http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smcconne/Northside/ A record of discussions and events en-us 2006-07-28T22:29:07-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smcconne/Northside/049619.html Maybe you arrived here, looking for the more general site describing the University's Northside Partnership. If so, please look here.... 2006-07-28T22:29:07-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smcconne/Northside/037469.html As discussions on- and off-campus have continued, I've noticed interest in (and descriptions of) various models of "community-university engagement." In general, these models are intended to summarize a general approach to partnerships; Ken Reardon's article that appeared recently in Communities... Community Engagement 2006-02-06T19:46:57-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smcconne/Northside/036453.html It occured to me that I've never added a link here to the Center for Early Education and Development, adminisrative home for early childhood activities of the Northside Partnership.... Early Childhood 2006-01-28T09:26:46-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smcconne/Northside/036444.html On Wednesday, January 25, I met with Gary Reierson -- President of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, Bruce Bjork, and Sara Nelson-Pallmeyer. Sara is director of the UMCC's new Center for Families, a facility at 3333 3rd Av N... Community Engagement 2006-01-27T22:19:47-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smcconne/Northside/032378.html Cathy Jordan of the U's Children, Youth, and Families Consortium has been monitoring discussions nationally about universities as "anchor institutions" -- essentially, ways these organizations can use their intellectual, fiscal, and social resources to contribute to community development efforts in... University Involvement 2005-11-17T07:59:34-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smcconne/Northside/030586.html At recent community meetings, individuals have asked for more information about the Mt. Hope Family Center, Dr. Dante Cicchetti's program in Rochester New York. In the near future, we hope to have more information available about Mt. Hope and the... Family Center 2005-10-23T15:32:38-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/smcconne/Northside/030585.html For some time, I've been interested in creating an office for CEED that is located directly in the area where we do our work; for many reasons, that points right now to North Minneapolis. My colleagues and I have always... Early Childhood 2005-10-23T15:26:44-06:00