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Description

UTEP’s Community of Engaged Scholars (CES) is made up of faculty members and community leaders who are actively involved with the scholarship of engagement, which includes teaching, research, and/or service activities. Housed within UTEP’s Center for Civic Engagement (CCE), the CES offers a networking base that helps connect faculty and students with community partners to conduct enhanced student learning and research activities aimed at serving the Paso Del Norte region. The CES initiative is led by Azuri Gonzalez, Dr. Mark Lusk, and Dr. Elena Izquierdo.

Aspirations

CES members aspire to foster stronger, more socially magnanimous relationships among faculty, students, and community partners in a supportive community-enhancing environment.

KEYWORDS

  1. Capacity Building
  2. Community Engaged Scholarship
  3. Community Engagement
  4. Community Partnership
  5. Service Learning

UTEP STRATEGIC AREAS

  1. Education for the 21st Century Demographic

COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Gonzalez, Azuri
Advocate
Lecturer
Liberal Arts - Political Science
Community Engaged Scholarship, Community Engagement, Service learning, Civic Engagement, Capacity-building, Nonprofits, Community Partnerships

Izquierdo, Elena
Advocate
Professor
Education - Teacher Education
Policy in Dual Language Schooling,Contrastive Analysis and Second Language Acquisition,Bilingual Education,Socio Cultural Competence,Leadership in Dual Language Education,biliteracy

Lusk, Mark
Advocate
Professor
Health Sciences - Social Work
Community Engaged Scholarship, Social Work, International Development, Migration, Refugees, Border Health, COVID-19, Stress
Featured: Awards

Wagler, Amy
Advocate
Associate Professor
Science - Mathematical Sciences
generalized linear mixed models, latent variable models, multiple comparisons, simultaneous inference, bias reduction and small sample size adjustments in generalized linear models settings, readability of instructional materials, language and culture in statistics education
Featured: Awards

Baca, Isabel
Member
Associate Professor
Liberal Arts - English
community writing, workplace writing, bilingual workplace communication, language attitudes, mentoring Latinas/os in education, community engagement
Featured: Awards


Related Efforts

Philosophy for Children in the Mexico-US Borderlands
Contact: Amy Reed-Sandoval
Website

Hosted by the UTEP Department of Philosophy, this is an initiative dedicated to promoting philosophical dialogue for children and youth in the El Paso area. Our program involves collaboration between local teachers, UTEP students and professors, as well as several dedicated community partners.

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETaL) -- Sun Conference
Contact: Larry Lesser
Website

EDUCATING THE 21st-CENTURY STUDENT
This year's conference includes a section on connecting education and civic engagement, educational partnerships that cross national boundaries, and instructional methods that are adaptive and/or less bound by books or buildings.

Related Communities

Community of Engaged Scholars
CUE- Community University Engagement
UTEP Resource
Tool
Related Effort: Community of Engaged Scholars
Azuri Gonzalez
Resource Link

Visit the CUE to view community partnering agencies and to identify community needs to address. Students, staff and faculty are encouraged to partner with community organizations to help identify needs and the volunteers to help meet them.

Community organizations may individually manage their agency profiles.
CUE system also assists with an internal tool to manage service-learning courses, placements and the tracking of hours.

Center Against Family Violence
Data
Related Effort: Community of Engaged Scholars
Resource Link

Domestic violence and sexual assault cross many arenas. Political science issues include public policy, federal and state legislation about victims’ rights, immigration issues related to persons escaping violence. Other areas of interest include public health, social work, counseling, media, business, etc. We are always interested in partnering with UTEP faculty, staff and students.
Contact: Stephanie Karr (Executive Director), email: skarr@cafv.org

Engaged Scholarship Consortium Resources
Tool
Azuri Gonzalez
Resource Link

The Engaged Scholarship Consortium Resources tabs includes journals and calls for manuscripts, books, instruments and other tools useful for the development and dissemination of engaged scholarship.
http://engagementscholarship.org/resources

UTEP Center for Civic Engagement
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Resource Link

The CCE fulfills its mission through a number of collaborations, partnerships, and programs. Our programs are designed to engage students and faculty with the community in hands-on, learning experiences that serve community needs.

DIALOG SOURCES

I3 Move Communities provide a way to share expertise, resources, and community information to the general public. There are numerous tools available, both open source and proprietary, for engaging in dialog and sharing information and knowledge within a closed group.

Communities have access to IBM SmartCloud, a tool that provides a Cloud Computing solution for sharing files, defining activities, creating blogs, developing wikis, and promoting ideas. To request an account and training on IBM SmartCloud, contact econnect@utep.edu.

This community engages in dialog as follows:
Want to become a CES member?
Link: Join the conversation by contacting Dr. Amy Wagler, Center for Civic Engagement Fellow-in-Residence