NATIONAL FAITH-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING CONFERENCE ISSUES A CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

The Biennial National Conference on Faith-Based Service-Learning:  "Serving Our Neighbors:  Learning Across the Lines that Divide Us" will be hosted at Messiah College on May 31-June 2nd, 2012.  Online submissions are now being accepted for engaging papers, workshops, roundtable presentations. You are invited to propose research based or conceptual topics that relate to current campus/community service-learning issues. Proposals should actively encourage discussion and participant engagement.   Breakout session proposals should be sent via the online web form on the conference website no later than February 15, 2012.  Click here to register for the conference and/or submit your presentation proposal:

http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/agape/national_conference/rfp.html

Lynton Award updates

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Dear Colleague:

We’d like to let you know about two recent additions to NERCHE’s website regarding the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, our annual award recognizing an early-career faculty member who connects his or her teaching, research, and service to community engagement.

First, we have added a new Exemplary Syllabi page to the site. As part of the application process for the Lynton Award, we ask nominees to submit examples of syllabi that represent their community-engaged teaching and learning. The Exemplary Syllabi page features noteworthy syllabi representing innovative practices across the disciplines that value students and community members as collaborators in the teaching and learning experience. 

To view the new Exemplary Syllabi page, click here or paste the following link into your web browser:  http://bit.ly/tlFc9Q.  

Second, an updated version of the Lynton Award Profile is available for PDF download on NERCHE’s website.  This publication includes in-depth information about the history of the Lynton Award, along with descriptions of the community-engaged work of the current Award recipient, Dr. Katherine Lambert-Pennington, as well as all past recipients. The Profile also includes a remembrance of Ernest Lynton, who, as Eugene Rice writes, “dedicated his life to making a place for engaged scholarship and to shaping colleges and universities committed to the common good.”

To download a copy of the Lynton Award Profile, click here or copy and paste the following link into your web browser:  http://bit.ly/t2S2EC.

We hope that the Exemplary Syllabi and updated Profile will be both useful and inspirational for practitioners across the higher education spectrum, including prospective nominees for the Lynton Award.  If you have any questions about these resources or about the Award itself, please do not hesitate to contact NERCHE.

Sincerely,

Sharon Singleton

Senior Program and Research Associate

sharon.singleton@umb.edu

Brad Arndt

Senior Programs Coordinator and Staff Editor

brad.arndt@umb.edu

New England Resource Center for Higher Education

College of Education and Human Development

University of Massachusetts Boston

100 Morrissey Boulevard

Boston, MA 02125

(617) 287-7740

www.nerche.org

Job Posting: Southwestern University Director of Civic Engagement

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DIRECTOR OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Southwestern University invites applications for the position of Director of Civic Engagement.  This is a full-time, eleven-month position with benefits reporting to the Provost and Dean of Faculty through the Associate Vice President for Academic Administration.  The purpose of the Office of Civic Engagement is to collaborate with students, faculty, and the greater community to move beyond traditional practices of volunteerism, service, activism, and community-based learning. 

Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to:  managing the daily operations of the Office of Civic Engagement; partnering with faculty members to develop and implement community-based learning projects within academic courses; providing leadership and expertise in establishing and sharing best practices for community-based learning pedagogy with faculty members, students and community partners; cultivating and sustaining multi-layered community partnerships that give the campus community opportunities to participate in a wide range of civic engagement and community-based learning activities; developing programs and projects that allow students to learn about social and public issues as engaged citizens and through the lens of the chosen discipline; providing research and writing grants that support civic engagement and community-based learning activities; developing and implementing assessment programs for community-based learning projects; writing internal and external reports on civic engagement; raising awareness about local issues and needs that can be actively and effectively address by campus community members; and serving as a liaison between campus and community partners.

Required Qualifications:  Master’s degree and at least five years of work-related experience with community-based learning and civic engagement in a college environment; demonstrated leadership in collaborative settings; understanding of and commitment to a liberal arts education, including the ability to relate to a liberal arts faculty; experience partnering with faculty members to develop and implement community-based learning projects within academic courses; experience developing and writing reports/grants for various constituencies; demonstrated ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders and constituency groups including administrators, faculty, students, staff, community partners, and other external constituents; strong communication and organizational skills, as well as the ability to multi-task and manage detailed work. 

Southwestern University offers competitive salary and benefits including health, dental, life, long term disability, retirement, 15-paid holidays, three-weeks vacation, sick leave, tuition assistance, access to athletic facilities, free parking and discounted meal rates.  Southwestern University is a selective, undergraduate institution committed to a broad-based liberal arts, sciences, and fine arts education.   Southwestern University is deeply committed to fostering a diverse educational environment and especially encourages applications from members of groups traditionally under-represented in academia.  For information concerning the University, visit our Web site at www.southwestern.edu.

Interested persons should submit a letter of interest that includes salary expectation and salary history; a resume/curriculum vitae; and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references to: Director of Civic Engagement, Job #439, Human Resources Office, Southwestern University, P.O. Box 770, Georgetown, TX, 78627-0770, or fax to 512-863-1880, or email to hrjobs@southwestern.edu.

Review of resumes will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.  Only those resumes that include all the information requested will be considered. All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of the University’s Background Check Policy process.  Southwestern University is an equal opportunity employer.  EOE/M/F

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Suzanna Pukys, M.A.

Director, Office of Civic Engagement

Southwestern University

PO Box 770

Georgetown, TX  78627

512/863-1987

pukyss@southwestern.edu

www.southwestern.edu

International Undergraduate Journal for Service-Learning, Leadership, and Social Change Fall 2010

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Colleagues---

We are pleased to announce the first volume of the International Undergraduate Journal for Service-Learning, leadership and Social Change.

Here is the link:     http://www.columbiasc.edu/SeviceLearningLeadershipSocialChange/    

We look forward to submissions from your students.

Ned Scott Laff, Ph.D.                                                                

Director for General Education and Service-Learning                  

Director for the Center for Engaged Learning                               

Columbia College                                                                        

nslaff@columbiasc.edu                                                                 

Joyce Fields, Ph.D. 
Professor of Child and Family Studies
Program Coordinator
Columbia College
jfields@columbiasc.edu

Clemson University Collaborations in Service-Learning - Webcast on Service-Learning in Landscape Architecture

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Clemson University - Collaborations in Service-Learning Webcast
Thursday, November 17, 2011, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Community Outreach and Design: Service-Learning in the Landscape Architecture Studio

Mary Beth McCubbin: Lecturer, Landscape Architecture, Clemson University School of Planning, Development, Preservation, and Landscape Architecture

Elise Herron,  Clemson University Graduate student, Landscape Architecture
Susannah Horton, Clemson University Graduate student, Landscape Architecture

Mary Beth McCubbin directs the a.LINE.ments Studio, winner of the 2010 South Carolina Commission on Higher Education award for service learning. Housed in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, a.LINE.ments is a multi-disciplinary program that offers students the opportunity to work on design projects in cities and towns throughout the state of South Carolina. Students have worked with communities to provide masterplans for parks, concepts for downtown streetscapes, recommendations for neighborhood revitalization, and a Safe Routes to School proposal.  It has been a win, win, win endeavor—real-world experiences for students, research opportunities for faculty, and great ideas for communities.

During our presentation we will share with you both the process and products of our studio including many examples of our projects. Two graduate students will also  be  discussing the impact of service-learning on their learning experience.

Videos, the powerpoint for the presentation, and further webcast information can be accessed on November 14  at:

http://www.clemson.edu/public/servicealliance/faculty_fellows_program/webcast_page.html

                      

Kathy Woodard

Service-Learning Education

Community Scholars Program

Civics and Service House

214 Barre Hall

Clemson University

Clemson, SC  29634-0101

(864)656-0205 (phone)

(864)656-1288 (fax)