2013-2014 REPORT

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING

USM students participating in service-learning courses, internships, co-curricular service-learning and community service have contributed 214,385 hours in the community for economic impact of $4,309,193.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2013-2014 Highlights 1

Undergraduate Academic Service-Learning 3

Co-Curricular Service-Learning & Community Service 6

2013-2014 Community Partners 7

Undergraduate Academic Credit-Bearing Internships 8

2013-2014 CBL REPORT

2013-2014 Highlights:

ENGAGED TEACHING SERIES

We were pleased to offer this three part faculty-led series providing space for faculty to come together, learn

about and share effective service-learning methodologies, explore the components of successful community-

campus partnerships and discuss research potential for this work. Engaged teaching and scholarship has

mutual benefits for faculty, students and the community.

FMI - http://usm.maine.edu/cbl/spring-2014-engaged-teaching-series

Foundations of Service-Learning – February 28 – Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt

Developing Reciprocal & Sustainable Community Partnerships – March 7 – Dr. Tracy Michaud-Stutzman

Community Engaged Scholarship – April 10 – Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt

CAREER FAIR

The Office of Community-Based Learning sponsored a Job Fair on February 12, 2014 at the Sullivan

Recreation & Fitness Complex on the Portland Campus. The Job Fair was an opportunity for students and

employers to meet in an informal setting and discuss employment and career possibilities. 400 students

from all majors, as well as alumni and the general public attended the fair, where they interacted with 55

prospective employers (22 of these were nonprofit organizations). A large majority of employers

indicating they felt they spoke with qualified candidates!

URBAN WATER SERVICE-LEARNING COLLABORATIVE

During the Fall 2013 semester, students in five courses engaged in service-learning projects addressing local

water issues. The semester began with a presentation from Curtis Bohlen of Casco Bay Estuary Partnership

and culminated with a poster session. Courses partnered with Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, the City of

Westbrook, USM’s Office of Sustainability, and Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District.

Participating Faculty & Courses

Nancy Artz, HON 310 – Honors Global Ethical Inquiry: Nine Billion People, One Damp Rock

Lucille Benedict, CHY 233 – Analytical Chemistry

Hermeet Kohli, SWO 365 – Examining Oppression and Valuing Diversity (2 sections)

Rob Sanford, ESP 305 - Community Planning

Karen Wilson, ESP 280 - Research and Analytical Methods

NEW MAINERS’ DAY

Roughly 100 Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services (CCRIS) clients and staff, along with USM

staff and volunteers, gathered at the Woodbury Campus Center to celebrate New Mainer’s Day. The event

was comprised of a meet-and-greet, welcoming remarks, lunch, children’s activities, and a demonstration by

Maine Marimba Ensemble. Although the rain prohibited a campus tour, a brief information session was led

by USM staff of Admissions and the Bridge Program. About 15 young adults and adults interested in USM

studies attended the information session, and were able to ask detailed questions. By spending time on

campus and speaking with USM staff, CCRIS clients are more likely to engage with USM in the future.

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COLLEGE EXPERIENCE DAY

On Tuesday, October 29th, 24 students

and 2 teachers from Casco Bay, Deering,

and Portland High Schools joined at

USM for a taste of university life. Based

on academic interests, student

participants chose 2 courses from a list

of 9 courses of various disciplines on

which to sit in during the day. The USM

Admissions Office took two groups of

students on campus tours to get a better

feel of what departments are on the

Portland campus and where they can be

found. Following the campus tour and

courses, participants ordered food in

the cafeteria, as a regular USM student

would do. After lunch, all gathered in the Lee Auditorium to hear about current USM multicultural students’

experiences before and during their time at USM. Debriefings at respective high schools revealed how

valuable this exposure to a university campus was for students.

HUSKY DAY OF SERVICE

141 Students, faculty and alumni came

together for Husky Day of Service to work with a

variety of 16 community partners, ranging

from Portland Gear Hub, to Preble Street Soup

Kitchen, Animal Refuge League and Partners for

World Health. Together, they contributed an

incredible 459 hours connecting with veterans,

middle school students, and other community

members to make greater Portland an even

greater place to live. Volunteers and host sites

alike boasted about the personal and community

impact of this day, how energizing and fun it was

to come together, and their excitement to work

together in the future.

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Undergraduate Academic Service-Learning

Courses delivered this year incorporating service-learning components are listed on the following page.

These courses range in their depth and breadth of service-learning. Some incorporate one-time projects or

optional service-learning, while others have service-learning as the foundation for the curriculum. Because

hours are a quantifiable part of service, we have captured that data; hours served does not necessarily

correlate with impact. This data is collected by staff, faculty teaching the courses, and self-reported records

from students serving in the community.

28,185 hours

of academic service-learning

1,478 students

47 Faculty

54 courses

Over 100 Community

Partners

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2013-2014 SERVICE-LEARNING COURSES

College of Science, Technology & Health

COURSE SEMESTER PROFESSOR

STUDENTS

ENROLLED HOURS SERVED

ADS 300 Fall/Spring Julie Alexandrin 32 236

CHY 233 Fall Lucille Benedict 20 360

ESP 101 Fall Joseph Staples 58 500

ESP 280 Fall Karen Wilson 20 400

ESP 305 Fall Rob Sanford 22 380

ESP 400 Spring Rob Sanford 6 400

ESP 401 Spring Rob Sanford 7 100

ITT 343 Spring Carl Blue 21 210

LIN 185 Spring Dana McDaniel 25 300

LIN 236 Fall/Spring Brenda Schertz 53 580

NUR 339/41 Fall/Spring Clement/Sepples/Zuckerman 35 692

PSY 401 Fall/Spring Robert Bruce Thompson 3 450

RSP 110 Fall Elizabeth Dodge 4 20

RSP 402 Spring Elizabeth Dodge 2 42

SPM 385 Spring Karen Croteau 6 420

TAH 211 Spring Tracy Michaud Stutzman 25 125

TAH 399 Spring Tracy Michaud Stutzman 21 120

TOTAL 360 5,293

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

COURSE SEMESTER PROFESSOR

STUDENTS

ENROLLED HOURS SERVED

AED 221 Fall Kelly Hrenko 10 30

CMS 450 Spring Dennis Gilbert 29 2000

COR 301 Fall Adam Tuchinsky 20 400

CRM 225 Spring Sandy Wachholz 19 95

CRM 334 Fall Sandy Wachholz 19 118

ENG 230 Fall Lorrayne Carroll 21 270

EYE 117 Fall Adam Tuchinsky 17 60

HON 103 Spring Margaret Reimer 9 30

HON 310 Fall Nancy Artz 17 60

HTY 360 Fall Libby Bischoff 9 135

REL 399 Spring Gary Johnson 19 266

TOTAL 189 3,464

Represents # of students

involved in service-learning;

not total course enrollment

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College of Management & Human Service

COURSE SEMESTER PROFESSOR

STUDENTS

ENROLLED HOURS SERVED

ANT 241 Fall Tracy Michaud Stutzman 21 315

ANT 311 Fall Tracy Michaud Stutzman 25 1000

BUS 347 Spring Nancy Artz 29 15

BUS 369 Spring Bob Heiser 70 2500

BUS 450 Fall/Spring John Voyer 108 1070

EDU 305 Fall/Spring Alec Lapidus 44 583

EDU 310 Fall/Spring Julie Canniff 50 623

SED 335 Fall Patricia Red 27 170

SWO 201 Fall Carolyn Ball 25 200

SWO 201 Fall/Spring Paul Johnson 61 488

SWO 365 Fall Hermeet Kohli 25 150

SWO 393 Spring Ray Belicose 37 740

SWO 403 Fall Paula Gerstenblatt 44 4000

TOTAL 566 11,854

Lewiston-Auburn College

COURSE SEMESTER PROFESSOR

STUDENTS

ENROLLED HOURS SERVED

LCC 123 Fall Rosemary Cleary 16 48

LCC 345 Fall/Spring Hammer/Robinson 58 580

LCC 370 Fall Michelle Vazquez Jacobus 20 230

SBS 346 Fall Michelle Vazquez Jacobus 19 470

SBS 430 Fal/Spr/Sum Patrick Norton/Anne Edwards 59 1225

SBS 315 Fall/Spring Elaine Makas 40 800

SBS/LOS 329 Fal/Spr/Sum Sharon Timberlake, Tara Coste 63 1740

SCI 199 Fall/Spring 32 256

LOS 315 Fall Elizabeth Fisher Turesky 12 420

LOS 611 Spring Tara Coste 17 680

SBS 411 Spring Carol Nemeroff 10 155

LOS 501 Spring Liz Turesky 9 270

OTH 505 Spring Susan Spear 4 100

CAP* Fal/Spr/Sum Jacobus/Nemeroff 4 600

TOTAL 363 7,574

*CAP = Community Applied Projects/Independent Study

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Co-Curricular Service-Learning & Community Service

PROGRAM/EVENT SEMESTER # OF

STUDENTS HOURS SERVED

Husky Day of Service Spring 141 459

America Reads* Fall/Spring 6 316

Other Volunteerism** Fall/Spring 31 602

New Mainers’ Day Spring 10 45

Enactus*** Fall/Spring 136 2,174

TOTAL Service Contribution 324 3,596

*America Reads tutors provide valuable literacy help to elementary and middle school students in Portland

and Gorham. USM students work with classroom teachers to help students reach their learning potential.

**Other Volunteerism refers to students who volunteer through our K-12 college access mentoring and

tutoring partnerships or at other organizations in their communities and reported their hours to us.

***Enactus is an international non-profit organization, with a USM chapter, that works with leaders in

business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities

while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. Enactus teams are active on

more than 1,600 academic institutions in 39 countries.

‘Street to Heat’ serves as an incredible example of the type of project that emerges when academics collide

with community needs. Students have taken what they gained in a fall service-learning course far beyond

the classroom in an effort to address the lack of housing for veterans. Inspired by a student write-up in Dr.

Paula Gerstenblatt’s Social Work Methods course highlighting Rural Studio’s $20k home project and a talk

by Pam Dorr, a social entrepreneur and ‘rural housing champion,’ students were eager to address one of the

largest social issues here in Portland.

Rural Studio’s housing project began in 2005 and set out to provide a living space that was an alternative to

the mobile home. Rather than try to find a house for someone with financially limiting circumstances, these

homes are built with the soon to be owner’s income as the guide. The project received its name from the

‘highest realistic mortgage a person receiving median Social Security checks can maintain.’ Based on this

concept, coupled with students’ knowledge of using similar shipping containers in Iraq and Afghanistan as

housing, came the idea to build $20k houses for homeless Maine veterans.

A collaboration between students from all backgrounds and interests has Gerstenblatt, Dorr and the

university’s Architecture and Social Work departments enthusiastic about possibilities. The group includes

Robert Marcroft, a social work major, working in Veterans’ Housing Services and who recently finished a

placement at Preble Street, a local non-profit that addresses homelessness, hunger, and supports other

anti-poverty initiatives, Jessica Pao and husband San Pao (a veteran himself), Jennifer Burgess, Ben

Burgess, and Cheri Crossman. They’ve managed to get other campuses excited too, bringing in Eric Stark

and Rosie Curtis from the University of Maine at Augusta’s Architecture Department.

The team work, passion, and creativity of this group of students is moving. As they meet over the summer,

we look forward to watching as they learn and this project comes to life.

STUDENT ACTION SPOTLIGHT

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2013-2014 Community Partners

The following is a list of some of the more than 100 community organizations with which USM partnered

through service-learning courses, co-curricular service-learning and community service.

Advocates for Children

American Cancer Society

American Red Cross

Androscoggin County College Transitions

Auburn Public Library

Autism Speaks

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Boys & Girls Club

Buxton Center Elementary School

Catholic Charities of Maine

Center for Grieving Children

Community Concepts

Community Little Theatre

Cultivating Community

Ecomaine

Efficiency Maine

El Centro Latino

Environmental Health Strategy Center

Friends of Willow

Good Shepherd Food Bank

Goodwill

Gorham Adult Ed

Gorham Middle School

Gorham Rec Dept

Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau

Habitat for Humanity

Haaran, LANN

Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project

Intercruise

LAC Veterans Services

LearningWorks

Lewiston Housing Authority

Lewiston Public Library

Looking Ahead Clubhouse

Maine Audubon

Maine Lakes Volunteer Association

Maine Public Broadcasting

Maine State Museum

Make It Happen

Mildred L. Day School in Arundel, ME

Museum LA

National Alliance on Mental Illness

New Beginnings

Out of the Darkness

Outright Lewiston/Auburn

Planned Parenthood

Portland Adult Education

Portland Housing Authority

Portland Lions Club

Portland Mentoring Alliance

Portland Public Schools

Portland Water District

Preble Street Resource Center

Reverb

Root for ME

Saco Parks and Recreation Department

Safe Voices

Sandcastle Clinical and Educational Services

Sherwood Heights Elementary School

Speaking Up for Us

Special Olympics

Street to Heat Veterans Project

Strength to Live Walk

Support Our Troops

Sweetser-Belfast

St. Mary’s Nutritional Center

The Rising Tide

Tree Street Youth

Tri-County Mental Health

Trinity Episcopal Church

UNICEF

Unite Against ME Bullying

Windham Middle & High School ESL

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Undergraduate Academic Credit-Bearing Internships

COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT COURSE FALL ‘13 SPRING ‘14 SUMMER ‘13 TOTAL HOURS

Art ART 400 10 6 4 20 2400

Communications CMS 430 15 15 13 43 5160

Criminology CRM 395 8 9 0 17 2040

English ENG 409 4 1 0 5 600

Geo-Anthropology GYA 350 1 1 0 2 240

History HTY 300 6 5 0 11 1320

Media Studies CMS 492 4 11 5 20 2490

Political Science POS 470 2 0 0 2 240

Poli Sci – Interna. POS 480 2 0 0 2 240

Sociology SOC 395 1 0 0 1 120

Theatre THE 492 0 0 1 1 120

TOTAL 53 48 23 124 14,970

182,604 internship

hours

1,766 students

64 courses

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTH

DEPARTMENT COURSE FALL ‘13 SPRING ‘14 SUMMER ‘13 TOTAL HOURS

Environmental Sci. ESP 400 13 7 0 20 4000

ITT 440 7 6 4 17 3400

Exrcse, Hlth, Sport Sci. SPM 495 0 27 8 35 12600

Linguistics LIN 395 1 1 0 2 240

Nursing NUR 307 78 36 0 114 456

NUR 325 51 64 0 115 12880

NUR 542 9 0 0 9 1008

NUR 386 0 0 12 12 672

NUR 339 22 54 0 76 4256

NUR 341 39 23 7 69 3864

NUR 436 3 23 23 49 2744

NUR 437 41 0 15 56 3136

NUR 538 9 0 0 9 504

NUR 331 49 75 0 124 6944

NUR 531 10 0 0 10 560

NUR 419 1 8 7 16 896

NUR 422 50 41 23 114 6384

NUR 544 0 8 0 8 448

NUR 428 62 52 23 137 7672

NUR 516 0 8 0 8 448

NUR 425 48 59 22 129 7224

NUR 526 0 7 0 7 784

NUR 480 52 55 22 129 19866

NUR 667 0 23 0 23 3864

NUR 668 23 0 0 23 5152

NUR 669 0 23 0 23 5152

NUR 673 9 9 0 18 3024

NUR 679 0 8 0 8 1792

NUR 686 0 0 5 5 1120

NUR 621 1 0 0 1 112

NUR 622 0 1 0 1 112

NUR 623 2 0 0 2 600

NUR 638 0 0 3 3

Psychology PSY 410 2 7 4 13 1560

Recreation & Leisure REC 495 6 3 0 9 5040

TOTAL 588 628 178 1,394 128,514

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COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN SERVICE

DEPARTMENT COURSE FALL ‘13 SPRING ‘14 SUMMER ‘13 TOTAL HOURS

Accounting ACC 395 4 20 3 27 3240

ACC 396 0 3 0 3 360

ACC 695 0 1 0 1 120

Education EDU 324 3 4 0 7 840

Finance FIN 395 2 3 2 7 840

Sustainable Business BUS 391 1 1 0 2 240

Marketing BUS 392 5 6 2 13 1560

Sport Management BUS 393 0 1 0 1 120

Business Internship I BUS 395 2 2 3 7 840

Business Internship II BUS 396 0 0 1 1 120

Sport Mgmt Intrnshp BUS 397 2 2 5 9 3600

Risk Mgmt, Insurance RMI 395 0 2 3 5 600

Social Work (field wk) SWO 411 42 0 0 42 5040

Social Work (field wk) SWO 412 43 0 43 5160

TOTAL 61 88 19 168 22,680

LEWISTON AUBURN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT COURSE FALL ‘13 SPRING ‘14 SUMMER ‘13 TOTAL HOURS

Internship HUM 447 1 2 1 4 480

Internship LOS 447 3 2 3 8 960

Internship SBS 447 11 12 8 31 3720

Internship SCI 447 6 1 4 11 1320

Occupational Therapy OTH 621 0 19 0 19 9120

TOTAL 21 36 16 73 15,600

WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES

DEPARTMENT COURSE FALL ‘13 SPRING ‘14 SUMMER ‘13 TOTAL HOURS

Woman & Gender St. WST 485 0 7 0 7 840

TOTAL 7 0 7 840

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WORDS FROM STUDENTS, COMMUNITY, AND FACULTY

“Service-learning brought to life the scenarios discussed in class relating to the under-served and dislocated in my community. Anyone can find themselves in a situation where getting a meal on the table becomes a struggle, and understanding how that happens and how to get people back on their feet further cemented my desire to become a social worker.” –Jessica Morrison

Meeting and working with my mentee has had a great influence over me and has helped me personally reflect on myself. Interacting with her has shown me how lucky am I to have the family that I do along with the opportunities that I have been given. Working with my mentee has made me realize that helping people is something that I am good at and also that it's something that I really like to do. This experience has helped me set goals such as continuing to volunteer as a mentor throughout my entire college experience.”

Nicole Mayhan, student

Jessica Morrison, student

Liam Connelly, student

“To faculty thinking about this - give it a shot. […] Dip your toe in and start small. You get a lot of support from the Office of Community-Based Learning. […] The mission of a Metropolitan University is to be better connected to the community. Community-based learning will become more, not less, important. I would urge everyone to give it serious consideration.”

John Voyer, Faculty

Our relationship with USM has grown over 4 or 5 years now. […] USM students are very important to the ongoing daily programming of the Boys and Girls Club. Many students stick around much longer than their commitment. The partnership has been amazing. It’s really such a win-win for everyone involved.

Tiffanie Panagakos,

Community Partner