Send in your application or nominate someone to apply for the Julian Clement Chase Prize for Community Impact. This award is the leading prize to honor GW students for excellence in community service impact. Applications will highlight the work being done this year! You can nominate yourself or others. The prize provides lasting examples of the impact that students can have when working with members of the community to enhance the quality of life in the DC community. Click here to learn more.
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Share With Students: Register for the Nashman Center’s 2023 Veteran Day of Service
The 2023 Veteran Day of Service (VDoS) will take place on Saturday, March 25th from 10AM-4PM. Registration is open between now and March 21st, 2023. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are welcome to register. Click here to register
VDoS brings together military-affiliated and civilian populations to serve those who have served, connect GW students, faculty and staff with the larger community, and elevate communities across the DC Metro region.
Call for Papers: Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities
The Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities has opened a call for papers for a special edition journal on "Productive Tensions and Uncomfortable Conversations". Submission deadline is June 15th 2023. Learn more here. ...continue reading "Call for Papers: Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities"
Save the Date: Panel on Peer Review in Community Engagement Journals
The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning is hosting a panel discussion on "Peer Review in Community Engagement Journals" next Friday, March 24th from 1-2:30 PM ET on Zoom. Register here. ...continue reading "Save the Date: Panel on Peer Review in Community Engagement Journals"
Call for Proposals: Higher Education for the World We Need
The Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative has opened a call for proposals on "Higher Education for the World We Need". This will be a co-edited blog series and anticipated edited volume. The Collaborative seeks 1,000 - 2,000 word, public-facing, online essays to be considered for publication as part of a collection on the theme - Higher Education for the World We Need - at https://www.cbglcollab.org/blog. The essay submission deadline is March 30, 2023. Follow this link for more information.
Good Reads: “The Development of the Community Impact Feedback Questionnaire for Service Learning”
The Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities has released a new publication on "The Development of the Community Impact Feedback Questionnaire for Service-Learning: A Delphi Study". Read the article here. ...continue reading "Good Reads: “The Development of the Community Impact Feedback Questionnaire for Service Learning”"
Share With Students: Call for Applications for Civic Changemakers Summer Internship Program
Civic Changemakers is an 8-week in-person paid internship! Civic Changemakers is a part of a larger national internship, the Emerson Collective Youth Collaborative (ECYC).
Join our team to build your skills, and your network while you make a difference in the lives of middle school students in Washington, DC!
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! APPLY HERE! To be added to our list to receive the application link, please contact us at changemakers@gwu.edu. ...continue reading "Share With Students: Call for Applications for Civic Changemakers Summer Internship Program"
Call for Applications: Institute of Civic Studies and Learning for Democracy
Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Institute of Civic Studies and Learning for Democracy (ICSLD), to be held at James Madison University September 3-10, 2023. ...continue reading "Call for Applications: Institute of Civic Studies and Learning for Democracy"
Register Now: Dr. Maranda Ward Co-Facilitating Campus Compact Event on Supporting Equity-Focused Community-Based Research
Dr. Maranda Ward will be co-facilitating a Sustained Conversation Group in partnership with Campus Compact on Supporting Equity-Focused Community-Based Research. The conversation series is kicking off in February. For those registered, you will be contacted directly by co-facilitators around next steps and the schedule of meetings. Everyone can view the registration lists here. If you haven’t signed up yet but want to, please complete this form.
GW News and Events: Dr. Leslie Jacobson Hosting Weekly Theatre Workshop at Street Sense Media
Dr. Leslie Jacobson, GW Professor Emerita of Theatre, has been running a weekly Theatre Workshop at Street Sense Media since late August. There is a performance on Sunday morning, at 9 a.m. at the Church of the Epiphany (on G Street NW, near the corner of 13th Street NW). Through prose, poetry, song, and music, eight writers/performers share insights about being houseless and the meaning of home. Perhaps there are some early risers who would like to come and see this first performance. It is free, and lasts about 40 minutes, followed by a short talk-back with the audience.
Register Now: CUMU Open House on New Programming and Ways to get Involved with CUMU
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities is hosting an open-house on Feb. 9th from 1-2 pm EST virtually. Register here
GW is a member of CUMU and faculty have access to all of their programming. ...continue reading "Register Now: CUMU Open House on New Programming and Ways to get Involved with CUMU"
Save the Date: Webinar on Fostering Critical Global Citizenship
Come and join a discussion of ongoing work at Worcester Polytechnic Institute by Kathleen Head, Director of the Global Experience Office and Dr. Sarah Stanlick, Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative and Global Studies and the Director of the Great Problems Seminar. The webinar will be held Feb. 8th from 11:00-12:15 pm. Learn more or register
...continue reading "Save the Date: Webinar on Fostering Critical Global Citizenship"
Funding Opportunities: HumanitiesDC Funding Opportunities Available
GRANT APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
HumanitiesDC grants have been open for two weeks and we have been excited to engage with those who have already joined our grants overview sessions. Over the next month, we will have specific webinars for you to ask questions regarding the grant of your interest. Sign up here. ...continue reading "Funding Opportunities: HumanitiesDC Funding Opportunities Available"
Call for Proposals: Coalition for Community Writing Conference on Community Writing
The Coalition for Community Writing is happy to remind you that the proposal submission portal is open for the October 12-14 conference in Denver, and we will be accepting proposals until February 5, 2023.
https://whova.com/portal/
Register Now: IMPACT National Conference at UMass Amherst
This year’s IMPACT National Conference will be held at UMass Amherst Feb. 23-26. If you want to be a part of this gathering there is still time to take advantage of the early bird registration rate of $220 through Jan. 31. You can register and find out more information here.
The IMPACT Conference is the largest national gathering of student leaders, administrators, faculty, and nonprofit staff committed to engaging college students in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work. ...continue reading "Register Now: IMPACT National Conference at UMass Amherst"
