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Professor Leslie Jacobson, a Nashman Affiliate Faculty member and chairwoman of the Community Engagement and the Arts Faculty Learning Community, was honored at a retirement celebration commemorating her 42 years of teaching at GW and her commitment to students and the community.  Read this amazing writeup in GW Today about the event here.  You can click here to learn more about our FLCs and click here to learn more about our other great Nashman Affiliate Faculty.

Campus Compact has released their August 2018 newsletter, announcing the dates for upcoming regional conferences in Spring 2019.

The Western Region of Campus Compact invites you to submit proposals for the 20th Continuums of Service Conference, which will take place from March 6-8 2019 at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego in San Diego, California.

The theme of the conference is Beyond Borders: Embracing Multiple Ways of Knowing and Being.  Conference participants will explore how we can reach out beyond borders of nations, neighborhoods, communities, ways of knowing, and identities to think more inclusively about our work.  The conference will engage students, faculty, administrators, and community partners in forward-thinking and inclusive dialogue designed to stimulate movement-building for a more just, equitable, and sustainable future for all.

Anyone interested can submit proposals here by September 14, 2018.  For more information about the conference, including a schedule of programs and events, registrations information, and more, visit their website here.

Interested faculty should also save the date for the Eastern Region Campus Compact Bi-Annual Conference on Education for Democracy: Innovating for Complex Times.  The conference will take place from March 25-27 2019 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Lastly, faculty should save the date for the 2019 Midwest Campus Compact Conference, which will take place in Minnesota on May 30-31, 2019.  Registration will begin in Spring 2019, but a list of registration fees can be found here

The Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE), part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, has released a detailed report, Election Imperatives, which details ten recommendations to increase college student voting and improve political learning and engagement in democracy.

This report, endorsed by organizations such as Campus Compact and the Association of American Colleges and Universities, compares today's rising student interest in politics to the 1960s, but cautions that students and votes ages 18-21 have a very low turnout rate.  The report encourages us to view today's heated political climate as an opportunity to recommit ourselves to learning for democracy as a national priority.

The ten recommendations the report provides are:

1. Reflect on past elections and reimagine 2018
2. Remove barriers to student voting
3. Develop informed voters
4. Establish a permanent and inclusive coalition to improve the climate for learning and participation
5. Invest in the right kind of training
6. Talk politics across campus
7. Involve faculty across disciplines in elections
8. Increase and improve campus issue discussions across disciplines
9. Support Student activism and leadership
10. Empower students to create a buzz around the elections

 

http://www.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=PbIUans8QeQ%3D

Please encourage your students to apply for positions at the Nashman Center by today using the above link.  This is a great opportunity for students to be part of the scholarship of engagements!

Here is an opportunity for students to earn credits over the summer at Georgetown-financial support is available. This online, summer, variable credit course called Intersections of Social Justice that runs out of the Center for Social Justiceat Georgetown University. The 1, 2, or 3 credit course is administered through our Summer School and thus we seek enrollment from students from other institutions of higher education. The course is an ideal academic complement and supportive community of peers and mentors for your undergraduate students who will be engaged in deep, community-based and/or social justice work throughout this summer. The course uses the online platform CANVAS and is June 4 - July 27, 2018.

Students have been successful in getting course credit towards filling their elective requirement OR for their majors in Peace Studies, Sociology, Culture & Politics, among others. Intersections is approved as a "community-based learning" course at Georgetown, though we often say that it is a "learn service" course, not a service-learning course. Note that the cost per credit is $1,400.

The reflection and coursework attempts to wrap-around students' lived experiences as interns, volunteers, or in work placements and be immediately relevant to students. We find students who have placements that are 12-30 hours/week are most successful in this course. As examples, here is the Google Doc version of the curriculum for Module A1: Conflict Analysis and Mapping created and taught by Dr. Michael Loadenthal and here is the curriculum for Module A2:Cultural Humility in Social Justice created and taught by Amanda Munroe, MA. We can provide the full curriculum to University officials who approve course credit, if necessary. I can assure you it has been presented to every Deans office among other bodies here at Georgetown and gained unanimous approval.

Important Note: There are tuition-based scholarships available - first-come, first-serve basis (not need-based) - for Visiting Students! 

Steps for your students to enroll - registration is now open!

1. Fill out the Intersections Google interest form HERE.

2. We review the form, ensure student has appropriate placement set up, and we approve their registration into the course at the number of credits they want. We direct them to register as a Visiting Student for Summer School.

3. Student should fill out THIS SCHOLARSHIP FORM. My understanding is that these scholarships for non-Georgetown students are first-come/first-serve; the scholarship is 1/3 of the tuition cost. A student can appeal (for example, based on need) for coverage for up to 2/3 of the tuition cost.

If you are interested in registering your classes with the Nashman Center for next semester and haven't done so yet please sign up to do so by March 16th!

The link to sign up for Community-Engaged Scholarship designation is here: http://www.gwnashmancenter.org/course-designation-1

If you need more information, you can find it here:

http://www.gwnashmancenter.org/about-nashman-courses

The Bonner Foundation invites you to join a one-hour introduction by Scott Myers-Lipton on starting a Social Action Course on your campus.  This webinar is for any student, staff, or faculty member who wants to understand this approach for teaching students how to "do social action" not just learn the theory and practice.

The webinar is scheduled for February 16 at 3:00 pm EST.  Please email rhackett@bonner.org if you are interested in joining the webinar so we can email you the dial-in directions and the meeting handouts

You can visit the Bonner Wiki here to see more resources on social action courses. 

There are some great events for Black History Month and beyond through the DC Area Educators for Social Justice Network.  Black Lives Matter events are happening throughout February.  Link below for stories and events.

http://www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/stories/in-a-school-where-black-lives-matter

Check in on this presentation via live stream, both to learn about this important project and to consider an interesting way for your students to share their community-engaged scholarship.

Thursday, February 8th: Promoting Inclusive Health Care for the Transgender Community: A Student-Led Presentation

In this Diversity Lunch and Learn Session, Carolyn Chappell and Tamara Fowler, both GW School of Nursing ABSN students will discuss their work with Dr. Dana Hines, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, on creating affirming environments of care for transgender women living with HIV.

Location: GW VSTC Campus Innovation Hall 105 and Live Streaming via at http://facebook.com/gwnursing

Time: 12:00 pm - 12: 50 pm

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Diversity Lunch and Learn Speaker Series Spring 2018

GW is participating in the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL), a research study that provides important insights on the leadership development, civic engagement, and involvement experiences of college students. We are excited to start analyzing this data and share findings with you. If you or your graduate students are interested in utilizing this data to study issues related to the college student experience, particularly the predictors of leadership development, civic responsibility, wellbeing, social perspective taking, or a number of other constructs, please contact Wendy Wagner (wagnerw@gwu.edu).   Click here for more information about the international study.

In order to have good data to work with, we need a good response rate. Please encourage your students to participate in the study!  Students have already been selected at random and sent an email with a link to the survey. Please mention the study in class, by email or Blackboard post and encourage students to check their email to see if they were selected.

Only this morning, one of my own students emailed to let me know that she enjoyed the survey and the reflection it has sparked on her years at GW and her priorities moving forward. Students who participate will also be entered into a random chance to win one (1) $200 Visa gift card, two (2) $100 Visa gift cards, one (1) $100 Southwest Airlines voucher, four (4) $50 GW Bookstore gift cards, and two (2) $25 Starbucks gift cards, as well as two gift cards of $500 each, 10 gift cards of $250 each, and 15 gift cards of $100 each.