Leave with practical facilitation tools and renewed confidence in fostering classrooms grounded in shared responsibility, emancipatory agency, and transformative learning.
Join Rachel Spraker for an overview of the new Community Excellence Faculty Fellowship, a cohort-based program supporting community‑engaged research and teaching at UVA. The session will outline eligibility, proposal expectations, cohort activities, timelines, and include time for Q&A and project discussion.
Leave with practical facilitation tools and renewed confidence in fostering classrooms grounded in shared responsibility, emancipatory agency, and transformative learning.
Students from the UVA Student Council Public Service Advisory Board will introduce their ethical guidebook for community engagement and discuss how faculty and staff can apply its principles in courses and partnerships.
Explore examples of well-designed Canvas courses from UVA faculty across Grounds, highlighting practical approaches to transparency, belonging, and accessibility.
SYS 4054 students will share findings from their year‑long, community‑engaged capstone on local criminal justice issues, developed with regional planner Matt Vitale. The session will highlight student projects and explore how similar justice‑focused, data‑informed work can be incorporated into teaching.