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MCC Daily Tribune

Dr. Scanlon Selected to Serve as SUNY Civic Education and Engagement and Civil Discourse Fellow

Please help me in congratulating my colleague, Dr. Joe Scanlon, Associate Professor of Political Science, in securing a fellowship position within SUNY Chancellor King's Civic Education and Engagement and Civil Discourse initiative. Dr. Scanlon has a deep commitment to civic education in many forms. He has provided our students, department, the College, and our community at large, with invaluable and transformative opportunities to grow as civic-minded local and global community members.

The Fellows will:

  • Foster the development of and facilitate a faculty/staff Community of Practice focused on civic education and engagement.
  • Gather and amplify resources for faculty to use when developing content for SUNY’s new U.S. History and Civic Engagement general education requirement.
  • Develop and co-lead a learning convening in Fall 2024 to showcase SUNY activities, including highlighting intersections between civic education and engagement and other topics like sustainability.
  • Help inform a civic education and engagement strategic plan while assisting in the identification of data needs and data gathering.
  • Coordinate with campus Student Government representatives on civic education and engagement matters.

Dr. Scanlon is well positioned to accomplish the goals of this fellows program. His numerious contributions to civic life here at MCC will help create a sustainable strategic plan for the SUNY system. Ensuring the future of democratic principles is essential to student success. 

Nayda Pares-Kane
Anthrop/History/Poli. Science/Sociology
03/06/2024