Art in Motion: Guayasamín’s Ecuador Unframed

Art in Motion: Guayasamín’s Ecuador Unframed, was an exhibit whose aim was to heal, unify, and enlighten our community, as Fr. Jenkins challenged us to do in his September 2011 message. The exhibit was housed at the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture (NDCAC) on West Washington Street in South Bend in fall 2014. Read more.

Preparing your child for college

The Provost’s Initiative on Engaging the Community underwrote the Spanish and Community-Based Learning project in September 2012. The two-night series began on the evening of September 17 at the Kroc Center with a bilingual information night, Preparing for College, followed by bilingual college visits at various South Bend campuses the next week. Read more.

Community-Based Research (CBR) with No Parent Left Behind

In fall 2012 and spring 2013, Rachel Parroquin’s Community Based Spanish – Language, Culture, and Community classes worked with community partner, No Parent Left Behind (NPLB). NPLB’s executive director, Joyce Long, co-taught the month long CBR unit. Read more.

Translation projects

Several classes taught by a number of faculty have assisted community partners with translation of documents and materials. Some of the local partner organizations we have worked with include: Holy Cross School, St. Vincent DePaul, Ronald McDonald Room affiliated with Memorial Hospital, and the Juvenile Justice Center of St. Joseph County.

Hear more about exciting recent projects including the translation of a pre-K curriculum written by teachers at our partner, Holy Cross School that is being implemented in the Archdiocese of Chicago beginning in 2021-2022, in Building Communities Of Language, Culture, and Dignity Through Spanish Community-Based Learning. Listen to the Signs of the Times Podcast here.

Robinson, A. and Salazar Harty, P. (authors) with Roach, C. (editor). (2021). Pre-K Curriculum ECLIP. Translated by ROSP 30017: Introduction to Translation and Interpretation, Theory and Practice spring 2021; edited by Mangione-Lora, E. Published by the Archdiocese of Chicago.