Documentation of material related to Faculty participation in community service.
Pursuant to NEASC standards, this section of the Portfolio will contain material to document:
- Continued professional growth (5.7)
- Participation in scholarship, research, creative activities, and/or service (5.7)
I was introduced to Service-Learning very early in my career at KVCC. When all those leaders had left I was teh only one to carry that forth. I created the KVCC Center for Civic Engagement as a way to focus efforts on the development of standards and expectations for quality service-learning and community engagement at KVCC. I practice these principles both in my classes and in my personal life. - Dr. Mark K.
Documentation
Spring 2019
High Hopes Clubhouse
Member of the Board of Directors
Infant Mental Health Board - Educare
Working with this committee to coordinate the development of public service announcements with a student team from KVCC.
Fall 2018
High Hopes Clubhouse
Member of the Board of Directors
Summer 2018
Trek Across Maine
I participated in this year’s Trek Across Maine to support the Maine Lung Association
Summer 2017
Trek Across Maine
I participated in this year’s Trek Across Maine to support the Maine Lung Association
Summer 2016
Trek Across Maine
I participated in this year’s Trek Across Maine to support the Maine Lung Association
Spring 2016
Music at Moody
I managed the second season of Music at Moody. We had the following concerts:
- February 20, 2016 - 7pm-9pm - "Faculty Recital - Joshua DeScherer, bass with Jesse Feinberg, piano"
- March 11, 2016 - 7pm-9pm - "Beatles for Sale"
- April 10, 2016 - 6pm-8pm - "Exit 244"
Fall 2015
Music at Moody
I managed the first season of Music at Moody. We had the following concerts:
- September 24, 2015 - 7pm-9pm - "Jazz at Moody Chapel"
- October 23, 2015 - 7pm-8:30pm - "Richard Dostie Recital on the Moody Chapel Skinner Organ"
- November 7, 2014 - 6pm-8pm - "Yellow Brick Road: Tribute to Elton John"
- November 21, 2015 - 7pm-8pm - "Magic at Moody"
Summer 2015
Trek Across Maine
I participated in this year’s Trek Across Maine to support the Maine Lung Association.
Fall 2014
Hat and Mitten Drive for the Mid Maine Homeless Shelter and the Trinity Men’s Shelter
Through the months of October and November several students collected hats and mittens to be donated to these two shelters. To cap off the drive, I organized a Benefit Concert featuring my own band, Yellow Brick Road: Tribute to Elton John.
The concert was held on November 15 in the Moody Chapel on the Alfond Campus of KVCC and was a huge hit!
Click HERE to visit a special page I produced to communicate the results of the drive and the Benefit Concert.
Summer 2014
Produced a video for the YMCA “Reach and Rise” Program
Worked with staff from the Reach and Rise Program at the Alfond Youth Center, Boys and Girls Club and YMCA in Waterville, ME to create a promotional video.
Trek Across Maine
I participated in this year’s Trek Across Maine to support the Maine Lung Association.
The team raised a total of about $6000. I was also instrumental in acquiring the corporate sponsorship of an Augusta-based engineering firm TRC, to pay for custom bike shirts for all the team members.
Spring 2014
Sock Drive for the Mid Maine Homeless Shelter
My SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology class has taken on an effort to collect socks for the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter.
College Bowl
KVCC entered two teams into this year’s College Bowl event to help raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine.
Society for the Teaching of Psychology: Skills Matter Task Force
This task force is for the members to coordinate division-wide efforts, identify resources, and propose an action plan centered on the assessment of undergraduate student skills. How might we measures the skills attained by students in our courses, and what core set of skills might introductory psychology students gain which will serve them for the rest of their lives? Can we share resources nationwide to measure and document the skills of our psychology majors/graduates? How can we encourage employers of psychology graduates to help document graduates' accomplishments as well as provide persuasive evidence to faculty members, administrators, accreditation bodies, legislators, and the general public about the value of the bachelor's degree in psychology?
Fall 2013
Case Management Supervision for New Hope Women's Shelter in Solon, ME
I've taken on a part-time role providing training and supervision to the case managers (and regular volunteer staff) at the New Hope Women's Shelter.
Spring 2013
Faculty Consultant with Maine Campus Compact
Provided consultation to Faculty at the University of Maine at Augusta - Bangor Campus, related to incorporating Service-Learning into their Psychosocial Rehabilitation course.
Spring 2011
External Review Committee--UMA Social Science Program
I served on a small committee to provide an external review to the University of Maine at Augusta's Social Science Program. I served on this committee and was elected Chair of the committee responsible for the final written review. The other committee members included:
Dr. Allen Salo, University of Maine Presque Isle Dr. Carol Nemeroff, University of Southern Maine Senator Libby Mitchell
Thank-you letter from Interim Dean, Gillian Jordan, UMA
Summer 2011
2011 Trek Across Maine
Led a group of volunteer students to spend the day volunteering for the Trek Across Maine. We worked at the Colby College stop on the Trek in various capacities
Summer 2009
Society for the Teaching of Psychology: Membership Involvement Taskforce
For several months I was involved in a nation-wide task force charged with the task of developing initiatives for greater member
involvement in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division II of the American Psychological Association). I was able to offer the use of our Blackboard courseware system as a "virtual meeting place" so that several of us from around the country could participate in the proces.
Ongoing Work at KVCC
KVCC Center for Civic Engagement
Created the Center for Civic Engagement at KVCC to promote and encourage the incorporation of Service-Learning into both curriculum development and student-activities.
KVCC Center for Civic Engagement Website
Ongoing Development of Institution-Wide Service-Learning
Ongoing provision of technical and pedagogical consultation to faculty/students interested in incorporating Service-Learning into their curriculums.