Archives for the Month of September 2008 on Cleveland Public Schools Connection
Saturday of Service
CCEL's Saturday of Service
Opportunities all day on Sat. Oct. 11 starting at 9 am
Register at their website
University-Community Partnership in Cuyahoga County: The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
University-Community Partnership in Cuyahoga County: The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Tuesday Oct. 14 from 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center
On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, The Schubert Center for Child Studies cordially invites you to attend a presentation by, Mona Shediac-Rizkallah, Ph.D, Interim Director of the Center for Adolescent Health and Jean Frank, M.P.H. Manager of Community Initiatives Center for Adolescent Health entitled, “University-Community Partnership in Cuyahoga County: The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)”.
Najeebah Shine, M.S., R.D., L.D., Director, Community Health Services, Cuyahoga County Board of Health and David Harrison, R.N., B.S.N.,
Director, Health and Support Services Cleveland Metropolitan School District, will join us to discuss the practical application implications of this important issue.
The YRBS is an instrument designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide information
about the health risk behaviors of adolescents in the United States. Data are used to provide a clear, concise picture of
national trends as well as to track risk behaviors in many major U.S. cities. Locally, The Center for Adolescent Health at
Case Western Reserve University has been actively involved in the administration of the YRBS since 1996. Panelists will
present national and local trends in youth behaviors as well as discuss the value of local surveillance data. They will
highlight local collaborative efforts to use the data for youth programs.
This discussion will be held in the 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center, from 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
A light lunch is provided. RSVPs appreciated but are not necessary.
CPSC in the City (AKA Explore Cleveland)
Explore Cleveland with CPSC!
Saturday, September 27 @ 11am
Meet in Thwing by the bookstore
Get off campus and explore the downtown Cleveland area with Cleveland Public Schools Connection (CPSC). We'll show you how to use your RTA pass to get around. We'll go on a walking tour to various downtown landmarks, like the Grand Arcade, the House of Blues, and the Federal Reserve. We'll stop for lunch and then hop back on the Rapid and head over to Ohio City for a visit to West Side Market.Wear comfortable shoes and bring money for lunch and cash for West Side Market.
Don't forget your RTA pass!
Registration is Required! Register HERE.
If you're unable to register, email CPSConnection@gmail.com
KaBOOM! Operation Playground Build
Operation KaBOOM!
Enjoy working with children and families? Love viewing the fruits of your labor?
Come and help build a playground with KaBOOM! KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit whose mission is to create safe places to play all over the country. Cleveland is one of three target cities in Ohio.
The NEXT area Operation Playground Build will be right in the neighborhood on Tuesday, September 23 from 8am - 4pm. Join the Famicos Foundation, children, parents and community at East 107th & Churchill across from Harry E. Davis School. Students, faculty and staff welcome. Serve in two hour shifts or all day.
For more information or to register, contact Janice Eatman in CCEL at jae@case.edu.
CCEL Community Service Fair
Visit CPSC at the Community Service fair TODAY 11:30-1pm in Thwing Ballroom.
Find out about lots of other volunteering opportunities as well.
Driver Training
We really need drivers who can drive the CCEL vans from Case to our school sites.
In order to be able to do this, you must
(a) Complete Drivers Safety Training, which is offered at the following times:
- September 18, 2008 at 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM
- October 16, 2008 at 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM
- November 13, 2008 at 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM
- December 11, 2008 at 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM
Location: DOES conference room - Service Building 1st Floor (the building behind the Smokestack building- the service building at the intersection of Circle Drive and Adelbert- see map)
Preregistration is REQUIRED! - Please call 368-2907.
Training is held on Thursdays at 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM by the following schedule. All attending must bring a valid drivers license and register with Safety Services in advance (call them!)
(b) Take you completed forms to CCEL located in the basement of Thwing and schedule a test drive of the van.
(c) Tell us when you're done!
Academic Options for people who love kids!
Case offers many ways for people who love kids to get involved with them. Here are some academic offerings you might not have heard of!
Childhood Studies Minor
info
The minor focuses on the life stages of infancy through adolescence but also includes issues of parenting, gender, and the place of children in society and culture.
A really cool feature of this minor are the Child Policy classes, which allow you to go to either Columbus or DC to learn more about the politics of child policy (CHST 301 & 302). Here for more info about this.
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
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Center for Adolescent Health
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Schubert Center for Child Studies
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The Schubert Center supports multidisciplinary research and education at Case on children and childhood. Initiatives of the Schubert Center promote understandings of child development from infancy through adolescence, and in local, national, and international contexts.
CCEL Tutor Training
Fall Tutor Training
Location: Inamori Center, Crawford Hall
Date: Saturday, September 13
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Students interested in tutoring in the Cleveland Metropolitan Schools this semester need to sign up for tutor training.
Students interested in Kindergarten - 8th grade tutoring will attend from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Students interested in High School tutoring will attend from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Lunch will be provided for both groups. Register on-line (below) or contact Janice Eatman Williams.
For more information contact Janice Eatman Williams.
Registration is required for this event.
* Registration for this event ends on Friday, September 12, 2008.
* This event is open to: all students.
Fall Leadership Conference
"You, your organization, and CWRU!"
The Fall 2008 Case Western Reserve University Leadership Conference provides you with an opportunity to focus on three different levels of leadership development; yourself, your organization, and the CWRU community. Through a variety of workshops, you will be given the opportunity to think about topics which relate to yourself as an individual, your organization as a group of leaders, and how it all affects the CWRU community. There will be three sections of sessions from where you can choose which session will be the most interesting and beneficial. All the sessions and descriptions are posted below. Figure out which sessions you want to attend and register online today!
WHEN: Saturday, September 20, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check-in starts at 9:30 a.m. (Location: TBD)
WHERE: Nord and Sears
Conference Schedule
Registration
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Location: Nord 310)
Donuts and Juice
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Location: Nord 310)
Session #1
10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. (Location: Various Locations)
Session #2
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Location: Various Locations)
Session #3
12:25 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. (Location: Various Locations)
Lunch
1:15 p.m. (Location: Nord 310)
Registration
You may register online until 5 p.m. on September 19, 2008. If you are unable to register online, you may register the morning of the conference from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on September 20.
Case Conversations on Children in Research and Policy for the 2008-09 academic year sponsored by the Schubert Center for Child Studies
All sessions will be held in the 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center.
Please join us from 11:45 - 1 p.m.
A light lunch will be served. All are welcome.
For more information go here.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Effects on Emotional and Behavior Problems from Early Childhood Through Adolescence
Arin M. Connell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Pathways to Culturally Informed Music Education: Lessons from the Gambia
Lisa Huisman Koops, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Music
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Parenting Very Low Birth Weight
Children From Birth to Adolescence
Lynn Singer, Ph.D.
Deputy Provost and
Vice President for Academic Programs
Professor of Pediatrics, Psychology &
General Medical Sciences
Case Conversations on Children in Research and Policy for the 2008-09 academic year sponsored by the Schubert Center for Child Studies
All sessions will be held in the 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center.
Please join us from 11:45 - 1 p.m.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
University-Community Partnership in Cuyahoga County: The Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Mona Shediac-Rizkallah, Ph.D
Interim Director of the Center for Adolescent
Health
Jean Frank, M.P.H.
Manager of Community Initiatives Center for
Adolescent Health
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Bridging Undergraduate Education and Child Policy
Mann Child Policy Externs will discuss their summer
2008 Capstone/Externship experiences
Gennifer Gibbs
Placement: The Village Network
Issue: Juvenile Justice/The Adam Walsh Act
Caroline Sonnefeld
Placement: Voices for Ohio’s Children
Issue: Child Health/Medicaid & SCHIP
expansion, outreach and enrollment
CCEL Events this semester
CCEL, the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning (our community service office), has a bunch of cool events this semester! Check them out:
Political Jeopardy
Thursday, September 18 from 11:30 a.m.—1 p.m. @ Thwing Atrium
Think you know your politics? Then head over to Thwing Atrium to show off your trivia skills and win a prize. Remember, all answers must be phrased in the form of a question!
Case for Community Day
Friday, September 19 starting at 10:30 a.m.
Check-in at Thwing Ballroom
An opportunity for students and faculty alike to participate in a half-day of community service activities ranging from landscaping to crafts to working with youths and seniors.
Take Action: Leadership Skills to Influence Policy Change
Saturday, September 20 from 12:15 - 1:15pm @ Nord Hall/Sears Hall
Is there a particular issue in which you’re interested in really making a difference? Learn how to contact and work with elected officials to bring about change. Make your voice heard! Register for this Fall Leadership Conference session online.
Saturday of Service
Saturday, October 11 9 a.m. Check-in at Thwing Atrium
This event gives students the opportunity to participate in service at least one day a semester. Choose from multiple community sites. Transportation is provided!
Is GREEN the new Red, White and Blue?
Tuesday, October 14 from 4:30—6 p.m. @ Inamori Center, 09A
With the election coming up, energy policies are being proposed, challenged and debated. Come hear panelists address issues and take questions regarding the environment.
The Future of Healthcare: the Impact of Election
Tuesday, October 28 from 4:30—6 p.m. @ Ford Auditorium
A special panel featuring a keynote speaker. Sponsored by the School of Nursing.
2008 Election Forum
Wednesday, October 29 from 4:30—6 p.m. @ Clark, 306
Panelists will provide analysis and observations on the upcoming Presidential Election. Sponsored by the Department of Political Science.
Cool Stuff on Campus
Hi everyone!
There are a lot of cool kid-related events happening on campus, so I'm going to post them here for your reading pleasure.
The Subaltern and the Poetics of War in Africa
facilitated by Gilbert Doho; All lectures are free and open to the public
2:45 - 4:00 p.m.@ Clark Hall Room 206
Here for more info.
September 25
War and Children: Adolescents in Postcolonial Badjoko, Dongola, Kourouma, and Montenembo Novels
Koffi Aniyefa
Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Haverford College.
October 7
The Production of Meaning in the Narratives of Child Soldiers
Cilas Kemedjio
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Rochester.
October 16
Somewhere Between Chad and Congo: Lost Childhood in the Central African Republic
Cheryl Toman
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Case Western Reserve University.
November 4
Exploding Bodies: Palestinian Weapons of Destuction
Alice Bach
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University.