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| Conference | Submission Due Date |
| To Learn and to Serve: Critical Service-Learning Initiatives and Community Engagements | May 7th, 2012 |
| 2nd Annual Eastern Regional Campus Compact Conference Moving Us Forward: Community Impact and Social Responsibility |
May 1st, 2012 |
Conferences/Webinars
Conference Descriptions
Service-Learning in Graduate Professional Education - Webinar
Event date: 04/05/2012
Event time: 3-4:30 p.m. Eastern
Are you interested in implementing a service-learning curriculum in a graduate professional education setting, but the challenges seem daunting? This webinar will explore the challenges and opportunities involved in implementing service-learning in a graduate professional education setting. We will discuss ways of overcoming challenges and tips for success. We will describe a few examples of existing curricula at UCSF, including learner and community partner perspectives.
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is a graduate health professions university and has numerous service-learning curricula for learners at different levels of training. UCSF's Office of University Community Partnerships builds collaborative relationships between UCSF and local communities, promoting civic engagement, fostering community health and well-being, and enhancing the environment for education, patient care, research, and employment at UCSF. The leaders of this webinar represent faculty, staff, community partners, and learners affiliated with this office.
Objectives:
- Describe examples of how they can engage graduate professional learners in service learning.
- List 3 challenges to service-learning in a graduate professional education setting.
- Explain 3 strategies for overcoming these challenges.
Registration Details:
Registration link: http://slgraduateeducation.eventbrite.com
These webinars are part of an ongoing professional development series sponsored by California Campus Compact, Iowa Campus Compact, Kansas Campus Compact and Minnesota Campus Compact. Faculty, staff, students, and other affiliated individuals at member institutions of the Compacts in these states qualify for half-price, discounted ticket rate; as do individuals from campuses that belong to Campus Compact, but are not members of a state compact. Registrants will receive a confirmation email with log-in information for the webinar.
The regular registration fee is $60.00 per login
The discounted registration fee is $30.00 per login
Multiple people may participate in the webinar under one registration as long as they are using one computer. While the registration fee is non-refundable, all registrants will have access to the webinar slides and materials.
For more information, contact John Hamerlinck at john@mncampuscompact.org or 320-308-4271.
Middlesex Community College and CT Campus Compact
Event Date: April 11, 2012
Event Time: TBA
Location: Middlesex Community College
Morning Session - Connecting Service-Learning to career trajectory
Afternoon Session - Establishing Service-Learning on community college campuses.
Additional information will be sent to CTCC members in March 2012.
2012 Continuums of Service Conference
Event Begins: 04/11/2012
Event Ends: 04/13/2012
Location: Seattle, Washington
Event Link: http://www.wacampuscompact.org/cosconference/index.shtml
The civic engagement/service-learning field is well-poised to create a new vision for higher education and at the 15th Annual Continuums of Service Conference.
At COS, roundtable discussions will explore diverse perspectives, public spaces to share ideas will be created; and keynote speakers will challenge the participant's thinking. By the end of the conference, collective ideas will be integrated into a new vision that participants can take back to their colleges, universities, and communities.
Like last year, they are offering a special deal to all Campus Compact colleagues. When 5 people from a state register for the conference, the organization will give one Campus Compact staff complimentary registration.
The theme of this year's conference is "Creating a New Vision for Higher Education." There will be many activities and sessions focused on this topic and we hope to develop a draft white paper by the end of the conference that captures new ideas that campuses can use right away.
Visit theCOS websitefor complete information regarding the 15th Annual Continuums of Service Conference and register today!
To Learn and to Serve: Critical Service-Learning Initiatives and Community Engagements
The Ohio State University
October 18, 2012 (Evening: Tentatively Scheduled Opening/Community Gathering)
October 19, 2012 (All-Day: Presentations/Workshops)
October 20, 2012 (Half-Day: Poster Sessions, Presentations, Closing Session)
Submission Deadline for Proposals: May 7, 2012
This conference will bring together students, teachers, teacher educators, researchers, school and university administrators, and community members and organizations to explore intersections of service-learning initiatives and community engagements across K-16 settings. Service-learning-traditionally defined as a multifaceted approach to integrating classroom instruction and academic research with meaningful community service-has the potential to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, impact educational policy, and strengthen partnerships within schools, universities, and communities. Long recognized as an effective strategy for inspiring student learning, engagement, and activism as well as increasing civic participation, service-learning has been credited with raising high school graduation rates, motivating students to go to and complete college, and encouraging civic participation.
The Biennial National Conference on Faith-Based Service-Learning
Serving Our Neighbors: Learning Across the Lines that Divide Us
Messiah College
May 31-June 2, 2012
Registration is Open
Conference discussions will include particular strengths that faith-based programs bring to service-learning and will focus on community engagement from an asset based perspective. Program participants will share model programs and best practices of developing effective community partnerships. Particular attention will be given to spirituality as both a motivation and a result of participation in service. The conference will be structured to include conceptual presentations and to facilitate conversations and sharing among participants through roundtables breakout sessions.
Upper Midwest Civic Engagement
Event Begins: 06/05/2012
Event Ends: 06/06/2012
Location: Macalester College, St. Paul Minnesota
Event Link: http://www.iacampuscompact.org/upper-midwest-civic-engagement-summit.html
Description:
Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin Campus Compacts invite you to present and join us for the inaugural Upper Midwest Civic Engagement Summit, June 5-6, 2012 at Macalester College in St. Paul Minnesota. The Summit will provide opportunities for faculty, professional staff, student and community leaders interested in higher education civic engagement activities to network and learn from one another while engaging in skill-building sessions as well as discussing challenging issues facing our communities and campuses.
The 12th International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Annual Conference
September 23-25, 2012
Baltimore, Maryland
Submissions accepted starting: March 2, 2012
Must be received (online) by: March 30, 2012, 5 p.m. (EST)
Notification of acceptance sent: By May, 20
The theme for the conference is "Connected Knowing." The pursuit of knowledge, our innate desire to learn and understand and create meaning, is at the center of what it means to be human. Knowing is powerful, and tied to the demand for human rights and dignity. How we know is closely tied to our identity; it also is bounded and shaped by social, political, and historical forces. Knowing is part of how we grow and advance. Knowing then is personal. It also is deeply political.
When: October 11th - 12th, 2012
Where: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Proposals Due: May 1, 2012
The mission of this conference is to advance institutional engagement while helping our member institutions strengthen their ability to meet the standards of the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement.
The Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for Workshop and Poster Sessions. Reviewers will look favorably upon proposals that:
- Highlight practice models and/or innovative strategies along with processes for applying the work to a range of institution types or campus roles
- Reflect sound theory or research and their potential contributions to student learning and community outcomes and success;
- Include findings from evaluation and assessment and ways to use the information to improve teaching and learning; and
- Describe active learning goals and concrete takeâaways that participants should expect from the session.
Presidential Leadership Summit
Event Date: October 14-15, 2012
The 2012 Campus Compact Presidential Leadership Summit, will be held on October 14-15 in Chattanooga, TN. The theme, Developing Vital, Vibrant and Healthy Communities through Democratic Partnerships and Civic Engagement, will explore the relationship and impact of civic engagement on economic and community development. Prior to the Summit, the Campus Compact will produce a white paper that will set the tone and a new vision for mutually beneficial economic development in higher education.
College and University presidents and chancellors, Campus Compact leadership, representatives from foundations and policy experts will gather for opening remarks and a reception on the evening of Monday October 14. The Summit will continue on Tuesday and will include plenary sessions, panel presentations and discussions.
AAC&U: Next Generation STEM Learning: Investigate, Innovate, Inspire
Event date: November 8-10, 2012
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
About the Conference
Next Generation STEM Learning: Investigate, Innovate, Inspire will focus on how colleges, community colleges, and universities of all sorts can articulate, expand, measure, and track what works to advance students' achievement of key learning outcomes, emphasizing scientific literacy, quantitative reasoning, analytical thinking, and visionary leadership. The conference also will feature evidence-based practices that address the urgent need to help underserved students pursue and succeed in STEM courses and programs. It will feature interdisciplinary learning experiences; alignment of program goals for STEM student success across the K-16 continuum; strategies for institutional change that enable 21st century learning; and new approaches in the curriculum and co-curriculum to provide real-world experiences.
AAC&U and Project Kaleidoscope invite you to join us in examining and advancing the Next Generation of STEM Learning-education that is integrative and that links STEM learning with campus and community, that depends on innovation, bringing new discoveries to market, and calls for inspiring leadership and collaboration for a better world.
Visit the Call for Proposals to find out how to submit a proposal to share your work at this conference.
For more conference information: http://www.aacu.org/meetings/stem/12/index.cfm
The Role of University-Community-School Partnerships in Creating Democratic Communities Locally, Nationally, and Globally
An International Conference in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships, 1992 to 2012
Event Date: November 12-13, 2012
Event Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania
Learn more about the Netter Center at http://bit.ly/zawHqz