WE R THE RUTGERS-CAMDEN CIVIC SCHOLARS!
The first-ever leadership group on campus for civic engagement—the Rutgers–Camden Civic Scholars—is comprised of ten first-year Honors College students, all of whom have identified themselves as committed to helping effect social change.
All receive a $1,000 scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year, with the possibility of renewal in future years. Benefits of the program include:
- working closely with a faculty mentor on meaningful university-community projects
- attending special events related to civic engagement, including access to guest speakers
- participating in internships and gaining hands-on experience
- taking part in a 3-credit seminar in Spring 2012 on social change.
As part of the program, Rutgers–Camden Civic Scholars are expected to commit ten hours per week to the program. The ten hours includes time spent doing community service, participating in public interest internships, or completing the hands-on aspect of service learning courses. It also includes time spent meeting with other Civic Scholars to analyze and reflect on the challenges facing communities and their work to address them.
These ten Civic Scholars will serve as a vanguard of community-engaged students on campus, and work to galvanize their peers through the work that they do. They come from a range of backgrounds and with varied academic interests:
Hannah Blau-Burns, management
Ammar Farooqi, biology
Brooke Lewis, political science/pre-law
Amy Mallon, business
Katherine Nguyen, nursing
Shaili Patel, biology
Angelyce Purnell, Spanish and theater
Angelica Shaw, biology
Russell Tichian, business
Patrick Tiedeken, management
The Civic Scholars have served their communities—and are interested in continuing to serve their communities—around issues of poverty; access to health care; the environment; wildlife rescue; literacy and art awareness; drug and alcohol awareness; veterans; children with disabilities; and human trafficking. Rutgers-Camden will provide them with the opportunities to do so.