CORE Announcements & Awards
Dropout Prevention Summit
Featuring Tulsa Public Schools, Union Public Schools and Jenks Public Schools
Keeping Our Promise Dropout Prevention Summit
Featuring Tulsa Public Schools, Union Public Schools and Jenks Public Schools
August 28, 2008
8:15 a.m. 5 p.m.
Where: Allen Chapman Activity Center, University of Tulsa
Online Registration is now open and we want to encourage everyone to visit www.keepingourpromisetulsa.org to sign up.
Knowledge Management Symposium
OU CORE Symposium Panel participates on August 19th, 4 pm Session
Symposium Link
The Third KPM Symposium will be held on August 18-20, 2008 at the OU-Tulsa Newly built Learning Center. The KPM Symposium is a unique opportunity to bring people together from academia and industry to exchange ideas, explore recent developments and emerging trends.
During the August 19th, 4 p.m. Session, the panel participants will present and discuss a cross sector of knowledge economy communication strategies.
Panel participants include:
Pam Pittman, Director, OU CORE - Center for Outreach, Research and Education (Moderator)
Mayor Kathy Taylor, City of Tulsa
Monroe Nichols, Office of the Mayor, City of Tulsa
Steve Kennedy, Kennedy Marketing And Advertising (KM2A)and
Director of Communications for Step Up Tulsa!
Gail Lapidus, Executive Director/CEO, Family & Children
Services, Inc.
Paula Wood, Tulsa Public Schools Community Marketing
Specialist, Marketing Department
Karen Davis, Officer, Tulsa Community Foundation
Dan Harrison, Vice President of investor relations and
public affairs for ONEOK and ONEOK Partners
Symposium Link
Carnegie Community Engagement Classification: College Commitment
All-university discussion and collaborative effort with community engagement focus
Coordinated through the leadership of the Vice Provost for School and Community Partnerships, Dr. Mary John O’Hair and the K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal, representatives from the 3 campus locations have been meeting bi-monthly to promote discussions of community engagement, service learning, research, education and outreach through all university colleges. OU CORE and the Office of Development have participated on the committee and sought documentation through the OU CORE website community partnerships documentation process as well as selected interviews at OU Tulsa, compiled for a report for the Carnegie Classification submission.
" The Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement is being submitted by the University of Oklahoma, joining together our 3 campus locations in this collaborative effort. The OU CORE website will be used as a link for this submission for our campus and needs updating with your projects involving research, service learning, outreach and education in the Tulsa community.
Please complete the attached document and return no later than July 3rd to Pam Pittman, either through email or office 1J19, or give to LaDeana Bolton, Office of the President.
If you have any questions about the form, please call OU CORE 660-3479 or email pspittman@ou.edu.
Thank you for your cooperation as OU Tulsa coordinates this information that recognizes scholarly collaborations and projects with our community."
Neighborhood Kitchens Project
July Meals - Garnett Church of Christ/Green Country Event Center
From July 1 - August 15, students at Tulsa Public and Union Public Schools who utilize the federal Summer Food Service Program will be unable to take advantage of those meals as all Oklahoma public school facilities will be closed.
This is a pilot project that is focused on providing meals to students who attend Cooper Elementary (TPS) and Briarglen Elementary (Union) who are eligible to participate in the federal Summer Food Service Program and their families every Wednesday night in July.
WHERE: Green Country Event Center @ 1200 E. 31st Street
WHEN: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays in July, 2008
July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Health Literacy and Clear Health Communication
A presentation by Dr. Lorraine Wallace, Pfizer Visiting Scholar
April 2, 2008 - The University of Tulsa, Room 219 Business Administration Building. 1:30pm - 3:00pm
OU CORE and TU CCRD join together to host a reception to introduce Lorraine Wallace, Ph.D., associate professor and director of research and education in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine-Knoxville.
The presentation “Health Literacy: Clinicians and Patients What You Say, What They Hear” will follow the reception. The focus of this presentation will be on health literacy and its role in the mismatch between what clinicians say and what patients understand.
Pfizer Announcement
Reception Announcement
OU Tulsa Urban Design Studio Ongoing Collaboration with Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative (TACSI)
Pilot Program for Neighborhood Planning Academy May 2008
The University of Oklahoma Urban Design Studio in partnerships with the Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative, Tulsa Public Schools and Union Public Schools will be conducting a pilot program for a Neighborhood Planning Academy. Teachers and professional staff from fourteen elementary schools, as well as the community schools site coordinators, will receive training to assist citizens produce action plans for the neighborhoods surrounding the schools. The neighborhoods action plans will be created during a series of neighborhood meetings at each community school from May 13, 2008 through July 1, 2008. It is hoped that enough will be learned from the pilot program to develop a strategy for neighborhood planning on a city-wide basis in the future.
College of Nursing - Preventative Medicine Conference 2008
February 20 - 23 in Austin, Texas
“Emma Kientz, faculty from the College of Nursing, attended the Preventive Medicine 2008 Conference in Austin, Texas from Feb. 20 23. This conference was a joint meeting with the American College of Preventive Medicine, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, and the American College of Medical Quality. While there, Emma presented the poster “Preventing Disease and Complications: Education Through Team-Based Practice” highlighting the Bedlam Longitudinal Clinic. Other team members on the poster included Jonathan Ference, PharmD, Christie Harrison, PA-C , Julie Miller-Cribbs, PhD, MSW, Ron Saizow, MD, Brenda Brooks, Senior Nursing Student, Jennifer Davidow, MSW Practicum Student, and Elizabeth Klenda, 4th year Medical Student. This group was one of 14 academic institutions chosen to attend training in interprofessional prevention education in September, 2007 in Washington, D. C. and received funds to promote interprofessional efforts within the Longitudinal Clinic. More about this Interprofessional Prevention Education training program can be found in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Feb. 2008, Vol.34 (2).”
Metro Tulsa Champions of Education
Community Service Council Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration
OU CORE article in Tulsa Business Journal Dec. 2008
OU CORE and University of Pennsylvania Host 4 University Conference
November 26 - 28, 2007 OU Tulsa Schusterman Center - funded by Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation
University of Denver
University of New Mexico
University of Oklahoma-Tulsa
University of Pennsylvania
AGENDA - Monday, November 26
Welcome Remarks (10 min.)
9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
President Clancy and Ira Harkavy
Significance of University Partnerships and Progress in Community Impact
Conference Overview (10 min.)
Joann Weeks, Penn, and Pam Pittman, OU-Tulsa
Recognition and Introduction of OU CORE Internal Community Advisory Board and Conference Participants
Creative Approaches in Education and Community Schools
Overview Presentations (15 min. per University) facilitator: Pam Pittman, OU-Tulsa
University of New Mexico
University of Denver
University of Pennsylvania
OU Tulsa and TACSI
1:00 3:30 p.m. Learning, Curriculum and Challenges, A Roundtable Discussion
facilitator: Ira Harkavy, Joann Weeks, Cory Bowman, Penn
Challenges to Building the Work into the CurriculumK- 16+ (Penn)
Challenges to Building School District/City/County
University Collaborations
Challenges in Developing and Sustaining Community
School Partnerships
Service-Learning Challenges and Successes
AGENDA - Tuesday, November 27
Breakfast - 8 a.m. OU Tulsa Faculty/Staff Lounge
9 a.m. 11 a.m. Panel of Tulsa Community Leaders - Facilitator: Pam Pittman
Dr. Michael Zolkoski
Superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools
Dr. Cathy Burden
Superintendent of Union Public Schools
Gail Lapidus
Executive Director, Family & Children’s Services
Karen Davis
Tulsa Community Foundation and Step Up Tulsa
Susan Neal City of Tulsa, Office of the Mayor
Jan Creveling and Genie Shannon -
TACSI Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative
Dr. Kathy Dodd Union Public Schools
1 p.m. 2:15 p.m.
Minority and Immigrant Communities; Culturally Competent Programs and Untapped Resources Perspectives on Working with Community: Developing Culturally Competent Programs and Untapped Community Resources
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 2B26 Conference Room Powerpoint
Sharing Our Creative Approaches A Facilitated Roundtable Discussion
Neighborhood Planning and Community Schools
Health and Education
Developing a Research Agenda for Community Schools
3:30-3:50 Reports from the Groups
3:50-4:30 Developing the NetworkNext Steps
Wednesday - Site Visits.
Conference Participants and Contact Information:
Frank Coyne
Associate Director
Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning
University of Denver
2050 East Evans Suite 22
phone: 303-871-2158
fcoyne@du.edu
Kiran Katira
Director - University of New Mexico Service Corps
Community Learning and Public Service
College of Education MSC005 3040
Manzanita Hall, Room 123
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-400-6828
kiru2u@yahoo.com
Marilyn Davis
Community Outreach Coordinator
Research Service Learning Program
University College
MSC06 3690 Room 193
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-8282
marilyn@here.gmail.com
Josefa Bethea Wall
Director - Albuquerque Bernalillo County Community Schools Partnership
Post Office Box 7446
Albuquerque, NM 87196
betheawall@comcast.net
Chris O’Donnell, RN, MBA/HCM
Manager - University of New Mexico
Health Science Center
School Based Health Center Program
505.272.0457 office
505.272.2043 fax
codonnell@salud.unm.edu
Diana Dorn-Jones
Executive Director - United South Broadway Corp.
PO Box 25242
Albuquerque, NM 87125
505-764-8867
ddj5050@worldnet.att.net
Ira Harkavy
Associate Vice President and Director
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
University of Pennsylvania
133 South 36th Street, Suite 519
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3246
215-898-5351
harkavy@pobox.upenn.edu
Cory Bowman
Associate Director
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
University of Pennsylvania
133 South 36th Street, Suite 519
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3246
215-898-0289
bowman@pobox.upenn.edu
Joann Weeks
Associate Vice President and Director
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
University of Pennsylvania
133 South 36th Street, Suite 519
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3246
215-898-0240
weeks@pobox.upenn.edu
Marilyn Davis
Community Outreach Coordinator
Research Service Learning Program
University College
MSC06 3690 Room 193
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
marilyn.here@gmail.com
Curt Adams
Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy
University of Oklahoma College of Education
Schusterman Center 4502 East 41st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135-2512
Curt.Adams-1@ou.edu
Office: 918-660-3891
Gaetane Jean-Marie
Associate Professor
Educational Administration, Curriculum & Supervision (EACS)
The University of Oklahoma - College of Education
Schusterman Center
4502 E. 41st Street
Tulsa, OK 74135
Office: 918-660-3889
Fax: 918-660-3988
gjeanmarie@ou.edu
John M. Gaudet, ADN, BS, MPH
Executive Director - Bedlam Alliance for Community Health
University of Oklahoma - Tulsa
4502 E 41st Street, Room 2G12
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135-2512
John-Gaudet@ouhsc.edu
Office: 918-660-3617
Fax: 918-660-3611
Cell: 918-340-0667
Shawn Michael Schaefer
Director, Urban Design Studio
The University of Oklahoma
College of Architecture
4502 East 41st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135-2512
voice: 918.660.3493
fax: 918.660.3490
sschaefer@ou.edu
http://tulsagrad.ou.edu/studio
Pamela S. Pittman
University of Oklahoma Schusterman Center
Director, OU CORE - Center for Outreach, Research and Education
Doctoral Candidate- Education, Administration, Curriculum and Supervision
4502 East 41st Street 1J19
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135-2512
voice: 918.660.3479 (office)
urgent: 918.645.2043 (cell)
fax: 918.660.3490
pspittman@ou.edu
www.core.ou.edu
Jan Creveling
Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative TACSI/SUNS
Senior Planner
Community Service Council
16 East 16th St. Suite 202
Tulsa, OK 74119-4402
918-555-5551 x4245
Fax: 918-585-3285
Cell: 918-691-1022
jancreveling@aol.com
Genie Shannon
Tulsa Area Community Schools Initiative TACSI/SUNS
Community School Liaison
Community Service Council
16 East. 16th St., Suite 202
Tulsa, OK 74119-4402
918-585-5551 x4261
Fax: 918-585-3285
Cell: 918-760-5697
gshannon@csctulsa.org
OU CORE Internal Community Advisory Board Meeting
November 26, 2007 (November meeting)
The November meeting will be in the Faculty/Staff Lounge on Monday, November 26th from 9 - 10:30 a.m. As discussed at the October meeting and sent through Outlook invite, the November meeting will be within the Penn-OU Tulsa Conference being held on campus. Visiting universities include University of New Mexico, University of Denver, University of Pennsylvania and hosted by OU Tulsa. If you have any questions, please call Pam Pittman at 660-3479.