News Release
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January 2, 2006
National Expert On Civic Engagement to Visit Boise State Feb.
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Barbara Holland, a national expert on civic engagement, will visit Boise State on Feb. 1. Holland, director of the National Service Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC), will make a presentation to Boise State deans and department heads on the state of civic engagement from a national perspective, including how civic engagement can support research opportunities, capital campaigns and student retention.
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Holland will also meet with President Bob Kustra, Provost
Sona Andrews, Vice President for University Advancement Rick Frisch, and
several other deans, department chairs, faculty and administrators.
Holland is the editor of Metropolitan Universities, the journal of the
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, and was a senior academic
executive at Northern Kentucky University and Portland State University,
where she contributed to major reforms of curricula, faculty roles and civic
engagement programs.
Before joining NSLC, Holland served as a loaned executive to the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). While at HUD she managed
a portfolio of $40 million in competitive grant programs funding community
partnerships. She currently holds appointments as a senior scholar in the
Center for Service and Learning at Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis, and as adjunct professor at University of Western Sydney and
Australian Catholic University.
A frequent speaker and consultant in the U.S. and abroad, Holland is an
expert on strategies related to organizational change in higher education,
particularly with civic engagement programs and community partnerships. She
has also written key works on these topics and is co-author of a widely used
model for assessment of service-learning and civic engagement impacts on
faculty, students, institutions and community. She earned a doctorate in
higher education policy from the University of Maryland-College Park, and
bachelor and masters degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia School
of Journalism.
Boise State offers 70-80 Service-Learning classes each year, connecting more
than 50 faculty, 100 community agencies and 1,500 students. Service-Learning
is a central component in Boise State�s civic engagement initiative, which
encourages students, faculty and staff to participate in civic, social and
environmental activities in their communities. A study by the Higher
Education Research Institute found that performing community service as part
of a course significantly increases academic performance and commitment to
activism.
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Contact: Kara Brascia, Service-Learning coordinator, (208) 426-2380,
karabrascia@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Anna Fritz, University Communications, (208) 426-1577,
afritz@boisestate.edu
Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190
undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within
eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise
State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and
public service.
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007