CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & SERVICE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS (CESEP)

PROGRAMhttp://engage.rutgers.edu

THE MISSION

The mission of the Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships Program is to create pathways for students at Rutgers to graduate with a commitment of civic engagement and public service and to support and promote public scholarship.

HISTORY OF CESEP

1988: Rutgers President Edward J. Bloustein proposes

community service as an integral component

of a liberal arts education; The Board of

Governors endorses this idea and Rutgers

dedicates itself to citizenship, service, and

diversity.

1993: President William Clinton

visits Rutgers University to recognize the

Citizenship and Service Education (CASE) program as a model for all

colleges and universities across

the nation.

1995: CASE is selected as

an AmeriCorps service site;

70 CASE classes are

offered, more than 2000

service-learning

students.

2004: The first annual

CASE Service Awards are

held at Winants Hall recognizing Director Dr.

Michael Shafer, three faculty and

three community

partners

2006: Committee on Service Learning and Engaged Scholarship co-chaired by Assoc.

VP Isabel Nazario and Dr. Jerome Kukor was

convened to align service learning with

the goals of Transforming

Undergraduate Education.

2007: The CASE Program is transitioned and renamed the Civic

Engagement and Service Education Partnerships program (CESEP)and Dr.

Maurice Elias, Rutgers Professor of the

psychology department becomes academic

director of the program.

HISTORY CONTINUED…×

2007: The CESEP Faculty

Council is formed

2008: Faculty are offered Public Scholarship and Service Learning

Courses Development grants to increase the number of service learning courses available at RU. The Public Scholarship and Service Internships are approved allowing departments without a one-credit service learning experience to

integrate a CESEP service learning component to an existing course.

2008: The Community

Council consisting of

eighteen local community

organizations is formed

2009: CESEP

launches the

Rutgers Bonner Leader

Program

2009: The SAS Curriculum Committee

endorses the Civic Pathway and International Civic Pathway

Certificate Program.

2009: CESEP leads the statewide

"Learning to End Hunger" Campaign in

support of the New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition's efforts to

end childhood hunger in New Jersey by 2015

CESEP’S STRUCTURE

Office of the Assoc. VP for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts & Humanities

Institute for Women & Art (IWA)

Women’s Caucus for Art

Civic Engagement & Service Education Partnerships Program (CESEP)

Faculty Council Community Council

Student Council

CESEP

Community Council meets regularly to

assess the need in the community and how volunteers can help address those needs

Faculty Councilmeets regularly to guide the academic content of the CESEP program and

to provide faculty outreach and mentorship.

Student Council represents the Rutgers

student voice in the current operations and strategic

planning of CESEP classes and programs.

Promotes and does outreach for CESEP

FACES OF CESEPExecutive VP for Academic Affairs

(Philip Furmanski)

Associate VP for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities

(Isabel Nazario)

Administrative Assistant to Assoc. VP

(Glenda Daniel)

CESEP Faculty Director

(Dr. Maurice Elias)

Senior Program Administrator(Amy Michael)

Principal Secretary

(Stella Baldev)

Type-4 APP Staff & Consultants

(Richard Rodriguez & Vilma Perez)

Events Coordinator(Claudio Mir)

Program Coordinator

(Enrique Noguera)

RBLP Coordinator

(Giuseppe Cespedes)

AmeriCorps Fellows (Jerome Goings & Cynthia Douglas)

Graduate Assistant

(David Burgy)

APP Work study students

SERVICE LEARNING CLASSES Provide an academic component to students’

service experiences and connects on-campus learning with genuine community needs, locally and globally.

Builds service and research collaborations with community organizations, government agencies, corporations, and alumni associations.

Classes are offered in a variety of majors and are open to all students regardless of their class year.

There are some variations from class to class but generally each is assigned a 40 hour term of service that runs in accordance with the class

For more information about courses offered please visit: http://engage.rutgers.edu/images/pdf/fall%202010%20cesep%20courses.pdf

CESEP Programs

NEW JERSEY LEADERS OF TOMORROW PRESIDENTIAL INTERNSHIP (NJLT)

It was created by President Richard McCormick in 2006

Provides Rutgers students with an opportunity to learn about state politics and the legislative process while serving in the district offices of New Jersey legislators.

Requirements : Must be Juniors or Seniors that demonstrated academic and

leadership excellence Enrollment in the 3-credit course, 01:790:393:01--NJ State Legislative

Internship. Serve 8-10 per week in the district office of a state legislator. Participation in special events like Rutgers Day in Trenton and

exclusive State House tours

RUTGERS BONNER LEADER PROGRAM (RBLP)

Started in 2009 at Rutgers University with 16 students Provides students with the opportunity to develop leadership skills

while serving in local community organizations for extended time to address issues such as hunger & homelessness, educational equity, and improving literacy

Requirements: Must be prepared to complete a 300 hour AmeriCorps term of service

over the course of one academic year or a 900 hour AmeriCorps term of service over the course of two academic years and a summer (8-10 hours weekly)

Attendance of mandatory services days Participation in weekly meetings and biweekly trainings

The Bonner Program is a national network with 85+ schools with Bonner Leaders actively engaging in community service

Special Initiatives

LEARNING TO END HUNGER

This initiative began in Fall 2009 It pulls together the resources of New Jersey colleges

and universities to support the efforts of the New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition’s “Campaign to End Childhood Hunger by 2015”

The Initiative is housed at CESEP and is made possible by the New Jersey AmeriCorps Bonner Recovery Act Program through the Bonner Foundation in Princeton.

Student volunteers are trained by staff to guide clients through the food stamp application process

RUTGERS FUTURE SCHOLARS MENTORING PROGRAM

This initiative began in Fall 2010 Provides Rutgers students with the opportunity to

mentor and guide New Brunswick and Piscataway middle and high school Future Scholars to college.

Mentors help scholars problem solve, set goals, find academic support services. They also host them at RU for select special-interest events.

There are 60 mentors guiding 200 Scholars this year. Mentors take a CESEP course that runs in accordance

with their term of service.

ADVANCING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT This initiative will be piloted in Spring 2011 Provides local non-profit community organizations with a team of

skills-based J&J employees paired with Rutgers ‘Service –Learning’ students to jointly develop projects that will help build the organization’s capacity to serve local residents.

Community issues and thematic projects to be worked on by working teams in this seminar will be based on the needs identified by non-profit community-based partners.

This opportunity will help students learn organizational leadership skills, management performance systems and participate in community-based research while becoming familiar with the New Brunswick community.

Students earn 3 (Psychology) credits for seminar academic studies in organizational leadership and community development.

CIVIC PATHWAY AND INTERNATIONAL CIVIC PATHWAY CERTIFICATE

Encourages developmental, community-based learning throughout students’ academic careers and recognizes their achievements upon graduation.

Requirements: 3 credits of service learning recitations, 6 credits of 21st Century Challenge classes 6 credit Capstone experience A semester of co-curricular service Participation in CESEP-sponsored events.

The International Civic Pathway has similar requirements with a 6 credit international service learning experience being the centerpiece. It also requires students to undergo preparatory course work in a geographical area prior to traveling and a special reflective class upon return.

ENGAGED LUNCHEONS

Started in Spring 2009 with a presentation by Dr. Doug Greenberg, Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences

This series of luncheons gives faculty members and community partners dedicated to community practice the opportunity to hear from and network with local and national experts on issues related to civic engagement.