College of the Pacific
| Partner | Description |
Great Valley Center | Community Assessment: Jacoby Center partnered with Great Valley Center for Assessment of (quality of life in) Communities (PAC) project in mid-town (Magnolia district) and south SJ county (Dari Sylvester and Marcia Hernandez) funded by grant. |
Stockton Sister Cities | Grassroots: Partnership with Jacoby Center and Stockton Sister cities for Grassroots Global Institute, pilot with Empaime, Sonora, this last August. Funded privately. |
SUSD, Lodi | SUSD, Lodi: Departments of Math, Physics, and Visual Arts partnered with local school districts (SUSD, Lodi) for teacher education workshops in discipline during summer funded by grants and contracts. |
Valley Mountain Regional Center | Community Re-entry Program: Department of Psychology partnered with San Joaquin County for community re-entry programs for selected populations; funded by grants and contracts. |
California Council for the Humanities | Stockton Speaks Project: Oral history project that showcases a collection of multi-cultural, multi-generational "coming-of-age" stories, from 54 individuals, in nine ethnic groups, from Stockton, California. A collaborative effort between the City of Stockton, Jacoby Center at University for the Pacific and individuals representing a number of ethnic-based, non-profit community organizations. Website: www.stocktonspeaks.org |
Community Partners: The Haggin Museum of Stockton; San Francisco-based Sierra Club; Deltakeeper (Stockton-based partner of Baykeeper out of San Francisco); Stockton Corral of Westerners international (monthly dinner meetings with a presentation on some aspect of Western American history); Defenders of Wildlife-Muir Center has provided space for programs on campus to better inform the public of Endangered Species issues; Jedediah Smith Society-promotion of the history of exploration of the American West | |
Yosemite Associates | Yosemite Associates: Muir Center is active in all YA initiatives and regularly attends YA meetings in the park. |
Lincoln Unified School District, West Ed K-12 Alliance, San Joaquin County Office of Education | Lincoln Achievement in Mathematics Partnership: This partnership provides professional development for Lincoln Unified mathematics teachers. Dennis Parker, Co-Principal Investigator. January 2007 to June 2008. |
SUSD, San Joaquin Delta Community College, and the Business Education Alliance of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce | California Math Partnership for Stockton Unified: This partnership provides professional development for Stockton Unified mathematics teachers. Dennis Parker, Co-Principal Investigator. July 2007 to September 2008. |
Lincoln Unified School District | Calaveras River Restoration Project: Lincoln Unified School District: Working to include 8th grade science students involved in ecological monitoring and habitat restoration of the Claveras River. The Calaveras River projects listed here are run by Dr. Gregg Anderson. |
Delta Keepers | Providing over 200 students for river clean-up projects on the Calaveras River |
SJ County Dept of Public Works | Department of Water Resources Urban Streams Grant: San Joaquin County Department of Public Works; Storm Water Management Program-acting as technical advisor and co-sponsor to eradicate an invasive giant reed species (Arundo donax) |
Student camp; Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship Program (SLEWS): Provided two students on a cooperative basis as SLEWS mentors for high school student | |
Calaveras River Fish and Calaveras River Watershed Stewardship Groups | Calaveras River Restoration Fund: Participating in workshops and working to create partnerships with these two community groups in improving conditions in the Calaveras River. |
Interagency Water Group | Mitten Crab Working Group: Interagency task force involved in studying this invasive crab species and the effects on native species in the Delta |
Monterey Bay Aquarium | River Otter Team: Working with the River Otter Team to help design a realistic enclosure for a river otter exhibit that is under development that will house North American river otters at the aquarium |
N/A | SERVE Program: Mentoring program for at-risk teens
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Stockton Public Library | Literacy Program: Developed with the Cesar Chavez/Stockton Library's "Reach out and Read Program." After attending an all-day training, students in Professor Lehmann's Shakespeare class read to children in medical waiting rooms in South and Central Stockton, as a means of modeling literacy skills to both parents and children alike. |
Magnolia District, Stockton | Run by Dr. Courtney Lehmann. Focused primary attention in Stockton and the Midtown Magnolia district. The Jacoby Center has developed two outreach programs for the Magnolia district: City of Stockton Youth Advisory Board (YAB); HUD grant funds to stimulate activities in tutoring, career development and citizenship training. Dr. Bob Benedetti co-facilities the Midtown Magnolia Mayors Taskforce |