Steve SchuhKatie LucierNate Obin

New England College www.nec.edu

THE SAINTS MAKING SUNNYVALE SUNNIER

• Take our town relationship from this:

To this:

THE CHALLEGE

Schlossberg’sTransition

TheoryAssets-Students-Social Media-Community Members-Administration-Proximity

Liabilities-Students-Disconnect-Miscommunication

WE’VE REACHED A CROSSROADS: IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE!

• Situation • Self

• Support• Strategy

The town is fed up, the

time is now to take control!

We are a successful institution in the town, it’s time to

learn from our past and commit to a

better future.

As an institution, we will need support from within and

feedback from the community to affect

change.

We will seek information from the community

about how to best address the situation,

then we will take direct action to modify the

situation and manage stress in the aftermath.

• Mission:Sunnyvale University strives to empower its students and enhance their academic pursuits by challenging them to take part in civic engagement and experiential learning in the surrounding community, which will facilitate the transition into engaged citizens and lifelong learners.

A NEW IMAGE

Accomodator

Diverger

Converger

Assimilator

Kolb

FEEL

THINK

Concrete Experience

Abstract Conceptualization

WATCHDO

Activ

e Ex

perim

enta

tion

Reflective O

bservation

A NEW EMPHASIS ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Macro

Students

Macro

Community

Class

Neighbors Work

Neighbors

Town/gown

School Policy

College = Party time

Financial A

id

Time to have

a familySpouse’s work

School Policy

Town/gown

ECOLOGY THEORY: SYSTEM INTERACTIONS

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?

SUNNYVALE TOWN MEETING

COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY COALITION

WEBSITE

FACEBOOK “LIKE PAGE”

#SUNNYVALEU

YOUTUBE

PAINT WITH THE SAINTS

TURF TIME WITH THE SAINTS

References• Clavell, P. (2001). Progressive Approaches to University-Community Relations: The Town-

Gown Story in Burlington. Connection: New England's Journal of Higher Education And Economic Development, 15(3), 19-20.

• Evans, N. J., Forney, D. S., Guido, F. M., Patton, L. D., & Renn, K. A. (2010). In Student development in college: Theory, research, and practice (2nd ed., pp. 198-242). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass [iBooks version]. Retrieved from iBooks store.

• Kuh, G. D., Schnieder, C. G., & LEAP Initiative. (2008). High Impact Educational Practices (Publication). Retrieved October 4, 2012, from http://blackboard.nec.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_1_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_14211_1%26url%3D