James Peterman
Sewanee University of the South
We invited Marshall Welch to come to Sewanee to offer two workshops, a shorter, two-hour workshop on reflection, and a longer six-hour workshop on the nuts and bolts of civic/community engagement pedagogy. We asked him to frame the workshop for both the faculty, who offer community engagement courses, and for staff, who have developed a range of robust immersion experiences, with related co-curricular learning modules. In addition, Marshall consulted with the upper administration to help them better understand how to advance our work. This conversation addressed the results of the NIICE survey, which helped us identify both those aspects of our program which mirrors norms NIICE uses and also places where we need to develop or programs.
Marshall is a gifted teacher and an articulate advocate for civic engagement. Responses to his workshop by both faculty and staff were highly positive. Given his highly reasonable fees, I would encourage campuses interested in developing their programs to consider bringing him to campus