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Civic & Academic Engagement in the Multiversity (Symposium: June 10, 2005)

Program

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Friday, June 10

8:45–9:15 Continental breakfast and registration
   
9:15–9:35

Welcome
C. Judson King, Director, CSHE
Robert Birgeneau, Chancellor, UCB
Robert Dynes, President, University of California

   
9:35–11:00

Institutional Civic Engagement: Research, Purpose and Strategies

Moderator: MRC Greenwood, Provost and Senior Vice President, University of California

Speaker: Barbara Holland, Indiana University
National Trends and Perspectives: Why research universities should consider new approaches to encouraging civic engagement

Speaker: Frank Gilliam, Associate Vice Chancellor for Community Partnerships, UCLA
A University of California Institutional Perspective

Respondent: Meredith Minkler, Professor of Public Health, UCB

   
11:00–11:15 Coffee Break
   
11:15-12:30

What We Know About Student Civic Engagement: Best Practices, National Trend and UC Data

Moderator: Tom Ehrlich, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Speaker: Lori Vogelgesang, Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA
National Data and Trends

Speakers: Richard Flacks, UCSB and Gregg Thomson, UCB
How UC Students Vary in Their Levels of Interest In and Involvement with Public and Community Life - A Sample of UCUES Data

Respondents:
Andy Furco, Director, Service-Learning Research & Development Center, UCB
Joe Kiskis, Chair University Committee Educational Policy, UCD

   
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
   
1:30 - 2:45

Civic Engagement, the Undergraduate Academic Experience, and Policy Implications: Results from the University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey and the SERU21 Project

Moderator: Jodi Anderson, Regent

Speaker: Richard Flacks, UCSB
Explaining Variation in University of California Students' Civic Awareness and Participation

Speaker: Gregg Thomson, UCB
Thinking Globally and/or Acting Locally? Community Service and Civic Engagement Orientations of Berkeley Undergraduates

Respondents:
Michael Brown, Chair BOARS, Graduate School of Education, UCSB
Jeff Wright, Dean College of Engineering, UC Merced

   
2:45 – 3:00 Break
   
3:00 – 4:15

Civic Engagement and the Curriculum: Opportunities Defined

Moderator: Mike Schudson, Co-Chair Commission on General Education, UCSD

Panel:
Denise Segura, Vice-Chair University Committee Educational Policy, UCSB
Cliff Brunk, Vice-Chair Academic Senate, UC

   
4:15 – 4:45

Audience Discussion

Final Comments & Next Steps
Kathy Komar, Chair Academic Senate, UCLA