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Unfolding Understandings: A History of the Alverno Learning Process

 

Effective Citizenship

"Civic responsibility involves direct, meaningful participation in public life and includes political engagement as well as many other types of public activity."

Effective Citizenship as defined at Alverno College "develops the student's capacity to feel socially responsible to her community and to take corresponding action to support its assets and to deal with its concerns."
(2005). Ability-based learning outcomes, p. 51.


Statements of the Ability

Over time the statements describing the Communication ability have evolved and changed. To view the "4-pager" documents of statements of the ability from 1973 to the present, please visit the 8 Abilities Overview page in this guide.


Name Changes

Develop Awareness and Understanding of the World in Which the Individual Lives (Green Bible, August 1973)

Understanding of the Contemporary World (1974)

Involvement in the Contemporary World (1981)

Effective Citizenship (1985)


Leadership

Estelle Gaffney                                          Chair, 1973-1977

James Roth                                               Chair, 1977-1979

Dimitri Lazo                                               Chair, 1979-1985

Greta Salem                                              Chair, 1985-1989

William McEachern                                   Chair, 1989-1990

Regina Grantz                                           Chair, 1990-1992

Patricia Bowne                                          Chair, 1992-1996

Mary Tokas                                                Chair, 1996-1997

Russell Brooker                                         Chair, 1997-2003

Greta Salem                                              Acting Chair, 1999

Brenda Kilpatrick                                       Chair, 2003-2011

Rita Nawrocki-Chabin                               Acting Chair, Fall 2007

Julie Jutrzonka                                          Chair, 2011- 2015

Rita Nawrocki-Chabin                               Chair, Spring 2016

Dawn Caruss & Rachel Haos                   Co-Chairs, Fall 2016

Megan Anderson & Meg Crosby              Co-Chairs, Spring 2017-2020

Megan Anderson                                      Chair, 2021-

 


Articles from Alverno Publications on Effective Citizenship