UCAAP
Limited to forty-five participants, students must apply to be part of UCAAP. Though open to all incoming students, the program is especially suited for students who have had prior community service/community organizing experience. Because UCCAP is limited to 45 first-year students, those who apply to UCAAP should also consider applying for space in a CAP course. If accepted to UCAAP, you will not be assigned to a CAP course and advisor, though you can still enroll in a CAP course through the regular registration mechanisms.
UCAAP participants are paired with academic advisors who are selected for their knowledge of Brown academic resources as well as their knowledge of community resources and their work to connect the capabilities of the university to inequalities in the community and society.PLME and Engineering students are eligible to participate in UCAAP, though those programs will assign academic advisors to them.
UCAAP participants are required to participate in an Institute on Service and Community that will take place on campus August 27-29, 2008 just prior to Orientation
Once the semester is underway, UCAAP students meet monthly for seminars to learn about social issues in Rhode Island and to discuss various dimensions of community work.
For the 2008-2009 academic year, the UCAAP application deadline is 12pm June 27, 2008.
For more information contact Alan Flam, UCAAP Coordinator alan_flam@brown.edu or call 401 863-3638.
UCAAP Seminars
The UCAAP Seminar program is in addition to the academic advising component of UCAAP. It will allow UCAAP students to examine issues of social justice and social responsibility, and to explorehow people create lives that enhance the common good of society. The theme for the seminars in 2008-09 is Safe, Affordable, Healthy Housing as a Human Right. Working in small groups with the support of Swearer staff and Community Fellows, UCAAP students will design seminars that investigate how governmental agencies, community- based organizations, academics and activists respond to this theme. Participants will also have the opportunity to engage guest speakersfrom campus and from the community on issues related to social justice and pressing social concerns in Providence andthe world.
Students will not earn academic credit for participation inthe UCAAP Seminar, though it is required for all UCAAP participants.
The Institute on Service and Community is a special program for UCAAP participants. In 2008, the institute will take place prior to the regular First Year Orientation program. The institute is required of UCAAP participants and will:
• Introduce participants to resources of the Swearer Center and opportunities to integrate community work with academic study.
• Encourage participants to become comfortable navigating beyond College Hill, and introduce them to some of the major social and human issues in Providence so that they become active citizens of Providence.
• Encourage the development of specific skills such as observation, reflective practice, cultural sensitivity, facilitation and organizing.
• Encourage participants to think about the role of Brown in the community and world, and to consider individual responsibilities that accrue from a Brown education.
• Create a network of first year students who feel connected to the Swearer Center and interested in spreading a conversation about service and activism to the broader campus.
Draft Schedule
Institute on Service and Community
Wednesday, August 27 (for students and accompanying family members)
5:00 – 9 PM – Supper and Introduction to UCAAP
Thursday, August 28 - Friday, August 29
Two days of community-based immersion led by Swearer Center staff, student leaders and community members
UCAAP is supported by a team of advisors committed to community work as well as to the intellectual life of the University. Undergraduate Meikeljohn Advisors, who provide a peer’s perspective on academic life at Brown, assist advisors.
While each participant in UCAAP is assigned a primary advisor, we encourage
students to seek out other advisors in the program to gain a variety of perspectives and support.
Click here to download a UCAAP application