Author: Tommaso Vitale Date: To: ML movimenti Bicocca Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] positions in Participatory Citizenship and
Community Activism
> >
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> Eugene Lang College the New School for Liberal Arts is entering an
> exciting chapter in its history. With the opening of a new Center
> focusing on Participatory Citizenship and Community Activism, it
> seeks to create an environment for students and faculty which
> promotes meaningful civic engagement as an integral part of the
> fabric of University life. This is being achieved through a range
> of curricular and co-curricular activities, service opportunities
> with organizations in New York City and other programs which engage
> students in powerful civic learning experiences and seek to produce
> lasting, significant impacts in New York City communities.
>
> The New School, and Eugene Lang College in particular, is committed
> to civic engagement, community-based learning and public service as
> an institutional imperative. In conjunction with Project
> Pericles, the eventual aim is to develop participatory citizenship
> and community activism as a central component of the undergraduate
> educational experience and through it ensure that a commitment to
> civic engagement is embedded in the pedagogical core of the
> college. We hope to solidify this initiative with the appointment
> of a faculty member with an intellectual and practical commitment
> to this field who can serve as Senior Director for this program.
>
>
> Please find attached an announcement for the search we are
> conducting for this position. This is an exciting opportunity
> which will afford a senior scholar the opportunity to combine
> scholarship and civic engagement in a vibrant urban setting. We
> would appreciate it if you could forward the announcement to those
> you think are interested and qualified, or make recommendations to
> us directly. Should you have any questions, please feel free to
> contact Ella Turenne ( turennee@??? ).
>
>
> Best,
>
> Ella Turenne
>
>
> Director of Special Projects
>
> Office of the Dean
>
> Eugene Lang College the New School for Liberal Arts
>
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> Faculty Member & Senior Director
> Participatory Citizenship and Community Activism
> Eugene Lang College
>
> Eugene Lang College, the undergraduate division of the New School,
> is searching for a Senior Director & Faculty in Participatory
> Citizenship and Community Activism, a community partnership program
> that places Eugene Lang College students in experiential-based
> civic learning internships with a variety of public-minded
> organizations across New York City. This program – mounted in
> conjunction with Project Pericles – seeks to make community
> engagement and civic agency the practical core of a liberal arts
> education at Lang College linking academic learning to the social
> and political life of New York City’s varied communities.
>
> The program is best represented at present by Lang College's
> commitment to the New York City public schools, where we place
> dozens of students working on literacy, the high school-to-college
> transition, and the I Have a Dream program. These programs are
> grounded in a curriculum which explores the challenges of public
> schooling in U.S. cities. With this appointment we seek to
> strengthen and broaden these commitments in conjunction with other
> areas of the College curriculum.
>
> The Senior Director will be asked to do the following:
>
> Help formulate the conceptual framework for community engagement at
> the College
>
> Bring together existing internships and civic commitments and
> assess their value
> Establish partnerships with New York City institutions, non-profits
> and community advocacy groups
> Supervise the day-to-day running of the program, including staff
> Work with faculty to design a curriculum that will sustain those
> partnerships
> Generate scholarship that will add to and advance the current
> literature on civic engagement
> Teach two courses per year
> Create visibility for the program among prospective and existing
> students
> Raise funds for the continued support of the program
> We are looking for an advanced Assistant or Associate Professor
> with a strong record of scholarly and administrative
> accomplishment, able to intellectually and administratively shape
> the Eugene Lang College’s commitment to participatory citizenship
> and community activism. This is a tenured (or tenure track)
> position. Field of expertise is open.
>
> Interested applicants should send a letter of application outlining
> your experience and interest in the job, along with curriculum
> vitae to Amos Himmelstein, Assistant Dean, 66 West 12th Street, New
> York, NY 10011.
> Or email applications to: NSUjobs@??? . Please be sure to
> write: Search # 23041 in the subject line to ensure proper
> distribution.
> Please go also to the attached link and complete the Application
> for Employment 2006. http://www.newschool.edu/admin/hr/forms/ > index.aspx
> Once completed mail to: The New School, Human Resources Department.
> Search # 23041. 80 Fifth Avenue, 4th floor New York, NY 10011
>
> The New School, as well as its individual academic divisions, is
> committed to a policy of equal opportunity in all of its activities
> and programs, including employment and promotion. It does not
> discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic
> origin, citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age,
> physical handicap, veteran or marital status.
>
>
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