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Upcoming
Events
Thanks to Liz
McCabe from Maine
Campus Compact for compiling the following events:
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Feb. 29: Engaged Department Initiative Proposals due (second
deadline)
April 14: Engaged Department action plans due (for
first group)
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Democracy
and Higher Education: The Future of Engagement
Virtual
Forum, January 22 –
February 8, 2008
NERCHE
An unmoderated, online discussion around issues of civic engagement
in American colleges and universities. The Forum will be
active from January 22 to February 8, and is open to all
participants interested in the topic. The guiding question is:
If engagement in higher education is to emerge more broadly as a
core value of the University of the 21st century – as centrally
important to the civic mission of higher education and to producing
and transmitting new knowledge - what strategic directions are
needed? How can
scholarly practice help realize the democratic purpose of higher
education? What are the
institutional commitments that are needed to fostering a citizen
politics among students and among academics?
To
access the Virtual Forum, please visit the following link:
http://nerche.org/forum
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Achieving
Recognition for Community Engagement
February 25, 2008
: Massachusetts Campus Compact/NERCHE
as Co-Sponsor, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, The
Hogan Center: A Workshop for New England Higher Education
Institutions on Applying for the Carnegie Foundation Classification
on Community Engagement
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The Power of Place: Regional Higher Education Networks for
Community Transformation
February
28 - 29, 2008
University
of
Pennsylvania
. This conference will
be a unique gathering of individuals and institutions from across
the country exploring the impacts, histories, and methods of
regional higher education networks focused on "community
transformation." Anyone involved with campus-community
partnership, service-learning, community service, education reform
and community development will find value in attending this
conference. We are particularly hoping to attract campus leaders who
have considered forming such a network with one or more neighboring
institutions, as well as anyone already in the process of doing so.
If you believe that your work can be enhanced by working across your
community - not just across your institution - this conference is
for you. Register
now at http://phennd20th.eventbrite.com
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IMPACT:
National Student Conference on Service, Advocacy & Social Action
March
7-9, 2008
, Northeastern University,
Boston
,
MA
Join college students, administrators, faculty, national nonprofit
organizations, and many others this spring in
Boston
,
MA
, for the largest national convening of campus community members
involved in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other
socially responsible work across philosophical and ideological
lines. Be sure to
register by January 28 to receive the discounted rate for Campus
Compact member schools! http://www.changingthepresent.org/c
ampusconference2008
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AACC
Regional Workshop on Service Learning
Thursday,
May 15, 2008
:
Holyoke
Community College
,
Holyoke
,
MA
The
American Association of Community Colleges is sponsoring regional
workshops on service learning to be hosted by five community
colleges in winter and spring 2008. The
workshops will feature hands-on learning and strategies to implement
academically based service learning programs on campuses and in
communities. Community college faculty, staff, administrators,
students, and community partners are invited to attend the
workshops. Contact: Lisa
Mahon, Service Learning Faculty Coordinator,
413-552-2369
, lmahon@hcc.mass.edu
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More
Campus Compact Awards
In
addition to Maine Campus Compact’s Heart and Soul and Harward
Awards, National Campus Compact offers two awards that may be of
interest. Applicants for
either award need not go through Maine Campus Compact.
The Ehrlich Award recognizes a faculty member who has
exemplified leadership in advancing the civic learning of his/her
students with $2,000. The
application can be found online at: http://www.compact.org/awards/ehrlich/
The Frank Newman Leadership Award is geared toward students with a
demonstrated financial need. Two $5,000 awards are available for
students who demonstrate high levels of civic leadership potential.
The application for this award can be found at:
http://www.compact.org/awards/newman/
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Carnegie
Civic Engagement Classification
In
2006 the Carnegie Foundation introduced the first
"elective" classification of colleges and universities,
focused on community engagement.
Although they intend ultimately to bring the new
classification onto the same update schedule as their other
classifications, they will be repeating the community engagement
classification process in 2008. The
call for participation
will be announced on the Foundation web site and will also be
broadcast to subscribers to this list. Institutions currently
included in the Community Engagement classification will retain
their present classification. The
2008 process is to accommodate new participants. More
information is available: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/
classifications/sub.asp?key=1213&subkey=2215
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Call
for Proposals--CCNCCE 17th Annual Conference
Deadline
February 4, 2008. The Community College National Center for
Community Engagement (CCNCCE) invites you to submit a proposal to
present at its 17th national annual conference, Recipes for Student
Retention through Service Learning and Civic Engagement, to be held
on
May 21-23, 2008
. See http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/
engagement/2008Conf/CallForProposals.jsp
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Call
for Proposals—American Democracy Project
National
Meeting,
June 12 - 14, 2008
, Snowbird,
Utah
The American Democracy Project is interested in presentations that
cover both theoretical and practical issues: concepts of
citizenship, civic engagement, and democracy in higher education;
descriptions of programs and practices. When submitting
proposals about programs and practices, please be sure to address
analysis as well as description: what worked and what didn't;
what were the issues encountered during implementation; how were
partners brought in; etc. Also
of interest are topics that focus particularly on civic skills and
the assessment of civic outcomes-two areas that have not been
sufficiently addressed in our work so far. http://www.zoomerang.com/
survey.zgi?p=WEB226ZNJV7XJY
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CNCS
2008 Spirit of Service Awards
Nominations
Deadline -
February 10, 2008
The Corporation for National and Community Service is calling for
nominations for the 2008 Spirit of Service Awards to pay tribute to
the most outstanding participants in each of its programs. The
Corporation will also take nominations for the best examples of
private sector support of your programs.
Please nominate your best AmeriCorps members and Alumni from
State and National, NCCC, and
VISTA
programs and/or Private sector partners/supporters. For
nomination guidelines or to apply online, visit http://www.nationalservice.gov/spiritofservice
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Community-Engaged
Scholarship Faculty Development Charrette
May
28-30, 2008
,
University
of
North Carolina
at
Chapel Hill
Application
Deadline:
March 17, 2008
Details at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/
pdf_files/cfa-charrette.pdf
Faculty for the Engaged Campus is seeking teams from 20 diverse
colleges and universities across the
U.S.
to participate in a charrette to facilitate development of
innovative campus-wide mechanisms for preparing and supporting
community-engaged faculty. If your institution is
committed
to furthering its investment in community-engaged scholarship
through effective faculty development and would benefit from a
focused, collaborative learning opportunity with a cadre of
like-minded others, please consider sending a team to this
action-oriented gathering. Your institution does not need to
have a health professions education program or be a member of
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health to apply.
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New
Book from the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland
Linking
Colleges to Communities: Engaging the University for Community
Development (August 2007) is a new report that outlines a
strategy for how universities can leverage their resources for
community benefit.
http://www.community-wealth.org/_pdfs/
news/recent-articles/07-07/report-linking.pdf
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May
4-7,2008: Community-University Exposition (CUexpo). Victoria,
BC, Canada www.cuexpo08.ca/
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AACC
Regional Workshop on Service Learning
May 15, 2008 Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
Lisa Mahon, Service Learning Faculty Coordinator (413) 552-2369 Imahon@hcc.mass.edu
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How Higher Education is
Integrating Diversity and Service Learning: Findings from Four Case
Studies by Lori J. Vogelgesang,
Ph.D with research support from Marcy Drummond and Shannon K.
Gilmartin. California Campus Compact conducted this research
study exploring how independent colleges and universities were
integrating service-learning and diversity and identified some
"best practices." The study was funded by the James Irvine
Foundation. http://www.cacampuscompact.org/
cacc_publications/ideas
Past Events
April
26-28, 2007: UMass-Lowell Conference: “Community
- University
Partnerships." Experts from nearly 40 universities from around the world visited
the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in order to share strategies and programs
for increasing the effectiveness of
university-community collaborations.
The
Common Corner
The
Common Corner is a newsletter written entirely by Bangor
teens. Are you a Bangor-area teen interested in writing
for future issues? (read more)
Press Coverage
April
12, 2007 (WLBZ2): "Teenagers
Publishing Their Own Newspaper in Bangor."
December
12, 2005 (Bangor Daily News): "Boosting
Bangor."
December
2, 2005 (Press
Release): Building a Better
Bangor: UMaine and City of Bangor
Put Federal Funds to Work Advancing Downtown Revival.
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