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Larine Y. Cowan
Make a Difference Award

The Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award was presented to ESLARP Director Laura Lawson and FAA Dean Robert Graves earlier this month during the 24th Annual Celebration of Diversity breakfast on November 11, held at the I Hotel. Presenting the award to ESLARP was Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Robert Easter, and Menah Pratt-Clarke, Interim Assistant Chancellor and Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access.



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Conference Presentations

2009


Loving, Cassandra, Jakendra Williams, Maria Kaidas, and Julia Crowley (with Mentor Abbilyn Harmon).  Program Development of Empowerment Methods for Homeless Veterans in the East St. Louis Community.  Undergraduate Research Symposium '09.  Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, April 7, 2009.

Adams, Paul, Christina Fisher, Don Holt, Joe Hines, and Keena Rhee-Flie.  Bridging Technology Between Youth in East St. Louis and Sao Tome, West Africa.  2009 Public Engagement Symposium and Technology Showcase.  Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, March 9, 2009.

Wicks, Bruce, Abbilyn Harmon, and Sang Lee.  Student Engagement and the East St. Louis Action Research Project.  2009 Public Engagement Symposium and Technology Showcase.  Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, March 9, 2009.

IGNITE, held by the Illinois Leadership Center, January 2009.  ESLARP challenged IGNITE students to think of ways to increase UIUC student awareness and interest in ESLARP projects, courses, and research. See the presentations: Group A and Group B

2008

Lee, Sang.  Planning Education and Community Organizing In East St. Louis.  2008 Illinois State Conference, American Planning Association.  Champaign, Illinois, October 29-31, 2008.

Andrejasich, Elizabeth, Abbilyn Harmon, Sang Lee, Billie Turner, and Martha Watts. Storytelling: Critical Reflection and Creative Performance.  Planners Network Annual Conference.  Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 17-20, 2008.

2007

Wicks, Bruce and Janni Sorensen.  University Service Learning and Civic Engagement.  National Recreation and Park Association Annual Congress.  Indianapolis, IN.  September 2007.

Sorensen, Janni, Vicki Eddings and Suraiya Rashid, “The East St. Louis Action Research Project: Power Disparity, Community-University Partnerships and Action Research in Undergraduate Education” Planner’s Network Conference in New Orleans, June 2007.

Harwood, Stacy A. Using visual tools to understand community narratives about the future, Interpretation in Policy Analysis: Research & Practice Conference, sponsored by Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam and Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 31-June 2, 2007

Dearborn, L., S. Harwood, J. Sorensen, B. Wicks, “Enhancing Student Development through Service Learning and Civic Engagement,” Presented at the 2007 UIUC Annual Faculty Retreat on Active Learning, February 2007.

2006

Harwood, Stacy A.  The East St. Louis Design Workshop: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Community-based Problem Solving, Keynote lecture at the Midwest Ecological-Community Psychology Conference, Saugatuck, MI, October 6, 2006. 

2005

Dearborn, Lynne.  "Leadership in Community Partnerships: Addressing Housing Quality of Minority Homeowners".  November 4, 2005.

Harwood, Stacy A. "Finding Common Goals: UIUC, ESLARP, SENDO". U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of University Partnerships COPC Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 2005.

Dearborn , Lynne & Kevin Rodenkirch, "Service-Research Relationships in the Study of Unethical Lending and Construction Practices," HUD-Community Outreach Partnerships Conference, Chicago , Illinois (April, 2005).

2003

Harwood, Stacy A. We will bring it back to its full glory: The Remaking of Emerson Park, Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH), Tenth National Conference on Planning History, St. Louis, Missouri, November 6-9, 2003.

Dearborn, Lynne.  "Predatory Lending in St. Clair County". Symposium on Lending in Minority Communities . Jointly sponsored by Federal Reserve of St. Louis, Missouri and Land of Lincoln Legal Foundation , Fairview Heights , Illinois . September 2003.

2002

Dearborn, Lynne and Laura Lawson and Janni Sorensen.  Testing an Interdisciplinary Teaching Approach: Integrating Urban Planning, Architecture and Landscape architecture - ACSP Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2002

2001

An Engaged University: UIUC in Community/University Partnerships. The Emerson Park Story: A Case Study of Neighborhood Redevelopment Happening in many East St. Louis Neighborhoods - 2001

1998

Smith, Damon and Patricia Nolan.  ""Town and Gown': A resident evaluation of a community outreach partnership center".  Community Outreach Partnerships Centers(COPC) Conference. East St. Louis, Illinois, Sept. 24-25, 1998.

Promise and performance: The ongoing, multi-disciplinary, service-learning course : Spring 1999

Chavan, Abhijeet and Brian Orland and Deanna Koenings and Yong Wook Kim "The Web: Making Maps Meaningful"29th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association.  St. Louis, Missouri, March 5-6, 1998.

George, Varkki R. "Experiencing Project Sites Virtually"29th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association.  St. Louis, Missouri, March 5-6, 1998.

Orland, Brian and Abhijeet Chavan and Varkki George.  "Computers in Community Collaboration"29th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association.  St. Louis, Missouri, March 5-6, 1998.

1997

Community Access to GIS: Avoiding Intimidation and Trivialization - Data Visualization Conference, St. Louis, October 1997

 

Conference Summaries and Reports

2005

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of University Partnerships COPC Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 2005.2005

2003

 

Engaged Colleges are Central to Strong Communities, Community Outreach Partnerships Centers Program (COPC) Conference.  San Diego, California, April 24-26, 2003. 

2002

Rays of Hope Conference Report, Rays of Hope Conference. East St. Louis, Illinois, October 22-23, 2002.

An Experiment in Place-Based Government/Community Partnerships, Illinois Workforce Advantage Conference. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, Sept. 30, 2002.

Report from COPC Conference, Community Outreach Partnerships Centers (COPC) Conference.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2002.

2000



ESLARP in Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo Planners Network/Workers Party Conference. Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 2000.

1999

Summary of Symposium, Symposium on Job Creation Strategies. East St. Louis, Illinois, May 4, 1999.

Illinois Campus Compact Service Learning Symposium Summary, Illinois Campus Compact Service Learning Symposium (ICCCS).  Champaign, Illinois, April 8-9, 1999.

1998

COPC Summary, Community Outreach Partnerships Centers(COPC) Conference. East St. Louis, Illinois, Sept. 24-25, 1998.

EDRA Conference to Feature ESLARP, 29th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association.  St. Louis, Missouri, March 5-6, 1998.

 

 


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