Kettering Foundation working paper on engaged faculty

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Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

"Because I Can: Exploring Faculty Civic Agency" is a new working paper that reflects a series of conversations that have been taking place within the Kettering Foundationʼs research on the democratic mission of higher education.  Derek Barker of the Kettering Foundation writes: "In our research, we have noticed that many of the most innovative efforts have come from faculty who are deeply frustrated with narrow conceptions of what counts as scholarship and seek to connect their professional work with deeply held civic aspirations. 

This led us to focus on the faculty as a key strategic agent of change in efforts to strengthen the democratic mission of higher education. In 2008, drawing upon earlier work by Harry Boyte and Scott Peters, we began a series of workshops to gain insight into the motivations and experiences of engaged scholars. In this report, KerryAnn OʼMeara [Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Maryland] captures the common themes and narratives of these conversations. In each of the cases, engaged faculty overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles and persevered in meaningful public work. While OʼMeara takes these obstacles seriously, her work provides a rebuttal to the view that faculty are powerless to change institutional systems. As higher education struggles to define its democratic mission, the future may depend upon whether others are able to relate to the civic aspirations of these exemplary scholars."

The paper can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/xN47Wb

Thanks,

Rahma Osman

Program Assistant

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Clemson University Faculty Fellows Roundtable Discussion on Service-Learning and the TPR Process

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On Service-Learning and the TPR Process – a panel discussion with 2011-2012 Clemson University Service-Learning Faculty Fellows

Thursday, April 5,  1:30-3:00 p.m.

The presentation will  be available by mediasite link at http://dle-mediasite-hehd.clemson.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=673acfc9a8c546898947636d519ce42f1d

Four Clemson University  faculty will present their different perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that service-learning presents for tenure and promotion.  Each faculty member will present specific examples, and the presentation will include the perspectives of  non-tenured faculty members, a tenured faculty member, and  a former TPR chair for a department and TPR member of a college committee. The importance of  planning creative strategies and effective communication will be discussed.

Presenters:

Skye Arthur-Banning, Professor , Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, College of Health, Education, and Human Development

Dan Harding, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities

Dylan Wolfe, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities

Greg Yarrow, Professor, Wildlife Ecology,  School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences

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)

LAST CHANCE: Webinar on Service-Learning in Graduate Professional Education

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Don’t miss out on this excellent webinar.  Registration closes this week!

Service-Learning in Graduate Professional Education

Wednesday, April 5, 2012

3:00pm – 4:30pm Eastern / 2:00pm – 3:30pm Central / 12:00pm – 1:30pm Pacific
Register at http://slgraduateeducation.eventbrite.com

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:

Participants will be able to:

1.       Describe examples of how they can engage graduate professional learners in service learning.

2.       List 3 challenges to service-learning in a graduate professional education setting.

3.       Explain 3 strategies for overcoming these challenges.

Presenters:

Naomi Wortis, Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine

Wylie Liu, Director, UCSF University Community Partnerships

Lynda Boyer-Chu, School Nurse, San Francisco Unified School District

Mimi Choi, Resident, UCSF Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved

Viet-Thi Ta, Executive Director, Mabuhay Health Center

Mark Anthony Maningas, Past Student Pharmacy Coordinator, Mabuhay Health Center

REGISTRATION DETAILS:

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.

Matthew Lindsey
Executive Director
Kansas Campus Compact

p: (785) 532-6896
f: (785) 532-6542
matthewl@k-state.edu
http://www.k-state.edu/kscc

Extension of Proposal Deadline for IARSLCE to April 6

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The 2012 IARSLCE program committee has decided to extend proposal submission to Friday, April 6th. The extension is one-time only in that no proposals will be accepted after April 6, but is done to attract as diverse and excellent group of research, symposium, scholarly papers, poster, and team presentation proposals as possible.

To submit a proposal, follow this link: http://precis2.preciscentral.com/Public/UserLogin.aspx?P=D805325BAA88D2EAE0ABB4139D122A06&Reload=True&ID=86B6E5ED7CCC3153

Please also note other important and exciting information about the 2012 IARSLCE conference.

*What do Program Chair KerryAnn O'Meara, Dwight Giles, Cecilia Orphan, Alan Bloomgarden, Scott Peters, Harry Boyte, Lina Dostilio, Julie Hatcher, Shelley Billig, Andy Furco and John Saltmarsh all have in common?

They have all reflected on the major theme of the 2012 IARSLCE conference: Connected Knowing in a blog site specifically created for this purpose. See below:

http://connectedknowing.blogspot.com/

You could be next.

* The 2012 IARSLCE Program Committee is proud to announce Dr. Harold McDougal and Dr. Katherine Lambert Pennington as keynote speakers for this conference. To learn more about each and their exciting work go to: http://www.researchslce.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Keynote-Speakers_IARSLCE-Baltimore-Conference-2012.pdf

* There is a special discounted rate for four individuals who present as part of a team presentation that is accepted in the conference. Please strongly consider team proposals for this reason!

* Finally, we have 12 fellowships available for community partners this year, in alignment with our desire to have greater community partner voice in the conference--please help us to recruit applications for this program.

Gail Robinson

Director of Service Learning

American Association of Community Colleges

One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 410

Washington, DC 20036

202 728 0200 ext. 254

grobinson@aacc.nche.edu

www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning

Reminder: Call for Nominations, 2012 Lynton Award

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2012 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the
Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty

Sponsored by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE)

The annual Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty recognizes a faculty member who is pre-tenure at tenure-granting campuses or early career (i.e., within the first six years) at campuses with long-term contracts and who connects his or her teaching, research, and service to community engagement.

Community engagement describes the collaboration between faculty and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.

--Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The Lynton Award emphasizes community-based scholarly work across faculty roles. The scholarship of engagement (also known as outreach scholarship, public scholarship, scholarship for the common good, community-based scholarship, and community-engaged scholarship) represents an integrated view of faculty roles in which teaching, research/creative activity, and service overlap and are mutually reinforcing, is characterized by scholarly work tied to a faculty member's expertise, is of benefit to the external community, is visible and shared with community stakeholders, and reflects the mission of the institution. In addition, NERCHE conceptualizes scholarly engagement in terms of social justice in a diverse democracy.

The award will be presented at the 18^th Annual Conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) which will be held from October 13-16, 2012, at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. CUMU is a co-sponsor of the Award.

The recipient of the award will have several opportunities to disseminate his or her community based work, including presenting at the CUMU conference, publishing in the Metropolitan Universities Journal, and participating in one or more of NERCHE's webinars focused on community-based scholarly work.

2012 Lynton Award Nominations:

• Nominations can be made by academic colleagues, administrators, students, and community partners.
• More than one faculty member from a single college or university may be nominated. Please complete separate applications for each nominee.

Nominators will submit nominations via an online application.  To submit an application, please see the Application Instructions.

Application Deadline: Friday, April 27, 2012.

If you have any questions regarding the Lynton Award, please contact NERCHE via email at nerche@umb.edu or by phone at (617) 287-7740.

To learn more about the Lynton Award, click here.  To view examples of syllabi submitted by previous nominees, click here.  To download a copy of the 2011 Lynton Award Profile, click here.

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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