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Elon seniors Rachel Curtis ’24 and Nicole McGinty ’24 presented at the PACE Conference. Their presentation was titled, “Preparing students to Engage: Institute for Civic and Community Engagement.” The presentation had insightful information about the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement created by the Kernodle Center for Civic Life to help prepare and educate students to engage in communities.
After this presentation the goal was to leave the people who attended with an understanding of a tool that they can use on their respective campuses and ways to make presentations both engaging and educational for students,” Curtis and McGinty said. “I hope the people learned more about ways to incorporate community leaders who address local social issues, and also how to utilize discussions, videos, and interactive quizzes to share information.