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The University of
Massachusetts-Dartmouth invited community
leaders, faculty, and students to gather on April 26, 2012, at the
Woodland Commons for the fourth annual Civic Engagement Summit. Organized by
the
Center for Civic Engagement at UMD, the summit included keynote addresses by
UMass President Dr. Robert L. Caret and Dr. Shirley Sagawa, Chief
Operating and Policy Officer of the Corporation for National and
Community Service. Both acknowledged the involvement of UMass-Dartmouth
in civic engagement, community building and service-learning. Sixty-six
percent of UMassD graduates engage in some type of community service
prior to graduation, placing the school among the top ten schools in the
country for community engagement and service-learning. Chancellor Jean
MacCormack acknowledged the contributions of retiring Bristol County
Savings Bank CEO Dennis Kelly before participants joined nine Best
Practice discussion groups. Click here for
a 
video of the event. Click
here for the Herald News article. Click
here for photos of last year's Summit. For more information, contact Deirdre
Healy, Assistant Director for the Center for Civic Engagement at 508-999-8641.
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(Top row, left)
Massachusetts Senator Michael Rodrigues chats with Tony Vieira of UMass-Dartmouth.
(Top row, center and right) UMass-Dartmouth
Chancellor
Jean F. MacCormack welcomes over 200 participants before introducing
Fall
River Mayor
Willilam Flanagan and New
Bedford Mayor Jon F. Mitchell. (Row two) University of Massachusetts
President Dr. Robert L. Caret talks about the importance of civic
engagement before taking a question from
UMass Medical School Director of Community
Health Suzanne
Cashman. (Row three) Dr. Caret talks with participants and Fall
River 21st Century
Program
Doran school coordinator Paul Moniz chats before Assistant
Director of the
Center for Civic Engagement Deidre Healy introduces Keynote Speaker Dr.
Shirley Sagawa. (Row four) Dr. Sagawa presents
examples of community service and service-learning as a solution to
community needs before
Center for Civic Engagement Assistant Provost Matthew Roy, who
emceed the event, asks for questions from the audience.
(Bottom row) Dr.
Sagawa takes a
question from Fran Roy, Assistant Superintendent of the Fall River School
System, before groups, including Angela Banniseter and Marcia Picard of Partners
for a Healthier Community and Wendy Garf-Lipp of United
Neighbors of Fall River, gather to discuss Best Practice Partnerships.
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