1. Community Engagement and the Christian University Carolyn Yauyan Woo Catholic Relief Services CEO and President

2. Community Engagement Engaging and integrating community as genuine partners in learning, teaching and research Three Imperatives Academic Community Spiritual formation

3. Community Engagement: Academic More effective learning: Seeing  knowing; doing  learning (Benjamin Franklin: Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn) Academic Maturity: systems thinking; problem solving Leadership Development: ownership for problems, social and communication skills, stakeholder engagement Citizenship Development Research: Theory  Practice Innovation: triggered by real problems University benefits from a healthy eco-system (recruitment of student/faculty, quality of life, talent pool)

4. Academic Engagement: Campus Compact 20022012 Service learning considered in P&T 15%68% Service learning workshops for faculty 48%79% Service learning required in core curr. 19%62% Service learning required for graduation 7%15%

5. Community Engagement: Community Large pool of talented volunteers Transfer of knowledge: capacity building Increased social performance School performance, youth development, health of children, services for the aged, rural job development, environment Spawns new business and job development Retention of talent in local community Neighborhood transformation Civil society development: advocacy

6. Community engagement 2008-12 Top ten issues addressed through campus programs Issues% of Universities Issues% of Universities K-12 education90+Environment85+ Hunger90+Tutoring85 Housing/ Homeless 85+Healthcare85 Poverty85+Reading/ writing 80 Mentoring85+Multicultural engagement 80

7. Community Engagement: the spiritual imperative 1. “Go” (Pope Francis: Go out and engage the world) 2. Proclaim the GOOD NEWS (BOUNTY and LOVE of God) 3. See with different eyes: education of HEART and mind 4. From people to NEIGHBORS; from transactions to relations (I/They  We) 5. CO-CREATION: Our work as participation in God’s creation 6. “FAITH without WORKS is dead.” 7. GIVING as an act of THANKSGIVING 8. WITNESS: they will know that we are Christians by our love 9. From SERVICE  SOLIDARITY 10. From SOLIDARITY  SUBSIDIARITY SERVICE  SACRAMENT (God is in the Neighbor; when we give, we give to God)