Our congratulations to Nashman Center Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Tamara Taggart, on being selected to this new role with the DC CFAR (Center for AIDS Research). Their "Core" program was created to help prepare the next generation of DC-based HIV investigators for leadership positions in the DC CFAR. Dr. Taggart is a faculty member in the GWSPH.
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Uriyoán Colón-Ramos Selected to Public Voices Fellowship
2023-2024 Public Voices Fellow, AcademyHealth
Our congratulations to Nashman Center Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Colón-Ramos, on being selected to this fellowship. AcademyHealth is an organization whose mission is to improve health and health care for all by advancing evidence to inform policy and practice. The AcademyHealth Public Voices Fellowsship is a prestigious leadership program to accelerate the ideas and public impact of a core group of 20 of fellows. Dr. Colón-Ramos is a faculty member in the GWSPH.
CUMU Impact Fellowship, Proposals Due Jan 8
CUMU Impact Fellow
George Washington University is an institutional member for the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities.
PROPOSALS DUE: January 8
The awardee will receive a $5,000 award to research and produce a report related to impact, data, and metrics; lead a CUMU Huddle on impact; and serve on the 2024 ALN Action Summit Committee.
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Good Read: Institutional Support for Community Engaged Research
New from Metropolitan Universities Journal
Vol. 34 No. 5 (2023): Developing and Sustaining Institutional Support for Community-Engaged Research
Guest editors: Emily Zimmerman, Ph.D., and Sarah Raskin, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Community-engaged research is a critical component of the community engagement landscape, as well as broadening the research enterprise at urban campuses to include communities. Creating the essential infrastructure to support this work requires new ways of thinking about the role of institutions and interdisciplinary programs in community engagement, research development, and research support. Applying the models and frameworks in this issue can provide approaches for campuses to strengthen and commit to community-engaged research in strategic ways.
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CUMU Invites Applicants for 2024 Anchor Learning Network
Whether your campus has a clearly articulated anchor mission or is new to this work, we invite individuals from CUMU member campuses to apply for the 2024 Anchor Learning Network—a learning community designed to build individual capacity for anchor work and to connect your campus to this powerful network.
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IARSLCE 2023 Conference Recordings Available
Recordings of the keynote speeches from last month's annual conference of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement are now available.
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Event: CCPH Hosting Faith Health Lecture Series, Nov 28th
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a co-sponsor of the 8th Annual John W. Hatch Faith Health Lecture
Transforming the Narrative: Amplifying Voices, Addressing Disparities, Promoting Justice
- Date: November 28th, 2023
- Time: 9 AM - 2:30 PM
- Location: In-person & virtual
- Fee: No fee, but registration is required by Nov 20th. Lunch will be provided.
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Conversation Recap: CBPR and the IRB Review
On October 4, 2023, the Nashman Center hosted a Conversations on Community Engaged Scholarship event on Community-Based Participatory Research and the IRB Review, in partnership with GW's Office of Human Research (OHR/IRB).
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Event Recap: Nashman Center Hosts “Partnering to Sustain High-Impact Tutoring”
Last Tuesday (9/14/23), the Nashman Center brought together local and regional researchers and practitioners to share effective practices and explore together how to sustain individualized education and high-impact tutoring once the recovery funds are no longer available.
The day included keynote remarks from Cindy Marten, US Department of Education Deputy Secretary, who shared her appreciation for the example set by the Nashman Center's programs engaging students as high-impact tutors, particularly the intensive training provided by the Math Matters program.
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Book Launch Event: Anti-Racist Community Engagement
Join Campus Compact for a book launch event
Thursday, Sept 21, 3-4:15pm
Register here
Join us for the launch of a significant book that tackles the critical issue of community engagement in higher education. Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices is a thought-provoking publication that focuses on the community-engaged traditions that BIPOC academics and community members have created through more than a century of collaboration across university and community.
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TRUCEN Fall 2023 Network Meeting: The Role of Civic & Community Engagement in our Cities
All faculty, staff, and students from The Research University Civic Engagement Network (GW is a member) are encouraged to attend.
Guided by his recent book, In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower, Davarian L. Baldwin will lead us in conversation about how the higher education model of civic and community engagement has and (in many cases) hasn’t served its mission to address systemic inequities.
Join Fall 2023 Community of Practice: National Campus Compact
Join a Fall 2023 Community of Practice (CoP)
Develop a repertoire of resources, skills, and knowledge to use in your practice through one of Campus Compact's Fall 2023 CoPs!
Available CoPs include:
- Collaboration for Better Practice: Creating Synergy Across all Sectors to Better Impact the Field
- Strategies to Grow the Movement of Teaching Social Action
- Student Success and Civic Engagement
- We're All In This Together: Building a Network of Mutualism among Young Community-Engaged Professionals
Event Recap: Welcome to Community Engaged Scholarship
Last Friday (date) the Nashman Center gathered leaders of local community organizations and student leaders for panel discussions aimed at preparing students in Community Engaged Scholarship courses this semester to maximize their experience.
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Register Now: The Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative Annual Institute
The Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative is excited to gather with friends and colleagues at Haverford College, just outside Philadelphia, on November 10 and 11, to focus on expanding our local and international understanding of global positionality, responsibility, and opportunity! The early bird registration rate ends on Friday (9/15)! This is a great gathering to bring together your colleagues in international education, civic engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and sustainability.
In addition to the institute, consider:
- an online series on employing the Global Solidarity, Local Actions Toolkit (if you can’t join us in person)
- a pre-institute gathering on Fair Trade Learning
- a pre-institute gathering on the Global Solidarity, Local Actions Toolkit
GW Offers Cultural Diplomacy and Engagement Training
