Events

Community Fellows Symposium

Sep. 22, 2023, 5:00–6:30 p.m.
Location:

The Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center, Outdoor Patio; Rain location: Aula Building.

The Office of Community-Engaged Learning warmly invites you to join in celebrating our 2023 Community Fellows and community partners. We are looking forward to uplifting the work of our community partners and the ways in which students supported community-identified projects. Please join us in connecting with our local community partners and learning about these transformative community-engaged learning experiences.

This year, we are excited to honor:

Alma Elías Nájera '25, Newburgh LGBTQ+ Center

Arlo Povill ’24, The Art Effect

Charles From ’25, DAY ONE Early Learning Community

Lauren Johns ’24, Center for Victim Safety and Support (CVSS) at Family Services

Mariya Novosad ’26, Exodus Transitional Community

Melissa Sebastian Tomas ’25, Dutchess Outreach

Samara Corbin ’25, DAY ONE Early Learning Community

Simon Lewis ’25, Finish Strong Wellness Center

Soren Liu ’24, ArlingtonON PAR

Zerah Ruiz ’25, Celebrating the African Spirit

Thank you to our donors:

Community-Engaged Intensives in the Humanities, initiative funded by the Mellon Foundation

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Community Fellows Program, Mary Ellen Weisl Rudolph ’61, P’98 & James N. Rudolph P’98

Dr. Deb Enright ’82

The Judith R. Birsh ’57, Community Engaged Fellowship

Linda J. Morgan Class of 1973 (gift of Michael Karam)

Office of the President

Community Fellow Simon Lewis and three young students work with clay at a long table.
Community Fellow Simon Lewis ’25 engages with youngsters in Poughkeepsie as a counselor at the Finish Strong day camp. Photo: Buck Lewis