NeighborWorks’ Podcast Features University Community Relations Staff
Julie Schumacher Cohen, assistant vice president for community engagement and government affairs, and Daysi Carreto, assistant director for community and civic engagement speak with host Gerard Hetman, on the The "Be a Neighbor" podcast of NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania.The "Be a Neighbor" podcast of NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania recently hosted the staff of The University of Scranton Community Relations office. Julie Schumacher Cohen, assistant vice president for community engagement and government affairs, and Daysi Carreto, assistant director for community and civic engagement, discussed the work of the office with community partners, including community-based learning activities, collaboration with immigrant and refugee communities, support of downtown businesses and more. They also shared their career and professional backgrounds, highlights from initiatives they have organized and additional ways the office connects the University and the greater Scranton community.
An excerpted clip from the podcast, episode No. 18, focuses on how catholic social teaching and the Jesuit tradition animates The University of Scranton's local engagement. The podcast is coordinated by Neighborworks’ staff Gerard Hetman and Parker Dorsey.
Listen to the full episode directly -- or find the podcast on Spotify, Apple, YouTube or various other podcast streaming services.
Other episodes have featured University of Scranton-related initiatives and persons, including episode No.11 with Kimberly Crafton, oral histories coordinator of the Scranton Stories initiative, together with Doreen Fazzi, Scranton Stories interviewee and lifelong West Sider. Episode No. 10 included Dr. Doug Boyle, department chair and professor of the University’s accounting program, speaking about his work to develop a youth center in West Scranton which was highlighted in a recent issue of the University's alumni magazine, The Scranton Journal.
The "Be a Neighbor" podcast is coordinated by NeighborWorks’ staff Gerard Hetman and Parker Dorsey. They recently interviewed Julie Schumacher Cohen, assistant vice president for community engagement and government affairs, and Daysi Carreto, assistant director for community and civic engagement speak with on the podcast of NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania. Shown from left, are: Hetman, Dorsey, Schumacher Cohen and Carreto.
