Gain a better understanding of your impact in the community

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Webinar: Using the Community Capitals Framework to Understand and Measure Community Impact

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Central)

Do you want to better understand and report the impact that your campus-community partnerships are having on the
quality of life in your community?  Are you looking for a way to show how individual partnerships complement each
other and contribute to plans to achieve greater overall community and institutional goals?

Community Capitals is a framework that facilitates planning for and measuring community or organizational change. 
It is currently used around the world by community development practitioners and by researchers of asset-based
development.  Cornelia B. Flora, one of the originators of this framework, will present the concepts of natural,
cultural, human, social, political, financial and built capital and how they work together to sustain healthy
ecosystems, economic security, and social well-being.

Presenter

Cornelia Butler Flora is the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Sociology at Iowa State
University. Previously she was holder of the Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems at the University of Minnesota,
head of the Sociology Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a University Distinguished
Professor at Kansas State University, and a program officer for the Ford Foundation. She is author and editor of a
number of recent books. Her newest book is Rural Communities: Legacy and Change, Second Edition.
Her current research addresses alternative strategies of community development and community-based natural resource
management in the light of changing socio-technical regimes and climate change. Her Bachelor of Arts degree is from
the University of California at Berkeley in 1965 and her M.S. (1966) and Ph.D. (1970) degrees are from Cornell
University.

This webinar is the second in a series sponsored by California Campus Compact, Iowa Campus Compact, Kansas Campus
Compact and Minnesota Campus Compact. Compacts in these states qualify for the discounted ticket rate; as do
individuals from campuses that are members of national Campus Compact, but are do not have a state compact.

Registrants will receive a confirmation email with log-in information for the webinar.
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
after the event.

Registration and more information is available at: http://communitycapitals.eventbrite.com

John Hamerlinck
Associate Director
Minnesota Campus Compact
john@mncampuscompact.org
320-308-4271
Administrative Services Building 101
720 4th Ave. S.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
www.mncampuscompact.org

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9-11 Community Discussions, Facilitation Training, and Resources

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Friend us on Facebook Forward to a Friend Workshops & Events September 12, 2011 PCR-facilitated community discussions on 9/11 and its aftermath Sign Up Now:       WBEZ North Side Bureau       WBEZ South Side Bureau       4th Presbyterian Church       October 20-21, 2011 Civic Reflection Facilitation Training Registration Deadline: September 30, 2011 January 19-20, 2012 Civic Reflection Facilitation Training Registration Deadline: December 19, 2011 February 10-11, 2012 Civic Reflection for Educators Registration Deadline: January 15, 2012 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Quick Links Resource Library Search and browse for readings and images and view discussion plans to use with your own groups. Facilitators Forum Share your facilitation experience and find out what others have done Training Overview Interested in bringing PCR to your campus, organization, or community? Find about how the Project could help. Contact Us Dear friends and supporters of PCR, It has been a busy summer for the Project on Civic Reflection. Even as we have been working through our own internal changes, we have been working hard to help a wide range of people and organizations across the country think and talk about the changes they are making in the world. Since our last newsletter, we have added a number of exciting events on our calendar, and we invite you to join us for upcoming workshop and events. Following a successful workshop in May, we will host two civic reflection facilitation training workshops in Chicago in the near future – one on October 20-21, 2011 and the other on January 19-20, 2012. We have also added another program arm called the Teachers’ Inquiry Project (TIP), and on February 10-11, 2012, we will hold a civic reflection workshop specifically for educators. Please pass the word about these workshops to anyone you know who might be interested, and please contact us with questions or for registration information. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. What questions should we be asking about this day? Why and do we remember it? On the morning of September 12, the Project, in partnership with Chicago Public Media - WBEZ 91.5FM and Illinois Humanities Council, will facilitate 4 community discussions about the meaning of 9-11, now and going forward. Three of these discussions are open to the public, but advance registration is highly recommended, as space is limited. To learn more and sign up, please visit www.wbez.org/events. We are also delighted to announce that the More Than Money archives now have their own website, www.MoreThanMoney.org. The Project was honored to host this resource for the past 5 years, and is pleased to now pass them on to Bolder Giving, where they will reach new audiences who are exploring the connection between money and values. Thank you for your ongoing support for PCR. Please always feel free to share with us your experience with Civic Reflection. Enjoy the summer! -Project on Civic Reflection New Resources Additions to Resource Library - "On Being a Cripple,” by Nancy Mairs: This essay raises questions about how we define ourselves in relation to our bodies, the world and one another, and prompts us to reflect on how we deal with chronic illness, physical imperfections, disability and mortality. It also could frame an exploration of the complexities of service—whether given or received. - “The Peace of Wild Things,” by Wendell Berry: The narrator in the poem turns to nature in his increasing "despair for the world." What sort of response does he find there? What does he mean by saying that "wild things" do not "tax their lives with forethought of grief"? - “Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter,” by Chitra Divakaruni: Mrs. Dutta is an Indian widow who left her home in India to live with her son and his family in the U.S. This short story reflects on Mrs Dutta’s past, her decision to leave her native land, and her struggle adapting to her new home. The story inspires discussions of giving, identity, immigration, and how we cope with change and cultural differences. Spanish translations of readings in The Civically Engaged Reader Commissioned by Serve Rhode Island, nine Spanish translations of popular readings in The Civically Engaged Reader are added to our existing Spanish resources!  The Lesson The Peace of Wild Things The Lovers of the Poor They'll Say, 'She Must Be From Another Country' Theme for English B The Helmsman The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas He Sits Down on the Floor of a School for the Retarded The Boy Without a Flag New Anthology from Amy Kass A new resource is now available for civic reflection discussions on American identity, character, and citizenship. Amy Kass who has facilitated a number of state humanities council civic reflection discussions in recent years, has just released an anthology of stories, essays, speeches, and songs that she co-edited with her husband Leon Kass, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, and Diana Schaub, professor of political science at Loyola University Maryland. According to Kass, What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song, starts from the premise “that developing robust citizens involves educating the heart as well as the mind.” A website that supplements the anthology is intended to be a resource for educators, civic and service organizations, and others interested in learning about what it means, and what it takes, to be an American citizen. Civic Reflection Across the Nation - Partnering with Chicago Cultural Alliance, the Project has been helping Chicago-based ethnic museums to bring together the city's diverse communities to relate their heritage to significant contemporary issues.Check out the recent dialogue "We're Still Here: Changing Definitions of Identity in Chicago" on WBEZ. -  Karen Ardizzone helped host a “Connect & Reflect: Community Service Reflection” workshop series at Rutgers University to provide students an opportunity to meet and reflect together on what it means to be a student volunteer. - At National Louis University, four PCR-trained staff and faculty – Karen Roth, Virginia Jagla, Antonina Lukenchuk and Tiger Rahman – formed a “NLU Service Learning Team.” On April 27, 2011, NLU’s Civic Engagement Center and Library hosted “A Day of Reflection,” where the service learning team invited students, faculty, staff and alumni to join in civic reflection discussions centering on the piece “The Lovers of the Poor." - The national Meaning of Service kicked off its second program year with a civic reflection facilitation training workshop hosted by the Illinois Humanities Council in Chicago. Participants from Ohio, Wyoming, and New York joined us to share ideas and plan the continued growth of reflective discussio with AmeriCorps and other service groups. With the successful implementation of civic reflection in Maryland, Mississippi, Montana and Illinois, the Project is excited about helping the Meaning of Service grow, with the support of an NEH grant. - At the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service in Baltimore, MD, Fabio Lomedino helped start a new initiative called Community Conversations, in which LIRS will engage 12 communities across the country to reflect on the experience of welcoming migrants and refugees. The outcomes of these conversations will shape and transform how the organization engages with communities in the future, create a greater awareness of the strengths refugees and migrants bring to their communities, and foster the creation of community-led transformation initiatives.

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Read.Write.Act Call for Presenters 2011 Revised

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Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference Call for Presenters For over 20 years, through a dynamic partnership between campus and community, SCALE has developed leaders who are agents of social change. Each year, SCALE hosts the Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference, which connects college students at campus based literacy groups from around the country with content specialists, community-based literacy organizations and other leaders in literacy who are committed to creating a more just society by engaging young people in literacy education. This year, SCALE will hold its fourth virtual conference from November 8th-10th, featuring web-based presentations related to the theme Weathering the Storm: Sustaining Literacy Education in a Changing Climate. SCALE is currently seeking proposals for presentations during the Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference. We invite you to submit a proposal for a workshop here. The deadline for submission is September 16, 2011. SCALE is asking that presentations during this year's conference fall under one or more of the following strands: Research & Theory, Resources, Program Practice & Models. For more information about each of these strands and to see a complete list of suggested topics as well as descriptions of past presentations, please visit the SCALE website.	Would you like to control which events you receive information about from SCALE? If so, please update your contact information! Right now we have the following contact information for you Note: there will be a blank if information is missing : Email: Contact Email First Name: Contact First Name Last Name: Contact Last Name Company / Org: Contact Company Name Address: Contact Address Line 1 Contact Address Line 2 City: Contact City State: Contact State Code Phone: Contact Home Phone Hit "Update Profile / Email Address" below to choose categories & update. Events Lists: RWA Virtual Conference, NLAW, Student Leadership Training Categories: Current America Reads/Counts Tutor, Current AmeriCorps Member, Affiliated Student Organization Leader, Community Partner, Program Partner, Content Specialist, Former Staff/Board, Former Student Tutor, AmeriCorps Alumni
Find us:   Megan A. McCurley Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) UNC—Chapel Hill 919-962-1542 scale@unc.edu	SCALE is a program in the School of Education at UNC-Chapel Hill and is funded in part by a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service.

CCPH conference proposals are due Sept 26!

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Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

Don't miss your chance to present at Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 15th anniversary conference!  Session & poster proposals are due Sept 26 for "Community-Campus Partnerships as a Strategy for Social Justice: Where We've Been & Where We Need to Go," April 18-21, 2012 in Houston, Texas!  Proposals are sought for skill-building workshops, roundtable discussions, posters and sessions that incorporate storytelling and creative arts.  Please forward this information to colleagues who may be interested.  Details at http://bit.ly/hFPPlr 

We look forward to reviewing your proposal and to seeing you in Houston next
April!  Follow the latest conference developments at http://twitter.com/CCPHconference

Sincerely,

The CCPH Conference Planning Committee
http://bit.ly/iksfSq

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through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.
Join us for our 15th anniversary conference, April 18-21, 2012 in Houston TX!
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Just published through CES4Health: Mini-Summit Health Proceedings

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Dear service-learning colleagues,

Just published through CES4Health!  Proceedings from mini-summits, unique community forums that unite & mobilize diverse stakeholders to address & improve minority health outcomes through a comprehensive action plan.  See abstract below - the full product & accompanying application can be accessed at http://bit.ly/oYbpZz

If you have a product of service-learning, community-based research or other community-engaged work that's in a form other than a journal article, consider submitting it for peer-reviewed publication & dissemination through CES4Health! A conference call for prospective authors is scheduled for Sept 12 from 12-1:30 pm ET.  Learn more about CES4Health and register for the call at http://CES4Health.info
Follow the latest CES4Health developments at http://twitter.com/CES4Health

Mini-Summit Health Proceedings

Abstract: The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research (CPHHPR) hosted three Mini-Summits on Minority Health to respond to the unique public health challenges facing its region. The Mini-Summits were unique community forums designed to unite and mobilize diverse stakeholders to address and improve minority health outcomes through a comprehensive action plan. Participants identified health concerns; developed goals and recommended culturally appropriate region specific strategies. Summit findings were compiled into proceedings and disseminated to participants to ensure bidirectional communication. The key recommendations gleaned from the proceedings led to the formation of the Suffolk County Minority Health Action Coalition and Community Alliance for Research Empowering Social Change, an academic community based research network. This document may prove beneficial to those interested in developing an infrastructure for Community Based Participatory Research.

Thanks,

Rahma Osman
Program Assistant

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)
through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.
Join us for our 15th anniversary conference, April 18-21, 2012 in Houston TX!
Stay on top of the latest CCPH news through Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter!
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"Moving Us Forward: Recognizing & Rewarding Civic Engagement" Oct 27-28 in New York City

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Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

Moving Us Forward:  Recognizing and Rewarding Civic Engagement
Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference
October 27 & 28, 2011
LaGuardia Airport Hotel, New York City

The mission of this conference is to advance institutional engagement. Leaders in higher education will participate in workshops on engaged scholarship, institutional change, and campus-community reciprocity. This conference will also include a concurrent institute for faculty teams to focus on institutional strategies for rewarding engaged scholarship in promotion and tenure. This conference will focus on key areas of campus-community engagement in order to maximize the likelihood of success on future re/applications for designation.

For details about the program and to register, go to http://bit.ly/ntmkvR

The Eastern Region Campus Compact is a coalition of state Campus Compacts from Maine to Florida.

Thanks,

Rahma Osman
Program Assistant

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)
through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.
Join us for our 15th anniversary conference, April 18-21, 2012 in Houston TX!
Stay on top of the latest CCPH news through Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter!
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Early Registration and Plenary Speaker Information

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011 IARSLCE Annual Conference Early Registration Ends Today! Register Today!

Illinois Campus Compact, DePaul University, National-Louis University, Loyola University Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Northern Illinois University and the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement will host the 2011 Conference.  The conference will be held November 2-4, 2011 at the historic Palmer House Hilton in the heart of downtown Chicago (“the loop”). 
The Early Registration rate of $425 (for regular registration) ends today.  Rates go up to $475 tomorrow. Don’t delay, register today!

Also, check out newly added plenary speaker information.

Duke seeks Executive Director for Center for Civic Engagement

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Duke University seeks an Executive Director for the Duke Center for Civic Engagement (DCCE). The DCCE serves as a catalyst for civic engagement programs across the campus, connecting education and research with socially-responsible service. The DCCE works with Duke faculty, students, and staff as well as with national and international experts; it seeks to ensure that Duke’s various efforts are energetically connected and to build on research and teaching at Duke that engages the concept and practice of civic engagement.  The DCCE will take Duke’s civic engagement commitment to the next level, formulating an exemplary vision and strategy for civic engagement at Duke and supporting knowledge in service to society as outlined in the University’s strategic plan.

The Executive Director reports to the Faculty Director of the DCCE. The position represents the office with a variety of constituents in developing and communicating various civic engagement programs and opportunities, supervises the professional staff, provides financial oversight for the DCCE, and leads fundraising and grant-writing efforts in support of the DCCE’s work. The Executive Director also assists the Faculty Director in strategic planning and program assessment, takes the lead (with the Faculty Director and the advisory board) in the DCCE’s academic mission, and provides day-to-day management of its projects.

Successful performance depends on working effectively with all program constituencies across DCCE’s initiatives, leading the development of integrated academic and civic engagement programs, and working with internal and external partners in support of Duke’s civic engagement strategy.   Excellent written and verbal communications skills are essential, along with management, financial, and fundraising experience.  Position will require some travel and familiarity with a university environment. Minimum educational requirement: earned master’s degree, with a Ph.D. or other terminal degree strongly preferred.  Require at least 5 years leadership experience in a civic engagement setting; experience in running a multidisciplinary academic center is preferred. The strongest candidates will have international travel experience and knowledge of a foreign language. Familiarity with the higher education environment – especially in its interface between academic departments, administrative units, and community organizations – is essential. An adjunct appointment in an appropriate academic department would be considered for qualified candidates.

Please send CV, cover letter, and the names of three references electronically to Dr. Donna Lisker, Associate Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education and co-chair of the search committee, at dlisker@duke.edu. Applications received by September 12, 2011 will receive priority consideration.

Kristin Wright

Assistant Director

Duke University Service-Learning Program

(919) 668-4134

http://servicelearning.trinity.duke.edu

Call for Nominations: The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award

Call for Nominations The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award Deadline for receipt of materials: October 3, 2011 The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning; and who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others. The award honors the work of K. Patricia Cross, Professor Emerita of Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Please go to the K. Patricia Cross page of AAC&U's Web site for complete information. Eligibility All doctoral-level graduate students who are planning a career in higher education are eligible, regardless of academic department. Graduate students in fields where the MFA is the terminal degree, such as art or music, are also eligible. (Nominees must hold student status in January 2012.) Applicants must demonstrate: Leadership ability or potential for exercising leadership in teaching and learning, with a strong commitment to academic and civic responsibility Leadership or potential leadership in the development of others as leaders, scholars, and citizens Nomination Process A faculty member or administrator must nominate the student, with a supporting letter from a second faculty member or administrator. The following materials must be submitted for an application to be considered: A nomination letter from a faculty member or administrator A supporting letter from a second faculty member or administrator A statement from the student indicating how he or she meets the award criteria A copy of the student's curriculum vitae Nominations can be submitted anytime, but no later than October 3, 2011.  Nominees must also complete an online form with all contact information.  Only complete nominations will be considered.  The Award The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award provides financial support for graduate students to attend AAC&U's 2012 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Washington, DC, January 25-28, 2012. All award recipients are required to attend the conference. The award includes travel, lodging, conference registration, and a one-year affiliation with AAC&U, including subscriptions to all AAC&U periodicals. The awards will be announced in December 2011, and recognized at AAC&U's Annual Meeting in January. Contact Information Please contact Suzanne Hyers at hyers@aacu.org or 202.387.3760 with any questions. Questions about any of AAC&U's meetings? Email meetings@aacu.org. To unsubscribe from AAC&U Calls for Proposals and Meeting Announcements, click here. Association of American Colleges & Universities 1818 R Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 www.aacu.org

Call for Abstracts for Seminar on Democracy, Justice and the Arts - Sept 1 Deadline

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Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

Please see forwarded announcement below.  Thanks,

Rahma Osman
Program Assistant
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

We invite abstracts related to "Democracy, Justice and the Arts," a
seminar to be proposed for the 2012 meeting of the American
Comparative Literature Association (http://bit.ly/n2z3N6). Without recognition of the poesis that underlies all forms of constructive human activity, not least art and interpretation, it is difficult to imagine and then to realize social, political or economic development. This seminar will address the practical contributions of creativity and aesthetic
interpretation and the ways in which, today, humanists are recovering
paths from artistic freedom to the public good.

We welcome brief (100-200 words) abstracts from any field of the
humanities, to be sent by e-mail to Esther_Whitfield@Brown.edu and
dsommer@fas.harvard.edu before September 1, 2011. Seminars include up
to twelve presenters and we will finalize the roster for our proposal
by September 10. If the seminar is approved, all presenters must
register for the conference and be current members of the ACLA.

Thank you,

Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and
Literatures, Harvard University
Esther Whitfield, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Brown
University.

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)
through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.
Join us for our 15th anniversary conference, April 18-21, 2012 in Houston TX!
Stay on top of the latest CCPH news through Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter!
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New book on Exploring Cultural Dynamics and Tensions Within Service-Learning

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Dear service-learning colleagues,

We thought you'd be interested in this forthcoming book.  See abstract below and details at http://bit.ly/n2TXMb

Thanks,

Rahma Osman
Program Assistant
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Exploring Cultural Dynamics and Tensions Within Service-Learning

Edited by:
Trae Stewart, University of Central Florida
Nicole Webster, Pennsylvania State University

Service-learning is an exciting pedagogy and field of study, offering insight into how academic study and community engagement blend to create social change. In its most traditional conceptualization, servicelearning activities typically manifest within communities where outside individuals address a need. Service learning is purported to have a transforming effect on individual student perspectives by providing students the opportunity to interact with people and enter into situations that allow students to test their predisposition towards others. However, the literature on the impact of service-learning on participants' acceptance of diversity and development of open-mindedness reports mixed outcomes.

The purpose of this book is to explore cultural tensions and dynamics within the field of service-learning. It is not meant to be an exhaustive review of the interplay between culture and service learning, but rather a starting point for an ongoing conversation about how this complex topic impacts the field. In 18 chapters, educators, students, and administrators investigate the cultural values of service-learning itself and the tensions created when this is at odds with the values of others within K-12 and higher education in the United States and abroad. Authors include community organization representatives, researchers, directors of offices of community engagement, university administrators, junior and senior faculty, and former service-learning undergraduate students. Submissions reflect a range of genres, including theoretical / conceptual pieces, position papers, case studies, and other traditional academic essays, challenging how students and community members are affected by the cultural tensions within service-learning engagement.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword, Paul C. Gorski. Preface, Trae Stewart & Nicole S. Webster. PART I: SUPPORTIVE FRAMEWORKS & CHALLENGING IDEOLOGIES/PARADIGMS. Engaging Culture: Ethnography as a Model for Service-Learning Practice, S. Ashley Kistler. Moving beyond the dominant: Service-learning as a culturally relevant pedagogy, Jennifer Gilbride-Brown. Challenging Privileged Paradigms through Service-learning: Exposing Dominant Ideology, Unlearning Deficit Thinking, and Debunking the Myth of Meritocracy, Annemarie Vaccaro. Relational Knowledge Production and the Dynamics of Difference: Exploring Cross-cultural Tensions in Service-learning Through Narrative, Nicholas S. Mariner, Jessica Nina Lester, Katharine Sprecher & Allison Daniel Anders.

PART II: NOVEL APPROACHES, NOTED IMPACTS & NOTEWORTHY  LESSONS. Diversity and Service-Learning: Finding Common Ground through Social Justice and Mindfulness, Catherine Mobley. Cultural Dynamics and Tensions within Service-learning in a Community Health Nursing Course, Ardith Sudduth, Evelyn Wills, & Jill Laroussini. The Effects of Service-Learning on White College Students Racial Attitudes: Implications for Achieving Better Outcomes, Christopher G. Wetzel, Lucy A. Waechter Webb, Anita A. Davis, & Maureen E. Miller. Teaching Lessons of the Holocaust through Service-Learning, Ruth T. Hannon & Joel P. Litvin. Teaching - A Job, A Lifestyle, A Story: Possibilities and Limitations of an Intergenerational Oral History Project, Kristi Richard Melancon. A Preliminary Evaluation of Cultural-Based Service-Learning: Characteristics of Cultural- and Academic-Based Service-Learners, Lori Simons, Lawrence Fehr, Nancy Hirshinger-Blank, Elizabeth Williams, Cassandra Dry, Courtney Carlin, Lisa Marie Curran, Jennifer Gensler, Shanay Rowe, & LaToya Wright. Revitalizing the Land Grant Mission in the South: One Universitys Path to Civic Engagement via Community Schools, Robert F. Kronick, Nissa Dahlin-Brown, & D. Gavin Luter. Service-Learning Pedagogy: A Method for Improving the Education of Latino Students in Charter Schools, Nicole S. Webster & Centrice Martin.

PART III: SUCCESSFUL & MISSING OPPORTUNITIES IN  TEACHER & COUNSELOR EDUCATION. Preservice Teachers Explore Pedagogy & Service-Learning in a Place Called New Orleans East: Assumptions, Tensions and Innovation in a Post-Katrina Charter School. Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell. Service is the rent we pay: A tale of how three teacher educators studied our own practice through engaging pre-service teachers in a multicultural service-learning experience, Kristal T. Moore Clemons, Heather Coffey, & Sara B. Ewell. Exploring Cultural Dynamics of Self-Other Relations: University Faculty and Students Engage in Service-Learning with Refugees, Antonina Lukenchuk & Erika Barber. Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in Counselor Education: The Potential of Service-Learning in the Development of Sensitive and Competent Mental Health Professionals, Trae Stewart & Ximena Mejia.

PART IV: GLOBAL CONSIDERATIONS & LOCAL IMPLICATIONS. Intercultural Conflicts Within International Service-Learning: Reflections on Barbados, Norma Gaines-Hanks & Nyasha Grayman-Simpson. Whose project is it anyway? The case of Waste for Life, Argentina, Caroline Baillie, Eric Feinblatt, & Jens Kabo. About the Editors. About the Contributing Authors.

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through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.
Join us for our 15th anniversary conference, April 18-21, 2012 in Houston TX!
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Supporting Faculty, Graduate Students & Post-Docs to Succeed as Community-Engaged Scholars - Early Bird Rates end Aug 19

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Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

Supporting Faculty, Graduate Students & Post-Docs to Succeed as
Community-Engaged Scholars

A Learning Institute During the American Public Health Association
Conference, Oct 30 from 8-11:30 am, Washington DC, supported by CCPH and the Community-Based Public Health Caucus

Early-bird registration rates end on Aug 19.  Learn more and register today at http://bit.ly/ooFdSx

The purpose of this institute is to provide faculty members, post-docs and
graduate students who are committed to improving public health through
community-engaged teaching and research with tools, tips and strategies
for successful academic careers. Community-engaged teaching and research
are central to preparing future public health professionals and
understanding and addressing health disparities, yet university systems
for preparing, recognizing and rewarding faculty who lead these efforts
often are not supportive. Community-engaged scholars often lack formal
mentoring and professional development and face promotion and tenure
committees that regard their scholarship as service or activism, and
overemphasize the importance of federal grants and peer-reviewed papers in
top tier journals in their faculty reviews.

Through interactive sessions that build towards a personal action plan for
each participant, the institute will focus in three key areas: (1)
Developing a scholarly agenda and the competencies and resources needed to
implement it; (2) Documenting community-engaged scholarship for promotion and tenure; and (3) Publishing and disseminating peer-reviewed products of community-engaged scholarship.

This institute builds on seven years of learning from national initiatives led by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (the most recent of which is Faculty for the Engaged Campus) that have addressed these challenges by changing promotion and tenure policies, facilitating peer reviewed publication of applied products of community-engaged scholarship and supporting faculty to gain the competencies to be successful in conducting and documenting community-engaged scholarship.  Learn more at http://bit.ly/b6qUsd

Thanks,

Rahma Osman
Program Assistant

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)
through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.
Join us for our 15th anniversary conference, April 18-21, 2012 in Houston TX!
Stay on top of the latest CCPH news through Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter!
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Position Opening: Executive Director, IUPUI Center for Service & Learning

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Executive Director

IUPUI Center for Service and Learning

Applications are sought for the Executive Director of the Center for Service and Learning at

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Complete Job Description

Required qualifications consist of a Ph.D. in an academic discipline (or equivalent terminal degree), and experience with programs focused on service learning, community service, academic aspects of professional service, and community partnerships. At least five years of supervisory, program leadership, and/or academic administrative experience in a related or relevant position is expected, as are experiences in working closely with academic and support service units, appreciating and advocating for diversity, inclusion, and equal access to educational opportunity. The successful candidate will have teaching experience (including service learning courses), faculty development experience, and a strong record of scholarship including the development of significant grant proposals and success in securing external funding.

To learn more about the Center for Service & Learning (www.csl.iupui.edu)

Candidates are invited to submit an electronic application that includes:

��� a letter of application stating their interest and experience,

��� a philosophy statement that frames the candida�����s views on how to advance civic

engagement and transformative campus-community collaborations in higher education

and as part of IUP�����s campus culture,

��� a curriculum vitae, and

��� The names and contact information of three references to Dr. Mary Fisher, Associate

Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at mlfisher@iupui.edu.

NOTE: Paper applications will NOT be accepted.

Review of applications will begin October 1, 2011, and continue until the position is filled. The

starting date for the successful candidate is on or before July 1, 2012. IUPUI is an Affirmative

Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D.

Applications should be sent electronically to Ms. Susan Christian, Academic Support Specialist,

Office of Academic Affairs, at suechris@iupui.edu. Questions regarding the position should be

addressed to Dr. Mary L. Fisher, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at

mlfisher@iupui.edu, or 317-278-1846.

Webinar Next Week: Using Free Technologies to Support Effective Campus-Community Partnerships

 [Announcement from he-sl listserv]

Webinar: Using Free Technologies to Support Effective Campus-Community Partnerships

Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 1:00-2:00 PM (Central Time)

An ever-expanding array of free technology resources is available to support innovative and effective campus-community partnerships. Many well-known and lesser-known social media platforms are well-suited to community engagement efforts. Most of these technologies are fully accessible via the mobile phone in nearly every student’s pocket and require very little technical expertise to employ. As early adopters, students are open to using these new tools, suggesting an opportunity to cultivate and demonstrate student leadership.

Join us for an energetic, easy to understand and example-filled look at innovative uses of freely available, relatively easy-to-use Web and mobile phone technologies to collect data, raise money, deliver services, document and assess projects and much more.

Presenter
John Hamerlinck is the Associate Director of Minnesota Campus Compact and leads its Center for Digital Civic Engagement, a project intended to link innovative and practical technology use to higher education's civic engagement efforts.

For more information or to register go to To register go to http://technologyandengagement.eventbrite.com

John Hamerlinck
Associate Director
Minnesota Campus Compact
john@mncampuscompact.org
320-308-4271
Administrative Services Building 101
720 4th Ave. S.
St. Cloud, MN 56301
www.mncampuscompact.org

Blogs
http://mncompact.wordpress.com
http://cdce.wordpress.com

Twitter: mncompact
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mncampuscompact
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/MNCompact

RFP 2011 MW Eco Conference--Research for the People: Bridging Academics and Communities

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All,

It’s my pleasure to offer this Request for Proposals for the 2011 Midwest Eco Conference.  The proposal form is [below].

This year, the conference will be held on DePaul University’s beautiful Lincoln Park campus on Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23.  More information about the conference, including registration, specific conference times and lodging options, will be announced soon.

Information such as the RFP deadline and the conference theme are included in the attached proposal form.

Questions about the RFP process or the conference in general should be sent to 2011MWEco@gmail.com.

Please help us distribute this RFP accordingly.

Warm regards, and we look forward to seeing you in October.

Todd
(on behalf of the 2011 Midwest Eco planning committee)


T. L. Bottom
-Doctoral Student; DePaul University
-National Student Representative; SCRA (APA Div. 27)
-Student Editor; JPIC
-Secretary; CEA

tbottom@depaul.edu
312.388.3007

DePaul University
Department of Psychology
Byrne Hall Suite 401
2219 North Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614

"I want to interview the outlier".  (Anonymous)
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2011 Midwest Eco Presentation Proposal Requirements

Please read these important notes before completing and submitting this form.

The 2011 Midwest Eco Conference will be held at DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus on October 22-23, 2011.  More information regarding details such as lodging options and registration will be announced soon.  Please send any questions about the submission process or form to 2011MWEco@gmail.com.

The theme of the conference is Research for the People: Bridging Academics and Communities.

●     All individuals interested in presenting at the 2011 Midwest Eco Conference must complete and return a proposal form beginning on page 2 of this document for consideration.

●     Proposal forms must be emailed as a single Microsoft Word or PDF document to 2011MWEco@gmail.com.  In the Subject area of the email, please type 2011 Eco Submission.

●     Individuals interested in presenting as multiple presenters in a symposium should submit a single abstract, along with a short description of each presenter’s topic, as indicated below.

●     Only one proposal form is needed per presentation, to be submitted by the first author. 

●     Abstracts may not exceed 250 words. Your abstract must be included with the proposal information below in a single Microsoft Word or PDF document. 

●     DEADLINE: Submissions must be received no later than September 15, 2011 for consideration.

●     Each submission will receive a return email to confirm that it has been received.  If you do not receive a confirmation within 3-4 days of submission, please contact 2011MWEco@gmail.com.

2011 Midwest Eco Presentation Proposal Form

Please provide the following information for the first author on your presentation:

(All fields required)

Last Name:	First Name:
Affiliation/Organization:	Email:
Mailing Address:	Phone Number:

I am submitting for consideration a (check one):

_____Individual Presentation

_____Roundtable Discussion

_____Poster

_____Panel Discussion/Symposium

_____Workshop         

Title of Presentation:

Please list the names of ALL presenters/authors, including yourself, in order of authorship:

Abstract (Maximum 250 words):

If you are submitting a symposium with multiple presenters, please provide the following:

Name of Session Chair/Discussant:

Name of Presenter #1:

Topic of Presenter #1 (Maximum 25 words):

Name of Presenter #2:

Topic of Presenter #2 (Maximum 25 words):