Rochester 城市人

Rochester 城市人 is a 10-week summer program that engages local undergraduates in ~300-hour fellowships with 社区 organizations, faculty- and 社区-led urban issue dialogues, and 社区 events.

The program fosters the College’s eight competencies—adaptability and resiliency; career design and management; critical thinking and problem solving; intercultural and global fluency; leadership; communication; and teamwork—while cultivating a greater understanding and appreciation of our Rochester home.

夏季奖学金

Students serve with local 社区 organizations for approximately 30 hours per week to create, 扩大, or support a number of different initiatives. Previous projects include:

  • Designing and leading culturally relevant curricula in summer education programs
  • Engaging youth in a 社区 teaching garden
  • Repurposing public space to improve 社区 safety
  • Developing a sustainable diabetes group visit program
  • Creating a business plan for neighborhood commercial development
  • Coordinating services for runaway and homeless teens

学生们被安排, to the best of our ability, with organizations or initiatives that best align with their interests, 目标, 和经验.

Urban Issues Seminars

Students attend weekly seminars led by faculty members and 社区 leaders. The seminars are designed to inform fellows about the history, 政治, 人口统计资料, and sociology of urban systems, with particular attention to Rochester. 

Morning discussions are complemented by 社区-engaged learning opportunities in the afternoon, which have included off-site visits and tours, 服务活动, and 社区 panels.

看到 城市人 Sample Syllabus for more information.

Community- or Cultural-Based Activities

Students are encouraged to participate in various cultural and 社区 events, 包括节日, neighborhood association meetings, 和更多的. Many of these require weekend and evening participation. Some events will be mandatory.

End-of-Summer Symposium

All students develop a presentation based on their readings and summer experiences, and present this work at a closing symposium. Student work is also celebrated during a Closing Ceremony, often at City Hall. All 社区 and college stakeholders are invited for this celebration.  

Serve as an Urban Fellow

Benefits for Fellows include:

  • Moderate living allowance stipend
  • Numerous networking opportunities
  • Ongoing support and guidance from a large network of peers, 美国服务队成员, 校友, 项目人员
  • Participation in the Urban Fellow program satisfies the requirements for Level One OR Level Three of 大奖章.
  • Students pursuing the Certificate in Community-Engaged Learning may use their 城市人 experience towards their capstone project. To do so, students must still submit a capstone proposal and have it approved.

点击这里 for more information. 点击这里 to apply for the 2024 城市人 program. 城市人 常见问题

Host an Urban Fellow

Project and agency requirements:

  • 扶贫重点
    • Priorities include combating summer learning loss, increasing summer food access, and promoting economic opportunity.
  • Work substantial enough for ~300 hours of service across 10 weeks
  • Capacity for effective supervision
  • 501(c)3 not-for-profit, government agency, or school status

The Center for Community Engagement is now accepting project proposals from 社区 organizations to host students through the 城市人 program in 2024! Proposals are due by F2024年1月16日. 点击这里 for more information.

 

联系 

If you have any questions about the program, please contact the Center for Community Engagement.