  {"id":7152,"date":"2025-05-21T10:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/?p=7152"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:01:07","slug":"2025-certificate-of-achievement-in-community-engaged-learning-capstone-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/?p=7152","title":{"rendered":"2025 Certificate of Achievement in Community-Engaged Learning Capstone Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each academic year, a handful of exceptional Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ undergraduate students receive the Certificate of Achievement in Community-Engaged Learning signifying the completion of CCE\u2019s credit-bearing, curriculum-based, Community-Engaged Learning program. Before these students receive their hard-earned certificates and cross the program\u2019s finish line, they must complete a Capstone project conducting work in the Rochester community with a nonprofit organization and then reflect upon this community work. This year, nine dedicated students (more students than ever before) presented their progress on their Capstone projects at the annual Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Undergraduate Research Expo (URE) Poster Presentation on April 11th. This blog post will showcase all nine of these students and their unique projects. Some students will continue these projects with their partners throughout the summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Earl Bumagat<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Organization: TRANSFORM Research Center at Mt. Hope Family Center<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cDisseminating Information with TRANSFORM\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Dr. Catherine Cerulli\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Stephanie Ashenfelder<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI worked with Transform Translational research\u2026. and what they do is \u2026conduct research into\u2026prevention and intervention methods for child abuse and maltreatment\u2026<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the semester I have worked on editing their unused footage and clips into shorter videos and clips that could be used for more accessible, more learnable, and more engaging content. We want to use these clips, post it across their social media platforms, and\u2026 tie it in with their social media monthly initiatives and campaigns that they go into\u2026A lot of it will be for a backlog but it&#8217;ll be content that&#8217;ll be useful for the future.\u201d &#8211; Earl Bumagat<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7322\" style=\"width: 699px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-scaled.jpg 2389w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-1433x1536.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-1911x2048.jpg 1911w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1716-1920x2057.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl with his community advisor, Dr. Catherine Cerulli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><b>Audrey Chung<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Organization: GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Rochester\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cStrength in Motion: Enhancing Motor Skills &amp; Independence in Children with Down Syndrome\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Haley Everett\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephen Sulkes MD<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo I&#8217;ve been working with GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse, a nonprofit down the road that works with people with Down syndrome\u2026<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve been working with the kids\u2019 fitness and cooking programs, and testing their motor skills [with] different exercises and food preparation. The fitness mainly works on\u2026 flexibility, endurance and motor skills.\u2026.. People with Down syndrome have low muscle tone\u2026..which means they need constant activity and movement to sustain their muscle &#8230; We&#8217;re basically testing their motor development and how we can introduce these habits at a young age so that they learn how to maintain a good lifestyle.\u201d &#8211; Audrey Chung<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-scaled.jpg 2363w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-945x1024.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-768x832.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-1418x1536.jpg 1418w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-1891x2048.jpg 1891w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1736-1920x2080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Johari Hemphill\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Organization: Archive of Black History &amp; Culture (ARHC) under the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County\u2019s Local History &amp; Genealogy Division\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cThe \u2018Divine 9\u2019 and First Archive Collections Project\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Antoine Mcdonald\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Dr. Molly Ball<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy work was getting some archives training and helping them [ARHC] process some of their first four collections, one of them being the Bobby Johnson collection, who was a local poet and activist. [These archives] have been <a href=\"https:\/\/roccitylibrary.org\/archive-of-black-history-culture\/\">digitized<\/a> or you can go access them at the local library &#8230; Additionally, we&#8217;re working on finishing the Charles Price collection&#8230; Another part of my work was reaching out to some collections that we identify as being essential to the archive, one of them being the National Panhellenic Council, otherwise known as the Divine Nine. [The Divine Nine] is a group of nine historically Black Greek letter organizations: five fraternities and four sororities, that all have chapters here established in the greater Rochester area that have been around as early as the [1940s.] S<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o a large part of my work was reaching out to them, creating an email template\u2026.. identifying an assessment of what materials they have, what we need and what we want, and then creating a timeline of how we&#8217;re gonna gather materials and then process them and make them accessible to the public.\u201d &#8211; Johari Hemphill<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1720-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7332 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1720-scaled-e1747840162860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1720-scaled-e1747840162860.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1720-scaled-e1747840162860-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1720-scaled-e1747840162860-1024x917.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1720-scaled-e1747840162860-768x688.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1720-scaled-e1747840162860-1536x1376.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Sab Lin<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Organization: Girls Rock! Rochester\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cVisions and Paradoxes of a Feminist Nonprofit and Social Movement\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Amanda Ashley\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristin Doughty<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI did my work on Girls Rock Rochester, which is a local nonprofit organization that is also a social movement with over 100 camps across the US and internationally&#8230;I first started volunteering there 2 or 3 years ago and since then it&#8217;s expanded into a much bigger project\u2026.[For my Capstone, I decided] to put on a community event for trans visibility which I hosted about a week and a half ago and the point of it was just to create a safe space for trans youth and\u2026 just come together, grab a snack, have some community\u2026.\u201d &#8211; Sab Lin<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1725-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1725-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"734\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Aliza Lopez\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Organization: Kids Thrive 585\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cThe Nexus of DEI &amp; Health Literacy: Democratizing Cultural Health Resources and Workshops for Diverse Youth in Rochester\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Dr. Megan Lasaponara MD\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Dr. April Luehmann<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo for [my project,] the question was how can we promote cultural health in RCSD.\u2026 because \u2026standardized exam results&#8230;, as well as&#8230;health literacy rates in the Rochester City School District are pretty low, especially for marginalized populations such as Latino and Black students. I wanted to try to find\u2026a way that we can better appeal to them and make content and material that\u2019s more engaging and make sure that it really applies to them, so that they can&#8230; increase their health literacy rate and increase their health outcomes&#8230;So the first thing that I tried to make was a resource navigator. I put together a list of resources [that] I could classify&#8230; into two different categories. One of them was virtual resources, so&#8230;databases of different phone providers that serve marginalized demographics, such as, for example, databases that serve the Latino population. [The second category] is in-person resources, so Rochester has quite a few community-based clinics such as those for BIPOC or LGBTQ populations\u2026all of these platforms and resources would be listed on the organization [Kids Thrive 585]\u2019s website\u2026The second part [of my project, is the] lessons and workshops that would be done at schools. I want to create a written report of recommendations and potential frameworks that the school districts, as well as community colleges, can use if they&#8217;re trying to revise their curriculum or if they&#8217;re trying to make more health-related activities for students.\u201d &#8211; Aliza Lopez<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-1024x980.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-768x735.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-1536x1470.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-2048x1960.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1727-1920x1837.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Jiola Paco<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Partner: Arnett House<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cIncreasing Job Readiness in Unhoused LGBTQ+ and Trafficked Youth\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Kelly Sciarratta<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stefanie K. Dunning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy project is increasing job readiness in unhoused LGBTQ+ and trafficked youth. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LGBTQ+ youth are at a 120% higher risk of homelessness. There are also many unmet needs within this community, 17% and 18% of these needs are emotional stability and support, and employment, respectively. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I decided to work on the employment aspect because I am a student interviewer for the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and I want to use my skills where I can, so I created this \u2018getting rid of job application stress\u2019 workshop&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and then, at the end, we&#8217;re doing a thrifting trip with CCE funding in order to get them job appropriate attire and then we&#8217;re going to do a fashion show when we get those items. We also do self-confidence workshops\u2026this just helps them visualize the end goal in order for them to take the steps to move towards it.\u201d &#8211; Jiola Paco\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-scaled.jpg 2388w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-955x1024.jpg 955w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-1433x1536.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-1911x2048.jpg 1911w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1731-1920x2058.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Suzanna Rainbolt\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Partner: Rochester Sexual &amp; Reproductive Justice Taskforce (Roc SRJ)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cLet\u2019s Talk Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Sex: Focusing on Community-Based Information System to Rethink Sexual Health Information\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Jilian Quigley<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel O\u2019Donnell<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1748-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7372 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1748-scaled-e1747840508817.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1748-scaled-e1747840508817.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1748-scaled-e1747840508817-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1748-scaled-e1747840508817-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1748-scaled-e1747840508817-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1748-scaled-e1747840508817-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1748-scaled-e1747840508817-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Paige Schneider\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Partner: Rochester Ecology Partners\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cYouth Environmental Health Education in Rochester\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Christopher Widmaier<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sandra H. Jee, MD, MPH<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-768x692.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-1536x1384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-2048x1845.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1744-1920x1729.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Zihan Wang\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Partner: Brightstar Community\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Title: \u201cThe Impact of Street-Level Outreach on Local Economic Communities: Exploring Economic Stability Through Grassroots Engagement\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Advisor: Sue Kirby\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristin Doughty<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-1024x870.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-1536x1305.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-2048x1741.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/cce\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1740-1920x1632.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These students have gone above and beyond by applying their education to community work outside of the classroom and putting what they\u2019ve learned during their time at U of R into meaningful action. 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