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CUexpo“Community-University Partnerships: Connecting for Change”
May 4-7, 2008, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Call for Proposals

Now accepting proposals for workshops, paper presentations, oral and audio-visual presentations, round-tables, storytelling sessions, arts-based research exhibitions, poster sessions and symposia. CUexpo will publish the conference proceedings.

Possible themes may include:

• Community-university engagement, partnership and ethics
• Climate change and sustainable community green economic development
• Life-long learning, popular education and community/green mapping
• Environmental and social justice
• Youth engagement, food security
• Community and green economic development
• Aboriginal perspectives and cultural diversity
• Women, poverty and social inclusion
• Homelessness, housing, health promotion and well-being

The deadline for submission is November 15, 2007.  Visit the website for proposal guidelines.

Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research

Call for Articles NEW!

Cityscape is seeking articles documenting work by university-based architecture, landscape architecture, or planning programs to aid in the Gulf-region's disaster recovery process. Specifically, articles are sought documenting built or substantially completed projects, including homes, parks, and other community development projects. Articles will be published in the July

2008 issue. The issue will be edited by Kathleen Dorgan, AIA, Dorgan Architects; Michael Monti, Ph.D., Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture executive director; and Kinnard D.Wright, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Submit articles by November 15, 2007 to cityscape@hud.gov, Attn: Kinnard D. Wright. Contact Kathleen Dorgan at dorgan@kdorgan.net or Michael Monti at mmonti@acsa-arch.org with questions about issue content.

Visit Cityscape at http://www.huduser.org/periodicals/cityscape.html

2008 NC Campus Compact Service-Learning Conference

February 13, 2008, Elon University

Call for Proposals NEW!

This annual conference provides participants with valuable information and skills they can utilize in their service-learning and civic engagement work.   For the 2007 conference,  247 faculty, staff and community partners were in attendance representing 42 campuses in 4 states. 

We invite faculty, scholars, administrators, community partners and students who are involved in service-learning research, instruction and practice to submit presentation proposals.  Conference participants will include learners and educators from the constituencies.  Participant familiarity with service-learning ranges from beginner to advanced.  

Please visit the link below link for the detailed Call for Proposals which includes the conference goals and themes, selection criteria, and guidelines. There you will also find the downloadable Proposal Form. The proposal deadline is November 16, 2007.

http://org.elon.edu/nccc/events/CallforProposals2008.html

2008 EPICS Conference on Engineering Service-Learning

May 20-22, 200, Purdue University campus in West Lafayette, Indiana

Call for Proposals  NEW!

This opportunity is for individuals involved with engineering or technology based service-learning programs at the university or high school level. The submission deadline is November 16, 2007  Visit this site to learn more.   

http://epicsnational.ecn.purdue.edu/public/conferences/national_2008.php.

Manifestation: Journal of Community Engaged Research and Learning Partnerships

Volume 1, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2008

Building and Sustaining Community Partnerships

Call for Contributions

This issue of Manifestation is a call for contributions on the theory, practice, art, governance, management, and spirit that supports strong and resilient community partnerships.  We are not only seeking "success stories" but also for examples of conflict and where plans did not quite happen as intended.

Submission: December 1, 2007

Publication: May 1, 2008

Visit www.manifestationjournal.org for more information or contact Peter Levesque, Editor-in-Chief: editor@manifestationjournal.org

+1 613 841 0858 phone

+1 613 841 1750 fax

2008 Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference
April 10 and 11, 2008, Tahlequah campus of Northeastern State University

Call for Proposals  NEW!

This conference for faculty-scholars discusses teaching and learning topics ranging from using technology to cooperative learning. The theme "Teaching 360°is broad enough to cover topics such as:

• Where does learning take place? - Service Learning, Distance Learning, Mobile Learning, and Classroom Based Learning
• How do we know learning has taken place? - Instructional Design, Effective Teaching and Assessment
• How do we improve teaching? - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Professional Development and Issues impacting the professoriate

Deadline for submissions is January 10, 2008  Please visit http://www.teachingconference.org for more information.

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