Cornell University
Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Team (SMART) was here again at CaRE
from 4th to 17th January 2013. Cornell University through
Cornell International Institute for Foods, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD)
initiated SMART program to enhance students to do interns at various projects
in international setting. Four graduate students doing their MPA Degree at
Cornell University were deployed to CaRE. They were Ms Alicia Freedman, Ms Jennifer
Shin, Ms Maria Yang and Ms Sarah Evans. Professor Emeritus Dr Rosemary S. Caffarella
was the project leader assisted by Ms Alicia. At the same time there were also other
members of SMART Program in 11 other countries around the world. This is the
second time that CaRE hosted SMART Program.
CaRE - Cornell SMART Project
was engaged with the following assignments:
- Assisted
in planning and executing Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
workshop on Cancer Care: Treatment, Support and Healing on 7th
January 2013. Prof Caffarella was a guest speaker and the SMART Project
Team led the roundtable discourse.
- Facilitated
staff development sessions with 2 workshops on:
- Marketing
- Grant
seeking
- Evaluate and gave feedback on CaRE Workplan 2013
The SMART members’
engagement with CaRE staff unfolded the following learning curves:
- CaRE
staff members’ made initiative to work in teams to accomplish their tasks
- Enhancing
staff soft skills such as communicating and making presentation in English
- Exposure
to branding issues with regards to marketing and promoting CaRE and its
services
- Access to new resources for grant seeking
SMART
Project members from
Continuous
Professional Development (CPD) Program
Planning
for Workshop on Cancer Care: Treatment, Support & Healing
Marketing
workshop
CaRE
staff presenting their output in promoting CaRE during marketing workshop
facilitated by SMART Team
Grant
Seeking Workshop
SMART
Team shared their experiences with CaRE staff through Grant Seeking Workshop.
In this workshop, the team practiced role play so staff can understand the
situation better.
Social
Discourse
CaRE also held a social gathering for the SMART Team
on the last day of their project. It was a great experience for all staff to
work with talented students from Cornell. They were willing to share lots of
knowledge and information with us. We really hope that kind of collaboration
will continue again for next year.
SMART members enjoying traditional food of Malaysia
CaRE
staff with SMART members: CaRE-CORNELL UNIVERSITY SMART PROJECT 2013
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