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Sacred Heart participates in National Initiative
AAC&U awards university students for completing inventory
Shannon Ianni
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: News
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The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has recently announced that Sacred Heart was chosen as one of 23 institutions to participate in the national initiative, Core Commitments: Educating Students for Personal and Social Responsibility.
The AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality of undergraduate liberal education.
"It is the premier institution in the U.S. which supports liberal learning," said Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Michelle Loris.
The AAC&U's mission is to help individual institutions keep the quality of student learning at the core of their work as they evolve to meet new economic and social challenges.
As a part of the program, students, faculty, student affairs administrators and academic administrator are required to fill out personal and social responsibility inventory.
According to the Sacred Heart website, the inventory is designed to identify where different groups on campus see opportunities exist to foster learning about personal and social responsibility and to serve as a catalyst for dialogues across the institution about ways to make such learning more pervasive.
"[The inventory] gives us information about where we stand with personal and social responsibility. It helps us to develop projects across campus," said Loris.
In return for taking part in the inventory, three Sacred Heart students were awarded a $250 gift certificate to the Westfield Trumbull mall. Mary Dannegger, Meghan Gaignat and Rachel Howard-Fernandez were the three recipients.
"It was wonderful to hear that I had been selected as one of the winners of a gift certificate. I felt that it was very important to take the time to fill out this inventory honestly so that the AAC&U could get back helpful feedback," said Dannegger.
According to the Sacred Heart University website, in inviting Sacred Heart to join the Core Commitments Leadership Consortium, the AAC&U considered the university's work already accomplished on its core curriculum, especially the common core: The Human Journey.
The AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality of undergraduate liberal education.
"It is the premier institution in the U.S. which supports liberal learning," said Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Michelle Loris.
The AAC&U's mission is to help individual institutions keep the quality of student learning at the core of their work as they evolve to meet new economic and social challenges.
As a part of the program, students, faculty, student affairs administrators and academic administrator are required to fill out personal and social responsibility inventory.
According to the Sacred Heart website, the inventory is designed to identify where different groups on campus see opportunities exist to foster learning about personal and social responsibility and to serve as a catalyst for dialogues across the institution about ways to make such learning more pervasive.
"[The inventory] gives us information about where we stand with personal and social responsibility. It helps us to develop projects across campus," said Loris.
In return for taking part in the inventory, three Sacred Heart students were awarded a $250 gift certificate to the Westfield Trumbull mall. Mary Dannegger, Meghan Gaignat and Rachel Howard-Fernandez were the three recipients.
"It was wonderful to hear that I had been selected as one of the winners of a gift certificate. I felt that it was very important to take the time to fill out this inventory honestly so that the AAC&U could get back helpful feedback," said Dannegger.
According to the Sacred Heart University website, in inviting Sacred Heart to join the Core Commitments Leadership Consortium, the AAC&U considered the university's work already accomplished on its core curriculum, especially the common core: The Human Journey.
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