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Current Issue - April 2008 Welcome to the Current issue of the monthly NC Campus Compact Digest E-Newsletter. Announcements are posted on this page. Please click on the headings below to link to another section. Calls for Papers and Requests for Info Grants and Funding Opportunities Internship and Fellowship Opportunities Calendar: Conferences and Events
If your campus was still considering a NC Campus Compact Americorps*VISTA for the 2008-09 academic year, it is not too late to apply. Please call Kristen at 336.278.7197 by Tuesday, April 22 in order to expedite completion of related paperwork, and to learn more details. If we do not fill our positions, we may not be able to get them again . . . Calling All Members! Please Complete the NC Campus Compact Member Survey Today! The annual NC Campus Compact Member Survey helps us evaluate and assess our resources and programming and provides general information about the civic engagement programs our members faciliate. The online survey should take no more than 20 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey today. Thanks to the nine campuses who have completed it thus far. Click here to begin the survey. Nomination Deadine Extended for 2008 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award The nomination deadline has been extended to Thursday, April 27 for the Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award. This award recognizes a staff person at a North Carolina Campus Compact member campus that has worked towards the institutionalization of service, created and strived towards a vision of service on their campus, supported faculty and students, and formed innovative campus-community partnerships. Visit this link to download a nomination form. May 8th & 9th Faculty Development Institute on Service-Learning at UNC-Chapel Hill We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity and feel free to pass this on to any and all faculty colleagues or teaching assistants who may be interested. Please RSVP by May 5, 2008 to huq@email.unc.edu. The Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education Seeks Editorial Board Members Sponsored by Indiana State University's Center for Public Service and Community Engagement, this new journal is intended to serve as a forum for the review of research and practice by professionals in higher education in the fields of community engagement and engaged learning practices. The journal is seeking qualified individuals to serve on the editorial board. Responsibilities of the editorial board include:
Associate editors are not precluded from submitting manuscripts. Interested individuals should submit an email of interest and an abbreviated copy of their vita to: Nancy Brattain Rogers For more information, visit http://www1.indstate.edu/jcehe/ The 2008 National Campus Compact Professional Development Institute
Registration begins March 3 and closes June 30, 2008. NC Center for Women in Public Service 5th Annual Summer Institute -Now Accepting Applications The North Carolina Center for Women in Public Service is now taking applications for its fifth annual Summer Institute for women who might be interested in seeking elected or appointed office and who will benefit from this unique program. The Summer Institute, an interactive, hands-on, high-energy learning experience spread over three summer weekends, is geared toward women who would like to learn more of what to expect from running for public office or seeking an appointed position. The Institute is non-partisan, features guest speakers from both major political parties, and keeps its goal simple: to see more women on ballots and in public service. The Summer Institute is sponsored by the NC Center for Women in Public Service. Now in its fifth year, the Institute has graduated over 50 women who are making a difference in their communities. If you or someone you know is interested in attending The Summer Institute, please refer them to their website www.nccwps.org for the application. Class size is limited to 20 women, so act soon. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2008. For questions, please call the NC Center for Women in Public Service at 919.508.2308 or contact us at info@nccwps.org.
Syllabi Sought for Online Database Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse is now developing a national, searchable, online database of higher education service-learning syllabi, K-12 lesson plans, and community-based project ideas. I am writing to invite you and your colleagues to submit service-learning syllabi for possible inclusion in this new resource. Service-learning syllabi are welcome from any accredited U.S. college or university, for courses in any academic department or program and at any level of higher education (undergraduate or graduate). Courses need not have been supported by a Learn and Serve America grant in order to be eligible for inclusion, although we expect many syllabi will come from past and current Learn and Serve America grantees. Staff from Campus Compact, the Clearinghouse’s Higher Education Program Advisor, will review all submissions according to four criteria of quality in service-learning: engagement, reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination (see www.compact.org/syllabi for details). All syllabi determined to meet these criteria will be publicly available on both the Clearinghouse’s and Campus Compact’s websites. In addition to syllabi from individual courses, we welcome information about more extensive civic and community engagement opportunities that involve multiple service-learning courses or other intentional connections between students’ academic experiences and engagement (e.g., minors, certificates, honors/scholars programs, core curricula requirements). Please submit syllabi and other materials as Word documents attached to emails to jplaut@compact.org; please also download, print, and sign the Permissions Form available at www.compact.org/syllabi and mail it to Julie Plaut at Campus Compact, Brown University Box 1975, Providence, RI 02912. We look forward to showcasing your good work and demonstrating the rich variety of high-quality service-learning taking place at colleges and universities across the country. Thanks in advance for sharing the materials that allow us to do so! Of course, you’re also more than welcome to contact me with any questions and to share this invitation with your colleagues. Don't Forget National Volunteer Week - April 27-May 3, 2008!
The 2008 National Volunteer Week is fast approaching. This special week offers opportunities to thank some of America’s most valuable assets — our volunteers — and to recognize the myriad of ways they improve our communities. National Volunteer Week reflects the power that volunteers have to “inspire by example” — volunteers both encourage those they help and motivate others to serve! Find out how you, too, can participate in the week’s many offerings. This year's theme is "Volunteer to Change the World". Click here to download the 2008 National Volunteer Week resource guide, which will provide resources on how to plan and publicize recognition activities on local, state or national levels. Discover how simple it is to nominate volunteers for awards, including the President’s Volunteer Service Award. National Volunteer Week was created in 1974 when President Richard Nixon signed an executive order to establish the week as an annual celebration of volunteering. And every year since that time, each U.S. President, along with many governors, mayors and other elected officials, has signed a proclamation promoting National Volunteer Week.
For more information about National Volunteer Week, you can click here: http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/nvw/
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