Nadinne Cruz : Interview for the John W. Gardner Legacy Oral History Project
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Nadinne Cruz, former executive director at the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs and former director of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford, discusses her early life in the Philippines; her career in public service, education, and activism; and her friendship with John W. Gardner. Cruz recounts stories from her early interactions with Gardner during meetings of the National Advisory Board of the Haas Center, noting his patience, ability to navigate difficult situations, and humility. She talks about the friendship that they developed despite coming from very different backgrounds and the conversations that they had about the idea of common cause, how to understand the public good, and the importance of community-building. She expresses her belief that studying the example of leadership that Gardner set is more important than simply looking at his writings or ideas.
Description
Type of resource | text |
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Extent | 1 text file |
Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Date created | June 10, 2017 - 2017-06-11 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
Interviewee | Cruz, Nadinne I., 1948- | |
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Creator | Cruz, Nadinne I., 1948- | |
Interviewer | Abel, Suzanne | |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
Subject | Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002 |
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Subject | Civil Society > United States |
Subject | Haas Center for Public Service (Stanford University) |
Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
Biographical profile | A pioneering leader in community-based learning, Nadinne Cruz has been an advocate and practitioner of service-learning across diverse institutions of higher education. Her early volunteer experiences with peasants in the Philippines and her Filipina-American immigrant consciousness of domestic and international issues inspire her work in education. As director of Stanford’s Haas Center for Public Service, she worked with John W. Gardner on the Center’s National Advisory Board. Her tribute to John Gardner was published in the Stanford Daily on February 19, 2002. Cruz was also founding director of the Public Service Scholars Program, taught service-learning courses in Urban Studies, and, for seven years, lived with students as resident fellow of the Okada Asian American Undergraduate Residence. At the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) in St Paul, Minnesota, Cruz led a consortium of eighteen colleges and universities to develop community-based learning programs. As the Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor at Swarthmore College, she piloted the Democratic Practice Project for the Political Science Department. She is coauthor of Service-Learning: A Movement’s Pioneers Reflect on its Origins, Practice, and Future (1999), and is the recipient of an honorary doctorate and many awards. Now an independent consultant, Cruz works with colleges and universities across the U.S. and with the national and state chapters of Campus Compacts. |
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Finding Aid | |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/jq960qc4220 |
Location | SC1355 |
Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
John W. Gardner Legacy Oral History Project
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