Impact Conference- Join the Planning Committee!

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Impact Conference- National Planning Committee

February 21 – 24, 2013

The University of New Mexico

www.impactconference.org

**Planning Committee Application Deadline- Friday, June 8^th**

The 2013 Impact Conference is now accepting applications for the National Planning Committee!

The Impact Conference is historically the largest gathering in the country focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy, and other forms of social action.

The 2013 conference will take place at February 21-24 at The University of New Mexico and we are looking for an energetic and passionate group of undergraduate and graduate students, service-learning professionals, and nonprofit members to join this year’s planning committee.

We are looking for individuals to serve on the following committees:

·         Outreach

·         Sponsorship

·         Registration

·         Workshops

·         Keynote Speakers

If you are interested and want to be a part of planning this exciting conference, please visit our website at http://www.impactconference.org/join-the-planning-committee/ to learn more about the conference and to fill out an application!  Applications are due by Friday, June 8^th at 5pm EST.

For questions about the conference, planning committee, or how to apply, please email Kristen Wright at kristen@impactconference.org.

June 2012 issue of Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement now available - free & open access!

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Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

The Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement Volume 16(2), June 2012 is now available at http://bit.ly/aAZuc1 - see below for highlights from this issue.

The mission of this free, open access journal is to serve as the premier peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal to advance theory and practice related to all forms of outreach and engagement between higher education institutions and communities.

Research Articles

Voices from the Trenches: Faculty Perspectives on Support for Sustaining Service-Learning Kristina T. Lambright, Allison F. Alden

The Impact of a University-Based School Science Outreach Program on Graduate Student Participantsʼ Career Paths and Professional Socialization Sandra L. Laursen, Heather Thiry, Carrie S. Liston

University-Community Partnerships: Bridging People and Cultures in an HIV/AIDS Health Intervention in an African American Community Maxine Seaborn Thompson, Rachel Head, R.V. Rikard, Carlotta McNeil, Caressa White

Reflective Essays

A University Library Creates A Digital Repository for Documenting and Disseminating Community Engagement William A. Miller, Marilyn Billings

E-Service Learning: The Evolution of Service-Learning to Engage a Growing Online Student Population

Leora S. Waldner, Murray C. Widener, Sue Y. McGorry   1

Using Relational Dialectics to Address Differences in Community-Campus Partnerships Rebecca J. Dumlao, Emily M. Janke

Projects with Promise

An Exploratory Analysis of Student-Community Interactions in Urban Agriculture Julie Grossman, Maximilian Sherard, Seb M. Prohn, Lucy Bradley, Suzie Goodell, Katherine Andrew

A Community-University Exchange Project Modeled after Europeʼs Science Shops Elizabeth Tryon, J. Ashleigh Ross

Leadership Development in Service-Learning: An Exploratory Investigation Adrian J. Wurr, Cathy H. Hamilton

Book Reviews

>From Command to Community: A New Approach to Leadership Education in

Colleges and Universities

Mark A. Brennan

Collaborative Leadership in Action: Partnering for Success in Schools Kai A. Schafft

Higher Education and Democracy: Essays on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Patti Wharton-Michael

Thanks,

Rahma Osman

CCPH Program Assistant

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Position Announcement: Coordinator of Curricular Service at SNHU

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The Coordinator of Curricular Service is a full-time professional position responsible for managing a variety of initiatives and programs of the Center for Service and Community Involvement. The Center serves as a clearing house for volunteer opportunities for students, faculty and staff and coordinates the university’s academic and co-curricular service initiatives. The coordinator will supervise service learning student coordinators. Major responsibilities will include:

With the Director, select, train, supervise and evaluate student employees responsible for managing Service Learning sites and classes;

Manage day to day activities associated with Service Learning by supporting the Service Learning Student Program Coordinator, training site coordinators, facilitating weekly meetings, troubleshooting problems, communicating schedule changes, ensuring site coordinators are on time and prepared and identifying resources needed to support the efforts of individual programs;

With the Director, develop, implement and coordinate training programs for faculty to increase understanding of SL theory, course design and content, appropriate service to meet course objectives, reflection facilitation and syllabi review and approval;

Meet with and provide training to community organizations to explain SNHU’s model of service learning, develop appropriate service experience for students and discuss what should be expected of SL student and associated administrative details;

Work with assessment staff to create and implement an assessment plan and associated assessment surveys;

Manage all aspects of the College Access Program by updating program curriculum, developing relationships with local school officials and staff to recruit participants, training SNHU Service Learners, facilitating program sessions and managing program evaluation and assessment;

With other professional staff members, will identify, design and implement Center training and development needs and assist with weekly staff meetings/trainings;

Assist with the coordination of new projects/initiatives as needed; Represent the Center at university events including new student orientation and open houses as well as chaperoning alternative break trips as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

A Master’s Degree in higher education or a related field is required as well as +2 years of significant experience managing and developing curricular or co-curricular service programs.

For more information or to apply:  http://snhu.peopleadmin.com/postings/4359

New Civic Provocations Publication from the Bringing Theory to Practice Project

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Member Price: $10.00 Nonmember Price: $10.00 Civic Provocations Edited by Donald W. Harward Contributions by Samuel Abrahám, Barry Checkoway, Matthew J. Countryman, Richard Detweiler, Michelle Fine, Ashley Finley, Matthew Hartley, Ellen Hurwitz, Corey Keyes, Peter Levine, Caryn McTighe Musil, George Mehaffy, Elizabeth Minnich, Shirley Mullen, John Saltmarsh, George Sanchez, Carol Geary Schneider, David Scobey, and Daniel M. Shea Recognizing the urgent need for colleges and universities to address their civic mission and that of higher education, Civic Provocations features accessible, brief essays that consider dimensions of what “centering attention to the civic” might mean and involve. Civic Provocations provokes deepened consideration and campus conversations—both needed for designing actions required to realize a civic mission. The provocations are written by leading civic scholars and practitioners; the topics range from civic learning to action research; from global civics to civility; from curricula to civic pedagogy; and from theory to practices. Get Your Copy Today. The full monograph is available here. (pdf)  Association of American Colleges & Universities 1818 R Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 www.aacu.org

Chevrolet GREEN Educator Awards - Nominations Open!

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Do You Know A Great Environmental Educator?

Earth Force and the General Motors Foundation are looking for inspirational educators who engage youth in innovative and interactive environmental learning! We need your help to recognize educators who have gone above and beyond standard educational practices in the classroom, their school, and their community.

The Award recognizes educators who:

• Encourage youth to lead their own learning
• Support learning beyond the classroom to improve their communities
• Create and sustain local partnerships that connect young people to their community
• Are formal or informal educators who use their professional expertise to mentor youth
• Encourage others to teach about the environment

Visit www.greeneducator.org for more information and to nominate someone TODAY!

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alyssa hawkins
vice president of programs
earth force
612.823.0396
www.earthforce.org