Share Your Stories With Us: CASA Digtial Media Connects with the World

 

With the new semester upon us, we here at CASA invite you to share your stories with us this year on our digital media channels. From faculty to students to staff, our CASA community is involved in some incredible research and partnerships.

21st century digital media provides us robust tools to share and connect with the campus community, local community, and global community.

  • Do you have an event coming up? Let us know. We can help advertise.
  • Have you recently published an article or book? Share the information and links with us so we can expand your readership.
  • Do you have a think piece you want to share? Write up a short paragraph post for our blog?
  • Are you doing incredible work in the classroom that the rest of the faculty community can benefit from? Send us your stories.
  • Do you have students creating great projects and research? Share it with us.
  • Do you want help setting up your digital media channels for classroom, professional, or personal uses? Contact us. We will get you up and running.

Send blog posts, links, photos, videos, events, flyers, updates, conferences, class info, symposium info, and more to Daniel Murphy (daniel.murphy@sjsu.edu).  We can share your information easily across our digital channels.

In particular, we invite you to join us on LinkedIn. We have a vibrant connected community that is growing daily.

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/college-of-applied-sciences-and-arts/58/a0a/7a4

Blog: http://blogs.sjsu.edu/casa/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJSUCASA  (@sjsucasa)

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/College-of-Applied-Sciences-Arts-SJSU/543824605674637

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/CASAatSJSU

G+: https://plus.google.com/109070033164262923224/posts

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/sjsucasa/

 

Image: By Sofiaperesoa (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Faculty Writing Workshop Opportunity: AANAPISI


by AANAPISI staff

Faculty Writing Workshop

Sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education & Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI)

You will leave this two-day workshop with models of strong lesson plans on practical writing topics. Using what you learn from the model lesson plans on day one, you will then create and present your own lesson plan on day two. Twelve San José State faculty members will be selected to participate in this workshop. Participants will be chosen based upon the strength of their applications. Upon successful completion of the workshop, each participant will receive a $500 stipend. Successful completion of this workshop is a prerequisite for applying for future faculty release time under the AANAPISI grant.

Information and requirements:

  • Participants will meet for the first session of the workshop on Friday, August 23, 2013 (8:30-4:30). On day one of the workshop, facilitators will teach their lesson plans. During the last hour of day one, participants will work on drafts of their lesson plans.
  • Participants will submit a draft of their full lesson plan to the workshop facilitators (Dr. Linda C. Mitchell and Michelle Hager) prior to the date of the second session, with adequate time given for review and feedback.
  • Participants will meet for a second session on Friday, September 13, 2013; Friday, September 20, 2013; OR Friday, September 27, 2013 (8:30-4:30). During the second session, participants will present their 50-minute lesson plans and receive feedback from their peers. For each workshop day, a continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack will be served.

 

Workshop rules:

  • No tardiness or early departures
  • No cell phones
  • No time missed
  • No excuses for missed time
  • 110% effort
  • Original lesson plan content
  • Submission of a complete, formal, polished lesson plan on your “due date”
  • Full engagement during the sessions

Please note: You will only be eligible for the workshop stipend and future release time if you satisfy all the workshop requirements. No exceptions! You have officially completed the workshop when your lesson plan has been approved for posting on the San José State University AANAPISI website.

To apply:
Send a complete application packet to the workshop facilitators, Dr. Linda C. Mitchell (Linda.Mitchell@sjsu.edu) AND Michelle Hager (Michelle.Hager@sjsu.edu). The application is due Friday, August 9, 2013.

The following materials are required:
1. A signed copy of the workshop contract (see the next page).
2. A 250-word statement detailing the 50-minute lesson plan on writing you would like to develop for your classes. Answer the following questions in your statement:

Why did you choose your topic? What is your motivation for choosing to work on this lesson? (50 words)
How is this lesson relevant to your classes? (50 words)

How will your plan be structured? (100 words) Example: “I will do a lesson on „so what?‟ since I have noticed that students in my discipline do not develop their ideas. First, I will explain what I mean by a „so what?‟ Next, I will have the group read a paragraph that is missing the „so what?‟ The group will then read the revised paragraph with the added „so what?‟ and then a third revision with specific examples added. For an exercise, each participant will write a general paragraph, then test the „so what?‟ and add information. All writing in all disciplines needs a „so what?‟ so the topic is useful to everyone.”

How will other faculty members adapt your plan to other

CASA Wins Four Awards University Service Learning and Engagement Awards Ceremony

It was a great day for CASA at the University Service Learning and Engagement Awards Ceremony. CASA faculty and our students were winners of four of the awards given this morning. It makes it very clear that our college continues to be a very community engaged college. Congratulations to:

1. Susie Rivera, Justice Studies–Faculty Lecturer Award
2. Nancy Megginson, Kinesiology–Faculty Professor Award
3. Jesse Medina and Lisseth Castillo-Valencia–Justice Studies students in the Records Clearance Project–Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
4. CHAMP, Center for Health Aging in Multicultural Populations–Collaborative Projects

VERY IMPRESSIVE! CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS AND TO CASA!

We will follow up with blog posts on each of the winners. Stay tuned.

CHAMP wins SJSU Service-Learning & Community Award

 

by Sadhna Diwan

Center for Healthy Aging in Multicultural Populations (CHAMP) was selected to receive the Collaborative Project Award from the SJSU Center for Community Learning & Leadership.

It’s great to see the collaborative efforts of CASA faculty recognized by the University. Congratulations to all and thanks for our team members without which this would not have been possible.

The Center for Healthy Aging in Multicultural Populations (CHAMP) was created in the College of Applied Sciences & Arts in 2009. With faculty affiliates from all academic disciplines at SJSU, the Center facilitates interdisciplinary applied research, education, and strategic partnerships with community-based organizations working with older adults. For each of the past three years, CHAMP has partnered with the Timpany Center, Santa Clara County’s Department of Adult & Aging Services (DAAS), CommUniverCity, and the Roosevelt Community Center to host Senior Wellness & Resource Fairs to promote healthy aging among older adults in the community. The fairs, which are half-day events, have promoted interprofessional education through service learning among more than 200 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in courses in health sciences, nutrition, nursing, occupational therapy, social work, psychology, kinesiology, and communicative disorders.

The students provide wellness education and screenings to seniors, learn about available community resources, and build their skills by applying their knowledge to working with older persons. Student evaluations of the fairs are extremely positive: they show increased awareness of their own strengths and challenges such as communication skills; they express positive attitudes towards working with older persons; and better understanding of inter-professional roles in wellness promotion among seniors.

As one student noted, “I am very grateful for the opportunity I was given to work with the project. This was not only my first volunteer effort, but it was also the first time I worked with and for an older population. Getting involved with this project allowed me to see the need for resources for the general local population. The best part of this experience was the ability to connect those who were in search for resources with their professionals- whether it was the table I sat in or not. It was absolutely wonderful to see so many different disciplines come together for a common goal- the wellbeing of a population who often get looked over.

Another noted, “The most enjoyable aspect of this project is that I have an opportunity to interact with seniors. It is a valuable and precious experience to practice what I have learned from classes.

DAAS has expressed interest in continuing this partnership with CHAMP in order to engage more of our students in service learning.

The Service-Learning & Community Engagement Awards are presented for course-inspired community engagement learning, distinguished from non-academic community service. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday, April 26th from 8:45-11:00am in ENG 285/287.

CASA-CHAMPS faculty can invite friends and family. Parking permits are available upon request.

Congratulations on the Award! Go CHAMPions!