Center for Civic Engagement

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Center for Civic Engagement

• The Center for Civic Engagement identifies and
  cultivates opportunities for Rice students,
  faculty, and staff to engage the Houston
  community and the world through engaged
  scholarship, active service, meaningful
  leadership, and the cultural arts.

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Center for Civic Engagement

• Presenters
• Stephanie Post, Executive Director
• Robert Stein, Faculty Director
• Mac Griswold, Director, Community Involvement
  Center
• Brad Smith, Director, Leadership Rice

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Center for Civic Engagement

• CCE Fellows
• Undergraduate fellows conduct faculty-supervised
• research with a community partner during the
• summer.
• Community Partners
• City of Houston
• Methodist Hospital
• Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy
• Texas Medical Center
• Technology for All
• 2007 6 Fellows
• 2008 7-8 Fellows will be announced next week

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• CEVE 495/COMP 495/POLI 481
• HURRICANE RISK ASSESSMENT DESIGN
• OF EVACUATION POLICIES FOR HOUSTON
• Robert Stein
• Devika Subramanian
• Leonardo Duenas Osorio

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Center for Civic Engagement
HURRICANE RISK ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN OF
EVACUATION POLICIES FOR HOUSTON
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Center for Civic Engagement
HURRICANE RISK ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN OF
EVACUATION POLICIES FOR HOUSTON
Friday
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Center for Civic EngagementCommunity Involvement
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2008 Alternative Spring Break Sites
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2008 Alternative Spring Break Program

• Nearly 120 student and staff participants
• 9 program sites throughout the U.S. and Mexico
• Over 3,500 hours of direct service performed for
  individuals and communities in need
• The past few days Ive been telling people again
  and again that my week in Eagle Butte was by far
  the best Ive had as a Rice student.

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Urban Immersion Program
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2008 Urban Immersion Program

• Significant expansion to double the number of
  students participating (up to 48)
• Greater community impact through longer-term
  projects with host agencies
• Continuation of programming throughout the
  academic year

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2008-2009 Loewenstern Fellowships

• Provides international service opportunities
• In future years, program will provide
  international research and leadership development
  opportunities
• 11 students selected for first class of Fellows
• Program expected to grow significantly over the
  next 3 years
• 4- to 12-week summer service placements
  throughout Latin America - Argentina, Brazil,
  Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico,
  and Peru
• This years projects focused on community/public
  health, womens empowerment, environmental
  issues, and indigenous health

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Other Community Involvement Center Programs

• America Reads Tutoring Program
• Employs over 60 undergraduate students off-campus
  in community-based literacy programs
• Good Works Fair
• Brings over 40 non-profit and human services
  employers to campus to recruit graduating seniors
• International Service Project
• 2-week group summer service project serving a
  community with whom we have an 8-year
  relationship
• O-Week Outreach Day
• Engages nearly half of the incoming class in a
  one-day service project each August
• The NAMES Projects AIDS Memorial Quilt
• Biennial display and week of programming
  highlighting the impact of HIV/AIDS on our
  community, the country, and the world

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Other Community Involvement Center Services

• Community Service Literacy Resource Library
• Community Service Grant
• Nearly 11,000 in funding for student service
  organizations and community service projects each
  year
• GIVE-A-HOOT (E-mail Newsletter)
• 2,350 subscribers from the campus and Houston
  communities receive information bi-weekly on
  local service opportunities, jobs, internships,
  and grants
• Database of Local, National, and International
  Volunteer Opportunities

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Scholarships and Awards

• Morty Rich Scholarship
• Service-based scholarship awarded to continuing
  undergraduate students
• Alan Grob Prize
• Service-based prize awarded to either graduating
  or non-graduating Rice students
• Rice Developing World Students Scholarship
• Need-based award providing funding for
  international service in a developing country
• Hilda and Herschel Rich Family Student Community
  Service Fund
• New funding source designed to support student
  initiated service projects, covering a wide range
  of community-based activities

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Center for Civic EngagementLeadership Rice

• Summer Mentorship Experience

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Center for Civic EngagementLeadership Rice

• St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital

• Mentor Philip Salem, M.D.
• Director, Cancer Research Program
• Pioneering cancer research led to Nobel prize
  winning breakthrough in treating intestinal
  cancer.
• First president of the Arab American Cancer
  Foundation.
• Appointed to several advisory committees to the
  White House on healthcare issues.
• Unique opportunity for two undergrads to work
  with world-renowned doctor and observe
  inner-workings of world-class hospital.

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• Pune, India

• Mentor Mahesh Desai
• Chairman CEO, Virgo Engineers
• 2 students with senior execs at Virgo
• 2 students with doctors and execs at Deenanath
  Mangeshkar Hospital
• Unique opportunity for undergrads to work with
  international leaders in developing world.

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• In-Line Plastics

• Mentor John Keating
• Founder, President, CEO
• Student will experience the life of an
  entrepreneurial business leader, including travel
  with senior execs to international locations
  including Mexico, Panama, London, and possibly
  Asia.

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• Interaction with Community Leaders

Bill White with Students
Marc Shapiro Rice Trustee
Jack Blanton Former Chairman, Houston Endowment
Kirbyjon Caldwell Senior Pastor, Windsor Village
United Methodist Upcoming event Preparing for
a Life Time of Leadership   Tuesday, April 22 at
400 PM  100 Herring Hall
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Center for Civic EngagementLeadership Rice

• Conferences

• US Naval Academy Leadership Conference
• Leadership Beyond Barriers
• Mission Bring together the best minds in the
  practice and study of leadership to exchange
  ideas, experiences and methodologies with both
  military and civilian students.
• 6 Leadership Rice students

• Hatton W. Sumners Undergraduate Student
  Leadership Conference
• To inspire young men and women to seek or accept
  leadership responsibilities as part of their
  contribution to society.
• To increase awareness of current and emerging
  leadership challenges in a variety of settings.
• To develop a network of leaders to support future
  collaboration among these emerging leaders.
• 6 Leadership Rice students

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