Service Learning Opportunities
Feminism in the City: Internship in Womenís Studies
UW-Milwaukee Center for Women's Studies
WOMEN'S STUDIES SEMESTER IN THE CITY PROGRAM
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Center for Women's Studies, in partnership with the UW-System Women's Studies Consortium, invites students from throughout the UW-System to experience a semester in the city. In keeping with UWM's urban mission and commitment to use its metropolitan location to expand the student educational experience by providing more learning opportunities in the community, the UWM Center for Women's Studies offers a seminar-grounded internship course entitled Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies. The internship program is facilitated and taught by the former coordinator of the federally funded "Safe at Home Project" of the Milwaukee Women's Center. Our internship program has enabled students to apply their knowledge of Women's Studies scholarship to the practical experience of working in a local women's organization in the metropolitan area, such as the Milwaukee Womenís Center, the YWCA, and the Women's Fund, among others. Students who enroll in the UWM Women's Studies Semester in the City program are required to enroll in the Women's Studies internship course (Course #958-489; Title: Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies; 4 credits) and must agree to meet its requirements. At this time, the Women's Studies Semester in the City program and the Women's Studies internship course, Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies, will be offered annually during Spring semester only. For more information contact Kathleen Miller-Dillon, Assistant Director, kmdillon@uwm.edu
Wisconsin Campus Compact Office Has Moved To Madison
On July 1, 2009 the WiCC moved it main office from UW-Parkside to Madison.
Updated contact information for the office and the staff can be viewed at:
http://www.wicampuscompact.org/contact.php
There will be an Open House September 21, 2009, 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, 432 N Lake St., Madison. New Website for Wisconsin Campus Compact: http://www.wicampuscompact.org
Wisconsin Campus Compact Professional Development Institute To Be Developed Online
Campus Compact's ground-breaking Professional Development Institute for community service and service-learning professionals is moving to an online format. As more campuses institute travel restrictions, and as new technologies make it possible to interact more effectively, Campus Compact is responding by creating a series of webinars geared toward institutionalizing civic engagement and implementing best practices in community service-learning. This new format will allow more participants to connect over a greater period of time, extending the reach of the curriculum while facilitating deeper learning. More information about this series, slated to begin this fall, will be available in the coming months. The in-person Professional Development Institute will not be held in 2009.In addition to the services described above offered by the national Campus Compact office, the Wisconsin Campus Compact (WiCC) staff and the WiCC Consulting Corps are also available for consultation/training on individual member campuses. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss training needs for your service and service-learning staff and faculty. Contact: Pamela M. Proulx-Curry, Executive Director, Wisconsin Campus Compact, University of Wisconsin Parkside, P.O. Box 2000, 900 Wood Rd., Kenosha, WI 53141-2000, (262) 595-2048, pamela.proulx-curry@uwp.edu, www.wicampuscompact.org
Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
October 1-3, 2009
New Orleans, LA
This annual conferences is crucial to the work that Imagining America does. These events allow public scholars in the cultural disciplines to form a network, to share best practices, to visit project sites, and to gain inspiration and motivation for their work. The conferences take place in a workshop format. More information about the conference and registration information can be found at www.imaginingamerica.org/conferences.html
Civic Engagement in the STEM disciplines across UW System Workshop
October 8-9, 2009óWisconsin Dells, WI
Opportunity to discuss common issues in implementing civic engagement in STEM classrooms
Develop assessment strategies to assess learning goals and engagement with science when integrating civic engagement into curriculum
Collaborate on web resource for connecting faculty with each other.
Follow up on SENCER conferences. Many different assignments or activities could be considered civic engagement: working with election results and data in a mathematics class writing informative letters to legislators monitoring local watersheds for a chemistry lab designing playgrounds for local community assessing recycling habits of campus community. If you incorporate these activities or wish to infuse more civic engagement into your Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics courses, you are invited to attend this workshop. Contact Patricia Cleary at cleary@uwp.edu for more information, or register online http://uwp.edu/cgi/remark/3/rws3.pl?FORM=CEI_STEM_Fa09.
3rd Annual Fostering Global Citizenship in Higher Education Conference
October 5-6, 2009
Registration deadline is September 18, 2009.
World Learning/SIT Campus in Brattleboro, VT
Join faculty, staff, administrators and students from academic departments, study abroad/international education offices, service-learning/community service offices, cross-cultural offices, student services, career services, academic affairs and other interested parties to discuss and explore concepts and outcomes of global citizenship; share local and global best practice program models and institutional strategies; and seek new avenues for cross-campus collaboration. To register and view workshop and institute descriptions please visit http://www.vtcampuscompact.org/2009/FGC/FGC09.htm.
This conference is sponsored by World Learning/SIT and Vermont Campus Compact and is co-sponsored by Middlebury College and the University of Vermont.
WAICU All-Sector Meeting
October 19, 2009
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
At the suggestion of WAICU presidents, WAICU is organizing an all-sector meeting on community engagement on Monday, October 19 at Alverno College. People from colleges and universities throughout the state (public and private, 2-year and 4-year) who work in community engagement are invited to the meeting, which will begin at 10:00 a.m. and last until 3:00 p.m. The idea is to learn from each other and identify best practices at WAICU members, UW campuses, and technical colleges. Register today at www.waicu.org by clicking on quick link found at the bottom left hand side of the page. The registration fee is a mere $20 to cover the costs of the event.
Jackson State University Service-Learning Institute
October 25-29, 2009
Jackson, MS
Jackson State University's Center for Service and Community Engaged Learning will host a Service-Learning Institute October 25 ñ 29, 2009. Main presenters will be Dr. Thomas Schnaubelt, Executive Director for the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University, and Dr. Vincent Illustre, Executive Director for the Tulane Center for Public Service at Tulane University.For more information, contact the Center for Service and Community Engaged Learning at cscel@jsums.edu.
UnitedHealth HEROES Grants
Deadline: October 22
Youth Service America (YSA) and UnitedHealth Group is excited to team up for the second year to offer UnitedHealth HEROES grants to youth-led (5-25 year olds) service-learning projects addressing childhood obesity. Educators, service-learning coordinators, students in the health professions, public health professionals, and community partners are eligible to apply for the UnitedHealth HEROES service-learning project grants. Grant recipients will receive up to $1,000 in support for service-learning projects that focus on childhood obesity, engage youth ages 5-25 in the planning and implementation process, and take place during Semester of Service 2010 (MLK Day, January 18, to Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25). Interested applicants should begin by completing the Eligibility Quiz at http://tinyurl.com/heroesquiz If you are eligible, you will be given access the application materials.
2009 Kentucky Engagement Conference: Engaged to be Educated
November 20, 2009
Northern Kentucky University, Erlanger, KY
The fourth annual Kentucky Engagement Conference is guaranteed to give you tools and ideas to take back to your campus and classroom to encourage civic learning and community engagement. Plenary speakers are: Caryn McTighe Musil, Senior Vice President at the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Terry Hartle, Senior Vice President, Division of Government and Public Affairs at the American Council on Education, Paul Patton, former Governor of Kentucky and current Chair of CPE, and Robert King, President of CPE (Council on Postsecondary Education). Erlanger is a 10 minute drive from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport. The registration fee is $125. Information by calling 859-572-5600 or emailing connect@nku.edu.
The 21st Annual National Service-Learning Conference: Inspire. Imagine. Innovate!
March 24-27, 2010
San Jose, CA
Register before October 30 to take advantage of the early bird rates.
http://nslc.nylc.org/registration/index.php
Online registration is now open for this event, which celebrates service-learning as a force that spans cultural and national boundaries, builds communities, and strengthens young people.
The conference is the largest gathering of youth and practitioners involved in service-learning, drawing approximately 2,500 attendees from across the United States and many other countries each year. Through three days of general sessions, a thought-leader series, service-learning projects, and networking, the conference engages participants in local, national, and global issues that service-learning addresses. Come explore more than 100 exhibits, and nearly 150 hands-on workshops and service-learning projects.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 11th Conference
May 12-15, 2010
Portland, OR
Plan to join Community-Campus Partnerships for Healthís 11th Conference. The conference, Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships" promises to be CCPH's best yet as hundreds of community and campus partners convene for 4 days of skill-building, networking and agenda-setting! Whether you are new to community-based participatory research (CBPR), service-learning or community-academic partnerships and looking for basics to get started, or have been involved for years and seeking more advanced knowledge and connections. The conference call for proposals will be released shortly. Watch the CCPH homepage at www.ccph.info for the latest conference details!
UW-Milwaukee Center for Women's Studies
WOMEN'S STUDIES SEMESTER IN THE CITY PROGRAM
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Center for Women's Studies, in partnership with the UW-System Women's Studies Consortium, invites students from throughout the UW-System to experience a semester in the city. In keeping with UWM's urban mission and commitment to use its metropolitan location to expand the student educational experience by providing more learning opportunities in the community, the UWM Center for Women's Studies offers a seminar-grounded internship course entitled Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies. The internship program is facilitated and taught by the former coordinator of the federally funded "Safe at Home Project" of the Milwaukee Women's Center. Our internship program has enabled students to apply their knowledge of Women's Studies scholarship to the practical experience of working in a local women's organization in the metropolitan area, such as the Milwaukee Womenís Center, the YWCA, and the Women's Fund, among others. Students who enroll in the UWM Women's Studies Semester in the City program are required to enroll in the Women's Studies internship course (Course #958-489; Title: Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies; 4 credits) and must agree to meet its requirements. At this time, the Women's Studies Semester in the City program and the Women's Studies internship course, Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies, will be offered annually during Spring semester only. For more information contact Kathleen Miller-Dillon, Assistant Director, kmdillon@uwm.edu
Wisconsin Campus Compact Office Has Moved To Madison
On July 1, 2009 the WiCC moved it main office from UW-Parkside to Madison.
Updated contact information for the office and the staff can be viewed at:
http://www.wicampuscompact.org/contact.php
There will be an Open House September 21, 2009, 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, 432 N Lake St., Madison. New Website for Wisconsin Campus Compact: http://www.wicampuscompact.org
Wisconsin Campus Compact Professional Development Institute To Be Developed Online
Campus Compact's ground-breaking Professional Development Institute for community service and service-learning professionals is moving to an online format. As more campuses institute travel restrictions, and as new technologies make it possible to interact more effectively, Campus Compact is responding by creating a series of webinars geared toward institutionalizing civic engagement and implementing best practices in community service-learning. This new format will allow more participants to connect over a greater period of time, extending the reach of the curriculum while facilitating deeper learning. More information about this series, slated to begin this fall, will be available in the coming months. The in-person Professional Development Institute will not be held in 2009.In addition to the services described above offered by the national Campus Compact office, the Wisconsin Campus Compact (WiCC) staff and the WiCC Consulting Corps are also available for consultation/training on individual member campuses. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss training needs for your service and service-learning staff and faculty. Contact: Pamela M. Proulx-Curry, Executive Director, Wisconsin Campus Compact, University of Wisconsin Parkside, P.O. Box 2000, 900 Wood Rd., Kenosha, WI 53141-2000, (262) 595-2048, pamela.proulx-curry@uwp.edu, www.wicampuscompact.org
Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
October 1-3, 2009
New Orleans, LA
This annual conferences is crucial to the work that Imagining America does. These events allow public scholars in the cultural disciplines to form a network, to share best practices, to visit project sites, and to gain inspiration and motivation for their work. The conferences take place in a workshop format. More information about the conference and registration information can be found at www.imaginingamerica.org/conferences.html
Civic Engagement in the STEM disciplines across UW System Workshop
October 8-9, 2009óWisconsin Dells, WI
Opportunity to discuss common issues in implementing civic engagement in STEM classrooms
Develop assessment strategies to assess learning goals and engagement with science when integrating civic engagement into curriculum
Collaborate on web resource for connecting faculty with each other.
Follow up on SENCER conferences. Many different assignments or activities could be considered civic engagement: working with election results and data in a mathematics class writing informative letters to legislators monitoring local watersheds for a chemistry lab designing playgrounds for local community assessing recycling habits of campus community. If you incorporate these activities or wish to infuse more civic engagement into your Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics courses, you are invited to attend this workshop. Contact Patricia Cleary at cleary@uwp.edu for more information, or register online http://uwp.edu/cgi/remark/3/rws3.pl?FORM=CEI_STEM_Fa09.
3rd Annual Fostering Global Citizenship in Higher Education Conference
October 5-6, 2009
Registration deadline is September 18, 2009.
World Learning/SIT Campus in Brattleboro, VT
Join faculty, staff, administrators and students from academic departments, study abroad/international education offices, service-learning/community service offices, cross-cultural offices, student services, career services, academic affairs and other interested parties to discuss and explore concepts and outcomes of global citizenship; share local and global best practice program models and institutional strategies; and seek new avenues for cross-campus collaboration. To register and view workshop and institute descriptions please visit http://www.vtcampuscompact.org/2009/FGC/FGC09.htm.
This conference is sponsored by World Learning/SIT and Vermont Campus Compact and is co-sponsored by Middlebury College and the University of Vermont.
WAICU All-Sector Meeting
October 19, 2009
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
At the suggestion of WAICU presidents, WAICU is organizing an all-sector meeting on community engagement on Monday, October 19 at Alverno College. People from colleges and universities throughout the state (public and private, 2-year and 4-year) who work in community engagement are invited to the meeting, which will begin at 10:00 a.m. and last until 3:00 p.m. The idea is to learn from each other and identify best practices at WAICU members, UW campuses, and technical colleges. Register today at www.waicu.org by clicking on quick link found at the bottom left hand side of the page. The registration fee is a mere $20 to cover the costs of the event.
Jackson State University Service-Learning Institute
October 25-29, 2009
Jackson, MS
Jackson State University's Center for Service and Community Engaged Learning will host a Service-Learning Institute October 25 ñ 29, 2009. Main presenters will be Dr. Thomas Schnaubelt, Executive Director for the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University, and Dr. Vincent Illustre, Executive Director for the Tulane Center for Public Service at Tulane University.For more information, contact the Center for Service and Community Engaged Learning at cscel@jsums.edu.
UnitedHealth HEROES Grants
Deadline: October 22
Youth Service America (YSA) and UnitedHealth Group is excited to team up for the second year to offer UnitedHealth HEROES grants to youth-led (5-25 year olds) service-learning projects addressing childhood obesity. Educators, service-learning coordinators, students in the health professions, public health professionals, and community partners are eligible to apply for the UnitedHealth HEROES service-learning project grants. Grant recipients will receive up to $1,000 in support for service-learning projects that focus on childhood obesity, engage youth ages 5-25 in the planning and implementation process, and take place during Semester of Service 2010 (MLK Day, January 18, to Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25). Interested applicants should begin by completing the Eligibility Quiz at http://tinyurl.com/heroesquiz If you are eligible, you will be given access the application materials.
2009 Kentucky Engagement Conference: Engaged to be Educated
November 20, 2009
Northern Kentucky University, Erlanger, KY
The fourth annual Kentucky Engagement Conference is guaranteed to give you tools and ideas to take back to your campus and classroom to encourage civic learning and community engagement. Plenary speakers are: Caryn McTighe Musil, Senior Vice President at the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Terry Hartle, Senior Vice President, Division of Government and Public Affairs at the American Council on Education, Paul Patton, former Governor of Kentucky and current Chair of CPE, and Robert King, President of CPE (Council on Postsecondary Education). Erlanger is a 10 minute drive from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport. The registration fee is $125. Information by calling 859-572-5600 or emailing connect@nku.edu.
The 21st Annual National Service-Learning Conference: Inspire. Imagine. Innovate!
March 24-27, 2010
San Jose, CA
Register before October 30 to take advantage of the early bird rates.
http://nslc.nylc.org/registration/index.php
Online registration is now open for this event, which celebrates service-learning as a force that spans cultural and national boundaries, builds communities, and strengthens young people.
The conference is the largest gathering of youth and practitioners involved in service-learning, drawing approximately 2,500 attendees from across the United States and many other countries each year. Through three days of general sessions, a thought-leader series, service-learning projects, and networking, the conference engages participants in local, national, and global issues that service-learning addresses. Come explore more than 100 exhibits, and nearly 150 hands-on workshops and service-learning projects.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 11th Conference
May 12-15, 2010
Portland, OR
Plan to join Community-Campus Partnerships for Healthís 11th Conference. The conference, Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships" promises to be CCPH's best yet as hundreds of community and campus partners convene for 4 days of skill-building, networking and agenda-setting! Whether you are new to community-based participatory research (CBPR), service-learning or community-academic partnerships and looking for basics to get started, or have been involved for years and seeking more advanced knowledge and connections. The conference call for proposals will be released shortly. Watch the CCPH homepage at www.ccph.info for the latest conference details!
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