College Unbound

👂Part 2: Listen in as Provost & VP of Lifelong Learning, Sylvia Spears, and Jeffrey Yan (Digication) continue their conversation about CU's unique approach to creating a community-based educational environment.💚

Episode 152 Reimagining Higher Education: College Unbound’s Model for Equity and Success Part 2 In this episode, host Jeff Yan continues engaging with Sylvia Spears, Provost and Vice President for Lifelong Learning at College Unbound.Discover the unique...

Students and faculty all spoke up, answered surveys, participated in focus groups and made clear the changes you wanted to see with the Big10s process: less wordy, clearer directions, more guidance.

We heard you. 📣💚🤍

Scan the QR code or click the link to learn more about our refined and improved “Big10 Transformational Leadership & Change (TLC) competencies", rolling out this semester!
https://sites.google.com/collegeunbound.edu/office-of-lip/big-10-tlc-competencies/about-big-10

Registration is now open for the 2024 Assoc for Authentic, Experiential & Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) Annual Meeting, co-hosted with CU in Providence from August 14-16.

This year's meeting focuses on the role of reflection in e-portfolios. As many CU students know, reflecting on past experience encourages lifelong learning skills and integrative thinking, habits of mind we all need to address real-world challenges of all shapes and sizes.

Students can register for free for this conference! Visit https://sites.google.com/aaeebl.org/aaeebl-annual-meeting-2024/home to learn more and register.

Calling all educators! Join us for a FREE conference focused on professional development that brings more JOY into your teaching journey.

📅 Date: August 5, 2024
🕘 Time: 9 AM - 2 PM CST (10 AM - 3 PM EST)

REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/fYZ7QYwUApsRcQYeA

Calling all alumni! Whether you're graduating on August 17th, or you were part of CU's first ever cohort 15 years ago, we want YOU to join us at our CU Alumni Dinner for a glammed-out evening celebrating alumni past, present, and future.

WHEN: Friday, August 16th from 6:30 - 9:00 P.M.
WHERE: The Guild, 461 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
ATTIRE: Come dressed to impress in your best glam style
GUEST POLICY: Each alumni or graduate attendee is allowed one guest ($10 guest fee)

Tickets are going fast, so please RSVP ASAP using this link to ensure you are able to join in the fun: givebutter.com/alumdinner2024

A big to Anthony Thigpen, who was featured yesterday on NBC 10 WJAR for his vitally important work leading Lifespan - A Health System 's Connect 4 Health program, which seek to complement medical care for community members through crucial social services that address many of the underlying social determinants of health.

Keep up the amazing work, Anthony!

Check out the full story:

Lifespan's Connect 4 Health program tackles medical care, social services "We actually change the quality of life for some people."Anthony Thigpen leads Lifespans' Connect 4 Health program.

Calling all students and alums! 📣📣📣

CU Faculty member Jessica Tabak is running a 3-week workshop this August for RI-based writing educators seeking to revive their own writing practice and reinvigorate their work with student writers.

"Practicing What We Teach" is hosted by LitArts RI in Providence, and registration is FREE. Check out the flyer for more information and register here: forms.gle/TrCMG59hdDVa3MGx6

🎉Staff Shoutout! A thought provoking read by our Assistant VP for Community & Belonging, José Rodriguez, as he details the essentials for those seeking a full and fruitful reintegration after incarceration – educational and employment opportunities. Read here:

Council for Adult and Experiential Learning

The Imperative of Education and Employment for Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Individuals An executive with College Unbound lays out the importance of education-employment pathways for successful reentry and breaking the cycle of recidivism.

✨Dear Alumni & 2024 Grads, you are cordially invited to our annual Alumni Dinner, an evening celebrating glammed-out alumni of the past, present, and future. This year's theme is A Glamorous Tribute: Celebrating the Alumni Journey. RSVP here: https://givebutter.com/alumdinner2024 ✨

College Unbound mourns the loss of Cedric Huntley, founding Board Member, brother of two of CU's founding adult students, tireless longtime supporter, caregiver, and unshakeable community advocate.

Today, our hearts ache along with all those community members whose lives have been touched by Mr. Cedric, and our thoughts are with Mr. Cedric's family and friends.

In addition to his deep work with College Unbound, Cedric worked at the Nonviolence Institute for more than two decades and served as the organization’s executive director from 2020 to 2023.

What if you could earn college credits for your military service and work experience in an accelerated degree program? College Unbound offers just that!

Join us at the Rupert Huse Veteran Center on July 8th for a meet-and-greet with CU's president, Dr. Adam Bush! Click the link below to register!
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/t36ykrb/lp/24f76e75-c6d4-4a19-a50c-3ae0532e3584

to JoKeitha Seabrook, Director of Partnerships and Place in South Carolina, for continuing to spread the word about CU in Greenville, with cohorts beginning this Fall! 👀💚🤍

Congratulations to CU Director of Educator Preparation Aubrey Ellen Schabowsky on being named a Deans for Impact Impact Academy 2024 fellow! Through this year-long fellowship, Aubrey will define strategies for instructional improvement grounded in alongside a cohort of peers across the country. Learn more: deansforimpact.org/iac9-announcement

Congratulations Raheem Jackson, who has been selected as College Unbound’s Student Parent Fellow! Drawing on his experience raising his three young girls while studying Organizational Leadership and Change, he will work with our team and Support Generation Hope staff over the next year to create institutional change for student parents. Learn more at https://www.generationhope.org/our-stories/welcome-new-generation-hope-team-members-1-l5n5j

Welcome to the FamilyU team, Raheem! We’re grateful for your expertise and leadership and excited for the work ahead!

"Having a degree has given me confidence. I now feel I can accomplish anything. I now have a voice." -Zulen Liz, Class of 2023

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"College Unbound has helped me to communicate better with others." -Valentin Liz Munoz, Class of 2023

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"I am also an example for my young boys and my community." -Valdir A. Mendes Monteiro, Class of 2023

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"Now, I no longer run, I stand and face every obstacle and I fight." -Ty Esha Forbes, Class of 2023

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"I have a voice and can hold space/build community, I have strength/vulnerability, I have learned/failed so much. These are complexities/integrities that are tools as much as they are contradictions. I have the awareness/ignorance to wield them. I have the distinction/community to share them." -Stead Fast, Class of 2023

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"I have been able to see myself as an academic with valuable knowledge equally through my academic work and lived experience." -Samantha Cullen Fry, Class of 2023

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"CU has showed me that I am a leader and has given me the confidence and tools to create positive change in the world." -Rhonda Hanaway, Class of 2023

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"CU's mission and vision is felt in every corner of the college, and the impacts I've seen in my fellow students, and experienced personally, have been enormously valuable." -Ryan Pease, Class of 2023

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"CU has taught me to trust the process, that things take time and that is okay." -Regina Brown, Class of 2023

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"Education never disappeared fro my suitcase, because I believe it is the key to success." -Paula Guidales, Class of 2023

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"[CU] has helped me rediscover my strengths, enhance my virtues, and reaffirm my abilities to impact my community and the world positively." -Nilton Cardenas, Class of 2023

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Wow! CU's Director of Faculty Development and Innovation Lance Eaton was just featured on CNN.com! Read the article to learn more about Lance's innovative work at the intersection of education and generative AI here at College Unbound:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/tech/schools-teaching-chagpt-students/index.html

Schools are teaching ChatGPT, so students aren't left behind | CNN Business When college administrator Lance Eaton created a working spreadsheet about the generative AI policies adopted by universities last spring, it was mostly filled with entries about how to ban tools like ChatGPT.

"College Unbound taught me about failing forward." -Nicole Silva, Class of 2023

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"CU made me fall in love with learning all over again." -Nghet Neang, Class of 2023

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