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Calendar: 2008 Conferences and Events Click on the link below to go directly to the listing. January 21, 2008 (multiple locations) On January 21, 2008, Americans across the country will again honor King’s legacy of tolerance, peace, and equality by meeting community needs and making the holiday... “A day ON, not a day OFF.” To learn more visit http://www.mlkday.gov/ 6th International Conference on Imagination and Education The Imaginative Education Research Group (http://www.ierg.net/) and the Learning Communities Research Area (University of Canberra), invite you to participate in this discussion of imaginative education and its applications in all sites of learning, and to ensure that educational experiences are imaginatively engaging for both teachers and learners. The conference theme "Imaginative practice, imaginative inquiry" aims to connect a cross-section of educators and administrators from elementary & high schools, universities, professional organizations and work-place settings in a dialogue and exploration of imaginative and creative ways of teaching, learning and conducting educational inquiry. Registration - http://www.addon.edu.au/ierg6/register.html Visa options - http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/iecn.htm The conference is registered with the International Event Coordinator Network (IECN) - Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship. The conference organizers cannot provide letters of invitation however we can provide a letter confirming your registration & attendance. 12th Annual Institute: Service-Learning and Civic Engagement The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) are pleased to invite you to this year’s conference. More than 300 educators and students from across Michigan and the country will gather to share ideas and best practices and explore challenges related to the successful development and implementation of service-learning. This year’s conference will encourage participants to examine service-learning and its implications for civic engagement. To learn more visit http://www.micampuscompact.org/institute.asp NC Campus Compact Civic Engagement Institute
This Insitute, for NC Campus Compact members only, will focus on establishing, strengthening and maintaining campus-community partnership. Dr. Ken Reardon, Cornell University, will be the plenary speaker. To REGISTER and learn more visit http://org.elon.edu/nccc/events/cei.html NC Campus Compact Service-Learning Conference This annual conference provides participants with valuable information and skills they can utilize in their service-learning work. Dr. Ken Reardon, Cornell University, is the plenary keynote speaker To REGISTER and learn more visit http://org.elon.edu/nccc/events/slc.html 20th Anniversary PHENND Conference The Power of Place: Regional Higher Education Networks for Community Transformation
Stay posted to this website for more information 3rd Annual Conference on International Service-Learning: Advancing Research and Practice February 29- March 1, 2008, IUPUI University, Indianapolis, IN The International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership (IPSL), in collaboration with the Center for Service and Learning, Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will bring together practitioners, researchers, and scholars to critically examine international service learning as an intentionally designed curriculum for engaging American students in educationally meaningful international service experiences focused on developing civic skills, knowledge, and dispositions Stay posted to the conference website for details. http://csl.iupui.edu/islconference.html IMPACT: National Student Conference on Service, Advocacy & Social Action Join college students, administrators, faculty, national nonprofit organizations, socially-responsible companies and many others this spring in Boston, MA for the historically largest national convening of campus community members involved in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work across philosophical and ideological lines. This event builds on the legacy set forth by the C.O.O.L. Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 23-year history. You won’t want to miss this inspiring three-day conference, which will include a series of thought-provoking forums, plenary sessions, and student-led workshops, as well as an Opportunities Fair, Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, powerful Opening Ceremony -- and even a few new surprises! Campus Compact has negotiated a conference registration discount for students from member schools: $20 off student rate until January 7. Register by January 7, 2008 to receive the early-bird rate. To REGISTER and learn more visit www.campusconference.org 6th Annual Gulf-South Summit on Civic Engagement & Service-Learning
through Higher Education The Gulf South Summit brings together national speakers and over 350 practitioners for dialogue on these themes and provides a forum for best practices, sharing of research, and development of a professional network of practitioners in all aspects of service-learning. Faculty, staff, students, community leaders, and community-university partners are invited to participate in the Summit. Topics for 2008:
Hotel information and on-line conference registration are available on the website, http://campus.belmont.edu/gss2008/index.htm. International Action Learning Conference The 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference: Youth for a Change Keynote addresses by Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and urban educator Pedro Noguera, author of Unfinished Business: Closing the Achievement Gap in Our Nation's Schools. Invited speakers include Vice President Al Gore and environmental lawyer Robert Kennedy, Jr. Registration opens in September. To REGISTER and learn more visit: https://programs.regweb.com/metro/NYLC2008/index.cfm
2008 Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference Join faculty-scholars who will discuss teaching and learning topics ranging from using technology to cooperative learning. This theme is broad enough to cover topics such as:
Plenary Speakers for the 2008 conference include: Dr. Ken Bain, Vice Provost for Instruction, Professor of History, and Director of the Teaching and Learning Resource Center at Montclair State University and author of "What the Best College Teachers Do" Dr. Barbara Millis, Director of the University of Nevada - Reno Excellence in Teaching Program, will present a plenary session titled Using Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) to Promote Student Learning Other highlights include a special tour of the Cherokee Heritage Center, an agency of the Cherokee Nation, to experience Cherokee history and culture. This excursion is on April 11th after the closure of the conference. There is a modest additional fee to participate. To REGISTER and learn more visit: http://www.teachingconference.org
Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health, international development, medicine, social entrepreneurship, eye care, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, bioethics, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, and public service. To REGISTER and learn more visit: http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/registration.php 11th Annual Continuums of Service Conference The Engagement Imperative: Academia, Students, and Communities in Partnership April 17-19, 2008, Portland, OR Are college students academically and civically prepared to meet the challenges facing our local and global communities? Colleges and universities across the region, with varied missions and contexts, share many common goals as they strive to achieve academic excellence and prepare students to be transformative leaders in the 21st century. The 11th Annual Continuums of Service Conference, The Engagement Imperative: Academia, Students, and Communities in Partnership, will demonstrate how engagement initiatives can advance institutional priorities and strategic partnerships, while building and sustaining healthy local and global communities. The “Engaged Campus” is the future of higher education and imperative to preparing students for the 21st century! The registration deadline is March 31, 2008. To REGISTER and learn more visit: http://www.wacampuscompact.org/conference/call.shtml 20th Annual International & Global Youth Service Day
CUexpo2008 Community-University Partnerships: Connecting for Change Goals for CUexpo 2008:
To learn more visit: http://www.cuexpo08.ca/ 2008 EPICS Conference on Engineering Service-Learning 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. The conference format is designed to facilitate discussion and sharing of common
experiences, best practices, assessment strategies, institutionalization successes and lessons learned that can
be employed across campuses. The emphasis is on discussion and collaboration. There are no formal papers
at the conference but abstracts are published and archived on the EPICS Website. The annual conference is
made possible with funding from the National Science Foundation through a National Dissemination Grant
and is one way that the EPICS Program disseminates information on its model for community-based design
education. To learn more visit: http://epicsnational.ecn.purdue.edu/public/conferences/national_2008.php NC Campus Compact Civic Engagement Administrators Conference May 28-29, 2008, Embassy Suites Hotel, Concord, NC This annual conference is designed for coordinators of campus civic engagement efforts. The conference offers structured time for group gatherings, workshops, roundtable discussions, informal question and answer, and deep reflection about civic engagement work. Stay posted to the website for details: http://org.elon.edu/nccc/events/ceac.html The National Educators’ Institute for Jewish Service-Learning Join educators from around the country in a week-long training designed to prepare you to create and teach Jewish service-learning programs in your community. Discover how to make Jewish values come alive through ser vice. Explore how Judaism can inspire deep engagement with social problems around the world. Meet Colleagues who share your passion for bringing education and service alive by bringing them together! Generous scholarship and travel assistance is available for those otherwise unable to attend. To learn more, visit http://www.panim.org/educatorsinstitute The 4th Annual Symposium on Service Learning & Civic Engagement Stay posted for more details. Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, June 18-22, 2008, Snowbird, Utah The Greater Expectations Institute is a five-day, intensive program designed for campuses working on ways to increase student engagement, inclusion, and high achievement. The Institute will help you align institutional purposes, structures, and practices as well as advance and assess a set of essential liberal education outcomes outlined in AAC&U's signature reports, Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College and College Learning for the New Global Century, such as critical inquiry, intercultural competence, and integrative learning. While in Snowbird, teams will confer with expert faculty; explore more deeply the issues of engagement, inclusion, and high achievement; learn from other teams engaged in a rich variety of educational change efforts; and develop a concrete plan for departmental, divisional, or campus-wide action. To APPLY and learn more visit: http://www.aacu.org/meetings/gexinstitute/index.cfm Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance National Conference Stay posted to the website for details: http://130.194.156.169:8080/traction/permalink/NationalConference1 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 11th Summer Service-Learning Institute The institute is taught by national experts in service-learning, including health professional faculty and community leaders who have developed successful service-learning partnerships. A unique and effective component of the institute is an evidence-based* mentoring model in which participants work in small groups and as individuals with mentors (the term we use for institute instructors) to further shape their own action plans for service-learning. The institute is purposefully kept small (no more than 24 participants) to foster a learning community and maximize the opportunities for mentoring. The institute features content and sessions for both novice and experienced service-learning practitioners (faculty, staff and community partners). Novice and experienced practitioners spend beginning and closing sessions together, as well as all meals and at least one plenary session. The remainder of the 3+ day institute features separate sessions designed to focus on issues particular to each group's unique experience level and situation. Mentors assist participants to deepen their understanding of service-learning, develop a plan for service-learning sustainability, and form a peer support network that continues long after the institute ends. Past institutes have drawn participants from a wide variety of disciplines and professions, as well as those from public health agencies and community-based organizations that have service-learning partnerships with such programs. Participants have come from Argentina, Australia, Canada and the US. Applications are due April 10, 2008. We encourage early applications as attendance is limited to 24 participants and past years' institutes have had waiting lists. Download an application here. If you need additional information, please email sliccph@u.washington.edu or call 206-543-8178. The Washington Center's Campaign 2008 Presidential Seminar Series The Washington Center has been organizing these civic engagement seminars every presidential cycle since 1984. The national convention programs include a fieldwork component that assigns students to work in some capacity related to the convention. This is the ultimate civic engagement activity--a chance to learn what goes on behind the scenes at the national political conventions while learning and contributing to the work of the media, state party delegations, interest groups, host city organizations, and candidate organizations. Here is the link to the brochure and application on the website. The series includes seminars at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions: ======================================== The Democratic National Convention Aug. 17-24, 2008 Denver, CO Faculty Director: Dr. Tom Cronin, Colorado College Scholar-in-Residence: Dr. Michael Genovese, Loyola Marymount University Host Institution: Regis University ======================================== The Republican National Convention Aug. 24 - Sept. 5, 2008 The Twin Cities, MN Faculty Director: Hon. Mickey Edwards, The Aspen Institute and Princeton University Scholar in Residence: Dr. Meena Bose, Hofstra University Host Institution: Augsburg College ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deadline: June 1, 2008 but they highly recommend application by Dec. 1, 2007 or as soon as possible. These seminars tend to fill quickly For more information, please email us at C2008@twc.edu. International AIDS Conference Registration, abstract submission and accommodation booking for the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) are now available online. The conference theme – Universal Action Now – emphasizes the need for continued urgency in the worldwide response to HIV/AIDS, and for action on the part of all stakeholders at the global, national, regional and local levels. To learn more, visit http://www.aids2008.org 8th Annual Imagining America Conference Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life is a national consortium of colleges and universities committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design. In partnership with the Center for Diversity and Democracy University of Southern California. Stay posted to the website for details. www.imaginingamerica.org 8th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement October 25-28, 2008, Marriott New Orleans at the Convention Center NEW! The theme for the 2008 conference is "The Scholarship of Engagement: Dimensions of Reciprocal Partnerships." For an overview of the conference, go to: http://www.researchslce.org/Documents/Tulane2008Announcement.pdf. |
