Program Goals:
Goals:
The Sociological Perspective: Content/Body of Knowledge Goals
Goal 1: Students will understand and be able to articulate the major theoretical and
methodological frameworks in sociology and will understand how theory and research
inform one another in sociological analysis.
Goal 2: Students will understand and be able to articulate sociological questions
pertaining to culture, social structure, individual behavior and the linkages among them.
Sociological Techniques: Skills Goals
Goal 3: Students will acquire the research skills to conduct both qualitative and
quantitative sociological analyses, to utilize a variety of computer skills and information
technologies in such analyses, and to conduct research in an ethical manner.
Goal 4: Students will acquire the knowledge to engage in sociologically informed action,
which will enable them to connect their sociological education with their vocational,
personal or civic objectives.
Sociological Practice: Experiential Goals
Goal 5: Students will have opportunities for direct experience in sociological analysis
and the application of sociological knowledge.
Goal 6: Students will explore a range of options for connecting their sociology major to
career or graduate school preparation and readiness.
The Sociological Life: Attitudes/Behavior Goals
Goal 7: Students will be able to use the sociological perspective as a means of social and
cultural reflection, and to cultivate this ability as a lifelong opportunity to reflect on the
contemporary world and their various roles within it.
Goal 8: Students will possess critical thinking skills including an understanding of the
connections between knowledge, power, interests and action as well as socio-historical
consciousness, global awareness, and an understanding of cultural pluralism.
Goal 9: Students will acquire the communication and collaborative skills necessary for
the effective presentation of sociological analyses to diverse audiences, including peers,
faculty, groups, organizations and the general public.
Goal 10: Students are expected to have and promote a commitment to the principles of
social justice, including tolerance of and respect for the dignity and worth of all persons.
Working with at-risk students timeline
July 2006- Visit to North Carolina:
LINC, Inc.
Leading Into New Communities, Inc.
July 18, 2006
Professor James Lee Burnett Jr.
Minnesota State University, Mankato
113 Armstrong Hall
Mankato, MN 56001
Dear Professor Burnett:
Leading into New Communities, Inc. (LINC, Inc.) is a non-profit organization that provides transitional services to
individuals returning to the community after being incarcerated. The services that we provide include shelter, food,
employment services, eye exams, prescriptions and various other services. LINC, Inc. is the only organization in the
New Hanover County area that provides services to individuals being released from prison. We also provide an
intensive after-school program for at-risk youth ages 11 to 17.
We are honored that you have chosen to visit LINC, Inc. and the Wilmington, NC area for three days as an invited
speaker to various groups including professionals in the criminal justice community and at-risk youth. We are also
honored to have been selected to be a part of your research of ex-offenders.
Attached is a tentative schedule we have organized to address target individuals. The topics to address our group
include:
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Juvenile Day Treatment Center & Students of YouthBuild – College Access Program
TASC – topic involving turning your life around after entering the criminal justice system & College Access
Program
Sociology & Criminal Justice Professors and Students – From “Hood to Hood”
Youth from therapeutic foster group homes – topic of your choice & College Access Program
Students of YouthBuild – topic of your choice & College Access Program
Ex-Offender Roundtable (representatives of public and private sectors, and non-profit organizations
organized as a resource center without walls) – preparing a community to organize around re-entry.
In appreciation for your agreement to being our invited guest, LINC, Inc. will provide the cost of an economy class
airfare from Minnesota to Wilmington, NC and hotel accommodations.
We hope you will be able to accept our invitation to visit our office, speak to individuals and other organizations within
the community, and interview our clients.
Sincerely
Frankie Roberts
Executive Director
October 2006- November 2006: Communiversity Workshops:
The concept of CommUniversity
As the very word suggests, CommUniversirty speaks to a strategy for community self education by bringing the town and
the gown together. Bringing well-trained minds from the academy to the community is the central aim of this project. This
collaboration between academics and the general cross-section of learners in the community adds a creative approach, not simply to
raise community understanding of critical ideas, issues, projections from major thought leaders; this movement is also meant to expose
scholars to the practical realities of their studies. This is, at bottom, an attempt to address knowledge deficits in this age of information,
and also contribute to the overall education and social health of community life.
II. General Purpose of Research Project
Why are you doing the project and what do you hope to find out?
COMMUNIVERSITY rests on the principle that the New Hanover County African American community can be
empowered through education. Through MSU, Mankato’s resources of ITV and epop, the program seeks to transfer
knowledge and skills to needy urban residents identified by the L.I.N.C. Agency. COMMUNIVERSITY is basically a
group tutorial program that facilitates community uplift through instruction and application of principles needed to
empower members of the New Hanover County community with knowledge and technological skills.
February 2007: Pan African Conference:
Here is the itinerary:
Date
Flight #
City
2/21/07
DL 4869
Wilmington
2/21/07
DL 1493
Atlanta
2/25/07
DL 1134
Minneapolis
2/25/07
DL 4818
Atlanta
Depart
4:45 pm
8:03 pm
8:15 am
12:03 pm
There will be 12 passengers to Minneapolis, MN
Jackie Lewis
Executive Assistant
Arrive
6:23 pm
City
Atlanta
9:47 pm
Minneapolis
11:43 am
Atlanta
1:45 pm
Wilmington
L.I.N.C., Inc.
P.O. Box 401
Wilmington, NC 28402
June 2007: Ethnic Heritage Camp
July 2007: College Access Program
August 2007: Bad Trippin in North Carolina
September 2007: Begin Power of You Program:
The Power of YOU is a five-year initiative, started in 2006, to significantly increase the post-secondary participation
rates of students graduating from high schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Saint Paul College, Minneapolis
Community and Technical College (MCTC), and Metropolitan State University are collaborating with public, nonprofit and philanthropic partners to create a system that guarantees two years of collete — tuition free — for prepared
urban high school graduates, supports them in succeeding in college, and offers "bridge scholarships" to lower
division graduates for continuing studies at the bachelor's level. In Fall 2006, 122 students met program eligibility
and enrolled at Saint Paul College.
Saint Paul College – A Communtiy & Technical College
STUDENT SUCCESS DAY
Wednesday, September 25, 2007
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Auditorium
9:00 – 9:10 AM
Kat Wesley
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remind CSCR students about picking up materials for Success Day
9:10 – 9:25 AM
Icebreaker
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have students talk with a student next to them: ask their name, major/program, 1 st or 2nd yr. student, and 1
highlight and 1 challenge they have experienced this fall
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have students share with large group
9:25 – 10:00 AM
James Burnett
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Introduce adders, subtractors, multipliers, dividers
Small group breakout; each POY staff facilitate a small group discussion
Re-group; students share from discussion
James make connection between discussion and students goal for the semester as well as make connection
with Sacred Space
January 2008 Began working with United Nationalities Inclusive Through Youth @
South Washington County school District:
Office of Equity and Integration
833 Home
Community Advisory
Board
OEI Mission
OEI Focus
Parents
Programs
Literacy and Instruction
Integration Literacy
Links
Link to: 833 Reads!
Links
Contact Us: OEI Team
Office of Equity and Integration
7362 East Point Douglas Rd. S.
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Phone: 651-458-6273
Fax: 651-458-6318
Hours: 6:30a - 2:30p
The Focus of the Office of Educational Equity
and Integration
The Department of Educational Equity and Integration is
committed to enhancing educational opportunities at District
833 through programs which encourage global citizenship.
We honor difference by taking a visible stand against
prejudice and intolerance, while fostering inclusiveness and
tolerance. We acknowledge that today’s youth live in a
world that is undergoing continuous demographic and social
changes, and as the global landscape is transformed so
does the local community.
At District 833, we appreciate the impact that children with
intercultural skills (competence in dealing with differences)
have on their community and society at large. We therefore
dedicate our resources to teaching intercultural
communication skills to teachers, staff, and administrators;
and are seeking the best methods, programs, and partners
that can embed and entrench our values at all levels of the
school district. Furthermore, we dedicate our resources to
attracting, developing, and retaining the best talents from
underrepresented populations as teachers, staff, and
administrators and are making tremendous strides in this
area. In addition, we offer grants to engender classroom
innovations, and are especially interested in funding
proposals that focus on ingenious strategies to accomplish
the teaching of multicultural education. We support projects
that seek to preserve and enrich the diverse cultural
heritages of all those who make up our constituents.