The editorial team Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is seeking faculty mentors for this new undergraduate journal. Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is a refereed, multi-disciplinary, online undergraduate journal open to all undergraduate students in the U.S. and across the globe. The journal is dedicated to publishing the intellectual and reflective work by undergraduates on service learning, community-based research, and all related curriculum- and/or research-based public community engagement activities. These go by many additional names, such as community-based learning, public scholarship, publicly-engaged learning/teaching, etc. The editorial team of Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research encourages undergraduates to pursue their own intellectual projects and to join the academic conversation.

Faculty mentors, scholar-teachers familiar with service learning and community-based research, are a crucial part of the journal’s review process.  We seek faculty mentors in a wide range of disciplines. For Volume 1, all submissions will first be read by the editor. She will send submissions that seem to fit the journal’s general specifications to a faculty mentor.  Every effort will be made to send submissions to faculty mentors in the student’s discipline. At this point, a faculty mentor will make one of four decisions: Accept, Accept with Minor Revisions, Revise and Resubmit, or Reject. Faculty mentors will one directly with potential authors through the revision process. We will generally commit to publishing an article if the student puts in sufficient time and effort to revise the draft based on the faculty mentor’s suggestions.

For detailed information about the journal, please see our website at http://www.bk.psu.edu/Academics/33679.htm.

If you’d like to be a faculty mentor, please email the editor, Dr. Laurie Grobman, at leg8psu.edu.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The editorial team seeks submissions from undergraduates for the new Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research. Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is a refereed, multi-disciplinary, online undergraduate journal open to all undergraduate students in the U.S. and across the globe. The journal is dedicated to publishing the intellectual and reflective work by undergraduates on service learning, community-based research, and all related curriculum- and/or research-based public community engagement activities. These go by many additional names, such as community-based learning, public scholarship, publicly-engaged learning/teaching, etc. The editorial team of Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research encourages undergraduates to pursue their own intellectual projects and to join the academic conversation.

We invite submissions in five categories:

• Reflective Essays
• Analytical Essays
• Research done for a community organization in the form given to that organization, accompanied by a short, reflective essay
• Research Articles
• Open Category

Submissions will be accepted from now through June 30, 2012.

For detailed information about the journal’s content and submission guidelines, please see our website at http://www.bk.psu.edu/Academics/33679.htm.

Please direct all inquiries and questions to the editor, Dr. Laurie Grobman, at leg8psu.edu.

We invite  proposals for four different types of sessions:

- Skill-Building Session – sessions that focus on particular tasks or capacities that can be useful to various stakeholders in civic engagement.  Session leaders are expected to present some relevant knowledge, experiences, and resources, while also engaging participants in interactive work of some kind that supports their learning and application of the skills.  Sample topics include: Using Surveys to Assess the Student and Community Outcomes of Service-Learning; Building Strong Partnerships; or Students as Leaders and Colleagues.

- Issue-Focused Session – sessions that address specific public issues and/or issues within higher education and how civic engagement can contribute to positive change. Session leaders are expected to share their own related models and experiences, while also, as appropriate, drawing on others’ work and inviting participants to offer additional examples and insights.  Sample topics may include: Partnering to Improve Public Health; Supporting Economic Development through Campus-Community Partnerships; or Strategies for Advancing Environmental Sustainability.

- Big-Picture Session – sessions that engage all participates in discussing challenging issues related to civic engagement in higher education. Session leaders are expected to frame the discussion initially and to facilitate thoughtful interaction, not to speak as experts.  Sample topics include: How can we move from an array of civic engagement activities to a deep institutional culture of engagement? What does it mean that our states are among the highest in the nation in both civic engagement and racial disparities?

- Poster Session – posters reflecting model campus-community engagement projects are encouraged.  Posters can be submitted individually, or by a group or class.  Please include issues addressed by the community partners; impact of the service performed; impact of community projects such as capacity building, services provided or change created; and learning objectives which may include an academic connection to a course, civic understanding of community need, or self-awareness of individual change, connection to career, professional or personal goals.

Proposals are due Monday, March 12, 2012, and are accepted on a rolling basis beginning November 15, 2011. Notifications will be made by Monday, March 26, 2012.

Please join us in San Antonio, Texas for our 10th Annual American Democracy Project (ADP) National Meeting at the Marriott Rivercenter. The meeting begins on Thursday, June 7 and ends with a dinner Saturday evening, June 9. We have negotiated a hotel room rate of $185 for a single/double plus 16.75% tax (subject to change) at the Marriott Rivercenter. Conference registration fees are $395 for students and $545 for individuals. Institutions may wish to take advantage of our team rate of $485 per person.

Registration will open in a few weeks; more information about the national meeting, including deadlines for registration and information regarding how to register and when and how to book hotel rooms will be forthcoming.

The theme for this year’s meeting is: Civic Engagement 2.0: Re-Imagining, Strengthening and Deepening  Our Civic Work. In a recent ADP blog post, I described the ADP 2.0 efforts that Curt Brungardt, Director of the Center for Civic Leadership, and his colleagues are undertaking at Fort Hays State University (Kan.). Inspired by web 2.0 applications (e.g., social media, blogs, Wikis) that are not only the next iteration of an existing application, but also facilitate collaboration, information sharing, and user-centered design, Curt and his colleagues are considering the following questions during a year-long continuous improvement exercise:

In a year-long continuous improvement exercise, students, faculty, and staff are going to focus on a number of key questions.  For example:

• Are we doing the right things to develop citizenship?
• Are we doing them effectively?
• How can we improve our student and staff programming?
• Do our program activities produce the desired outcomes?

Our 10th national meeting will be a space for us to re-imagine, strengthen and deepen our civic work in ways that move the preparation of informed, engaged citizens for our democracy from margin to center on our campuses. As we celebrate the American Democracy Project’s 10th birthday, let’s envision our next 10 years together!

Civic Engagement 2.0 presentations might consider questions such as:

• How can we make existing civic education and engagement efforts more student and citizen-centered?
• What can we do to make ADP more interactive, participative and discovery driven?
• How can we harness new technologies to engage more students and/or to make our teaching and programming more effective?

THIS IS A CALL FOR PROPOSALS. We are interested in presentations that address both theoretical and practical issues: concepts of citizenship, civic engagement and democracy in higher education and in successful programs, partnerships and practices. When submitting proposals about programs, partnerships and practices, please be sure that you address analysis as well as description: what worked and what didn’t; what were the issues encountered during implementation; how was a partnership established; etc. We are particularly interested in topics that focus specifically on institutionalizing citizen preparation, civic learning, and engagement. This is not a traditional academic conference. We are interested in sessions that go beyond merely presenting a set of activities and instead describe step-by-step strategies for driving civic engagement work deeper into the heart of the higher education enterprise.

We are seeking Presenters for concurrent panel sessions and workshops and for a poster session.To submit a proposal for a presentation or poster:

1. Review the Suggested List of Topics for Presentations & Posters at ADP 2012.
2. Review the SAMPLE Presentation_ Proposal _Submission_ Form,_ ADP _National_Meeting_2012.
3. Complete this Online Proposal Submission Form.

Presentation sessions are 1 hour and 15 minutes in length, with a moderator/time keeper and approximately 3 presentations. Individual presentations should not exceed 10 minutes.Handouts are encouraged. LCD projectors for PowerPoint presentations will be available.

This year we’re adding a poster session to the program. This is a great way for students to participate in the conference and a way to showcase a program, initiative, partnership, or undergraduate research or service project. During the poster session, all poster presenters will have the opportunity to talk with and answer questions of conference participants about their posters. Posters should be on standard 24″x36″ foam core board (easel size) and must be brought with presenters to the conference.

Please note: If you submit a presentation in which you are the sole presenter and your proposal is accepted, your presentation will be placed in a concurrent session with other presentations on a similar topic. If you would like to link your presentation to another proposal(s) (from your institution, from colleagues at other institutions, community partners, etc.), please note this in the online proposal form.

Once you submit a proposal, you are agreeing to present during any of the time slots allotted during the June 7-9, 2012 program. We will notify you of your exact presentation time not later than Monday, March 26th, 2012.

The purpose of these sessions is to allow a substantial number of strategies and ideas to be presented in a short period of time, leaving time in each session for questions, discussion and dialogue.

Proposals are due by March 12, 2012. However, proposals can be submitted immediately.We use a rolling acceptance process, which means that proposals will be evaluated and decisions made weekly, so the earlier the submission, the sooner you will know if your proposal has been accepted. This early acceptance process may provide you with an opportunity to identify a source of funding support sooner, as well as to help clarify your summer plans.

If you have any questions about the submission process, please contact Jen Domagal-Goldman at 202-478-7833 or domagalj {at} aascu(.)org.

A limited number of accepted poster presenters will be invited to a deliver a presentation during a conference breakout session.

Please click on the link below to submit your proposal online by November 28, 2011.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SES2012RFP

PDF version of RFP for reference only - please submit online with link above.

Please contact Liza Newman with any questions 317-274-6500

Higher education is changing. We are rethinking how we do everything on and off the campus. Colleges and universities across the country are re-structuring, re-branding, cutting degree programs, developing new initiatives, collaborating with new partners, etc. As François de la Rochefoucauld said, “The only thing constant in life is change.” Yet so many people are approaching this change from a very fearful resource-poor perspective. Let’s change that!

We invite you to collaborate with your colleagues to submit a proposal for the 2012 Continuums of Service Conference in Seattle, Washington.

The Continuums of Service Conference has a long-standing history of invigorating participants to explore issues from diverse perspectives. The 2012 Continuums of Service Conference promises to integrate collective ideas into a new vision that participants can take back to their colleges, universities, and communities.

Please join us in Seattle, Washington on April 11-13, 2012 to share your knowledge, skills, and ideas; and to network with colleagues from across the western region.

Visit the COS website for information regarding the proposal submission process.

See you in Seattle!

Sincerely,

California Campus Compact

Hawaii and Pacific Islands Campus Compact

Oregon Campus Compact

Washington Campus Compact

Once the 5 Campus Compact regional clusters are identified, individual Campus Compact member institutions will have an opportunity to apply for mini-grants through their regional cluster.  These grants are made possible by the generous support of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).

If you have specific questions about this opportunity, please contact Jacob Vennie-Vollrath at Wisconsin Campus Compact – 608.890.3976 or jacob.vennie-vollrath {at} uwex(.)edu.  Thank you!

We are seeking qualified presenters for 75-minute conference breakout sessions, specifically within the following categories:

• Co-curricular Engagement: How co-curricular service programs impact and strengthen our communities.
• Academic Service-Learning: How academic service-learning programs and projects impact and strengthen our communities.
• Community Partnerships: Examples of successful campus-community partnerships and how to achieve them, including collaborations with K-12 schools, volunteer centers and nonprofit organizations.
• Scholarship/Research: Evidence for the benefit and impact of campus-community partnerships, including current research around the impact of college student service on the community.

Presenters receive a discounted registration fee of $100

The Call for Presenters is available at http://micampuscompact.org/institute.aspx, along with more information about the conference. Presenters applications are due October 3.

1. Develop the leadership skills of students as they manage civic engagement programs through campus-community partnerships which address community-identified needs;
2. Expose students to careers in the fields of non-profit community development, civic engagement, and higher education;
3. Educate students on how to leverage civic engagement for addressing issues facing communities.

To this end, this conference will focus on the Social Change Model for Leadership Development, specifically the “7Cs” of student leadership. Students will attend a leadership institute consisting of four small group sessions that will educate and engage them on how the 7Cs play out on their campus and in their own lives. Through small groups, students will be able to gain new knowledge by synthesizing concepts from Leadership for a Better World and drawing on their own experience. Throughout the process, students and facilitators will be following an innovative Social Change Model Curriculum developed specifically for this conference.

During the student leadership institute, Civic Engagement Administrators (CEAs) will attend a concurrent track which addresses the student leadership curriculum and provides networking and professional development. Stay tuned for more information.

Additionally, 2 concurrent workshops will be available to all institute participants focusing on other student leadership development topics, hot issues, and nonprofit careers.

Call for Workshop Proposals

Attached you will find a Call For Workshop Proposals for this conference. These workshops will focus on Student Leadership Development, Hot Issues in Our Communities, and Nonprofit Careers. The deadline for submitting a proposal is September 8th.

Who Should Attend?

• Students involved in civic engagement (service-learning, community service, community-based research, advocacy, etc.)
• PACC Community Fellows
• AmeriCorps Members
• Administrators, Faculty, Community Partners

Please note that the student leadership institutes in this conference are designed to build on one another, so attendance to ALL sessions is required.

Registration Information:

Conference registration fees are as follows:
Campus Compact Members:
$190 for Civic Engagement Administrators (faculty, staff, community partners)
$75 for Students from Campus Compact member campuses
$75 for any current AmeriCorps Member
$50 for PACC Community Fellows
$100 for Facilitators (INVITED ONLY)

Non-CC members:
$220 for Civic Engagement Administrators (faculty, staff, community partners)
$105 for Students from non-member campuses
$75 for any current AmeriCorps Member

Registration Deadline is September 30, 2011

Please note that the student leadership institutes in this conference are designed to build on one another, so attendance at ALL sessions is required.

Registration includes meals, breaks, and conference materials. Please follow this link to register for the conference  https://www.elbowspace.com/servlets/cfd?xr4=&formts=2011-08-10 11:15:43.952037. Registration deadline is September 30, 2011.

Hotel Information: Registrants are responsible for reserving and paying for their own hotel reservations. PACC has reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East, 4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111 at the rate of $89 (plus taxes) per room/night. Call (717) 939-7841 to make your reservations. In order to receive the $89 room rate you must call in to make your reservations. Online reservations will not receive the conference rate. Also, make sure that you mention you are attending the PA Campus Compact Conference to receive the conference rate. The hotel will be releasing our block of rooms on October 6, 2011. The conference rate and room availability will not be guaranteed after October 6th.

Directions: Directions to the hotel can be found on the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East Website at http://www.hiharrisburg.com/directions.asp. The hotel is located at 4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111.

Agenda:
As workshops, presenters, etc are confirmed the agenda will be updated on our website at www.paccompact.org. Please note that the student leadership institutes in this conference are designed to build on one another, so attendance to ALL sessions is required.

Acknowledgements: Pennsylvania Campus Compact would like to thank the Jenzabar Foundation for their support of this event.

All information about the conference will be on the PACC website at www.paccompact.org.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact any PACC Staff Member.

Mark your calendar and plan to attend PACC’s Student Engagement Conference this fall, October 21-22, 2011 in Harrisburg at the Holiday Inn-East. Through a generous grant from the Jenzabar Foundation, we are hosting this conference which will offer students a unique leadership training for social change and civic engagement. Attached you will find a flyer which you may use to promote on your campus. This conference is designed for students who are deeply involved in civic engagement on your campus, such as Community Fellows, Scholars in Service, AmeriCorps members, or other similar civic leadership programs.

Additionally, you will find a Call For Workshop Proposals for this conference with a deadline of September 8th.These workshops will focus on Student Leadership Development, Hot Issues in Our Communities,  and Nonprofit Careers.

Conference registration will be open on August 11 with further details about the schedule, speakers and costs. Recognizing the current realities many of our campuses are facing, we are currently seeking additional grant monies to support this conference to keep the costs down to make this as accessible as possible to students.

You can download a copy of the Call for Proposal here: http://www.compact.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2011-Call-for-Proposals-PACC-Student-Conf.docx

2013: Hispania: The Scholarship of Community Engagement

Submission deadline: January 1, 2012

The Scholarship of Community Engagement comprises experiential learning linked to the community, service learning, volunteerism related to language learning, languages for special purposes, and related topics.

Distinguished colleagues and pioneers in the field of “The Scholarship of Community Engagement” Ethel Jorge (Pitzer College) and Josef Hellebrandt (Santa Clara University) will curate this issue with the editor.

All manuscripts must be submitted through the online ScholarOne system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hispan. Please indicate the Special Focus Issue in your cover letter. For more information, contact Editor Sheri Spaine Long at spainelong {at} aatsp(.)org. We appreciate your efforts to circulate this call to any interested colleagues.

We invite your participation in the Campus Compact Heartland Conference on Civic Engagement, September 22-23, 2011, in Overland Park, Kansas. This conference will bring together individuals from across the nation to explore different perspectives on service-learning and civic engagement alongside colleagues from Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, and provide an opportunity for service-learning professionals and community partners to share program models and best practices and network with one another.

Visit the the Heartland Conference website for more information, including proposal documents, conference agenda, and accommodations.

The 17th Annual CUMU Conference, hosted by Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) from October 9-11, 2011, will focus on “Creating Tomorrow’s Future Today.” This conference will explore university/community partnerships that are preparing both to embrace the future.  Suggested Proposal Topics include:

• University/community urban planning
• Educational infrastructure
• Environmental threats and remediation
• Wellness and public health
• Community partnerships for student experiential learning
• Niche academic offerings
• Translational research and its impact on the community

Proposals are due 5/6, to submit a proposal read the guidelines and complete this form. Email the form to Richard Jackson at rjackson {at} iupui(.)edu.

The American Democracy Project (ADP) is a national network of 230 AASCU (American Association of State Colleges and Universities) schools focused on institutionalizing civic engagement programming.

ADP has issues a call for proposals for their upcoming meeting in Orlando, June 2-4, 2011. The theme of the meeting is “Beyond Voting: Active Citizenship in the New Era.” This is a meeting of 400+ AASCU faculty members, students, and administrators working to institutionalize civic engagement.

If you would like more information, click this link for information about the Call for Proposals, registration, and hotel information.

Kentucky Campus Compact (KyCC), Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) and Ohio Campus Compact (OCC) are pleased to share with you the “Call for Presenters” for our 1st Annual Conference of College Student Philanthropy. This year’s theme is ”Engage, Empower, Invest” and will focus on strengthening local communities through academic student philanthropy within higher education institutions. This conference is for higher education institutions and partners interested in strengthening communities and advancing service-learning through course-based student philanthropy.

More than 250 educators will gather to share ideas and best practices and explore challenges related to the successful development and implementation of student philanthropy initiatives. This year’s conference will encourage participants to examine student philanthropy and its implications for civic engagement and leadership. Suggested topics include key issues and opportunities that strengthen student philanthropy practices in the classroom and beyond.

In framing your presentation proposal, please consider the needs of the target audiences for this conference: higher education faculty, administrators, service-learning and community service directors, development officers, community partner organizations and foundations, and college students. Please highlight how your contributions to the student philanthropy movement have a positive impact on student learning, civic engagement, and lifelong philanthropy and service.

Our conference participants value interactive workshops. Opportunities for dialogue, small group activities, and experiential learning are received well. We believe this conference will attract both participants who are new to student philanthropy, as well as many who have extensive experience in the field. Please keep this in mind when planning your workshop proposal. We value a variety of proposals designed for different experience levels.

Workshop presenters are volunteers. While we are not able to reimburse you for travel, materials, or lodging expenses, we are able to offer a free conference registration to you and one co-presenter.

Presenter applications must be received by April 15, 2011.

For more information please click here.

Our feature interviewees are George Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change, American Association of State Colleges and Universities and Brian Murphy, President, De Anza College, who will be discussing the American Democracy Project and its role in cultivating civic engagement in our college students.

We are currently accepting articles for possible publication in the Fall Issue of The Journal for Civic Commitment.  Deadline for Submission for the Fall 2011 issue is March 15, 2011.  You can find the authors’ guidelines on our website at http://www.mesacc.edu/engagement/Journal.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the Journal’s editor, Gary Daynes at gdaynes {at} westminstercollege(.)edu.  Please submit articles electronically to the editor as word documents.

For complete information on our conference, please go to our conference web pages at:
http://www.mesacc.edu/other/engagement/2011Conf/SLCC_videopage/

We are honored to have as our keynote speakers three premier leaders in our country, Stephen A. Patrick, Senior Program Officer, U.S. Program, Education – Postsecondary Success, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Andrew Furco, Ed.D., Associate Vice President for Public Engagement / Associate Professor, University of Minnesota; and Casey Crabill , Ed.D., President, Raritan Valley Community College.

The theme of this year’s conference is:

Hand in Hand:  Service Learning and College Completion

The deadline for submitting proposals is March 10th, 2011.

Conference presentations are 90-minute sessions, which should be designed to be highly interactive. Proposals to present at the conference must be submitted in electronic form. In keeping with our theme,   Hand in Hand:  Service Learning and College Completion some of the issues you may wish to address in your interactive workshop are:

• Strategies and examples of peer-to-peer mentoring to help students succeed and complete their degrees
• Service learning as a core to college completion
• Strategies for student success and completion utilizing service learning
• Strategies for retaining students by engaging them in service learning and civic engagement
• The role of internal and external partners in helping students stay in school
• The role of faculty in helping students succeed and complete their degree
• Developing effective partnerships in service learning and civic engagement
• Leveraging your program’s internal and external resources through creative partnerships to support service learning and civic engagement
• Leveraging external funding to support service learning
• Opportunities for partnerships with non-profit organizations during the economic downturn
• Using technology and social media to tell your service learning story to a global community
• Incorporating service learning and civic engagement into the curriculum
• Effective evaluation and assessment of service learning programs
• Research data to help guide your service learning and civic engagement strategic plan
• STEM initiatives utilizing service learning
• Examples of how your Title III, NSF, and Federal Work-Study programs have integrated service learning and civic engagement to meet project goals
• Examples of AmeriCorps programs that help students access, succeed and complete college degrees
• Aligning service learning with workforce development
• Assisting our veterans on campus and in our communities
• Service learning meeting environmental and health needs

To submit a proposal to present for the 20th Annual Conference,
CLICK HERE or go to: http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/2011Conf/CallForProposals.shtml
and select the “Submit Proposal” tab at the top of the screen.

Deadline for Submission: March 10, 2011
Notification by: March 24, 2011

Call for Workshop Proposals

Interactive workshop proposals are now being accepted for the 4th Annual Institute on Global Service-Learning.  This institute is designed by faculty for faculty who work or are planning to work with students on global issues using service-learning pedagogy both in the U.S. and in international settings. Proposals will be accepted until Friday, March 18, 2011 by 5:00 p.m. Workshops should be proposed for 60 or 90 minute sessions.