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HUD COPC Grant

The Penn State Altoona Experience. Community Academic Partnership :. HUD COPC Grant. The Penn State Altoona Experience. HUD COPC Grant 2005-2008, #COPC PA-04-630 Academically-focused Community Outreach Partnership

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HUD COPC Grant

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  1. The Penn State Altoona Experience Community Academic Partnership: HUD COPC Grant

  2. The Penn State Altoona Experience • HUD COPC Grant 2005-2008, #COPC PA-04-630 • Academically-focused Community Outreach Partnership • Provided undergraduates with academically focused experience in the community context. • Created programming for public housing residents. Community Academic Partnership:

  3. The Penn State Altoona Experience • Academic Community Partnership Goals and Objectives • Enhance the quality of education for university students. • Enhance the quality of life of Altoona Housing Authority residents. • Sustain the community outreach effort through institutional commitment. Community Academic Partnership:

  4. The Penn State Altoona Experience • Executive Advisory Board • The project was guided by an Exeuctive Advisory Council that included leadership from • Penn State Altoona • Altoona Housing Authority • Leaders in the community human services • Residents from the housing authority • Others in leadership positions • Members of the Executive Advisory Committee reviewed submissions for the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD). • Progress reports • Project documents Community Academic Partnership:

  5. The Penn State Altoona Experience • Intellectual Roots • John Dewey – “Universities, Citizens, and Democracy” • Benson et al, 2007 • E. Boyer - “Scholarship of Outreach” • Ira Harkevy – “Anchor Institutions and Community Revitalization” Harkevy et al, 2009 Community Academic Partnership:

  6. The Penn State Altoona Experience • Project Themes • Personal development and quality of life • Neighborhood revitalization • Health Care • Education Community Academic Partnership:

  7. The Penn State Altoona Experience • Penn State Altoona Faculty • Michael Arter, Ph.D., Criminal Justice • Kevin Galbraith, Human Development & Family Studies • Lauren Jacobson, Ph.D., Human Development & Family Studies • Daniel Lago, Ph.D., Human Development & Family Studies • Laura Rotunno, Ph.D., English • Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Ph.D., Economics • NedraFarcus, R.N., MSN, Nursing • Deborah Hommer, Instructor, Business • Suxanne Kuhn, R.N. MS,CNE, Nursing • Sharon Redhawk Love, Ph.D., Criminal Justice • Elizabeth Seymour, Ph.D., Anthropology Community Academic Partnership:

  8. The Penn State Altoona Experience • Penn State Altoona Staff • Thomas Shaffer, Academic Internship Coordinator • Susanna Tomlinson, Coordinator • Heather Eckels, Coordinator Community Academic Partnership:

  9. The Penn State Altoona Experience • PAWS: Perseverance, Ambition, and the Will to Succeed • PAWS helps residents of a low-income government-housing complex (Fairview Hills) apply to post-secondary school and obtain financial aid to fund their education. • The program offers individuals help through the process of researching schools, applying online, financial aid, and adjusting into the college environment. • The Altoona Area School District Guidance Office is partnering with our Penn State Altoona faculty and students to help meet resident’s needs and make this program successful. Community Academic Partnership:

  10. The Penn State Altoona Experience • Penn State Altoona Student Summary, • 2005-2008 #1 HUD COPC PA-04-630 Community Academic Partnership:

  11. The Penn State Altoona Experience • National Study of Student Engagement for Penn State Altoona, 2005-2008 Community Academic Partnership:

  12. The Penn State Altoona Experience • YELL Future Plans • Staples Grant • Operation Our Town Grant Community Academic Partnership:

  13. The Penn State Altoona Experience • Penn State and COPC Grant Future • Penn State Altoona Strategic Plan 2008-2013 • Building on the successes of and the greater potential revealed by the soon to e completed Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Outreach Partnership grant • Outreach and engaged scholarship at the College will be advanced as a means of improving student learnin • Expanding research opportunities for faculty and increasing extramural funding Community Academic Partnership:

  14. The Penn State Altoona Experience Community Academic Partnership:

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