The Petey Greene Program, a GW community partner that supports the academic goals of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people through high-quality volunteer tutoring programs, is in search of volunteer instructors who are professors or graduate students in the humanities to their Spring 2024. If you are interested in the opportunity please email sfiorella@peteygreene.org as well as fill out our instructor application.
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Share With Students: Phi Beta Kappa Key Into Public Service Program
This is an opportunity specifically for liberal arts and sciences majors. Key into Public Service program, is a $5,000 undergraduate scholarship and educational conference experience that highlights pathways into local, state, and federal government work.
Phi Beta Kappa seeks applications from well-rounded arts, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, and social sciences students who possess an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher with an anticipated graduation date of Fall/Winter 2024 through Spring 2026. Characteristics of ideal recipients include intellectual curiosity, interdisciplinary breadth, and depth of arts and sciences coursework, leadership propensity, and service to others.
Students may apply here through January 22, 2024 or at pbk.org/ServiceScholarsApp.
Event Recap & Recording: Conversations Series With Dr. Phyllis Ryder and Sister Mary Brown
The Nashman Center and the University Writing program cosponsored this Conversation on Community Engaged Scholarship, the first in-person Conversation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists discussed what it means to share trust between community members and scholars, co-authored scholarship, and how racial identity influences these relationships.
Brown and Ryder’s article, “Black Leadership and Shared Humanity: A Profile of Generative Reciprocity for Racial Equity,” was published in the academic journal Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric. The article subsequently received the Conference on Community Writing's “Outstanding Article Award.”
Follow this link to the video recording of the event. ...continue reading "Event Recap & Recording: Conversations Series With Dr. Phyllis Ryder and Sister Mary Brown"
Register Now: 2024 CUMU Huddles Schedule
CUMU Huddles are informal, online learning communities for individuals from across the CUMU network to connect, learn, and collaborate around shared challenges and common goals. ...continue reading "Register Now: 2024 CUMU Huddles Schedule"
Call for Proposals: CUMU Impact Fellowship Deadline Approaching
The 2024 CUMU Impact Fellowship will provide one awardee with $5,000 to write a state-of-the-field report and provide leadership to CUMU's membership on initiatives related to impact in community engagement and/or regional impact. Prospective fellows should bring their own expertise and experience to bear in order to propose a project that leverages their strengths. Proposals are due January 8, 2024.
LEARN MORE & APPLY HERE ...continue reading "Call for Proposals: CUMU Impact Fellowship Deadline Approaching"
Sign Up Now: MLK Day of Service and Leadership
Join us for the MLK Day of Service and Leadership 2024! This transformative day includes direct service, engaging workshops, and reflective moments that empower individuals, foster community strength, break down barriers, tackle social issues, and bring us closer to Dr. King's vision of a "Beloved Community."
Be part of the impact by signing up as an individual or group for GW's 29th annual MLK DoS on Monday, January 15th, 2024. Click here to sign up and make a difference!
To get involved, please fill out this registration form!
Webinar Recording: Promising P&T Reforms for Societally-Impactful Research
Promising P&T Reforms for Societally-Impactful Research: Strategies and Opportunities, was held February 5th 2024. The recording is available here.
This session explored findings from a new white paper that scans promising reforms to faculty reward systems to recognize a wider range of scholarly contributions in promotion and tenure decisions. The project was commissioned by participants in the Transforming Evidence Funders Network (TEFN), facilitated by The Pew Charitable Trusts. ...continue reading "Webinar Recording: Promising P&T Reforms for Societally-Impactful Research"
Register Now: Campus Compact 24 Full Agenda now Online
Campus Compact has released the agenda for its 24th annual national conference which will be held April 7-10, 2024 in Denver. Early bird registration has been extended through January 15th. GW is a member institution of Campus Compact and faculty are encouraged to attend! Register here. Explore the full agenda. ...continue reading "Register Now: Campus Compact 24 Full Agenda now Online"
Apply Now: Alternative Breaks Trip Partner Application
GW Alternative Breaks is excited to announce that we will be running our International Alternative Spring Break Trip to Costa Rica this year! Having worked with Green Communities for many years now, we can’t wait to take another group of students to Costa Rica to learn more about organic coffee farming and sustainability through service.
We are looking for one faculty Learning Partner, two Trip Leaders, and 10 participants to come on this trip! Both Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome as Trip Leaders or Trip Participants.
Save the Date: CCPH Lunch and Learn: Sustaining Partnerships
From Community-Campus Partnerships for Health:
Don't miss out on the last Lunch & Learn of the year happening next week! Join us for this session on Sustaining Partnerships. During the training we'll outline strategies to sustain partnerships across funding cycles. The conversation will be held Wednesday, December 13th from 12-1pm EST. Register here.
Save the Date: Americorps December Evidence and Impact Webinar
Join AmeriCorps' Office of Research and Evaluation for our December Evidence and Impact Webinar celebrating the power of service. AmeriCorps invests in local partners leveraging the transformative relationship of local mission with national service. The webinar will be held Thursday, Dec. 14th at 3 p.m.. Register here. ...continue reading "Save the Date: Americorps December Evidence and Impact Webinar"
Resources and Good Reads: New Book, Reframing Community Engagement in Higher Education
Reframing Community Engagement In Higher Education addresses assumptions and challenges inherent within community engagement as a catalyst for developing students’ sense of civic responsibility at a time of rampant social polarization. Check it out here.
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Call for Proposals: 2024 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) National Meeting
Submit a 50-minute session or poster presentation for the 2024 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) National Meeting, which will be held from June 5-7 in Detroit, Michigan. Proposals are due February 5th. ...continue reading "Call for Proposals: 2024 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) National Meeting"
Campus Compact Dissertation Talk: The Experience of Community Engaged Researchers
“I was Invisible to them:” An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Community Engaged Researchers’ Experience of Institutional Support.
Dr. Emily Phaup, Professional Development Manager, Campus Compact
Register here:
https://leadcalifornia.org/dissertation-dish/ ...continue reading "Campus Compact Dissertation Talk: The Experience of Community Engaged Researchers"
Share With Students: Harvard Scholarship and Social Justice Undergraduate Research Conference
Know an undergrad conducting research which focuses on challenges facing society with regard to equity and inclusion and historically marginalized and under-represented communities? If yes, please share this image, click on the QR code to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2024 Scholarship & Social Justice Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference will be held on the campus of Harvard University on April 18th & 19th, 2024. Any questions: email Varsha, vghosh@fas.harvard.edu
