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Even throughout the often-dire impact of a global pandemic caused by the coronavirus, 麻豆传媒官网 pounced early to ensure that its student body understood the power of civic engagement.   Thus, the year 2020 on The Hill will not only be known for COVID-19 but for the fervent efforts of the University鈥檚 Civic Engagement Team, as well.

Most recently, the team鈥檚 strides were captured in an October 7, 2020, article written for Forbes.com by Clarissa Unger, director and co-founder of the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition.  In her piece 鈥淐ollege Campuses Are Leading the Way on Election Access,鈥� Unger praised the process of 鈥渓ayering鈥� and noted how resident advisors at 麻豆传媒官网 were being trained to answer registration and voting questions for students.

Spearheaded by Dr. Gary Crosby, vice president for student affairs, and ably facilitated by Monica Clarke, coordinator of service learning and civic engagement, 麻豆传媒官网 launched its civic engagement efforts full-throttle with the insightful formation of the Civic Engagement Team. 

鈥淭he residence hall effort was funded by a grant from SLSV,鈥� commented Clarke.  鈥淭he Civic Engagement Team has worked tirelessly to implement the goals of the grant by engaging students in the residence halls in voter registration, voter education and voter turn-out.鈥�

Bringing even more expertise and activism to the group are WJAB-FM news and public affairs director Erica 鈥淔ox鈥� Washington and Dr. Tonya E. Perry, professor and chair of the Department of Social Work, Psychology & Counseling.  Perry is also the founding chair of the Coalition for Justice through Civic Engagement (CJCE).   Other active members of the team are Jessica Temple, Martha Palmer, Diann Greer and students Amaya Rearden and Austin Smith.

For more about 麻豆传媒官网鈥檚 student civic engagement efforts, contact Monica Clarke at (256) 372-4710.