NEW WEBINAR: Warriors and Survivors - Service-Learning in Indian Country

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Warriors and Survivors – Service-Learning in Indian Country

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

4:00pm – 5:00pm Eastern / 3:00pm – 4:00pm Central / 1:00pm – 2:00pm Pacific
Register at http://tribal.eventbrite.com

Civic engagement activities, including service-learning, can serve as bridges that span culture and experience.  Certainly, service is a mechanism for change that teaches, generates new knowledge, and empowers those who participate.  Across the country, tribal colleges are using service to honor the past and, at the same time, clear paths toward healthy futures.  Tribal colleges serve a unique purpose and constituency in our postsecondary educational landscape.  Each is a distinct community asset that is permeable, transparent, extensions of the environments in which they reside.  Most students, faculty, and staff of the tribal college are longtime members of the local community or residents of the reservation.  As such, individuals often fully engage with and relate to the college as clients, customers, and beneficiaries, as well as donors, educators, and caretakers.   Service then becomes a mutually beneficial enterprise that promotes the success of all people involved.  

Please join our discussion regarding service-learning in the diverse and vibrant world of tribal colleges and Native American communities.  Learn about the richness of tribal colleges and the issues pertinent to quality service projects and programming.  Explore strategies for effective teaching and practice.  And, share your experiences, challenges, and opportunities with colleagues.

Presenter:

Dean McGovern serves as executive director of the Montana Campus Compact, and assistant professor at The University of Montana.  He earned his doctoral degree in higher education administration, his master’s degree in community health administration, and a baccalaureate degree in physiology. Dean’s research, teaching, and scholarship, pertain to various topics in higher education and citizenship including academic leadership, service-learning, and civic engagement. He regularly presents and works with educators, students, and nonprofit professionals to help them dream, lead, and communicate. Dean and his wife, Amy, reside in beautiful Missoula, Montana, where they live, love, learn, and chase after their five children.  The Montana Campus Compact is a postsecondary membership organization composed of colleges and universities across the state and includes six tribal colleges.

Also, don’t forget about this upcoming opportunity!

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

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