske’s Biology of
Emerging Infectious Disease (BIOL
490) class studied food-born illness
and assembled food safety kits to
educate clients of Open Arms of
Minnesota about the importance of
food safety.

11. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY?
Students in Tim Scully’s Advanced
Video Production course (COJO
370) created public service
announcements and informational
videos for use by Open Arms of
Minnesota.

12. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY?
Students in Lisa Waldner’s Research
Methods in Sociology (SOCI 210)
class conducted client satisfaction and
volunteer satisfaction surveys for Open
Arms of Minnesota. Students analyzed
the data and reported their findings
back to the organization.

13. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY?
Students in Angela High-Pippert’s
Introduction to American Public
Policy (POLS 205) class studied public
and private approaches to an issue
(i.e., public health) and delivered meals
for Open Arms of Minnesota in order to
look at a private approach, and
interacted with Minnesota AIDS Project
in order to look at a public approach.

14. WHAT WAS THE SCOPE OF OUR
ENGAGEMENT?
Since 2004, 1,462 students have
enrolled in courses with a designated
service-learning component through
our HIV/AIDS Initiatives.
The Initiatives have to date involved:
• 21 different faculty members
• teaching 72 sections of classes
• in 14 disciplines.
1,462

15. COMMENTS | questions?
?

16. Our task.
Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas
educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically,
act wisely, and
work skillfully to advance the common good.

17. “ROAD MAP” | discussion
The Office of Civic Engagement is asking
you to help create a “road map” for this
cluster:
1. Inventory Current Engagement
2. Research Programs at Other
Universities
3. Articulate Program Objectives
4. Propose a Policy for Vetting Partners
5. Develop a Faculty Recruitment Plan
a) UG/G: all seven colleges
b) Curr/Co-Curr
c) Global/Local
6. Measure Impact
7. Examine Funding Options
8. Propose Visibility Strategy

18. NEXT STEPS
1. Overall point person?
2. Who else should be at this table?
3. Next meetings?
a) March
b) April
c) May

19. THANK YOU!
Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas
educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically,
act wisely, and
work skillfully to advance the common good.