ENGINEERING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SCHOLARS

PROGRAM

Get recognized for your work!

WHAT IS IT?

Recognition for SEAS students who have done exceptional work to prepare for, execute, and learn from a sustainable community development project

Projects: apply engineering skills to an expressed community need; local or abroad

Created by Prof. Dana Elzey, students

Under the SEAS Office of International Programs

REQUIREMENTS

1. FIELDWORK

Both research and service to a community Two weeks minimum of residence on site In the case of multiple trips, one visit must last one

week or more Approved by Prof. Elzey on basis of intellectual

rigor and sustainability

REQUIREMENTS 2. COURSE WORK

1. Cultural/ linguistic/ historical Context (Before fieldwork) Offer insight into the context of the community Include history, language, anthropology, sociology, and more

2. Ethics and practice of community engagement (Before fieldwork) Cover some dimension of community engagement Examples: STS 2500: Cross Cultural Engineering

STS 2500: Ethics, Protocols, and Practice of International Research

ENGR 2595: Developing Community-Based Projects

3. Project synthesis and reflection (After fieldwork) Guides through writing and reflection Examples: Independent Study

GDS 3559: Project Synthesis

REQUIREMENTS

3. PAPER AND PRESENTATION

Students will prepare a paper that reports on their research and reflects on their experience

Present paper to UVA community Write an executive summary and send to

community partner

HOW CAN I APPLY?

All SEAS students are eligible

Upperclassmen can talk to Prof. Elzey about qualifying, too

Contact Professor Dana Elzey for more information and for project approval

dme2j@virginia.edu