Call for Nominations - IARSLCE Board of Directors and reminders

March 26, 2014 www.researchslce.org Call for Nominations - IARSLCE Board of Directors We are seeking nominations for candidates to serve on the IARSLCE Board of Directors for terms beginning September 2014.  The openings are for three members at large, one international member and the Graduate Student Network (GSN) board representative.  The Board of Directors is charged with providing vision and direction for the Association.  Through the work of committees, the Board engages with the membership to maximize the IARSLCE's role in advancing the study of service-learning and community engagement. Board members are elected by the membership, have fiduciary responsibility for the organization, and play a key role in decision-making to advance IARSLCE initiatives. We recommend that nominees become familiar with the board-adopted reaffirmation statement that can be found here. We are seeking to fill five positions on the Board as of September 2014; these positions are for three-year terms (2014-2017) with the exception of the GSN board representative, which holds a two-year term (2014-2016).  New Board members will begin their terms of office in September 2014 at the IARSLCE Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nominations are open until April 25, 2014.  Please title all nominations "IARSLCE Board Nomination - (Name)" and send totluparel@tulane.edu. Elections will be held from May 5 to May 23, 2014.  New Board members will be announced in June 2014. We hope you will consider nominating a colleague or yourself to serve on IARSLCE's Board of Directors.  For complete details about nomination requirements, please click here. For questions, please contact Tara Luparello. 2014 Conference Proposal Deadline - JUST 2 DAYS AWAY Due to popular demand, the March 21 deadline to submit proposals for the 2014 IARSLCE Conference has been extended to March 28, 2014. The conference will take place September 29 - October , 2014 in New Orleans, LA at the Roosevelt Hotel and is hosted by Tulane University. Conference program co-chairs are Barbara Moely and Vicki Mayer. The theme of this year's conference is Reaping What We Sow: Growing a Culture of Community Engagement.  For more information about the 2014 conference as it becomes available, to view the call, or to submit a proposal, please click here.  Call for Applications: Editor Deadline March 28, 2014 International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) is seeking applications for the position of Editor of the journal, The International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE). IJRSLCE is a peer-reviewed, annual, online journal dedicated to the publication of high quality research focused on service-learning, community-campus engagement and the promotion of active and effective citizenship through education. An important aim of IJRSLCE is to reflect the diversity of topics of research on service-learning and community engagement, as well as the variety of forms of scholarship, research methodologies, and educational settings associated with these fields.  The current editors of IJRSLCE, Cathy Burack and Alan Melchior, will be stepping down following the publication of the 2014 (second) issue of the journal. This call relates to potential editors for the 2015 issue and beyond.  IARSLCE wishes to thank Cathy and Alan for their outstanding work in launching IJRSLCE and serving as inaugural editors. For more details, please click here.