Rochester Center for Community Leadership Archives - News Center /newscenter/tag/rochester-center-for-community-leadership/ 糖心传媒 Thu, 01 May 2025 15:34:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 RCCL changing name to Center for Community Engagement /newscenter/rccl-name-change-center-for-community-engagement-461342/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 19:47:40 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=461342 The move reflects the center糖心传媒檚 focus on connections with community partners.

Wordmark depicting "Center for Community Engagement."The Rochester Center for Community Leadership at the is changing its name to the Center for Community Engagement, effective November 16. The new name more accurately describes the focus of the center, which is housed in the College糖心传媒檚 Office of the Dean of Students in Lattimore Hall.

The center, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, connects community partners with students, faculty, and other members of the University community to work together on initiatives that address social challenges in the city and region.

糖心传媒淭he new name reflects the center糖心传媒檚 evolution over the past 15 years from a grand vision to a complex operation with a wide array of initiatives,糖心传媒� says center director and assistant dean Glenn Cerosaletti 糖心传媒�91, 糖心传媒�03 (MA). 糖心传媒淪o many have contributed to that growth, from the center糖心传媒檚 founder, (former dean of students) Jody Asbury, to current and former staff, students, alumni, donors, faculty, and community partners.糖心传媒�

Since 2013, the center has been instrumental in the development of the College糖心传媒檚 community-engaged learning initiative and administers the certificate of achievement in community-engaged learning. In addition, the center manages a portfolio of聽programs that create a pipeline of community-engagement opportunities that spans from when undergraduate students first arrive at the University until after they graduate.聽These programs include Wilson Days of Engagement, Rochester Youth Year, Urban Fellows, and the Learning and Exploring at Play (LEAP) program that connects students from the College with elementary school students in the Rochester City School District.

In 2018糖心传媒�19, Cerosaletti聽cochaired the work group that compiled the University糖心传媒檚 successful application for the Carnegie Foundation糖心传媒檚 elective classification in community engagement. The application was a self-study that inventoried community engagement efforts across the University with reference to best practices in the field of community engagement in post-secondary education.

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University earns first Community Engagement Classification from Carnegie Foundation /newscenter/university-of-rochester-earns-first-community-engagement-classification-from-carnegie-foundation-414692/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:02:48 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=414692 The 糖心传媒 is among 119 colleges and universities in the United States to receive 2020 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that indicates institutional commitment to community engagement. This is the first time that the University has earned the classification from the , and Rochester is now one of 359 nationwide to hold the distinction.

To earn Community Engagement Classification, institutions voluntarily submit an extensive application describing the nature and extent of their work with the community. The University糖心传媒檚 application outlined the ways in which the University糖心传媒檚 mission, culture, leadership, resources and practices support sustained and mutually beneficial community engagement. The process of completing the University糖心传媒檚 began under the leadership of recent University President Richard Feldman and was carried out by a workgroup composed of faculty and staff from across the University.

In her October 2019 inauguration address, University President Sarah Mangelsdorf reaffirmed the University糖心传媒檚 longstanding commitment to partnering with local citizens and organizations to improve the well-being of the entire greater Rochester community. 糖心传媒淲ithout a vibrant Rochester, the University cannot thrive,糖心传媒� she remarked in her speech at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. 糖心传媒淚ssues facing our community and many other communities糖心传媒攑overty, unemployment, and lack of access to education and health care糖心传媒攁re our shared responsibility. We must be a committed community partner, working together to achieve success. We must build on our shared past and work together on our shared future.糖心传媒�

Through the Carnegie self-study, the University identified the University-community collaborations that are helping drive the University糖心传媒檚 commitment to community-based research, education, and service. In 2017糖心传媒�18, undergraduate students recorded 4,100 hours of community service through student organizations, complementing more than 53,000 hours of community engagement made possible through the University糖心传媒檚 Rochester Center for Community Leadership. These efforts alone have benefited more than 35,000 community members.

As a leading research institution with expertise in health care, education, the arts, and public health, among other areas, University faculty, staff, and students are partnering with local agencies and organizations to alleviate urgent community needs, enrich lives through arts and music, and develop new initiatives that are improving our region and the city of Rochester in many ways. The community also enriches the lives of University students by providing real-word environments and lived expertise to enhance the educational experiences.

The Carnegie workgroup was co-led by Glenn Cerosaletti, assistant dean of students and director of the Rochester Center for Community Leadership (RCCL), and Theresa Green, faculty member in the at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

糖心传媒淭he process of compiling the University糖心传媒檚 application for the classification benefited from input from many collaborators across the University, as well as from community partners,糖心传媒� said Cerosaletti. 糖心传媒淚t not only helped us to appreciate our strengths and the collective impact of the University糖心传媒檚 many partnerships with the community, but also to identify opportunities to improve our efforts. We hope that the process will inform the University糖心传媒檚 efforts going forward, and propel us to become ever better.糖心传媒�

糖心传媒淲e are excited about the Carnegie designation and are so very thankful for our community partners who continue to support the mission of the University, teach our students at every level from undergraduates to medical residents, and inform our research agenda,糖心传媒� said Green. 糖心传媒淭he collaboration and self-study that led to the Carnegie designation provides a strong foundation for exciting work ahead.糖心传媒�

Wade S. Norwood 糖心传媒�85, CEO of Common Ground Health, agreed. 糖心传媒淐arnegie is recognizing what we in Rochester have experienced for many years: that the University is a true community partner in health care, anti-poverty initiatives, access to education and social justice,糖心传媒� said Norwood.

Here are just some of the University’s local programs and partnerships:

  • A partnership between the University and Rochester糖心传媒檚 East High has helped the school forge a new culture and commitment to revival. Various additional partnerships with the University are contributing to this great academic progress, including the provision of needed mental, social-emotional, and physical health services to scholars, parents, and families. Through the Center on Urban Education Success, Warner School faculty members are conducting evaluation work for East Upper and Lower Schools on culture and climate.
  • David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity: Home to four federal Department of Education TRiO grants (Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math/Science, and McNair), the Kearns Center serves more than 1,000 low-income, first-generation, and/or under-represented minority students from the Rochester City School District and from around the country. Students who participate in the Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math/Science programs have a 100 percent persistence and retention rate from year to year, a 97 percent high school graduation rate, and a 90 percent college-going rate. Of the students who participate in McNair, 99 percent have graduated from college, and more than 85 percent have gone on to graduate school, with more than 100 doctorates earned.
  • The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) partners with various community organizations to design museum tours for more than 300 individuals who might not have come on their own. MAG underwrites transportation and admission to the museum and offers free family memberships for the year following the visit. The MAG collaborates with the Rochester chapter of the Alzheimer糖心传媒檚 Association to offer monthly tours for individuals with early-to-mid-stage dementia. For individuals in elder-care facilities who can no longer visit the museum, MAG staff bring reproductions of artworks to the residents. This program, known as Art at the Bedside, is implemented by MAG docents and student volunteers from the University.
  • School-based health centers: Located on-site at several schools within the city school district, health center services include complete physical exams, health screenings, risk behavior screenings, care for acute and chronic illnesses, medications and immunizations, sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy testing and prevention, and mental health counseling. The aims to decrease dental health disparities in the community by providing regular accessible, affordable, and convenient dental services to RCSD students.
  • A student organization in Arts, Sciences and Engineering dedicated to aiding school children in the learning process. Its goals include bettering the academic experience for Rochester school students; promoting higher education by means of tutoring, mentoring, and various activities; and encouraging students to pursue their goals through education. Partners in Reading has been in existence for over 25 years, and and actively manages projects with four different community partners.

The Carnegie Foundation’s Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification involving data collection and documentation of important aspects of institutional mission, identity, and commitments, and requires substantial effort invested by participating institutions. The documentation is reviewed by a National Review Panel to determine whether the institution qualifies for recognition as a community-engaged institution. Rochester糖心传媒檚 Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation is valid until 2026. Of the 119 institutions classified in the 2020 cycle, 44 are receiving the classification for the first time while 75 are now re-classified after being classified originally in 2010 or 2015.

President Mangelsdorf has appointed a University-wide steering committee to coordinate the advancement of community engagement efforts, informed by the Carnegie self-study and the recommendations developed by the work group in the process.


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International Education Week Speakers Series: 糖心传媒楥onversations with Women Who Lead糖心传媒� /newscenter/international-education-week-speakers-series-conversations-with-women-who-lead/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:02:32 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=347062 International Education Week at Rochester

Doris Gray, director of the Hillary Clinton Center for Women糖心传媒檚 Empowerment at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco, and Monica Sharma, author of 糖心传媒淩adical Transformational Leadership: Strategic Action for Change Agents,糖心传媒� are coming to the University for International Education Week (IEW) to discuss leadership and change, empowerment, equity, and access for education and healthcare worldwide. IEW, November 12-16, 2018, is an annual opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.

Doris Gray

糖心传媒淭he legacies of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass thrive here, and for Rochester糖心传媒檚 inaugural International Education Week Speakers Series two scholars will help us link and extend Rochester糖心传媒檚 long tradition of social justice with our equally long tradition of international engagement,糖心传媒� said Jane Gatewood, vice provost for Global Engagement.

Gray is the director of The Hillary Clinton Center for Women糖心传媒檚 Empowerment at Al Akhawayn University, which was established in 1999 and is the foremost English language research center on contemporary gender and women糖心传媒檚 rights issues in North Africa. Before becoming an academic, Gray was a journalist and foreign correspondent for the German Press Agency in Johannesburg, South Africa, and in Nairobi, Kenya from where she covered events on 22 African countries. As a result, her scholarly work focuses on contemporary issues, in particular women and gender and social change. She earned her Ph.D. in French & Francophone Studies from Florida State University in 2005, and her research expertise lies in the areas of contemporary gender issues in North Africa, Islamic feminisms, migration, and transitional justice.

She is an associate professor of gender studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at AUI and author of three books: 糖心传媒淲omen and Social Change in North Africa: What counts as Revolutionary?糖心传媒� 糖心传媒淏eyond Feminism and Islamism: Gender and Equality in North Africa;糖心传媒� and 糖心传媒淢uslim Women on the Move: Moroccan Women and French Women of Moroccan Origin Speak Out.糖心传媒�

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Monica Sharma

Sharma, author of 糖心传媒淩adical Transformational Leadership,糖心传媒� is trained as a physician and epidemiologist and has worked for the United Nations more than 20 years. Currently, she engages worldwide as an international expert and practitioner on leadership development for sustainable and equitable change, working with the UN, universities, institutions, governments, businesses, media, and civil society organizations. She is the Tata Chair Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. She created and uses a unique response model for simultaneously solving problems, shifting systems, and creating new patterns sourced from individual inner capacity and transformational leadership.

The keynote event will be Friday at 3:30 p.m., when Sharma and Gray will participate in a panel addressing issues of equity and access to health and education on a global scale. The panel will be moderated by Catherine Cerulli, director of the University糖心传媒檚 Susan B. Anthony Center, and will be in Goergen Hall 101 & Munnerlyn Atrium. The themes to be explored are:

  • What are the drivers for and barriers to education and healthcare access globally?
  • What global regional differences in access and equity to both healthcare and education exist?
  • What are the effects of these differences?
  • What factors affect women糖心传媒檚 empowerment globally?
  • What other imperatives inform or drive access to and equity for healthcare and education globally?

The International Education Week Speakers Series is organized by the Rochester Center for Community Leadership, the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, International Student Engagement, and Global Engagement. All IEW events are free and open to the University community. For a full list see /iew/schedule.html.

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Competition supports student community outreach /newscenter/competition-supports-student-community-outreach-336882/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:55:27 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=336882 Submissions for the 2019 Community Engagement Challenge are open. The competition, sponsored by the , challenges student organizations to propose a charitable outreach program that benefits the greater Rochester community. The winning group receives a $500 grant to sponsor its project proposal. Now in its third year, previous winners include UR HEAL (2017), a group dedicated to providing health care information to low-income members of the greater Rochester area, and So帽ar Despierto (2018).

(The Daydream Foundation) is an international nonprofit organization whose goal is simply to provide moments of happiness and childlike joy to people of all ages through recreational community events. The University chapter used its grant to fund weekly transportation to the Cameron Community Ministries in downtown Rochester where members volunteered at an after-school dinner program called .

糖心传媒淲e were excited and relieved to win the grant,糖心传媒� says Shelley Verma 糖心传媒�19, who served as president of So帽ar Despierto during the 2017-18 academic year. Transportation had been a struggle for the organization in the past, Verma explains, but with the grant they were able to volunteer regularly for the first time. At Kids Cafe, members of So帽ar Despierto played games with the children and became familiar faces. 糖心传媒淲e really felt that we were making a difference in these kids糖心传媒� lives,糖心传媒� she says. They also used a portion of the grant to volunteer at the Monroe Community Hospital where they hosted interactive events for patients including dance performances and sing-alongs.

The Community Engagement Challenge is supported by the Class of 2011 Community Service Fund. The fund aims to strengthen the University糖心传媒檚 relationship with the City of Rochester and highlight students糖心传媒� efforts to give back to the community. Last year糖心传媒檚 winning project was selected by a team of six panelists consisting of four administrators from the Rochester Center for Community Leadership, one undergraduate student, and one local alumnus.

for the 2018-2019 academic year must be submitted by September 30 and can be found on the website.

 

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Wilson Day celebrates 30 years of community engagement /newscenter/wilson-day-celebrates-30-years-of-community-engagement-334302/ Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:05:00 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=334302 The idea came to Theresa Guenther 糖心传媒�90 in the summer of 1988: What if incoming University students could explore their new city by volunteering for a day of community service as part of their orientation?

糖心传媒淚 had done a lot of volunteer work my first two years at Rochester, and it had molded my education,糖心传媒� says Guenther, now a state associate court attorney in Buffalo. 糖心传媒淚 felt it could mold others.糖心传媒� Guenther糖心传媒檚 idea was approved by the orientation committee, and a few hundred freshmen signed up for a day of service off campus.

糖心传媒淚t was hard to get local organizations involved, because they were concerned about liability,糖心传媒� Guenther says. 糖心传媒淲e thought this event was a one-time thing. There was no plan for it to survive past the first year.糖心传媒�

But survive it did. On August 27, Rochester will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Wilson Day. More than 1,300 incoming students will fan out to about 90 schools, libraries, senior centers, neighborhood associations, and more across Rochester. They糖心传媒檒l paint, stack bookshelves, rake, pull weeds, and begin to get involved in the community they糖心传媒檒l call home for the next four years.

糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 become a University tradition,糖心传媒� says Glenn Cerosaletti 糖心传媒�91, 糖心传媒�03 (MA), assistant dean and director of the Rochester Center for Community Leadership, which organizes Wilson Day. 糖心传媒淚t helps students realize that community engagement is part of what being a student here is all about.

From left, Tian Lan, Galen Everett, Xuefan Hu, and Mackenzie Lee build a chicken coop at the Gandhi House in Rochester in 2015. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)

Students congregate in the Palestra, wearing matching Wilson Day T-shirts (this year糖心传媒檚 color is blue). After opening remarks set the tone for the day, the students board buses and go out into the community in assigned groups.

The official name has been changed from Wilson Day of Service to Wilson Day of Engagement this year. The theme is 糖心传媒淭hink Global, Act Local.糖心传媒�

糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 a day of bonding and, really, a day of community engagement,糖心传媒� Cerosaletti says. 糖心传媒淲e feel the students get as much out of it as the host sites they are helping.糖心传媒�

Wilson Day is named after Joseph Wilson 糖心传媒�31, former chairman of the University糖心传媒檚 Board of Trustees and founder of Xerox Corporation, in honor of his community service. By the time of Wilson糖心传媒檚 death in 1971, he and his wife, Peggy, had given more than $40 million to the University and helped launch it into a major research center.

Wilson Day was first established in 1972 as a daylong offering of seminars on the River Campus and Medical Center, a dinner at the Memorial Art Gallery, and a concert at the Eastman Theatre. In 1988, thanks to Guenther糖心传媒檚 idea, it became much more.

Kavya Bana 糖心传媒�19 is this year糖心传媒檚 Wilson Day coordinator. As a first-year student, her Wilson Day project was to sort food for Foodlink. It struck a chord in the political science and microbiology double major from Simsbury, Connecticut.

糖心传媒淚 didn糖心传媒檛 feel as if I was helping the community but rather learning from it and working within it,糖心传媒� she says. 糖心传媒淚t opened my eyes to the passion of community members for improving the community they live in.糖心传媒�

Bana has since worked two other Wilson Days as a resident assistant, organizing a food pantry and gardening. She also began volunteering at a city school, interned at the Rochester Public Market, and was part of Urban Fellows, a summer urban engagement program for Rochester-area undergraduates.

糖心传媒淣one of this would have happened if not for Wilson Day,糖心传媒� she says. 糖心传媒淚 never would have noticed how special the people in the community are if I hadn糖心传媒檛 been brought outside of campus boundaries my very first week here.糖心传媒�

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Rochester Youth Year making an impact after 10 years /newscenter/rochester-youth-year-still-making-an-impact-after-10-years-329622/ Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:20:08 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=329622 For the past decade, more than 100 graduates of Rochester-area colleges have spent their first year out of school working to alleviate poverty in the local community.

They糖心传媒檙e part of Rochester Youth Year (RYY), an AmeriCorps VISTA-sponsored fellowship program based at the University糖心传媒檚 . Working in schools, neighborhood associations, nonprofits, and municipal offices, their goal is to create, expand, or sustain initiatives that alleviate poverty among youth and families in Rochester, one of the poorest cities in the United States.

Among their many accomplishments:

  • The Rochester City School District hired 34 additional reading teachers in 2015 based on RYY fellow research and data analysis.
  • The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence secured more than $180,000 in grants and resources to support its School Climate Transformation Initiative.
  • East Upper and Lower Schools created a food pantry for low-income students.
  • The Anthony Jordan Health Center created an internship program for college students to address needs based on a Youth Year report.

糖心传媒淩ochester Youth Year has given us the opportunity to expand our capacity and pursue important opportunities that we would be unable to do otherwise,糖心传媒� says Chad Rieflin, director of programs and grants for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester, a regular Youth Year host site. 糖心传媒淭he program has also connected us to other initiatives in the community, which has greatly strengthened the work we do.糖心传媒�

By the numbers

A look at how Rochester Youth Year has served the Rochester community since its inception in the 2007糖心传媒�08 academic year:

10 糖心传媒 fellows from the Rochester area

38 fellows who graduated from the University of Rochester

51 community sites served by RYY fellows

108 total fellows from area colleges

8,967 volunteers recruited and managed

2.3 million dollars raised to benefit various projects

Rochester Youth Year helps fulfill the University糖心传媒檚 mission to 糖心传媒渕ake the world ever better,糖心传媒� and does so in the community where its fellows graduated.

Rochester Youth Year was the brainchild of Jody Asbury, the University糖心传媒檚 former dean of students, who was inspired by the RCCL糖心传媒檚 Urban Fellows summer program and the collaborative model it糖心传媒檚 based on. Asbury envisioned a post-graduate fellowship opportunity that would keep students engaged in the Rochester community.

There were only three fellows when the program began in 2007-08, with Rochester, Roberts Wesleyan and SUNY Geneseo each sponsoring one student. Since the fall of 2008, Rochester Youth Year has been an -sponsored program and the program has expanded to include recent graduates from eight local schools.

The fellows receive a modest living allowance stipend of around $12,000, which puts them at the level of the community they糖心传媒檙e serving. They糖心传媒檙e given basic, emergency health coverage and can choose between an end-of-service cash stipend of $1,800 or an education voucher of $5,920 to help pay for educational debt.

Of the 108 fellows who have served, 38 are 糖心传媒 graduates, including nine of the 16 who will complete their year of service August 1 with a ceremony at City Hall.

糖心传媒淏eing a fellow fosters a love for this community,糖心传媒� says assistant dean and RCCL director Glenn Cerosaletti 糖心传媒�91, 糖心传媒�03 (MA). 糖心传媒淲e choose host sites and projects that offer an opportunity for connections between the University and the community.糖心传媒�

One of the goals of Rochester Youth Year is to keep graduates of local colleges in the Greater Rochester community. In the past 10 years, 44 fellows have stayed in the area, including 17 of 38 University graduates.

Meet the University fellows

Nine 2017 糖心传媒 graduates will compete their year of service with a ceremony at City Hall on Wednesday, August 1. Here糖心传媒檚 what they糖心传媒檝e been doing the past year:

Megan Freiburger

Megan Freiburger (epidemiology)

Megan is working for the Rochester City School District in the attendance department, researching chronic absenteeism and its systemic causes and creating a toolkit to reduce chronic absenteeism.

Delia Cruz Nochebuena

Delia Cruz Nochebuena (Spanish)

Delia is working at the Boys & Girls Club of Geneva supporting its development and recruitment for a new program that allows older students to learn career skills and work experiences as junior staff.

Parakh Patel

Parakh Patel (public health)

Parakh worked to create a comprehensive library system at the Rochester Preparatory School to ensure all students are engaged in and committed to their literacy development and growth.


Sara Peterson

Sara Peterson (neuroscience)

Sara developed STEM initiatives at the Girl Scouts of Western New York, conducting research to improve local girls糖心传媒� interactions and interest in the natural sciences. She糖心传媒檚 also overseeing Girl Scout camps at Camp Piperwood.

Angela Rollins

Angela Rollins (economics)

Angela is serving with the City of Rochester糖心传媒檚 Kiva microloan program, which provides 0 percent interest, crowd-sourced loans to small business owners.

Jamie Rudd

Jamie Rudd (anthropology and English)

Jamie is serving at the University糖心传媒檚 M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, supporting its School Climate Transformation program, a restorative justice program implemented in the city and Rochester-area schools.


Ignacio Sanchez

Ignacio Sanchez (classics)

Ignacio helped implement a new database and data analysis model at Enrico Fermi School 17 to expand and deliver quality support services to students, families, and the Josana neighborhood.

Leah Schwartz

Leah Schwartz (anthropology and English)

Leah is the community engagement coordinator at Genesee Land Trust, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and protecting land and waterways in the Greater Rochester region.

Matt Trombley

Matt Trombley (business)

Matt implemented a community-wide youth financial aid program at Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Rochester that drives broad influence and engagement.

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RCCL allows students to engage, learn outside the classroom /newscenter/rccl-allows-students-engage-learn-outside-classroom/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:00:57 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=273162 The was created in 2005 to put University student community engagement programs under one umbrella. In 12 years, it糖心传媒檚 become a pretty big umbrella.

The center has grown from just two programs to several that give undergraduates and graduate students an opportunity to engage and learn outside the classroom.

They include:

  • LEAP, which enlists undergraduates in tutoring kindergarten through third grade students to develop the language, literacy, math, and social skills;
  • , which places recent graduates of Rochester-area colleges in community-based organizations, where they help create or expand initiatives that address various challenges facing local youth and families;
  • Transition Opportunities at the University of Rochester (TOUR), partnership between the RCCL, the University糖心传媒檚 and the regional organization Monroe One BOCES that provides access to a college experience for adults 18 to 21 with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
  • Urban Fellows, a 10-week summer program for University students and Rochester natives who attend college elsewhere to immerse themselves in an outreach project.
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Mahima Joshi ’19 tutors Nhariyel Fuqua, a student at Paul Road School in Gates, as part of the RCCL’s LEAP program.

There are several others.

糖心传媒淧rograms like these are important to students糖心传媒� education,糖心传媒� says Glenn Cerosaletti 糖心传媒�91, 糖心传媒�03 (MA), director of the center. 糖心传媒淭hey gain leadership and career skills, obtain an appreciation of diversity, and, hopefully, learn to be involved and engaged members of their community.糖心传媒�

RCCL also oversees Wilson Day, established in 1988 as an annual day of community service for first-year students to perform tasks in the city of Rochester such as painting, landscaping, and classroom preparation. It糖心传媒檚 the oldest community service day among colleges in the country.

In addition, the center runs leadership development programs including Medallion Leadership Society and the as initiatives to promote research in the community, such as the Citation in Community-Engaged Scholarship.

糖心传媒淲e’re seeking to integrate students’ academic pursuits with community-based experiences to contextualize their learning and benefit the community,” Cerosaletti says.

Located in Lattimore Hall within the , the RCCL was established by former dean of students Jody Asbury, who also was a driving force behind the creation of Wilson Day. Hundreds of students have been engaged, educated糖心传媒攁nd affected糖心传媒攂y their participation in RCCL programs.

One of those students is Ori Yehezkely 糖心传媒�18, a psychology major from Miami who is president of the and served as Wilson Day coordinator in August 2017. It糖心传媒檚 a 180-degree turn from her freshman year, when she was 糖心传媒渙verwhelmed糖心传媒� by her adjustments to college life.

糖心传媒淚 wasn糖心传媒檛 ready to engage with the community,糖心传媒� she says.

In her sophomore year, however, she joined Urban Fellows, working at a city farmers market while attending community events and learning about urban education, crime prevention, health, housing, and jobs.

糖心传媒淚 got to meet incredible change-makers in the community and was inspired by their love of their community,糖心传媒� she says. 糖心传媒淚 now see Rochester through a different lens.糖心传媒�

It糖心传媒檚 helped her recognize and develop her leadership skills. 糖心传媒淭he RCCL provided me with the push and support I needed to really put myself out there in the community,糖心传媒� she says. 糖心传媒淚糖心传媒檝e become more service-minded and fully intend to pursue service after I graduate, and stay active in whatever community I end up at.糖心传媒�

Jeffrey Runner, dean of the College, says students involved in RCCL programs receive an education outside of the classroom糖心传媒攁nd often, away from campus.

糖心传媒淭hat糖心传媒檚 a really good thing, and something we can really take advantage of with our open curriculum,糖心传媒� he says. 糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 not just about us giving. We can learn a lot. It糖心传媒檚 an opportunity for students to get out there and learn alongside people in the community. That糖心传媒檚 a really important part of what students get here.糖心传媒�

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Wilson Day is rite of autumn for first-year students /newscenter/wilson-day-rite-autumn-first-year-students/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:51:54 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=270302 Wilson Day is a rite of autumn for first-year students at the University, and a big part of their orientation to college. The annual day of community service places students at nearly 100 agencies throughout the city of Rochester to complete service projects including classroom preparation, landscaping, painting, and decorating.

Sponsored by the Rochester Center for Community Leadership, Wilson Day is a chance for students to visit and help out at local schools, churches, nursing homes, museums, and more.

糖心传媒淲ilson Day is designed to help students聽learn that community engagement will be a significant part of their undergraduate experience at the University of Rochester,糖心传媒� says Glenn Cerosaletti, assistant dean and director of the RCCL. “Wilson Day is just the beginning:聽 we have an array of opportunities for them to connect with and聽strengthen the community,聽while deepening and聽contextualizing their learning.糖心传媒�

See photos from this year’s Wilson Day event

 

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A different kind of college TOUR /newscenter/different-kind-college-tour-accessibility-270262/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:28:12 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=270262 A model of inclusive higher education, Transition Opportunities at the University of Rochester (TOUR) has made a college experience accessible to hundreds of young adults ages 18 to 21 who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.

TOUR is a partnership between two University offices糖心传媒攖he Rochester Center for Community Leadership and the Institute for Innovative Transition糖心传媒攁nd the regional organization Monroe One Boces.

With the support of special education teachers, employment specialists, and trained University undergraduate peer mentors, students in the TOUR program participate alongside their matriculated peers in college courses and campus activities, and access transition and independent living education, vocational training, and internships.

糖心传媒淭he thing I like best is becoming friends with people I糖心传媒檝e met,糖心传媒� says Spenser McGuckin, who was enrolled in the TOUR program the past two years. 糖心传媒淚t makes me feel like I糖心传媒檝e matured a lot.糖心传媒�

Read more in Rochester Review

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First-year students fan across community on Wilson Day /newscenter/first-year-students-fan-across-community-wilson-day/ Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:01:33 +0000 http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/?p=265742 糖心传媒淲e糖心传媒檙e an urban school, and we糖心传媒檙e proud of it,糖心传媒� said 糖心传媒 President and CEO Joel Seligman last Monday morning in a ceremony kicking off Wilson Day 2017.

It was part of a broader message delivered to incoming undergraduates that the University isn糖心传媒檛 a city on a hill, but rather, an integral part of the city in which it lives. Wilson Day糖心传媒攁 day of community service that has introduced new students to volunteerism in the Greater Rochester community for more than a quarter century糖心传媒攗nderscores that message.

More than 1,400 first-year students fanned out to 94 sites糖心传媒攕chools, churches, libraries, museums, senior centers and more糖心传媒攖o perform afternoon tasks such as landscaping, painting, decorating, and classroom preparation. Seligman visited three sites糖心传媒擬t. Hope Family Center, Enrico Fermi School #17, and Jewish Family Service of Rochester糖心传媒攚ith Dean of the College Jeffrey Runner and Dean of Students Matthew Burns.

This year糖心传媒檚 theme, Welcome Home, emphasized the importance of first-year students糖心传媒攆rom 42 states and 105 nations糖心传媒攂ecoming active citizens of the local community. Students appeared to take it to heart.

Johvanny Rodriguez, who came to Rochester from Jersey City, New Jersey, to study biology, plucked weeds outside Enrico Fermi School #17. 糖心传媒淭his is home,糖心传媒� he said. 糖心传媒淵ou keep up with your weeding at home.糖心传媒�

糖心传媒淚 plan to stay active,糖心传媒� said Kennedy Martin, who came to Rochester from the Bronx to study computer science. She was part of a group charged with beautifying Wilson Magnet High School. 糖心传媒淓ventually, we糖心传媒檙e all going to graduate, and we should want to make sure we糖心传媒檝e made an impact on the community we糖心传媒檝e lived in for four years.糖心传媒�

Glenn Cerosaletti, assistant dean of students and director of the Rochester Center for Community Leadership, which sponsors Wilson Day, will facilitate the efforts of students like Martin to make good on that promise.

糖心传媒淭his is just the beginning,糖心传媒� he said. 糖心传媒淲e have an array of opportunities for them to connect with and strengthen the community.糖心传媒�

聽In Photos

Members of the Class of 2021 mark their first days in Rochester with a day of community service.
(University photo / J. Adam Fenster)

students walking outside museum
First-year students fan out into the community, in this case to the Strong Museum of Play, to learn more about their new city and to volunteer their time are more than 90 local organizations.
Student applying stickers of trees and flowers to a window
Emily Hurwitz helps teachers prepare their classrooms for their new students at Enrico Fermi School #17.
students walking into a building marked Mt. Hope Family Center
Mt. Hope Family Center provides intervention and prevention services to more than 900 at-risk children and families each year, and Rochester students were on hand to learn more about their work and help with some needed clean-up and organization tasks.
Dean of Students Matthew Burns (left) and President Joel Seligman greet first-year students on Wilson Day at Mt. Hope Family Center.
Johvanny Rodriguez (left) and Hao Chen weed the grounds at School 17.

 

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