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My CEU Details Community Liaison Damaris Kiewiets She facilitate Health and Human Rights training for Community Leaders with the Dullah Omar Institute. She became a Chaplain in 2018 and served on the District Health Council for 2 terms in the Cape Metro. Her role at the university is to assist students and communities to understand the role of the university in the surrounding communities. She facilitates partnerships and networking opportunities. She is an ex-nurse and a strong health activist for Health, Human Rights and Social Development. She graduated as a Meridian in 2013. Damaris served on the Provincial Health Research Council “between” 2009-2014 and she currently serves on the Tygerberg hospital board. She was part of the advisory team of the School of Nursing developing the BA for nursing and very instrumental in the Community Health Component. She is second author on a paper looking at Community Participation in Health and third author on the paper on Health Committees as a Vehicle for Community Participation. ceu@uwc.ac.za +27 (21) 959 3124 View CEU staff Portfolios View our CE work Portfolios

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< Back Powerhour Workshop (Education) Duration: 25 Minutes No of Parcels: Duration: xx Served: Duration: xx Level: Beginner About the Community Engagement In-person Scholarship of Engagement for Societal Impact (SoE-SI)Power Hour Workshop with the Faculty of Education was honestly a great experience. The session was hosted by the Community Engagement Unit and facilitated by Dr. Samantha van Schalkwyk (Acting Director, CEU) and Mr. Ridwaan Mallum (Enterprise Solutions Architect). The training was engaging, practical, and gave clear insight into the UWC’s SoE-SI Framework, its community engagement principles, and how to navigate the SoE-SI web portal. Big thanks to Prof. Benita Nel and the Faculty of Education for showing up, participating, and making the session a success. #IAmUWC #SoE-SI Objectives ingredient 1 ingredient 2 ingredient 3 ingredient 4 ingredient 5 ingredient 6 ingredient 7 ingredient 8 Outcomes Step 1 This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. To manage all your collections, click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left. Step 2 This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. To manage all your collections, click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left. Step 3 This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. To manage all your collections, click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left. Step 4 This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. To manage all your collections, click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left. Previous Next

My CEU Details Acting Director Dr Samantha van Schalkwyk Dr. Samantha van Schalkwyk is a feminist scholar and activist working in the field of gender-based violence and transforming patriarchal trauma. She is Acting Director at the Community Engagement Unit (CEU) at the University of the Western Cape, where she is leading processes related to the institutionalisation of the scholarship of engagement for societal impact (SoE-SI) and driving community-engaged research. In this role, she leads the alignment of community engagement with institutional priorities, cultivates equitable community–university partnerships, and strengthens pathways for translating engaged scholarship into meaningful social change. She integrates critical feminist research with impactful community-based interventions and training. Holding a PhD in Psychology, Dr. van Schalkwyk’s academic and activist work spans over thirteen years and focuses on gender-based violence at the intersections of historical trauma and the disruption of racialised and patriarchal systems through participatory and collective research methodologies. savanschalkwyk@uwc.ac.za +27 (21) 959 3124 View CEU staff Portfolios View our CE work Portfolios

2023 SoE Colloquium CEU Staff May 18-19 See our Events section for the planned details of the upcoming 2023 SoE Colloquium The annual SoE Colloquium by the CEU at the UWC < Previous News Go to Resource Centre Next News >

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Community Liaison 2021 Damaris Kiewiets The purpose of community liaison is to facilitate circular and equitable engagement between the university and its different community associates to collectively bring about positive societal/broader impacts. The CEU suggests a Community Engagement (CE) typology which presents the different types of Boyer’s scholarships, engagement, communities and stakeholder partners for each of the respective types. This is so that there is a spectrum though which the different types of engagement, communities and initiatives can be classified and accommodated. Our Community Associates: - Civil Society - Student Community - Scholarly Community < Previous CEU Work program CEU Staff Portfolios Next CEU Work program > 1/2

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