Presenter: Edwin Clausen, Ph.D.Vice President of Academic Affairs & Dean of the College

With:Cheryl Bird, Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities & Civic

Engagement at Daemen CollegeJoseph Sankoh, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of History and Government & Director

of Service Learning at Daemen CollegeBrenda Young, Ph.D. – Associate Professor and Chair of the Natural Sciences

Department and Faculty Senate President at Daemen College

Smart Campus Conference PresentationNovember 3-4, 2005

Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities &

Civic Engagement

• Follows a directive to concentrate on environmental, economic, educational, and cultural issues for sustainable communities.

• Leading partnerships include:– Seneca Babcock/Daemen College Partnership– West Side/Daemen College Partnership– Fruit Belt United Partnership – Fruit Belt

Development Corporation with St. John the Baptist Church and Reverend Michael Chapman

Seneca Babcock Summer Reading Program

Education / Literacy Picture 1

Seneca Babcock Children’s Drama Clubat Aurora Players Roycroft Pavilion

Education / Trust Picture 2

Seneca Babcock Children’s Drama ClubPresents: Cinderella

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Seneca Babcock Children’s Drama ClubPresents: Cinderella

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Seneca Babcock/Daemen Boat Building Project

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Playground BUILD DAY withFruit Belt United & Daemen College

Trust Picture 6

Playground BUILD DAY with Fruit Belt United, Locust Street Art School & Daemen College

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Buffalo Fruit Belt Playground Building Day – Complete!

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Playground BUILD DAY with Fruit Belt United, Locust Street Art School & Daemen College

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West Side Youth Diversity Day & Dinner at the Buffalo Massachusetts Avenue Project

Community Building Picture 10

West Side Youth CongressMeeting with Daemen College

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Youth Congress at a meeting with the Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education

Empowerment / Education Picture 12

After-School Tutors at West Side Community Services

Education Picture 13

After-School Tutors & Arts at West Side Community Services

Education / Arts Picture 14

Daemen College Psych Club Contributes toward the Healthy Food Drive at West Side Community Services

Education / Health Picture 15

Teen Program Members of the Seneca Street Church & Daemen College on an

“Academic Reward” Trip