Civic Engagement Week 2011: April 11 Events, A Closer Look

April 11 Events

All Day: Let Us Eat Cake

3:30 pm: Community Engagement: Why Should We Care?

Let Us Eat Cake

Join us to celebrate UMSL's investment in the community!
Download the "Let Us Eat Cake" Flyer

Since our founding in 1963, community engagement has been a central focus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Help us celebrate the Carnegie Foundation's selection of UMSL for its 2010 Community Engagement classification.

Please join us as you are able to have cake and celebrate at the following times and locations:

Start Time	Location	Sponsoring Department	Project highlights
10:00 a.m.	RCEW Lobby	Volunteer Services	Volunteer Services/ Employee Program
10:30 a.m. to noon	315 Thomas Jefferson Library	UMSL Libraries	UMSL Libraries Service Outside the Lines
11:00 a.m.	Seton Hall Lobby	Nursing	COPS
11:30 a.m.	MSC Nosh, Patio & Bridge	Division of Student Affairs with UMSL Students of Service	Service activities, Bridge Program/ Students of Service
Noon	Provincial House	Honors College	CHERP
Noon	331 SSB	Center for International Studies	2011 Africa Film Festival preview
12:30 p.m.	Marillac Lobby	College of Education with College of Optometry	Des Lee Collaborative Vision; Mobile Eye Center; Students of Service
1:00 p.m.	Kathy Weinman Building. Auditorium	Children's Advocacy Services/ College of Arts and Sciences	Children's Advocacy Services
1:15 p.m.	Outside 126 J. C. Penney	Center for Humanities with Continuing Education	Humanities and Continuing Education programs
2:00 p.m.	Bellerive Hall, Student Lounge, Lower Level	College of Social Work/ Gerontology	Service of Students and Faculty
2:30 p.m.	401 SSB	College of Business Administration	CoBA Community Engagement Activities
2:30 p.m.	411 Woods Hall	Economic Development	Great Street/ Great Rivers Greenways
3:00 p.m.	Lobby outside 150 Villa -Provincial Hall	College of Fine Arts & Communication	Programs of the Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative and UMSL Department of Music
4:45 p.m.	MSC Century Room C	Provost's Civic Engagement Steering Committee	UMSL Community Outreach & Engagement
7:30 p.m.	Oak Hall	Residential Life	Community Service Programs

Community Engagement: Why Should We Care?

Monday, April 11, 2011: 3:30 p.m.
Millennium Student Center (MSC) Century Room C

Remarks about the Carnegie classification followed by a discussion on what "Community Engagement" means for UMSL students, faculty, alumnae and partners.

Setting the stage:
Thomas F. George, UMSL Chancellor
Glen H. Cope, UMSL Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Viewpoints:
Chris Krehmeyer, Director of Beyond Housing, an UMSL partner organization
Patty Parker, UMSL Faculty, E. Des Lee Endowed Professor in Zoological Studies
Kelcy Siddall, UMSL Student
Katie Trouton, UMSL alumna, Service Specialist at Edward Jones

Moderator: Kay Gasen, UMSL Community Partnership Project

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