An
internationally respected speaker, author and pioneer in service-learning,
Nadinne Cruz will be the speaker for Berea College’s annual
Service Convocation on April 27.
Her talk “Strengthening Community Partnerships” is scheduled
for 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel.
Sponsored by Berea’s Campus Christian Center and the Center
for Excellence in Learning Through Service, the program is free and
open to the public.
For more than two decades Cruz has advanced service-learning nationally
and internationally. She is former Lang…Professor of Social
Change at Swarthmore College, where she piloted service-learning
courses. In the 1980s and early 90s she served as executive director
of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs in St. Paul,
Minn., and from 1994-2003 served first as associate director and
then director of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford
University. Under Cruz’ guidance, the Haas Center developed
model service programs that are replicated on other campuses. Along
with Berea College, the Haas Center has been recognized in U.S.
News and World Report’s most recent rankings as among the
top ten colleges and universities in the country for service learning.
Among her many awards and honors, Cruz received the 2005 Alec
Dickson Servant Leader Award from the National Youth Leadership
Council. The award honors exemplary leaders who have inspired the
service-learning field, had a positive impact on youth and have
motivated others to serve.
Currently, Cruz serves as an educational consultant and mentor,
and is writing a book on service-learning.
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