In recognition of its work engaging with the 哈特福德 community, 信誉最好的网投十大平台 has been awarded Campus Compact’s Richard Guarasci Award for Institutional Transformation.
The award celebrates Trinity’s work to enact institution-wide efforts by aligning teaching, 研究, 实践, and values in service of the common good, 根据校园契约, a national coalition of colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education.
“Trinity is incredibly fortunate to be in the vibrant, diverse city of 哈特福德. 我们的学生, 工作人员, and faculty benefit from the rich possibilities for partnership in 哈特福德 and we hope to continue to reflect on and strengthen our connections,” 阿比盖尔·费舍尔·威廉姆森, director of Trinity’s Center for 哈特福德 Engagement and Research (CHER) and associate professor of political science and public policy.
Two-thirds of Trinity students participate in at least one community-engaged course during their time at college, 威廉森说. The College’s work has been intentional. Trinity refocused its attention on 哈特福德 a few years ago under President Joanne Berger-Sweeney’s Summit Strategic Plan.
“Our 2016 revised mission statement articulates Trinity’s role as ‘the preeminent liberal arts college in an urban setting,’ and emphasizes the opportunities that our location offers to engage students in deeper learning that fosters local and global citizenship,” President Berger-Sweeney, 神经科学教授.
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2022年秋季
610 Students participated in 52 community service events.
267 Students enrolled in 17 Community Learning courses.
15 Trinity mentors met twice weekly with 15 high school students at 哈特福德 Magnet 信誉最好的网投十大平台 Academy.
15 Students on three Liberal Arts Action Lab teams conducted semester-long 研究 on questions posed by 哈特福德 partners.
$12,517 Raised by student groups to be donated to 哈特福德 partner organizations serving the community.
此外，在2023年春季:
461 Tax returns were filed for low-income households by Trinity students and faculty through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
CHER was founded in 2018 with the goal of synthesizing community engagement efforts. Through interviews and dialogues with various constituencies, CHER subsequently identified four goals: enhance a culture of mutually beneficial community partnerships; celebrate 哈特福德 and combat harmful stereotypes; advance principles of diversity, 股本, 加入我们的团队, 在我们的校园, and in our partnerships with 哈特福德; and seek fewer boundaries between our campus and community.
Several of the ideas that emerged from the planning process generated results this year. In an effort to advance mutually beneficial partnerships, CHER worked with Library & Information Technology Services to revamp the CHER研究档案, where student and faculty community engagement projects can be stored in a searchable format that is publicly accessible to 哈特福德 community members.
To celebrate 哈特福德 and advance principles of diversity, 股本, and inclusion, CHER launched a community learning faculty toolkit, which provides resources for faculty on teaching about 哈特福德 and anti-racist community learning. In addition, CHER worked with offices across campus to develop a bilingual 社区访问传单 that explains how 哈特福德 residents can access various campus resources.
最后, to reduce barriers between campus and the community, CHER significantly expanded the partnership with the neighboring grade 6-12 inter-district magnet school, 哈特福德 Magnet 信誉最好的网投十大平台 Academy. A new committee comprising senior leaders at both institutions is guiding that work.
The Richard Guarasci Award for Institutional Transformation is presented as part of 校园契约影响奖, which recognize the outstanding work of individuals and institutions in pursuit of the public purposes of higher education.
“We appreciate being recognized for our participatory planning efforts, and we’re excited to be advancing some of the shared goals we identified. 也就是说, the planning process made clear the need to continually reflect on Trinity’s role in 哈特福德 and there’s always more that can be done,威廉姆森说。.
Awardees will be recognized during a summer event series hosted by Campus Compact and the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement to celebrate the recipients of each organization’s annual awards.
The recognition coincides with the College’s Bicentennial year.
伯格-斯威尼总统指出, “as Trinity approaches its bicentennial, we will build on these focused efforts to continue to celebrate and seek to strengthen our most distinctive quality: the College’s relationship with 哈特福德.”
