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Published on Leave a comment on Webinar: National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service

This National Commission has recommended supporting civic education and service-learning through new legislation and appropriations designated to the US Department of Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

"The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service is the first entity in American history charged with conducting a comprehensive and holistic review of all forms of service to the nation.  While civic education and service-learning was not in the Commission’s mandate, it quickly become an issue the Commission studied closely. The Commission released its final report, Inspired to Serve, to Congress, the President, and the American public on March 25, 2020. The report covers a broad range of topics that impacts K-12 and higher education and you were recommended as someone who might be interested in our recommendations.

The Commission invites you to join a briefing on their final report, the briefings focused on higher education are on May 7 and May 19th, 1-2pm. Rsvp to Morgan Levey for the link: Morgan.N.Levey@inspire2serve.gov

Published on Leave a comment on 2020 Virtual Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship: Welcome

Welcome to the final day of our first-ever "Virtual Symposium." At this point, nearly 200 people have voted for the Audience Choice Award. 

Many thanks to the student presenters and their faculty for sharing their community engagement projects here. Thanks also to the community organizations who partnered with GW students and faculty this year.

In the posts that follow this message, we encourage you to view the student presentations and leave a comment. The Nashman Affiliate Faculty will be reviewing student presentations to select Community Engaged Scholarship Exemplars, as well as recipients of the Nashman Prize for Community Based Participatory Research.

YOU are needed to help select the Symposium Audience Choice Award. Click on this link to cast your vote for best Symposium presentation. Be sure to encourage your friends and colleagues to submit their choice as well.

Note: This blog has a variety of content, so if you have navigated to this post rather than linking to it, you may need to click here to filter all subsequent posts as Symposium presentations.

Published on Leave a comment on Thank You for Participating in the Spring 2020 Symposium

Thank you for viewing student presentations for the Spring 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.

Winners of the Nashman Prize for Community Based Participatory Research, the Community Engaged Scholarship Exemplars, and the Audience Choice Award will be announced in this space on Friday, May 1st.

Please remember to vote for the Audience Choice Award!

Published on Leave a comment on Summer Opportunity for Remote Service with DC Public Schools

Students who already have clearance to serve with DC Public Schools have an opportunity to serve as remote tutors/ mentors with DCPS students this summer.

DCPS service clearance lasts for two years, so students who served there from Fall 2018 are still eligible.

Interested participants will work in coordination with the Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic, D.C. Public Schools, select community partners, and participating universities to meet the tutoring and mentoring needs of select D.C. Public Schools, teachers, and students during this COVID period.

Interested participants should complete this online survey by Thursday, April 30th.

Published on Leave a comment on World Economic Forum Hosts Virtual Meeting: Civic Participation Map and Effects of COVID

The World Economic Forum is working to map the effects of COVID-19 on a variety of inter-related topics, including civic participation. You are invited to participate in this process.

As co-curators of the Civic Participation map, we want to capture the immediate, near-term and long-term effects of the virus’ impact on civic participation.

Participate in a virtual meeting Wednesday April 29, from 1:30-3:00pm ET to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on civic participation. Specifically, feedback will be collected on:

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Published on Leave a comment on Engaging Your Community Online About Voting
The National Conference on Citizenship will host an online "Learning Circle" this Wednesday about engaging your communities online about voting. This is particularly timely, as the pandemic drives rapid change in the way elections are being administered.
Join us Wednesday at 2pm ET with Kathryn Quintin from the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition and voting communications expert Brad Bauman to discuss great strategies and tools to ramp up online efforts to educate your communities about how to build an inclusive culture ahead of the 2020 election - while protecting public health. This presentation will build on incredible work that Kathryn and Brad have been doing over the last 6 weeks to rapidly adapt voter engagement programs to meet the needs of this moment.

Published on Leave a comment on New Article: Universities Must Help Shape Post-COVID World

Ira Harkavy, a leader in community engaged scholarship shares this article he co-authored, calling on academics and community partners to "work together to develop democratic civic universities dedicated to producing knowledge and educating ethical, empathetic students for just and sustainable democratic societies." In this piece, they argue that, "doing this work is essential if we are to create a better post-COVID-19 world."

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200413152542750

Published on Leave a comment on CCMA Discussion on Food Security Initiatives During COVID
Join Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic and your colleagues in this Zoom call for a discussion of supporting food security initiatives during social distancing.
Thursday, April 30 at 11:00 am, register here. 

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Published on Leave a comment on Virtual Service Opportunity with People with Disabilities
The volunteer coordinator for Seeking Employment Equality and Community (for people with developmental disabilities), or SEEC has reached out to GW about virtual volunteer opportunities.

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Published on Leave a comment on Friday AAC&U Webinar on Improving Voter Engagement through Pedagogy
There is a lot happening right now in the world of college student voter engagement, but not as much of it is related to course-based connections. This webinar should be interesting.
Details
Date: April 24, 2020
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Cost: FREE

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Published on Leave a comment on Community Campus Partnerships For Health Webinar: Essential Employees

Community Campus Partnerships For Health is co-hosting a webinar series: Ensuring Equity in the Time of COVID-19. The next scheduled webinar is:

Behind the Scenes and In the Shadows: Essential Employees in COVID-19
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 1pm EST
Register Here.

Speakers:

  • Madeline Sterling, MD, Internal Medicine Physician at Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Antonio Tovar, PhD, Interim Executive Director of Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.
  • Faith Wiggins, MS Director - 1199SEIU Home Care Industry Education Fund

http://www.ccphealth.org/covid-19-equity/?mc_cid=2573035412&mc_eid=5b0828c4a4

 

Published on Leave a comment on What Better Time to Engage Students in Electoral Processes?

In a recent Inside Higher Ed article by Michael Roth (President of Wesleyen University) offers suggestions and resources for encouraging student engagement in the coming elections. This is a good piece, full of links to data and actionable involvement by faculty. Share this one with your colleagues, it's important.

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/03/30/virtuous-contagion-needed-stimulate-participation-2020-elections-opinion

CIRCLE, a terrific research think tank around all things related to the youth vote has also shared this piece on reaching young voters while they are "stuck at home."

If you are interested in what is happening here at GW, allow me to introduce you to GWVotes: https://serve.gwu.edu/gw-votes. As the Roth article makes clear, faculty have a role to play - so get involved, get your students involved. It's time.

 

Published on Leave a comment on New Plan for a National Public Service Model Released

The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service has released their final report with, "a bold vision and comprehensive plan to strengthen all forms of service to address critical security and domestic needs, invigorate civil society, and strengthen our democracy."

Read on for a link to the full report, as well as links to several virtual town halls being held to discuss the findings and recommendations in the report.

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Published on Leave a comment on Annual Campus Compact Conference: Virtual and Free for All

This is a great opportunity for faculty and staff who have never attended a Campus Compact Conference to get a sense of the conversations we have there. It starts on Monday, May 11, 2020 with presentations on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWMJpkWuFCw).

Click here for the schedule: https://events.compact.org

The keynote presenter kicks off the conference on Monday, May 11th at 3:30pm.

Raj Vinnakota, the new president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, has recently authored From Civic Education to a Civic Learning Ecosystem, a white paper that explores the existing landscape of civic learning and opportunities to improve it. He will share the key conclusions from the research, along with practical steps colleges and universities can take to contribute to democratic renewal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWMJpkWuFCw

 

Published on Leave a comment on Introduction to High-Impact Practices: Webinar by George Kuh
If you are not familiar with the research evidence behind "high-impact practices" in higher education (service-learning is among them), we recommend this webinar. Dr. George Kuh is the researcher behind the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), and will describe how he used this huge data-set to determine the campus experiences that lead to student success.
Introduction to High-Impact Practices
Apr 21, 2020 01:00 PM in Eastern Time
Register Here:

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