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Engaged Scholarship
Source:
Courses
2008
Applicat
ion
2,5
37
525
Faculty
194
233
38
41
Students
Departments
20122013
3,139
646
Percen
t
Chang
24.0
%
23.0
%
21.3
%
7.9
%
2012-2013 Service-Learning
Data Based on
Undergraduate FTE
# of Service% of Total
Courses
Learning
Courses
646
# of Depts.
Represented by
Service-Learning
4
1
# of Faculty
233
# of Students
Participating in
Service-Learning
3,139
6.3%
% of Total
Depts.
85.0%
% of Total
Faculty
13.6%
% of Total
Students
10.3%
Professional Development
Across campus, there are a variety of
programs that offer support for
community-centered courses and
program development, research, and
outreach activities. The university
offers Scholarship of
Teaching
and Learning (SoTL) grants and
Chancellors Diversity Challenge Fund
grants for faculty that can be used to
design and implement community
engagement programs and courses,
the depth and breadth of professional
development options for faculty, staff,
and administrators has become more
intentionally focused on community
engagement.
Service-Learning Showcase
In Fall 2011, an interdisciplinary
group of UNC Charlotte faculty
organized the first annual servicelearning showcase on campus. The
three-hour event began with a panel of
faculty from the Colleges of Liberal
Arts & Sciences, Health and Human
Services, Education, and Computing
and Informatics discussing their
various approaches to and experiences
with
service-learning.
Audience
members asked questions about
applying for the service-
Campus Compact
The Campus Compact group on
campus is comprised of faculty and
staff from a wide variety of
departments and offices. The group
meets once a month to develop
strategies that deepen community
engaged practices among faculty,
students, and staff.
Each year, a team from UNC Charlotte
attend the Civic Engagement Institute
and PACE (Pathways to Achieving
Civic
Engagement)
conferences
sponsored by North Carolina Campus
Compact. Travel funding is fully
supported. The goals of both
conferences
include
involving
university and community members in
discussions of the best practices and
theories related to community
engagement, soliciting institutional
support,
identifying
challenges,
negotiating barriers, and highlighting
research and practice on related topics.
Student-Focused Community
Engagement
56%
community engagement by
evaluating the
rate,
frequency, and
69,592
$ 1,464,216
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30
2007
2012
2014
Graduate Research
Independent Study
Internship
Student Group
Volunteer
Other
0
Student Community Engagement
Among 16 Learning
Communities,
81%
31%
incorporated service-learning as a
core element of the course.
Prospect for Success--Quality
Enhancement Plan
As a part of the universitys Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
(SACS) re-accreditation received in
2013, the UNC Charlotte Quality
Enhancement Plan (QEP), Prospect
for Success, outlines the Universitys
strategies for preparing students to
become curious, self and culturally
aware students committed to their own
academic
success.
Intentionality,
curiosity, and awareness are the
foundational elements for engaged
student learning. As noted in UNC
Charlottes Prospect for Success
handbook, students who described
themselves as being engaged were
more likely to express satisfaction,
attain greater success, and persist in
their education than peer who are
not engaged (see Krause 2007; Astin,
Source:
Learning Communities
Established in 2001, UNC Charlotte
now has 17 residential and nonresidential Learning Community
(LCs) options for new students. For
the 2012-2013 academic year, there
Common Reading
The Common Reading Experience is
designed to provide a shared academic
experience to assist all first-year
students in their transition to UNC
Charlotte. This program offers unique
service
assisting
refugees
and
immigrants in the Charlotte region.
Participating
opportunities
for
self-reflection,
critical thinking, student interaction,
and
understanding
of
diverse
perspectives. Adoption of the common
reading is especially encouraged in
first year seminars, first year writing,
and general education courses, though
any faculty interested in using the text
in their teaching is welcome.
community
service
formed
a
significant part of her learning process
at UNC Charlotte. The minor, she
said, provided the perfect opportunity
for me to go into the community and
figure out what they need to thrive and
live a satisfying life. The most
fulfilling aspect of her experience was
recognizing the power to help an
individual or a neighborhood obtain
sustainability, Sims said. She is
currently pursuing a career as a high
school guidance counselor.
The Urban Youth and Communities
minor draws on diverse departments
for its
coursework,
including
Africana studies, geography, history,
criminal justice, Latin American
studies, middle school and secondary
education, anthropology, sociology,
psychology communication studies,
religious studies, childhood and family
development, liberal studies and
education.
Student
Organizations
46%
Fraternities
and
Sororities
Athletics
Source:
Greek Organizations
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority
Life articulates four pillars serving
as the foundation for fraternities and
sororities: scholarship, leadership,
philanthropy & community service
and
SPOTLIGHT: ENACTUS
Social Entrepreneurship is the
process of pursuing innovative
solutions to social problems. More
specifically, social entrepreneurs
adopt a mission to create and sustain
social value.
Enactus is a community of student,
academic, and business leaders
committed to using the power of
entrepreneurial action to enable
human progress, with more than 500
student chapters. Enactus student
teams develop projects to support
people in need and improve the
quality of life of individuals in the
community
by
focusing
on
environmental, social, and economic
factors that can create long-term,
sustainable solutions to real-world
problems.
At
the
regional
competitions, student teams make
presentations about their projects to
a panel of business leaders who serve
as judges. The national competition
showcases each regional champions
projects from the year.
In 2013, UNC Charlottes of Enactus
chapter achieved
its
first
top
national
20
ranking at the o r
ga n i z a t io ns a
n n u a l
competition.
The
UNC
Charlotte
team
was
a
fourth
runner-up in the
semi-final round
of
competition,
winning $1,500 in
pr
iz
e
m
o
ne
y.
T
h
e
y
acknowledging
the
mutually
beneficial exchange of knowledge and
resources
with
surrounding
communities in a context of
partnership and reciprocity.