The Department of Community Learning and Public Service (CLPS) in the UNM College of Education will celebrate 10 years of serving New Mexico’s communities Friday, Oct. 5, from 2:45 to 6 p.m. on the southwest plaza outside the UNM Student Union Building.
Dr. Ira Harkavy, associate vice president of the University of Pennsylvania, and director of the nationally and internationally recognized Center, will highlight the event with a talk for Community Partnerships at Penn. The talk, titled “The Civic Mission of Universities,” will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Mirage / Thunderbird Room of the Student Union Building.
In a very short time, CLPS has come to act as an academic partnership and policy center for communities, neighborhoods, and villages striving to implement more community-driven learning projects for their children, youth and families. In order to support this work, CLPS operates as a campus wide linking resource office for more effectively bringing students, faculty, academic units, communities and citizens together to participate in shared learning and community problem solving.
CLPS was formed by faculty, staff and students and community members interested in better mobilizing the UNM's resources and talents towards an ever increasing civic engagement. Supported by and based within the College of Education, CLPS now serves the entire campus and the state of New Mexico.
For more information contact the UNM Community Learning & Public Service visit: Community Learning & Public Service or call, 277-9523.