Community Development

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Community Development

• Miami University
• Kate Bowers, Lindsay Dobucki, Patty Martinez

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Overview

• Define Community
• Explain Community Development Model
• Discuss Community Development Action Plans
• Look at the Resources offered at the Center

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Defining Community

• What does a community look like?
• How does a community act?
• How do communities form?

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Our Mission

• ORLNSP collaborates with other offices to
  facilitate students successful adjustment to and
  transitions through their collegiate experience.
  We try to provide a safe and supportive
  environment promoting academic success, personal
  developments, involvement in campus life, and
  understanding of intercultural issues. We
  support the Universitys commitment to build
  citizen leaders for the future.

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6 Principles of Community Development

• Purposeful
• Open
• Just
• Caring
• Disciplined
• Celebrative

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Purposeful

• a place where students, faculty and staff share
  goals and collaborates for personal development,
  value clarification and learning a place where
  creativity and innovation are expressed.

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Open

• a place where freedom of expression is honored
  and where civility is powerfully affirmed a
  place that fosters dialogue and advocacy.

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Just

• a place where the value of each person is
  paramount and where diversity education is
  pursued.

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Caring

• a place where the well-being of each member is
  compassionately supported and where service to
  others is encouraged.

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Disciplined

• a place where individuals accept their
  obligations to the group and where well-defined
  policies and procedures guide responsible
  decision-making for the common good.

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Celebrative

• one in which the heritage of the institution is
  remembered and where rituals affirming both
  tradition and change are widely shared.

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Questions
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Getting Practical
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Making the Model Meaningful

• Build them in to all you do
• Think always of the whole
• Make a Guide Book
• Check your Attitude

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Know Your Resources