2015 International Service Learning Summit @ Duke University MARCH 3-4

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

DukeEngage will host the third International Service Learning Summit (ISL),”Global Community Partnerships” on March 4-6, 2015, at the Durham Convention Center, in Durham, NC. ISL’s Global Community Partnership Summit is sponsored by DukeEngage at Duke University, the Roberta Buffet Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University and Washington University.

The goal of the of this year’s summit is to bring together those involved in global, community-based, experiential or service-learning programs to discuss effective models and strategies for outreach and to create a community of practice designed to sustain collaboration after the meeting ends.

Therefore, the Summit agenda will foster an environment that encourages active learning through select speakers, guided discussion, case studies, and interest groups with a focus on stakeholder inclusion and voice.  

To REGISTER visit the conference WEBSITE. 

Call for Proposal for Arizona Conference

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

The Community College National Center for Community Engagement is happy to announce it is now accepting workshop proposals for its

24th Annual International Conference to be held on

May 19 - 21, 2015 at the

DoubleTree Paradise Valley Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.

The theme for the conference is:

Authentic Leadership in Service Learning and Civic Engagement

For complete details on Call for Proposal,

please visit our website at http://www.CCNCCE.org

Call for Proposal Submission Form:

https://docs.google.com/a/mesacc.edu/forms/d/1C7Rxq99HVGzep1TDYD4e3FoQi0heXPzM_FOpzte2eFo/viewform 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS DUE:

January 15, 2015

Lyvier Conss

Executive Director

Community College National Center for

Community Engagement

145 N. Centennial Way, Suite 204

Mesa, AZ 85201

480-461-6281 phone

480-844-3226 fax

http://www.ccncce.org/

Release of Volume 21 Number 1 of the Michigan Journal

[Announcement from Comm-engagedscholarship]

Dear Community-Engaged Scholars and Practitioners:

Announcing Volume 21, Number 1 of the Michigan Journal

Since 1994, The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) has been the premier national, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles written by faculty and service-learning educators on research, theory, pedagogy, and other issues related to academic (curriculum-based) service-learning and community-engaged scholarship in higher education. The Michigan Journal, published by the University of Michigan’s Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, contributes to the national dialogue on community engagement.

We are pleased to announce that the Fall Issue (Volume 21 Number 1) of The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning is about to be released. The yearly subscription rate for Volume 21 which includes both the Fall and Spring issues (released respectively in November, 2014 and April, 2015) is $29.00. Shipping is included in the price except for Canada ($5) and International addresses ($20).

Volume 21 Number 1 includes the following articles:

·         The Impact of Service-learning Course Characteristics on University Students’ Learning Outcomes (Barbara E. Moely and Vincent Ilustre)

·         Developing Intercultural Competence by Participating In Intensive Intercultural Service-Learning (Nadia De Leon)

·         “Rekindle and Recapture the Love”: Establishing System-wide Indicators of Progress in Community Engagement and Economic Development (Emily M. Janke)

·         Democratic and Social Justice Goals in Service-Learning Evaluation: Contemporary Challenges and Conceptual Resources (David E. Meens)

SPECIAL SECTION: GLOBAL SERVICE-LEARNING

·         Pushing Boundaries: Introduction to the Global Service-Learning Special Section (Eric Hartman and Richard Kiely)

·         “Learning Service” in International Contexts: Partnership-based Service-Learning and Research in Cape Town, South Africa (Janice McMillan and Timothy K. Stanton)

·         What Counts as Outcomes? Community Perspectives of an Engineering Partnership (Nora Pillard Reynolds)

BOOK REVIEW ESSAYS

·         Driving Social Change: How to Solve the World's Toughest Problems, Paul C. Light (Reviewed by Sandra L. Enos)

·         Civic Work, Civic Lessons: Two Generations Reflect on Public Service, Thomas Ehrlich & Ernestine Fu (Reviewed by Nicholas V. Longo and Kerry Fleming)

To learn more and place an order:  ginsberg.umich.edu/mjcsl/

Thank you for your support of the Michigan Journal.

Jeffrey Howard, Editor

Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

LATEST EDITION OF PARTNERSHIPS AVAILABLE

Read the latest edition of Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, North Carolina Campus Compact's peer-reviewed, online journal hosted by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Volume 5 Number 2 (2014) includes:

ARTICLES

Bridging Borders with Mexico: Creative Strategies to Promote Engaged International Service Learning     

-          Julie Whitaker and Mary Elizabeth Bathum (Edgewood College)           

Food Insecurity and an Urban American Elementary School: Findings and Consequences of a Community-based Research and Service-Learning Project                                                                  

-          Carolyn Behrman, Mary Benedetto, Tom Derrig, Barbara Harsh, Elisa Marchione, Leanna Ross, Michael Vimont (University of Akron)                                                                         

Key Elements of Effective Service-Learning Partnerships from the Perspective of Community Partners    

-          Alan Tinkler and Barri Tinkle (University of Vermont), Ethan Hausman (O’Brien Community Center), and Gabe Tufo-Strouse (King Street Center)                                                              

The Adaptive Cycle As a Lens for Service Learning – Community Engagement Partnerships        

-          Caroline M. Berinyuy (University of Virginia), Hallie Eilerts, Marguerite McDaniel and Dillon Chapman (U of Virginia alums), Shirley Pendlebury (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Claudia J. Ford (Antioch University), Robert J. Swap (U of Virginia and North West University, South Africa)                                  

ESSAYS

Rural Service-Learning on the Blue Bus: A Retrospective in Hopes of Advancing Transformative Civic Engagement in Higher Education                                                                                              

Eva Meredith Hagenhofer (Milwaukee Area Technical College)                   

Thanks to NobleHour for sponsoring Partnerships.   

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2015 PACE (Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement) Conference

2015 marks the 17^th year of NC Campus Compact’s annual conference for community engagement faculty, staff, researchers, community partners, and graduate students who want to gain skills, knowledge and best practice models for a spectrum of civic engagement pedagogies and activities. 

The 2015 keynote speaker is Dr. Rick Battistoni, Professor of Political Science and Public and Community Service Studies, and Director of the Feinstein Institute for Public Service, at Providence College. For over 25 years, Rick has been a leader in the field of community-based learning, especially as it relates to questions of democratic civic education and engagement, highlighted in 2013 by his receipt of the Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award.  He will discuss “Beyond Service and Service-Learning.”

The 2015 conference includes 32 workshops in the following tracks:

1.     Research & Theory

2.     Pedagogy

3.     Capacity-building, institutionalization

4.     Community-Campus Partnerships for Health*

*This year NC Campus Compact is excited to partner with Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) to host a track of four workshops related to their mission to promote health equity and social justice through partnerships between communities and academic institutions.

Learn more about the conference and register here.      

Leslie A. Garvin, MSW
Interim Executive Director
North Carolina Campus Compact
2257 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27244
(336) 278-7198   Phone
(336) 278-2834  Fax
www.nccampuscompact.org or http://www.elon.edu/nccc
Uniting campuses, engaging students, impacting communities

JOIN US ON FACEBOOK BY CLICKING HERE! 

Evaluation Officer W.K. Kellogg Foundation

[Announcement from SCRA-L]

If you are interested in a position with the fifth largest foundation in the US that works on many issues relevant to community psychology,  please see: http://nonprofitprofessionals.com/searches/WKKFPERO.pdf

I am just passing this along. Please direct questions about this position  according to the announcement.

We have several openings of our own to fill in the Washington, DC  area. Please see http://communityscience.com/asdc/jobs.php.

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David M. Chavis, Ph.D.                                      

Principal Associate/CEO

Community Science

438 N. Frederick Ave., Suite 315

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

(301) 519-0722 ext.109 (office)

(301) 519-0724 (fax)

Twitter: @chavispower

www.communityscience.com (Learn more about us)

www.senseofcommunity.com (Resources and discussions on SOC)

Community Science is a group practice of social change professionals who use knowledge to build healthy, just, and equitable communities.

Coordinated Hiring at UNC Charlotte to Advance Interdisciplinary Research - Community Psychology

[Announcement from SCRA-L]

I'm pleased to announce an Assistant Professor position available at UNC Charlotte for a Community Psychologist. The position will be one of four coordinated hires across four departments (Geography, Sociology, Math and Psychology) by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in the areas of Human and Social Capital, Innovation, & Quality of Life.  The focus of this hire is to advance applied interdisciplinary efforts to examine the interrelationships among community interventions and contextual factors interventions to improve individual and community health and well-being. Preference will be given to applicants with interest in such interdisciplinary research.

This position was announced earlier, but the details of the coordinated positions were not previously announced. 

Please consider applying and refer this email to others who might be interested or know potential applicants.  Because the announcement is "late" in the hiring season, we are working to move quickly on review and interviews.

Thanks.

Jim

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY/PREVENTION SCIENCE. The Department of Psychology at University of North Carolina, Charlotte (http://www.psych.uncc.edu) invites applications for a tenure track position to begin August 2015. We welcome applicants with research and teaching interests in any area of Community Psychology.

Required qualifications: Ph.D. degree in Psychology or a related field; potential for distinguished research productivity that can contribute effectively to our graduate programs in Community and Health Psychology; commitment to teaching a diverse student population at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Preferred qualifications include: a track record of publications and obtaining external funding for research; experience teaching courses at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels; potential to teach courses in program evaluation, prevention, community interventions, and undergraduate community psychology.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a doctoral, research intensive university located in one of the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan areas on an expanding modern campus. It is part of one of the oldest public university systems in the United States. UNC Charlotte offers over 27,000 culturally diverse students a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs.  Applications must be submitted electronically at https://jobs.uncc.edu.  Please attach the following documents with your electronic application: (1) letter of interest in the position explaining how you meet the requirements, (2) a statement of research/teaching interests, (3) curriculum vitae, (4) up to three representative publications, (5) evidence of teaching effectiveness (if available), (6) three letters of recommendations, and (7) copy of graduate transcripts. Alternatively, letters of recommendation may be sent directly by mail or email to Dr. Jim Cook (PsychologySearch@uncc.edu), Chair Search Committee, Department of Psychology, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223-0001. Review of applications will begin November 14, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. UNC Charlotte strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. Therefore, we celebrate diversity that includes, but is not limited to, ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. Applicants subject to criminal background check.  AA/EOE.

James R. Cook, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Past President, Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA)

APA Division 27 - Community Psychology

Coordinator, Community Psychology Training Program

 – Presented 2013 Outstanding Program Award by SCRA

Learn more at:  https://healthpsych.uncc.edu/program-tracks/community

www.facebook.com/CommunityPsychologyatUNCC      

Psychology Department – Colvard 4042

UNC Charlotte

9201 University City Blvd

Charlotte, NC 28223

704-687-1327 (work); 704-575-3431 (cell); 704-687-1317 (fax)