Students
Q: What is UNIV 101?
Q: How is the CCE related to UNIV 101?
Q: How many hours of Civic Engagement are required?
Q: So only five hours?
Q: What if I don’t like the projects you have listed on your website?
Q: When is it due?
College/School Liaison Group for UNIV 101
Q: What is the College/School Liaison Group?
Q: Who selects members of the Liaison Group?
Q: How often does the Liaison Group meet?
Q: Where do the Liaison Group meetings occur?
Members
Responsibities
Students
Q: What is UNIV 101?
A:
UNIV 101 is a mandatory course designed to maximize the student’s potential to succeed in the classroom and to manage the challenges presented in college and professional life. Although each college/school determines most of the course content, several essential core elements enable the University to achieve the learning outcomes for UNIV 101. These core elements include topics that introduce students to the city of Philadelphia, to life as a college student, and to their major through interaction with faculty and staff within their discipline.
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Q: How is the CCE related to UNIV 101?
A:
The Center for Civic Engagement administers student placements in the civic engagement projects that are required of all students. The CCE also plans and executes events, such as speakers, for UNIV 101 students.
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Q: How many hours of Civic Engagement are required?
A:
Being engaged in the community requires you to think differently about your contribution to society as a whole. Thinking in terms of hours diminishes the value of the project for both you and the organization you are serving. The best placements will likely expect you to serve on a weekly basis, for an hour or two, for several months. Some placements are one-day events, which also fulfill your requirement. Some placements are short in time span, such as a shift at a food bank or dinner in a soup kitchen, and in which case we expect you to visit this placement to complete a minimum of 5 hours.
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Q: So only five hours?
A:
No. If you choose to complete a one time project, such as a neighborhood tree planting that lasts 4-5 hours, you have met the expectations for the civic engagement project. If you choose to serve at an adult education center, a local school or community computer lab, you may be expected to serve for a longer period, such as an entire term. If you serve at the food bank for a 3-hour shift, you are expected to return again and complete the five-hour minimum of community engagement.
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Q: What if I don’t like the projects you have listed on your website?
A:
We encourage you to explore your own interests and create your own project. But all projects must be pre-approved by the Center for Civic Engagement to ensure that the project is appropriate. You must submit the project request to the CCE a minimum of two weeks prior to the end of the term for pre-approval.
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Q: When is it due?
A:
Each college and school has its own schedule for UNIV 101. We urge you to not wait until it is due, as placements fill up fast and we want to ensure you are able to complete UNIV 101.
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Q: What is the College/School Liaison Group?
A:
UNIV101, Drexel’s freshman experience program, provides an introduction to community-based experiential learning for all admitted first year students. While curriculum content and design are largely determined by each college/school, a group of College/School Liaisons, representing each college/school, meets regularly to discuss and review issues related to UNIV101.
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Q: Who selects members of the Liaison Group?
A:
Liaisons are selected by each college/school, and serve at the pleasure of their particular college/school.
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Q: How often does the Liaison Group meet?
A:
Generally speaking, the Liaison Group convenes at least monthly. If a particular issue arises in between meetings, the group is then called together to address that issue.
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Q: Where do the Liaison Group meetings occur?
A:
The meetings are normally held in the Large Conference Room of Pennoni Honors College (5th floor of McAlister Hall).
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Members
The members of the Liaison Group are listed below, along with the college/school they represent:
Albert Mosley – Convener (CCE/PHC)
Ian Abrams, Associate Professor (AWCoMAD)
Maria Benedetto, Professor (CoNHP)
Heather Blackburn, Program Manager (Goodwin)
Alexander Friedlander, Associate Dean (CoAS)
Lynne Hickle, Associate Dean (The iSchool)
Jackie McCurdy, Assistant Director of Academic Programs (LCOB)
David Miller, Director of Recruitment (AWCoMAD)
Maria McNichols, Program Manager (Goodwin)
Regina Ruane, Program Coordinator (Sch of Ed)
Margie Schmidt-Stein, Assistant Professor (CoNHP)
Rachael Switalski, Academic Advisor (CoE)
Yolonda Udvardy, Academic Advisor (CoE)
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Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of the Faculty Liaison Group is to offer a periodic assessment of UNIV101. Through regularly scheduled meetings, the liaisons bring a variety of concerns and issues from each college/school, and discuss ways to address these issues and concerns. It is important to note that the Liaison Group serves in an advisory capacity, and does not make decisions concerning course curriculum content or design. This group does, however, have the authority to suggest recommendations for the overall improvement of UNIV101 for our students.
A secondary and equally significant responsibility of individual members of the Liaison Group, is to convey the interests and desires of their respective college/school to the larger body. The learning outcomes and goals of UNIV101 are successfully accomplished through the full participation of each of Drexel’s colleges/schools. Through their role as a conduit, individual liaisons make it possible for us to accomplish the desired learning outcomes and goals of UNIV101.
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