The IRIS Center is seeking faculty members to take part in a focus group about launching the Digital Community Engagement Pathway (DCEP) at SIUE.
The focus group should last approximately one hour and will take place in the IRIS Center, Peck Hall room 2226.
A team of faculty has been planning the Digital Community Engagement Pathway this year with the support of an NEH Grant. DCEP is a program designed to attract and support new SIUE students from underserved communities, using high impact practices.
This pathway will give students the opportunity to work in small, faculty-led student cohorts to address major social problems in our region, such as food insecurity and helping immigrant communities form a sense of belonging.
Building on research central to the field of digital community engagement, the teams will use interdisciplinary methods to analyze, visualize, and share their work with the broader public using data mining, mapping, storytelling, networking and cultural analytics.
The focus group will provide an opportunity for faculty to find out about the plan for the Pathway, including information regarding program admissions, advising, community models, curriculum and retention. In particular, we would like to know how you might envision the elements of the Pathway integrating with your department.
More background information will be sent to those confirming attendance before the focus group meets, including a sample application, curricular materials and existing data related to the program.
If you would like to take part in a focus group on the Digital Community Engagement Pathway, please fill out this form by March 19 to tell us your availability to participate in one of our four sessions for SIUE faculty and staff.
For more informatiom, contact project director Jessica DeSpain at jdespai@siue.edu.
