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9/22/03

SLU TEAMS WITH WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES ON 'DIALOGUE PROJECT'

CANTON – A project that will connect St. Lawrence University students with 
community members to examine issues as reported in The Watertown Daily Times 
in order to promote dialogue about responsible citizenship in a democratic 
society has been awarded a grant of $5,500 by the Center for Liberal Education 
and Civic Engagement, sponsored by the Association of American College and 
Universities and Campus Compact. It is part of the Center's inaugural project, 
"Journey Towards Democracy: Power, Voice and the Public Good."
	Only seven awards were granted, of some 137 applications made. St. Lawrence 
will provide matching funds for the program.
	The University's dialogue project will explore how local concerns are 
embedded in larger national and global dynamics, in order to promote a dialogue 
that emphasizes the importance of civic engagement on a scale that is accessible 
to all citizens. The central strategy is to bring together participants for a 
series of facilitated dialogues to discuss issues important to the local community 
and discover how those issues relate to regional, national, and global events. 
Topics identified in The Watertown Daily Times will provide a centralized focus 
for the dialogues.
      The project participants will be students, faculty and representatives from 
the local community. 
	"Journey Towards Democracy," sponsored by the Center for Liberal Education 
and Civic Engagement, a joint initiative of the Association of American Colleges and 
Universities and Campus Compact, has a goal of fostering robust and candid dialogues 
about how to put student learning about democracy and the public good at the center 
of academic inquiry. Through these dialogues, St. Lawrence and the other participating 
institutions will explore how students are currently learning about the practice of 
responsible citizenship. 
	For additional information about the Center for Liberal Education and Civic 
Engagement and the "Journey Towards Democracy" dialogue projects, visit 
www.aacu.org/civic_engagement/projects.cfm. For additional information about AAC&U, 
visit www.aacu.org; for additional information about Campus Compact, visit 
www.compact.org.

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