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February 26th, 2023

An Update to the Community Based and Engaged Learning Courses Language

The biggest change in the language is the addition of points 5 and 6 in the CBL course definition and points 6 and 7 in the CEL course definition. These additions come from the work of the anti-racist pedagogy group, run through the TLC, which met in Fall 2022. The group recognized that the definitions were missing any anti-racism focus and goals, which is a key part of community engaged learning. As a result, members of the TLC course drafted a definition, then took suggestions from current CEL/CBL practicioners as well as members of the Engaged Bucknell Coordinating Council (EBCC).

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February 17th, 2023

Academic Engagement into Performance: Theatre Professor cfrancis blackchild

cfrancis blackchild is a Bucknell theatre professor who “directs, performs, teaches, and writes for and about theatre”, according to her personal website. In her theatre work and scholarship, blackchild focuses on the social functions and impacts of theatre. She has a focus in her practice on Theatre and Social Change and Theatre of the Oppressed, specifically using interactive performance in the Forum Theatre Technique. Through a course in the fall, blackchild is bringing Forum Theatre to Bucknell, to be presented in “Can We Talk About It?”, performed in Tustin Theatre Feb. 17, 18, and 19.

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May 4th, 2022

Academic Engagement in Action: Psychology Professor Chris Boyatzis

Dr. Chris Boyatzis is a professor of Psychology who focuses on Children’s and Developmental Psychology. At Bucknell, Boyatzis teaches two Community-Engaged Learning Courses: PSYC207- Developmental Psychology and PSYC320- Children’s Studies. Outside of his coursework, Boyatzis is a large proponent of civic engagement through his directorship of the Bucknell in Denmark summer program and his connection of students with Camp Koala: a camp for children experiencing death or grief. 

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