NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 27, 2016) – Salve Regina faculty this fall are launching work on a three-year, grant-funded plan to intentionally infuse community engagement and civic learning into the university’s curriculum, a process enriched by community partners as co-educators.
The $173,800 grant from the Davis Educational Foundation supports the formation of Faculty Learning Communities that, over the next three years, will expand efforts to increase faculty investment in community engaged scholarship, deepen student learning across the curriculum, and strengthen academic outcomes by developing interdisciplinary learning with meaningful input from community partners.
The project is co-managed at Salve Regina by Dr. Laura O’Toole, Senior Faculty Fellow for Community Engagement and Professor of Sociology, and Dr. Scott Zeman, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.