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CASE honors faculty, community agencies
Archived article from Nov 1, 2004
By Steve Manas
To celebrate 15 years of forging partnerships among faculty, students and countless community-based agencies, the Citizenship and Service Education (CASE) program at Rutgers honored two faculty members and representatives from three agencies at an inaugural service awards luncheon.
Ellen L. Idler, chair of the sociology department in New Brunswick, and Mary L. Shaw, professor of French in New Brunswick, received plaques at the awards ceremony held at Winants Hall, which featured President Richard L. McCormick as keynote speaker.
Lisanne Finston, executive director of Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen in New Brunswick; Ken Armwood, administrator of youth services and community education at the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey, Princeton; and Sue Dowling, executive director of the Interfaith Network of Care Inc. in Milltown, also were honored. Each received a plaque and $500.
Additionally, CASE acknowledged D. Michael Shafer, former CASE director, for 10 years of dedicated service. A professor of political science, Shafer now directs Rutgers’ Center for Global Security and Democracy.
CASE’s alliances with community-based agencies (called CBAs) have created opportunities for students to learn about community engagement while assisting the agencies in meeting the needs of their constituents. Since its inception, more than 13,000 CASE students have provided 730,000 hours of service to New Jersey communities. “Each agency has created lasting educational and life-changing experiences for hundreds of Rutgers students, and we are pleased to publicly thank them,” said Yvette R. Murry, CASE interim director.
Idler teaches a course on “Social Gerontology” and partners with several CBAs, including the F.E. Parker Memorial Home, New Brunswick Senior Center and Interfaith Network of Care, to provide support to senior citizens. Students in Shaw’s course, “French Culture and Community,” have partnered with the Lord Sterling Elementary School since 1993 to bring French to 5th, 6th and 7th graders.
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