Action Research Illinois - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Action Research Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts \| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Action Research Illinois Mission Statement (ARI) Courses Ongoing Projects The People of ARI Community Partners AR.I Advisory Committee Affiliated Professionals Recent Staff Events and News Grants and Awards 2012 Seed Grants for Course Development 2012 Faculty Mentor Program FAA 391 Spring 2013 5th & Hill FAA 391 Spring 2013 N 1st. Street ESLARP Mission Statement Why East St. Louis? Why University of Illinois? Who We Are Community Partners Campus Partners ESLARP Staff ESLARP Faculty Vernon Burton Cynthea Geerdes Robert Selby Graduate Assistants Randall Rice Senait Brown Will Godfrey Sripallavi Nadimpalli Crystal Whiters Noah Lenstra Jake Odland Alumni What We Do Courses Current Courses FAA 291 FEB Spring 2012 FAA 291 APR - Spring 2012 FAA 291 fall 2011 FAA 291 oct fall 2011 2000 to present 1990 through 1999 Student Learning Community Information and Technology Neighborhoods and Planning Organizational Capacity Building Parks and Open Space Design Assistance and Construction Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics Works Cited Olivette Park Neighborhood Block 1 Publications and Presentations Academic Publications Student Projects and Reports Neighborhood Plans Conference Presentations Outreach Weekend Reports Retreats and Annual Reports Awards and News ESLARP in the News Awards and Recognitions Newsletters Get Involved Resources and Links Maps Internal Resources Make a Gift to ESLARP ESLARP Alumni Spotlight Metro East Citizens Air Project Contact Information Illinois Global Action Research Outreach Weekend Registration *Spotlight . . .* Community - Campus Day of Service a huge success! April 20, 2013 On Saturday, April 20th, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign kicked off National Volunteer Week with an inaugural Community-Campus Day of Service. Over 60 students, faculty and staff worked with six community partners on seven projects to complete pre-construction projects, community garden spring preparation projects, flyering in the community, reorganizing classrooms at Tap in Leadership Academy, cataloging choral literature, and preparing a Bee Garden. A big thank you goes out to all who helped on April 20! Search	Enriching perspectives through community engagement UP474 Fall 2006 Ethnography of the University: University-Community Engagement Final Presentations UP474 Neighborhood Planning Seminar 06 Professor Stacy Harwood Wednesday, December 6 from 6:00 to 8:50pm TBH 223 Small teams of students studied university-community engagement at the University of Illinois. As part of the Ethnography of the University (EOTU) program, these research projects are one way students can “talk back to the university” about the competing and conflicting narratives and experiences around such things as town & gown relations, student-civic engagement, university-community partnerships, community-based learning, service learning, action research, community outreach... 1. University of Illinois’ involvement with Hurricane Katrina Recovery efforts by Frankye Payne, Joel VanEssen, Brian Sheehan 2. A Case Study of the UIUC’s Landscape, Architecture and Urban Planning Departments: What is their influence in how one measures success of a design problem? by Dale Glenwood Green, Jackie Wolke, Nicole Semmler 3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Does One’s Proximity to the University Affect Their Level of Participation in the University by Chris Chavis, Cory Mollet, Quian Wang, Felicia Taylor 4. UIUC Athletics and Volunteering in the Community by Angie Stenson, Karl Guider, Yang Zhang 5. Differing Opinions: Perceptions of Success Case Study on UIUC’s Alternative Spring Break RSO by Matt Dixon, Jennifer Duffy, Caroline Schreiber 6. Friend or foe...who benefits: the university, the community or both? A Study of the Orchard Downs Redevelopment Project by Owen Kulemeka, Scott Presslak, Sarah Floyd 7. An Examination of the relationship between Community Based Organizations and the University’s Community Based Learning Programs by Paul Lauricella, Tal Kleiman, Angel Valtierra 8. UIUC Champaign/Urbana Area Revitalization Project: A Discussion of Why Champaign/Urbana Lacks a Community Based Re-Development Program by Michael Olson, Emily Smith, Emily Taylor, and Jim Webb 9. Promotion of Community Based Learning Programs: Are Appearances Deceiving? by Aaron Beyers, Erin Masters, Erin DeMuynck Last updated on 7/22/2011

Action Research Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Fine and Applied Arts

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