The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities




Accepted Presentations Concurrent Sessions I – Monday, 9:50–11:00 a.m. Washington Room A: Paper Presentations Saviors of Our Cities: Survey of Best College and University Civic Partnerships Evan Dobelle and Michael Konig: Westfield State College Building Community Resilience: From Vision to Plan to Implementation David W. Sink, Ronald Copeland and Michael Del Giudice: University of Arkansas-Little Rock, EDAW, Inc. Addressing Occupational Trends and Community Needs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha Steve Bullock, Linda Mannering and Luke Jankovic: University of Nebraska-Omaha, Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. Washington Room B: Student Presentations Beyond the University Nicole Schiraldi, Sarah Elfreth and Ryan Assadi: Towson University Measuring the Impact of University-Community Engagement Joel Beutel: University of California-Merced Teaching Social Work Practice Class in China Melanie A. Swain, Travis S. Ingersoll, Shan Xu and Heather Witt: Widener University Washing ton Room C: Paper Presentations Key Elements of an Effective and Sustainable Diversity Initiative for an Urban University or College William P. Austin: University of Nebraska-Omaha A Towson Approach to School-Community- University Collaboration Raymond P. Lorion: Towson University Utah Scholars Program: Enhancing Educational Infrastructure Brenda Marsteller Kowalewski and Melissa Miller Kincart: Weber State University, Utah System of Higher Education Congress Room A: Paper Presentations Dayton’s Neighborhood School Centers: A Shared Vision Dick Ferguson: University of Dayton Academy for Early Childhood Excellence: A Community University Partnership Jaesook Gilbert and Helene Harte: Northern Kentucky University Bringing Communities Together Through Education Compacts Kimberley Cole and K. Jeanette Jacques: Florida International University Congress Room B: Panel Presentations A Mechanism to Enhance and Stabilize Recruitment, Retention, and Enrollment Management…PPP Delivered Student Housing L. Jeff Jones, Bruce McKee, Doug Brown and Robert L. Caret: Towson University, Capstone Development Corp. Connecting the Dots for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Steven Diner, dt ogilvie, Stefan Pryor, Joseph Ritchie and Jeffrey Robinson: Rutgers University-Newark, City of Newark, Brick City Development Corp. Congress Room C: Paper Presentations Public Health Collaboration across the Pond: London & New York Eileen O’Keefe: London Metropolitan University The Glass Book Project: Building Community Relationships for Social Change in Mental Health Reform Nick Kline and Helga Luest: Rutgers University-Newark, Witness Justice Poster Session -- Monday, 11:20 a.m.– 12:20 p.m. Regency Ballroom Foyer, Second Floor A View from the Community: Talking to the University Michael W. Ledoux and Annette Anderson: Widener University, Widener Partnership Charter School Building Community, Making Connections, and Responding to the Needs of At-Risk Students: University and Community Partnerships Susan S. McNiff, Courtney H. Kelly and Megan McCormick: Widener University Health and Wellness Project with the Achievement Project of Chester Kathryn Orme, Kimberly Crabtree and Kristoffer Surdukowski: Widener University Walk, Play, and Cross Safely: Widener Partnership Charter School Community Health and Wellness Project Catherine Zalewski, Zachary Mitchell and Kallika Agarwal: Widener University The Role of the Urban University in Fetal Infant Mortality Review Mary O’Connor: University of Missouri-Kansas City Succeeding in School and Beyond: Communities that Make a Difference Gilda Martinez: Towson University On the Significance of Behavioral and Cognitive Differences Among Victims and Non-Victims of Elder Financial Abuse Nicole Grandmont-Gariboldi: St. Thomas University Validating Sexual Anxiety and Body Image Scales in China Travis S. Ingersoll, Heather Witt, Melanie Swain and Shen Xu: Widener University A Partnership for Wellness: Addressing Stress and Violence Glenda Wrenn, Jane Jue and Lorraine Thomas: University of Pennsylvania The Chester Children’s Art Fair Melanie Swain, Travis S. Ingersoll, Colin Sutton and Jenny Wyatt: Widener University Concurrent Sessions II – Monday, 1:50– 3:00 p.m. Washington Room A: Paper Presentations Social Work in the Engaged University Elisa Martin and Loretta Pyles: University at Albany Building Resilience in Communities through Nonprofit Leadership Rachelle Darabi: Missouri State University Social Work Counseling Services: Building Community and Student Capacity John Poulin, Cheryl Sadeghee and Pat Mullen: Widener University Washington Room B: Student Presentations Youth Matters: Cultivating Civic Engagement and the Sociological Imagination through Participatory Action Research Reuben Miller and Joel Ritsema: Loyola University-Chicago Advancing the Urban Forestry Initiative in Chester, PA by Using Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Technology to Map the Location and Condition of Shade Trees along Selected Corridors in the City Amanda Hartnett and Douglas Shultz: Widener University Current Trends in Effective Components of Cohort Modeled Educational Doctorate Programs Denise R. Hearn: Widener University Washington Room C: Paper Presentations The Parents’ Academy: A Program for Supporting Caregivers in Fostering Literacy Skills Dana Korin and Annemarie Jay: Widener University Enhancing Public School Education: A Collaborative Partnership for School Resiliency Henry Cunningham: University of Louisville Community Development through Service Learning Laurie Emery and Lisa McCord: Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Congress Room A: Paper Presentations Building Sustainable Communities Part I: Developing Meaningful University/Community Collaborations Marina Barnett and James Turner: Widener University, City of Chester, Pennsylvania Weed & Seed Program Linking Social Capital to Build Community Capacity: A Logical Role for Urban Colleges and Universities Amy Sue DeSonia: Baker College Congress Room B: Panel Presentations Strengthening Community: A College Readiness Academy Anita Thomas and Jennifer Quigley: University of Baltimore Not Just a Community Organizer: Community/Campus Connections Through Organizing Judith Liu, John Loggins and Brenna Hughes: University of San Diego Congress Room C: Paper Presentations Community Leadership Development through University-Based Service Learning Hal S. Shorey: Widener University Urban Resiliency: The Role of the Urban University in Fostering Crime-Related Research Mark Winston: Rutgers University-Newark When an Urban Serving, Community Engaged HBCU is Not Enough: The Story of One Institution Reginald S. Avery, Albert C. Robinson and Kenneth O. Morgan: Coppin State University Concurrent Sessions III – Monday, 3:20 – 4:30 p.m. Washington Room A: Panel Presentations Community-University Assets Coming Together in the Jane Finch/Black Creek Communities Sue Levesque and Sue Wilkinson: York University, Jane Finch Community and Family Centre The UNO Building Bright Futures Initiative: A University/Community Collaboration to Help Low-Income Children Achieve School Success Sara Woods and Nicole Schaefer: University of Nebraska- Omaha Washington Room B: Paper Presentations Assessing the Assessment: Towards a Comprehensive Model of Civic Engagement Impact Assessment Stephen Kauffman: Widener University Building on Our Strengths: Regional Collaboration for Community Capacity Building and Student Engagement Charlene J. Gray: Pennsylvania Campus Compact Creating Community Resiliency Through Innovative Community Partnerships Valerie Rutledge, Linda Johnston and Carol Brand: University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Washington Room C: Paper Presentations Violence Prevention Collaborative Jenny Wyatt: Widener University Bridging the Gaps: Working to Provide Mutual Benefit Lucy Tuton, Dianne Butera, Claudia H. Siegel and Judy Bardes: University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Building Capacity of Urban Service Providers Marc Holzer, Robert Shick and Judith J. Kirchhoff: Rutgers University-Newark Congress Room A: Paper Presentations University-Municipal Cooperation in Tracking Urban Behavioral Health Stephanie Bush-Baskette and Donita Devance: Rutgers University-Newark A Civically Engaged Campus Makes for a Resilient Community Darcy Accardi: Towson University From “Partner” to “Principal” in Community Resiliency Darrell Parker: University of South Carolina-Upstate Congress Room B: Panel Presentations Leadership in Brownfield Development: Teaching by Example S. Ted Bucaro and Rick Perales: University of Dayton The Effectiveness of Partnerships to Achieve Economic Development Joe Baker and Cecilia McCormick: Widener University Congress Room C: Paper Presentations Rise to the IUPUI Challenge: Building Educational Infrastructure to Facilitate Undergraduate Experiential Learning Mary L. Fisher: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Rise to the IUPUI Challenge: One Urban University’s Model of Leveraging Student/Community Engagement Mary L. Fisher and Uday Sukhatme: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Building Sustainable Communities Part II: Using GIS Mapping to Create Meaningful Assessments Marina Barnett and Chad Freed : Widener University Breakfast Roundtable Discussions – Tuesday, 7:15–8:30 a.m. Regency Ballroom, Second Floor(Sponsored by Geico) Youth Micro Program: A University-Community Partnership that Improves the Life Chances of Youth Robert Atkins, Chad Ripberger and Daniel Hart: Rutgers University The Power of Partnership and Community: Graduate! Philadelphia Helps Adults Go Back to and Through College Hadass Sheffer and Don Devilbiss: Graduate! Philadelphia, Widener University Building Community Social Capital: The University’s Role Marian Deutschman: Buffalo State College Experiential Learning in BSW Education for Persons with Physical Disabilities Brent Satterly and Rebecca Dewar: Widener University Community Based Research and the Doctoral Candidate Amy Lee Persichetti and Patricia Lawler: Cabrini College, Widener University The Use of the Community Conversations Model to Facilitate Community Interactions Brenda O’Hern: Widener University Building Community Resiliency: A Public-Private Partnership Michelle Vasquez-Jacobus, Sherry Russell and David Scobey: University of Southern Maine, Bates College Through Different Lenses: Dual Perspectives on Building Community Resiliency Irma McClaurin and Sherrie Pugh: University of Minnesota, Northside Residents Redevelopment Council Educational Infrastructure for Nurturing Community Resiliency Kim Bullock, Marisa Brown and Beverly Roberson Jackson: Georgetown University, DC Health Resources Partnership, Family Voices, Inc. Reimaging the Urban Campus through Civic Engagement: A Model for Building Community Partnerships Marcia Wilson Brown and Diane Hill: Rutgers University-Newark Creating a Culture of Engagement: The Role of Gerontology in Intergenerational Community Health Promotion Jessyna M. McDonald and Chonda Walden: University of the District of Columbia Where’s the Public? Connections and Collaborations among Universities and Metropolitan Publics Marc Holzer, Alan Sadovnik, Robert W. Snyder, Jamie Lew and Mark Krasovic: Rutgers University-Newark Cost Effective Solutions to School System Professional Development Needs Through University Collaborative Partnerships Beverly German and Elizabeth Neville: Towson University The Status of University Civic Engagement Impact Assessment Stephen Kauffman, Marcine Pickron-Davis: Widener University Concurrent Sessions IV – Tuesday, 8:50–10:00 a.m. Washington Room A: Paper Presentations Engaging Undergraduate Student in Community-Based Research Stephen Percy and Patricia Najera: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Courses on Community Theory and Practice: Model Assignments to Promote Civic Engagement Stephen Kauffman, Jenny Wyatt and Marina Barnett: Widener University Youth, Faith, and Services: A Leadership Consortium Ralph Fitzpatrick: University of Louisville, Louisville Metro United Way Washington Room B: Paper Presentations Creating Opportunities to Promote Empowerment Joan Tilghman and Patricia D. Setlow: Coppin State University Instilling Resiliency in System Involved Youth Lisa Hutchinson: University of Arkansas-Little Rock Nurturing Community Resiliency by Teaching Critical Thinking Tools to Prison Inmates Jeff Buechner: Rutgers University-Newark Washington Room C: Panel Presentations Community Engagement Initiatives in a Physical Therapy Program Jill Black Lattanzi, Kerstin Palombaro and Robin Dole: Widener University A Youth Leadership Development Approach to University-Community Collaboration Barbara Ferman, Ieshia Nelson, and Alison Huxta: Temple University Congress Room A: Paper Presentations Radical (Re) Constructions and Experimental Pedagogies: Building Schools in the Migrant Communities o f Mumbai, India Scott Gerald Shall: Temple University Responding to Community Adversity in Global Perspective: The Role of University Leadership across Borders Reginald Avery, York Bradshaw and Paul Mbatia: Coppin State University, University of Nairobi Congress Room B: Panel Presentations Communiversity Reconsidered: Innovation and Diversity in University-based Service Programs Evan Stark, Carl Milofsky, Kyle Farmby, Mahako Etta and Amanda Buberger: Rutgers University-Newark, Bucknell University, and Tulane University Youngstown 2010: The Story of Campus/Community Development David C. Sweet, Mayor Jay Williams and Hunter Morrison: Youngstown State University, City of Youngstown Congress Room C: Paper Presentations Curricular and Co-Curricular Reform to Advance Civic Engagement Frank E. Ross and Scott Evenbeck: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Green, Wireless and Moving: A Neighborhood Management System Ralph Fitzpatrick: University of Louisville, California Neighborhood Coalition A Comparative Analysis of Service-Learning Programs: The Connection between Experiential Education and Community Resiliency Lori Simons and Larry Fehr: Widener University Concurrent Sessions V – Tuesday, 10:30–11:40 a.m. Washington Room A: Paper Presentations Urban Survival: A Community-Based Model to Promote Nutritional and Environmental Security Britney Chase and Mintesinot Jiru: Coppin State University Good Launching: New PsyD Students Learn About Community Life Through Film and Narrative Virginia Brabender and Woodwyn Koons: Widener University Improving Access to Care Through Community Partnerships Joan Tilghman, Patricia Setlow and Marcella Copes: Coppin State University Washington Room B: Panel Presentations The Civic Sphere and Community Resiliency in the Brick City: Newark Comes of Age Clement Alexander Price, Christina Collins, Mark Krasovic and Reniqua Allen: Rutgers University-Newark, Harvard University Building Institutional Capacity Through Individualized Leadership Development Sharon A. McDade and Andrea Warren Hamos: American Council on Education Washington Room C: Panel Presentations University Green: Improving Town-Gown Relationships Through Greening Mindy Maslin, Barley Van Clief and Sue Pringle: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, UC Green University as Catalyst for Community Development Frank Russell: University of Cincinnati Congress Room A: Paper Presentations Common Goals Enhance Resiliency Barbara Edington and Sandra Westcott: St. Francis College Aligning for Success: Preparing High School Graduates for College and Careers Nevin C. Brown: Achieve, Inc. Congress Room B: Paper Presentations Building Disaster Resilient Communities: The Role of an Engaged University Robin Ersing and Manny Rivero: University of South Florida Saturday Ecology Academy: Connecting Girls and Pre-Service Teachers to the Urban Environment Nadine McHenry, Erika Scarborough, Suzanne Barrett and Bernard Carrozza: Widener University, John Heintz National Wildlife Refuge Congress Room C: Paper Presentations Comparing the Spatial Distribution of Community Assets with the Socioeconomic Condition of Residents in Chester, PA Using Advanced Geographic Information Systems Analysis Amanda Hartnett, Douglas Shultz and Chad Freed: Widener University Consuming Well for the Wealth of Communities from the University to the World Frank E. Ross and Gayle Williams: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis	2009 Conference Home Message from CUMU Conference Host President Accepted Presentations Featured Speakers Conference Photos About Widener University