Service-Learning Calls for Papers / Proposals

2009 Service-Learning Summit: Building Sustainable Programs for Student Engagement Call for Presenters

2009-01-05T09:29:00.001-08:00

Proposals due January 30th, 2009

March 5th-6th, 2009 - Pewaukee, WI (Waukesha County Technical College)

Milwaukee Area Technical College, Waukesha County Technical College, and Wisconsin Campus Compact will host a series of workshops, round table discussions and a panel focused on transformative learning through service-learning, community engagement, and civic engagement. Faculty, staff, and administration from Wisconsin and surrounding area 2-year and technical colleges are invited to participate in order to share sustainable service-learning methods and highlight how students and institutions remain engaged in changing economic times. The ideas and practices circulated at the summit are to benefit not only the students, but also the institutions they are a part of and community organizations that they serve.

We hope to sustain a network of leaders in the 2-year and technical college system that will be able to collaborate and help each other to institutionalize service-learning on their campuses. Registration fees will be waived for those presenting at the Summit.

To Submit a Proposal:

The conference planning committee is looking for interactive presenters with varying types of experience. Topics should relate to the conference mission and goals and may include, but need not be limited to the following topics:

- Accreditation

- Service-Learning in the Economic Downturn

- Curriculum Innovations

- Partnering Across Educational Institutions

- Inter-disciplinary Projects

- Common struggles for non-profits and service-learning

- Retention

- Global Citizenship

- Institutionalization of Service-Learning

- Sustainability

- Student Engagement

- Relationship-building with Community-Based Organizations

- Components of a Service-Learning Course

Workshop proposals should be clear and concise and must include the following:

1) a short session title that accurately reflects your session content,

2) a brief session description (75-100 words) that will be used in the program,

3) a proposal description (500 word maximum) that includes a description of your proposed presentation as well as your expertise in the topic you will present, and the length of time you have been engaged in this area,

4) full contact information for each presenter.

In your proposal description, you should:

1) identify the intended audience;

2) identify the theme and discuss the content that you will address and how they relate to the conference theme, specifically discussing how your program/activity/course/mission/etc. uses service, service-learning and/or civic engagement to address issues or enhance outcomes in higher education;

3) indicate the outcomes participants should expect from your session and examples of how you will facilitate achievement of those outcomes;

4) describe the strategies you will use to engage participants in discussing, analyzing, synthesizing, and applying the information you will share.

Please submit proposals via email to:service-learning-team@matc.edu by January 30th, 2009. You will receive a confirmation upon your submission. A decision will be made and you will be notified by February 6th, 2009.

For additional information or questions, please contact the Milwaukee Area Technical College Service-Learning Team:

Marcia Blackman, Americorps*VISTA
Marianne Griffin, Americorps*VISTA
414-297-7432

Service-learning-team@matc.edu

Building Sustainable Programs for Student Engagement

2008-12-23T11:21:00.000-08:00

Building Sustainable Programs for Student Engagement March 5th-6th, 2009 - Pewaukee, WI (Waukesha County Technical College) Call for Presenters - Proposals due January 30th, 2009.

To Submit a Proposal:

- Accreditation

- Service-Learning in the Economic Downturn

- Curriculum Innovations

- Partnering Across Educational Institutions

- Inter-disciplinary Projects

- Common struggles for non-profits and service-learning

- Retention

- Global Citizenship

- Institutionalization of Service-Learning

- Sustainability

- Student Engagement

- Relationship-building with Community-Based Organizations

- Components of a Service-Learning Course

Workshop proposals should be clear and concise and must include the following:

1) a short session title that accurately reflects your session content,

2) a brief session description (75-100 words) that will be used in the program,

4) full contact information for each presenter.

In your proposal description, you should:

1) identify the intended audience;

3) indicate the outcomes participants should expect from your session and examples of how you will facilitate achievement of those outcomes;

4) describe the strategies you will use to engage participants in discussing, analyzing, synthesizing, and applying the information you will share.

For additional information or questions, please contact the Milwaukee Area Technical College Service-Learning Team:

Marcia Blackman, Americorps*VISTA

Marianne Griffin, Americorps*VISTA

414-297-7432

Service-learning-team@matc.edu

1st Summit on Incorporating Social Justice and Service-Learning into the STEM Curriculum Call for Papers

2008-12-16T11:21:00.000-08:00

Pennsylvania Campus Compact and New York Campus Compact, with support from Learn & Serve America and Ithaca College, are collaborating to support faculty members in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We invite STEM faculty members and other interested partners to participate in the event called Developing a Good Heart in STEM: The First Summit on Incorporating Social Justice and Service-Learning into the STEM Curriculum. The summit will take place June 11-12, 2009 at Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY).

Announcements and Updates

-Call for Papers! Due February 1, 2009. Please see information below to learn how to present your paper at the summit.

-Information on Ithaca, NY available at: Ithaca, NY and Tompkins County Convention and Visitors Bureau in the Finger Lakes web site.

-Accommodations will be available on the campus of Ithaca College. In addition several hotels are located near campus.

-Further information about the summit will be posted as the event approaches. Bookmark this page and check back soon!

Call for Papers DUE FEBRUARY 1, 2009

(Click here for PDF Version of Call for Papers)

For some time, service learning and social justice issues have been staples of the humanities and social science curriculum. The same can not be said of most Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curricula. This summit, which will be held June 11th - 12th at Ithaca College, Ithaca NY, aims to gather faculty from STEM fields to discuss social justice issues and service-learning projects in these disciplines in order to learn from one another through the sharing of course modules, syllabi, best practices via presentations, workshops and networking opportunities. By building on the quality of existing faculty work, the summit will serve to expand the network of faculty in the STEM fields who integrate social justice issues and service-learning projects into their work.

We invite participants to submit abstracts for short presentations which demonstrate how service-learning projects are promoted and/or how social justice issues are incorporated into a STEM classroom. Topics may include, but are not limited to, theoretical assumptions, community-based research projects, model service-learning programs or curriculum, and/or pedagogical strategies. Abstracts should include the paper title, name and institution of each author, and text of up to 400 words describing the content of the presentation. Please submit abstracts electronically to Lisa Marano at lmarano@wcupa.edu. Include STEM Summit in the subject line of the e-mail.

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission: February 1, 2009.

Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2009.

Conference on the Intersection of Arts and Activism Call for Presentations

2008-12-10T08:34:00.000-08:00

Submission Deadline: January 28th, 2009

On April 3-5 the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University and Massachusetts Campus Compact will be co-sponsoring Convergence: The Intersection of Arts and Activism. This three-day student-coordinated conference aims to spark students involvement and interest in the rapidly growing field of arts and activism by bringing together students, faculty, administrators and working artists to discuss to discuss and collaborate through a myriad of medium. Information and Guidelines for Submitting a Proposal can be found at http://convergence-art.com/

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's "Faculty for the Engaged Campus" project

2008-12-05T08:04:00.000-08:00

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's "Faculty for the Engaged Campus" project (http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/faculty-engaged.html)
invites you to become involved in this important work.

The project aims to strengthen community-engaged career paths in the academy and is supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education in the US Department of Education. One aspect of the project is to facilitate the peer review and dissemination of products of community-engaged scholarship (CES) that are not in the form of manuscripts appropriate for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Such products might take the form of curricula, training videos, policy reports, resource guides, PowerPoint presentations, websites, films, etc. We currently lack a systematic and rigorous way to review and disseminate such products. As a result, their impact and the potential for them to be recognized as scholarly work in the faculty promotion and tenure system is compromised.

A Faculty for the Engaged Campus working group composed of academics and community members has designed "CES4Health.info". CES4Health will be an online mechanism for the peer review and dissemination of scholarly products resulting from health-related (broadly defined) service-learning, community-based
participatory research and other community-academic partnership work. We are
now inviting our inaugural set of authors. If you have created a non-traditional scholarly product of community-engaged scholarship, I invite you to submit it for peer review and dissemination through CES4Health.

If you are interested in submitting a product or learning more about the application process, peer review criteria or evaluation plan for this inaugural phase, please email Faculty for the Engaged Campus Co-Director Cathy Jordan at cyfcdir@umn.edu.

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning -- DEADLINE: Dec 20

2008-12-03T15:01:00.000-08:00

The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) invites article abstracts of up to one-page related to higher education academic service-learning, campus-community partnerships, and faculty engaged scholarship.

Abstracts are due December 20, 2008 to Jeffrey Howard, editor, at jphoward@umich.edu or by fax (734) 647-7464.

In mid-January we will invite articles fitting within the above content purview of the MJCSL and appearing to break new ground. Articles are due Monday, March 30th, and will be forwarded for peer review. Authors will be informed of decisions in July/August. The MJCSL has an acceptance rate of 15-20%.

The Michigan Journal welcomes articles from all academic disciplines and professions as well as from all countries.

For more information about the Michigan Journal, see the webpage at www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/. Also, visit our new website at http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/ to view and download all past articles.

The latest issue -- volume 15 number 1 -- can be ordered at www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/. It will be embargoed for four months before being available in March at http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/.

Questions may be directed to the editor, Jeffrey Howard.

7th PASCAL Observatory International Conference

2008-12-03T08:34:00.000-08:00

This conference will bring together academic researchers, teachers and administrators as well as practitioners, professionals, policy analysts and makers in order to explore and showcase research and practice of what in North America is called 'Service to the Community'. Although newly discovered by some universities, service to the community has a long tradition in others and, in many cases, is recognized as an explicit mandate in the university charter. Service is understood to be the third mission of universities, alongside Teaching and Research. Service and community engagement takes many different forms. Examples are community-based research and learning, assistance in regional development, continuing and community education, technology transfer, and other forms of knowledge sharing and cooperation.

The conference will discuss all forms of service to the community. Presentations are invited, especially on one of the three sub themes:

Universities and Regional Regeneration and Development
Higher Education and Sustainable Development
Universities and Major Local and Regional Events (for example the Olympics, the Soccer World Cup, or the World Exposition)

Under the first theme, studies that will be of particular interest are those that focus on the impact of collaboration by, and active linkages between universities and regions, and the local and regional developments that have resulted from this collaboration.

For the second theme, papers and other presentations are invited to address the topic of sustainable local and regional development in all its forms and the role universities and community colleges play in it. The third theme addresses forms of collaboration between higher education and the various actors, especially cities and regions, who are involved in organizing and staging these mega events in a way that these events leave a positive legacy that benefits the population of their respective city or region. This theme is particularly topical as Vancouver and Whistler will host the Olympic Winter Games in February 2010.

Proposals (between 400 and 800 words) are invited until January 31, 2009 to the following address: chet.educ@ubc.ca.

For more information, visit http://www.obs-pascal.com/node/810

IMPACT conference call for workshop proposals

2008-12-03T08:28:00.001-08:00

Deadline: Friday, January 23, 2009.

The IMPACT Conference brings college students, nonprofit professionals, campus administrators, and year of service members together to share experiences, stories, and resources in their work for social change. Attendees gather across philosophies, ideologies, issues, geography, and approaches to social change in what is historically the largest such national gathering.

Workshops are pivotal to the conference, and we are excited that you are interested in presenting at this year's conference. Please complete the below form and submit your workshop proposal for review by Friday, January 23, 2009 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time. Proposals will be evaluated and you will be notified of its status by January 30, 2009.

WORKSHOP EXPECTATIONS

When submitting a workshop proposal, please ensure that you have followed these criteria. The Workshop Team will review your proposal based on the information provided, not on personal experience or knowledge. All workshops will be evaluated using the below criteria:

- Workshops are geared towards the needs of IMPACT conference attendees, which include students, campus administrators, and nonprofit professionals.

- Workshops are engaging for attendees and the presenters involve the audience through participatory activities.

- Workshops are understandable and clear to the intended audience.

- Workshops have a specific take away. The take away should be a skill or knowledge that can be applied in workshop participants' communities. One way this can be done through the production of a handout for attendees.

- Workshops include a network opportunity. Networking is an important part of the IMPACT Conference. Workshops are an ideal place for people with shared interest to meet.

- Workshop presenters register for IMPACT by February 6, 2009 for workshop presenter's registration rate.

For more information on the 2009 IMPACT Conference and how to propose a workshop, visit http://www.impactconference.org/workshops.

National Faith, Justice and Civic Learning Conference Call for Proposals

2008-11-26T09:09:00.000-08:00

The conference organizing committee is interested in papers, posters, roundtable discussions and workshops around the fruitful intersection of faith, justice, and civic learning. We encourage contributions from a broad range of perspectives on these topics. By way of example, a proposal for a research paper presentation on the impact of belief vs. non-belief in God, spiritual realm or afterlife on one's level of community involvement would be welcome, as would a roundtable discussion on different theological interpretations of "responsibility to community". Descriptions of service-learning and community service programs that emphasize a particular faith and/or justice perspective are also encouraged, as are workshops on the kinds of reflective practices that encourage an examination of faith and civic-learning simultaneously.

Proposals must be submitted no later than Monday, February 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM CST.

See http://studentaffairs.depaul.edu/face/nfjcl
/Documents/CallForPapers-FJCL%2009.pdf for more information.

Symposium on Assessing Students' Civic Outcomes Call for Proposals

2008-11-26T08:50:00.000-08:00

Deadline: May 1, 2009
Event takes place May 28-29, 2009.

Please RSVP your intention to participate in the Symposium by December 15th, 2008 to Robert Bringle (rbringle@iupui.ed)

Symposium participants have been invited because of their interest in this topic, prior work, ability to provide critical feedback that will improve the work, and capacity to support the growth of work focused on civic outcomes among students in higher education. We are asking participants to:
1. Submit at least one short paper (maximum of 3 pages) on some aspect of their work related to assessing students' civic outcomes by May 1st, 2009. This could be:
a. a conceptual piece that frames targets for assessment
b. an analysis of work to date in the field
c. a description of procedures for measuring civic outcomes
d. a description of a set of data measuring civic outcomes
e. a proposal for future research on assessment

Participants are encouraged to submit more than one paper, as appropriate.

2. Prepare a brief presentation (5-10 minutes) for each of the short papers that are prepared for the Symposium. This will provide a basis for questions and feedback from other participants.
3. Contribute to Symposium activities that will result in an assessment of what tools are available, what gaps exist in the field, and recommendations for future methods for measuring civic outcomes among college students.
4. After the Symposium, contribute materials that provide descriptions of the status of work, guidelines for future work, research briefs, and compilations of descriptions that can be posted on the CSL/National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Service-Learning Research Capacity Hub and the AASCU web page (and maybe others).
5. Collaborate with other Symposium participants on presentations in other venues (e.g., IUPUI Assessment Institute, International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, American Democracy Project and AASCU conferences, AAC&U conferences).

Evaluating the Community-Based Education Program in the Community

2008-11-25T09:53:00.000-08:00

The Trent Centre for Community-Based Education (Trent Centre) and the U-Links Centre for Community-Based Research (U-Links) invite proposals for conducting an evaluation of the "community impact" of the Community-Based Education Program (a.k.a. community service-learning).

The Trent Centre for Community-Based Education (Trent Centre) and the U-Links Centre for Community-Based Research (U-Links) have partnered since 1999 to deliver the Community-Based Education (CBE) Program in Peterborough and Haliburton Counties (Ontario, Canada). The CBE Program is designed to:

Work with community organizations on community-based research and other identified projects that otherwise might not be completed.

Provide students with experience in their fields of study and enhance future employment prospects.

Increase co-operation and partnership between Trent University and the broader communities it serves.

Students receive academic credit while community groups benefit from good information and resources they would not normally be able to access. An evaluation of the program in 2002 revealed that the vast majority of projects were successful, there was significant community benefit, and there was a need for the service.

The Trent Centre and U-Links are interested in conducting a follow-up evaluation focused on gauging the impact of the CBE Program in the community from 1999-2009. A consultant working on this project is expected to:

Review the 2002 evaluation report

Replicate/adapt the host survey

Analyze results and make comparisons with data from 2002

Draw conclusions about the impact of the program

Make recommendations for improvement

In addition to a follow-up evaluation based on the 2002 methodology, the Trent Centre and U-Links are also interested in a pilot study to measure the economic impact of their work.

Interested evaluators are invited to submit a brief proposal outlining how you see yourself performing these duties, including total financial costs by Friday December 12th, 2008.

Todd Barr, Executive Director, Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
toddbarr@trentcentre.ca
phone: 705-743-0523

Heather Reid, Director, U-Links Centre for Community-Based Research
ulinks@on.aibn.com
phone: 705-286-2411

National Summit on Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning on Engineering Education

2008-11-21T16:56:00.000-08:00

Application Deadline: December 5, 2008

We are seeking applicants who are interested in participating in a 2-day National Summit on Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning (PBSL) on Engineering Education. The Summit will take place in Washington, DC, February 19-20, 2009. It is being organized by Kurt Paterson, Michigan Tech; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder. The Summit is being supported by the National Science Foundation, and therefore travel expenses to attend the summit will be paid by the NSF grant.

The goal of this Summit is to identify the impacts that project-based service learning is having on engineering education. Approximately ten leaders in the implementation of PBSL programs and ten assessment experts will be invited to attend the Summit to contribute to this goal. Specific objectives include:

An examination of project-based service learning program participation demographics, trends, and outcomes; comparison of international and domestic PBSL; comparison to project-based programs without service learning; comparison between similar programs

Identification of assessment needs for PBSL programs

Identification of assessment strategies capable of revealing outcomes of interest for project-based service learning programs

Feedback to the National Science Foundation regarding effective assessment strategies for project-based service learning programs, as well as elements critical to the success of these programs that could be infused into traditional engineering programs

The format will be an active one with a mix of sharing, brainstorming, and learning among participants. Participants will be asked to complete a few assignments over the next couple months leading up to the Summit in order to make our meeting as productive as possible.

If you are interested in participating, please send a brief CV highlighting your experiences with PBSL and/or educational assessment (2-page NSF format preferred) and a 1-page letter summarizing your interest in participating. Forward this information to: Kurt Paterson (paterson@mtu.edu) at your earliest convenience, but no later than December 5, 2008.

Service-Learning Showcase Call for Presenters

2008-11-19T09:16:00.000-08:00

Showcase Your Service-Learning Project

If your school or organization practices service-learning, you're encouraged to apply to participate in the Service-Learning Showcase at The 20th Annual National Service-Learning Conference. You'll be given table space for a display that illustrates your work and the opportunity to inspire others to begin similar projects. Youth participation is strongly encouraged.

To apply, carefully read the information below and fill out the application form. Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Central Time, November 24, 2008. Selected applicants will be notified by November 17, 2008. The Service-Learning Showcase will be held at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, TN on March 19, 2009 from 12:15 - 2:15 pm.

See https://programs.regweb.com/metro/NYLC2009/
assets/2009_SL_Showcase_Application.pdf for more information.

Call for Presenters! 2009 DC Conference on Service and Leadership

2008-11-19T08:54:00.000-08:00

Deadline: February 16, 2009

Each year Serve DC-The Mayor's Office on Volunteerism brings together community and faith-based organizations in a conference focused on enhancing their organizational capacity to meet growing community needs. Next year, on May 13^th-15^th, the 2009 DC Conference on Service and Leadership will reach and engage hundreds of AmeriCorps program directors and members, Learn and Serve America and Senior Corps program directors, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members, youth, and representatives from community and faith-based organizations in skill-building workshops and learning tracks. The vision for the event is to promote and foster cross collaboration while providing sustainable and tangible tools to solve serious community issues and addressing real community needs, showcased in this year’s theme: "From Nice to Necessary." In addition, the conference will feature the Serve DC Mayor’s Community Service Awards to celebrate the great works of leaders in local communities.

This year's conference is based on three programmatic themes: Leadership, Collaboration, and Sustainability. These themes represent the continuum of growth that leads to healthy and strong communities. These themes will be woven throughout the conference in workshops, plenary speakers, events and materials. Speakers should be prepared to submit workshop proposals that fit into at least one of these three themes.

To obtain an application, email Natasha at natasha.ballentine@dc.gov

Call for Proposals: Pathways of Engagement: Connecting Civic Purpose

2008-11-19T08:47:00.001-08:00

Deadline: February 25, 2009

Conference Themes

Discuss the scholarship of outreach and engagement with colleagues from around the country. The focus in 2009 will be on:

The Institution: Providing Institutional Support and Incentives for Doing the Scholarship of Outreach and Engagement

The Community: Building Strong Relationships between Communities and Universities: Access, Reciprocity, and Sustainability

The Faculty: Doing the Scholarship of Outreach and Engagement: Evidence-Based Practices, and the Impact on Faculty Members from Interconnecting their Research, Teaching, and Outreach and Engagement Roles

The Student: Contributing to Outreach and Engagement: Evidence-Based Practices and the Impact on Students from Connecting Student Learning to Work in Communities

Presentation Options:

Oral presentations will be 45 minutes in length. Presenters should develop interactive sessions to share information; 30-minute presentations with 15-minute participant discussion moderated by the session facilitator.

Panel sessions: Some proposals may be grouped together with two other presentations around a central theme. In this case, each of the three presenters will have 10 minutes to present the central theme of their topic, and 15 minutes will be left at the end for participant discussion moderated by the session facilitator.

Posters will be continuously on display between 2 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009 and noon, Wednesday, September 30, 2009. To encourage networking and discussion about the displayed work, multiple sessions will be scheduled at which the presenters will be expected to be at their posters.

To submit a proposal, go to www.uwex.edu/ics/nosc2009

Call for Papers: Student Learning for Social Change: Interdisciplinary Community-Based Research

2008-11-19T08:40:00.001-08:00

Deadline: December 15, 2008

How can higher education most effectively prepare future citizens for the enterprising work necessary for social sustainability and advancement? In this book, we advance interdisciplinary public or community-based research as a transformative higher education strategy to answer this call. Partnerships that involve citizens and public leaders, diverse faculty and students in collaborative community-based inquiry and action hold promise for a unique combination of pedagogical, scholarly, and public outcomes necessary for facing 21st century challenges.

This book will explore and offer models and practical strategies for interdisciplinary CBR projects as undergraduate pedagogy. The ways in which interdisciplinary CBR projects can contribute at once to student learning, community, and scholarly outcomes will be discussed. Special attention will be given to innovative strategies for students' learning in this unique public and interdisciplinary context - including learning contexts (e.g., learning communities, community-campus collaborative networks, novel learning structures, communities as learning contexts), student preparation strategies (e.g., course sequences, orientation approaches, gateway experiences), mentoring approaches to prompt deepening civic development, and techniques for advancing interdisciplinary deliberation and innovation. Illustrative case studies, including an array of academic disciplines, community sectors, and pressing issues will provide readers with diverse examples of the transformative potential of interdisciplinary CBR projects. Student learning outcomes assessment, as well as assessments of community impacts and social change outcomes will be included and reflected upon to inform best practice development. Strategies for planning and implementing interdisciplinary CBR projects will be provided, including perspectives from the different partners in such ventures.

Invitation for Proposals

Proposals (1000 - 1500 words in length) are invited that detail contribution(s) to advancing understanding of interdisciplinary CBR as undergraduate pedagogy and as a social change agent. Invitees are encouraged to share this call for proposals with community partners; collaborative proposals are encouraged.

Contact Tricia Thorme, tthorme@princeton.edu, with any questions.

12th Annual Continuums of Service Conference Call for Proposals

2008-11-19T08:16:00.000-08:00

Deadline: December 9, 2008

It has never been more important to bring students, faculty, service-learning and civic engagement practitioners, and community members together to address the critical issues we are facing locally and globally. Given the current global economic climate, and the enormous changes in our world, it is imperative that we use engagement to support and enable our fellow citizens to live, work, access higher education, and improve the health of our society. The exceptional work being done in service-learning and civic engagement, and the partnerships that have been built between campuses and communities, must be nurtured and sustained in order to continue affecting society for the better.

The 12th Annual Continuums of Service Conference aims to highlight ways in which engagement can address critical community issues we are facing locally, nationally, and globally. By sharing insights and experiences, and by discussing key questions, participants will build knowledge and form new alliances in order to strengthen our campuses, our communities, and our shared world.

For more information and to submit a proposal, go to http://www.wacampuscompact.org/conference/index.shtml

2009 Annual EPICS Conference Call for Proposals

2008-11-17T08:47:00.000-08:00

The 2009 EPICS Conference on Service-Learning in Engineering and Computing will take place August 3-4 in Austin, TX.

Deadline: January 30, 2009

The purpose of the Annual EPICS Conference is to bring together the community involved in integrating the educational needs for realistic design experiences with the technological needs of the local communities through service-learning.

Conference attendees include faculty, staff and corporate partners of current and prospective EPICS programs. However, the conference is designed for a broader audience that includes all educators, community members and industrial partners who work with and/or are interested in design education, multidisciplinary teams, community-based design and service-learning.

For more information, see https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICSNational
/Conferences/Conferences/2009
/call%20for%20presentations.pdf

Break Away: The Alternative Break Connection Proposals

2008-11-17T08:41:00.000-08:00

Break Away is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity open to schools across the country. Break Away: The Alternative Break Connection will be taking proposals (through January 12^th, 2009) for locations to host our 2009 summer Alternative Break Citizenship Schools (ABCs).

The ABCs combine the synergy and networking opportunities of a national conference with the personal and team growth aspects of intimate leadership training. All activities are presented within the dynamic atmosphere of a quality alternative break experience.

It is an experience like no other; it combines workshops, service projects, community interaction, speaker panels, team-building, and reflection. Participants synthesize knowledge and skills gained during workshops with educational contact from the local community; as well as student and staff leaders from campuses nationwide.

If your school or entity is interested in hosting this event you will have the opportunity to send up to four participants at no cost to your program.

For more information, go to http://www.alternativebreaks.org or email breakaway@alternativebreaks.org

National Conference on Volunteering and Service - Proposals Due November 15

2008-11-07T12:20:00.000-08:00

The National Conference on Volunteering and Service is the world's largest annual gathering of service and volunteer leaders. On June 22-24, 2009, we will welcome thousands of conference participants to the beautiful and dynamic city of San Francisco.

The 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service is seeking workshop proposals that engage participants in new skills, practical tools, innovative ideas, and cutting-edge information in four strategic focus areas.

1. Service as the Solution - Volunteering and service are the most effective interventions in tackling some of our toughest social challenges. This focus area offers insights on how service and volunteering address critical issues such as illiteracy, high school dropout prevention, poverty, homelessness, health care, elder care, environmental degradation, and disaster.

2. Innovation and Entrepreneurship - For the sector to thrive and grow, we need new ways of doing business, new technologies, and new/adapted models. This focus area will showcase innovative public/private partnerships, collaborations, social networking, Web 2.0, and international trends important to service and volunteering.

3. Best Practices for Success - Today's volunteers demand challenging assignments in well-managed programs that capitalize on their experience. This focus area will provide operational best practices on topics that include recruitment and retention, fundraising, financial management, leadership, and other nuts and bolts of effective program management.

4. Advancing the Sector - The service and volunteer movement has unprecedented support and momentum. To seize this momentum and build a true nation of service we need new policies, more stakeholders, better data, and stronger public support. Here we will offer updates on the latest research, policies, legislation, and strategies to advance volunteering and service.

If you are interested in presenting, visit our website at http://www.volunteeringandservice.org to submit a proposal. The deadline for submissions is Saturday, November 15, at noon (12 pm) EST. Note: We will only accept online submissions.

Through a Civic Lens: Strengthening Higher Education from Classroom to Community

2008-11-07T08:10:00.001-08:00

Vermont Campus Compact's Statewide Conference
April 1, 2009
The University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

On April 1, 2009, faculty, staff, administrators, students and community partners will gather in Burlington, Vermont to examine the ways campuses can use service, service-learning and civic engagement to enhance various outcomes in higher education regarding such topics as student learning, diversity, residential life, retention, global citizenship, community building, sustainability, alcohol use, student engagement and more.

Please consider sharing your perspective and expertise on these topics at Vermont's 2009 statewide conference. Faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community partners are invited to submit workshop proposals.

Please visit http://www.vtcampuscompact.org/
2009_State_Conference.php to access the Call for Presenters Form and additional information on the conference. Workshop proposals are due on December 12, 2008.

Please send proposals and direct any questions to Cheryl Whitney Lower at clower@middlebury.edu.

Call for Papers: Proposed Volume on Engaging Culture and the Arts: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Service-Learning

2008-11-05T08:32:00.000-08:00

Due date: Jan 1, 2009

Do you teach service-learning courses about culture and the arts - or - courses that use direct engagement with culture and the arts as gateways to other topics? Might you be interested in writing an article about it for a collection on service-learning for civic engagement?

The Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Service-Learning series from Stylus Publishing is a groundbreaking collection of reference books on service-learning organized around specific community issues rather than disciplinary boundaries, thus demonstrating how different approaches and/or collaborative efforts can contribute to shared goals.

As of today, there's a commitment from the publisher to produce five volumes. But I believe we should make the case for at least one more - on culture and the arts!

I invite you to join me in an effort to convince the series editor to propose another volume to the publisher. If we can collect 8-10 strong proposals, then he has committed to me to seek publication with Stylus as part of the series. If that doesn't work, I'm personally committed to taking those strong strong proposals to however many publishers I need to in order to make this happen. For now, all it requires of you is a page or two of effort. Let's shine a light on all the extraordinary work you are doing (see the call for abstracts below).

The target audience for the series is the growing legion of faculty in higher education who are exploring the power of the service-learning pedagogy for teaching community engagement. The series will be suitable for faculty across all types of institutions and should be a useful resource for course development in all undergraduate years.

The prospectus should contain the following elements:

1. Your name(s) and title(s)

2. Your discipline(s)

3. Contact information (department, campus/organization, address, email, phone) 4. Abstract (500-1500 words) a. Learning objectives and outcomes - what will the chapter attempt to address, what are the multiple discrete objectives for engagement with arts and culture, and what are the outcomes long and short term? What are the big ideas you are trying to convey to students?

b. Methods / process - how did you approach the learning objectives (include community partners, specific projects/placements, student preparation, reflection activities) c. Assessment - How do you measure qualitative changes through the process?

d. Future directions (ex: questions to ponder, resources to explore, activities to pursue, suggestions for others who are involved in community-based teaching and research) 5. References - a brief bibliography

Please send the prospectus to (electronic is preferred, subject line: Engaging Culture and the Arts):

Sandra Posey

Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary General Education Interim Director, Center for Community Service-Learning California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

3801 W. Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91767
sposey@csupomona.edu

Calling All Green Families!

2008-11-05T08:27:00.000-08:00

Do you know a family that has worked together on a project that helps the environment? FamilyFun Magazine wants to hear from you! Maybe the family you know started a recycling program in their school or turned a vacant lot into a community garden. You can nominate them for the 2009 FamilyFun Volunteers Contest: Green Edition and tell FamilyFun all about it. Five families chosen by the editors and HandsOn Network will each win $5,000 for the nonprofit of their choice, courtesy of The Walt Disney Company. FamilyFun also wants to hear about families' best, most creative and most successful Green Tips: simple ways families have changed their lives to reduce their impact on the planet, such as switching to reusable lunch containers or starting a "walking school bus" to get kids to school.

The 25 families whose green tips are chosen for publication will each receive $100. Go to http://familyfun.go.com/parenting/learn/activities/feature/volunteers-contest/ for official rules and submission instructions. The deadline is November 30, 2008.

From Nice to Necessary 2009 DC Conference on Service & Leadership

2008-10-31T09:23:00.000-07:00

MAY 13-15, 2009 Washington, DC

Deadline for Workshop Proposals: Monday, February 16, 2009

This year's conference is based on three programmatic themes: Leadership, Collaboration, and Sustainability. These themes represent the continuum of growth that leads to healthy and strong communities. These themes will be woven throughout the conference in workshops, plenary speakers, events and materials. Speakers should be prepared to submit workshop proposals that fit into at least one of these three themes.

Theme: Leadership
Harnessing leadership in community members is critical to building a strong foundation. Leaders tackle issues and concerns facing their communities; facilitate leadership within fellow community members; and, collaborate among various groups. It is important that service professionals learn ways to cultivate leadership while enhancing their leadership skills to bring effective change in communities.

Theme: Collaboration
As we develop ourselves as leaders, we must consistently collaborate with organizations, businesses, and community members. With each new experience or challenge, we must continue to seek ways to identify resources and tools that are present to reduce a duplication of community efforts. Workshops that will be offered around this theme include partnership development, cultural competency, and marketing.

Theme: Sustainability
As leaders develop projects that meet critical community needs, it is important that projects are sustained monetarily with the support of the community. Leaders must identify and actively seek funding while making sure that the projects are getting the job done.

To obtain an application, email Natasha at natasha.ballentine@dc.gov.

The completed application and narratives must be received at the Serve DC office on or before Monday, February 16, 2008, via email or disk by mail. (We will not accept proposals via fax.)

Please send proposals to:
Email: natasha.ballentine@dc.gov
Mail:
Natasha M. Ballentine, Training and Technical Assistance Manager
Serve DC, Executive Office of the Mayor
Re: Presenter Application
441 4th Street, NW Suite 1140 North
Washington, DC 20001

Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation Through Partnerships

2008-09-18T09:09:00.000-07:00

Proposal deadline: October 10, 2008.

The call for proposals for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 11th Conference "Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation Through Partnerships," April 29-May 2, 2009 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is now available under "coming up" at www.ccph.info. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) promotes health (broadly defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions, including through service-learning and community-based participatory research. Proposals for pre-conference workshops, story sessions, skill-building workshops, film screening and discussion session, and posters are sought that relate to one or more of these sub-themes (see the complete call for proposals for specific examples): Journeys of Transformation, Sustaining partnerships and the outcomes they achieve, Building capacity, Community-campus partnerships as a global movement, Innovative and promising partnership practices, Community-based participatory research as a tool for social justice, Interprofessional, interdisciplinary and/or intersectoral collaborations, and Youth and student leadership