Champlain College
EN-9: Community Partnerships

The Sustainable Transportation Coordinator participates in several community based groups that are addressing bicycle/pedestrian planning efforts within the City of Burlington, including the Burlington Walk and Bike Council, which works on improving the infrastructure and culture of bicycles and pedestrians in Burlington and on campus http://www.burlingtonwalkbike.org/ and the City Sponsored PlanBTV Walk/Bike Master Plan http://www.planbtvwalkbike.org/. Champlain College is a member of the the Community Coalition, which is lead by the University of Vermont's Office of Student & Community Relations. This is a group of students, neighbors, city and university/college staff & administrators, police officers, non-profit partners, and others that meet once a month to identify neighborhood challenges and create opportunities for action. (Please note that UVM's Office of Student & Community Relations Office is current experiencing technical difficulties...https://www.uvm.edu/oscr/?Page=signature.php) One large project that Champlain has a large role is the annual downtown Spring Move Out Project. This popular street swap encourages reuse, recycling, and overall better management of unwanted items resulting during student move-out times. http://cswd.net/outreach-education/communities-municipalities/spring-move-out-project/

Our Center for Service & Civic Engagement has had long standing relationships with many organizations and institutions within our community. Students hold work study positions, conduct service, and we have a dedicated AmeriCorps VISTA position to support these efforts. http://www.champlain.edu/student-life/campus-and-community-programs/center-for-service-and-civic-engagement/about-us-center-for-service-and-civic-engagement/our-staff-and-contact and http://www.vtcampuscompact.org/2015-2016-vista-program-members.html The VISTA position overseees the tutoring and mentoring program with partnerships with the Sustainability Academy, Edmunds Elementary School and Edmunds Middle School. The A.I.M. (Act. Instruct. Mentor) Program is the mentoring & tutoring partnership established between the CSCE and the Burlington School District. AIM volunteers are connected to students, staff and parents in the Burlington School District through various tutoring and mentoring programs at the different schools.