The Changemakers Retreat is an in-person leadership development experience intended to hone skills, build community, and empower current and aspiring boundary-spanners and changemakers. This will be a four-day retreat from June 24-27, 2024 at Towson University. Click here to learn more.
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Help Support Now: Protect AmeriCorps Funding
Congress is considering making deep cuts to the AmeriCorps funding. AmeriCorps members help make change possible on college campuses across the nation, including ours. Join campus compact in reaching out to lawmakers to show support to AmeriCorps. Click here to support.
Apply Now: Mellon Foundation’s Civic Engagement and Voting Rights Teacher Scholars Program
The Civic Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars program provides a space for teachers to create curriculums that for the American democracy. Teachers will be working with professionals from different areas of study from all around the nation to create course materials. This is a compensated opportunity. Apply by February 15th, 2024. Click here to apply and for more information
Register Now: Transform Mid Atlantic Spring 2024 TMA Regional Civic Engagement Summit
Join the Transform Mid-Atlantic Region on April 6th, 2023 for the Spring 2024 TMA Regional Civic Engagement Summit. Come together with peers and colleagues from the region to build leadership, media, and civic engagement skills. There will be workshops for students faculty and administrators led by national organizations dedicated to advancing responsible civic leadership, meaningful dialogue, and sustainable campus democratic engagement plans. There will also be an opportunity for student leaders from throughout the region to engage in a poster session related to the conference’s theme. The partners for this summit are ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Towson University, New Politics Leadership Academy, Urban Rural Action, AASCU American Democracy Project, and other regional leaders. The summit will be hosted at Towson University. Early bird registration ends on February 25. Regular registration ends on March 15th. Click here for more information
Call for Papers: Metropolitan Universities
Metropolitan Universities Journal is accepting submissions for an issue on Exploring the Role of Higher Education in Prison and Returning Citizens on Campuses and Communities. This issue will have guest editors Darren Wheelock and Theresa Tobin from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. Manuscripts must be submitted by May 1st, 2024. This issue is scheduled for publication in December 2024/January 2025. Click here to learn more.
Calling for Proposals: The Engagement Scholarship Consortium 2024 Conference
The Engagement Scholarship Consortium will be hosting their 2024 conference themed “Pathways to Prosperity: Building Sustainable Futures through Community Engagement”. The conference will be held in Oregon on October 9-10, 2024 with a pre conference on October 7-8, 2024. The conference will explore the impacts of work done by the community and strategies for the advancement of community engagement. Proposals are due by April 1, 2024. Click here to learn more.
Apply for Funding: Intramural Funding for Scholarly and Research Projects (Fiscal Year 2025)
Apply for funding from the University Facilitating Fund, Cross Disciplinary Research Fund, and Humanities Facilitating Fund. For more information about these funds please click the accompanying links.
Call for Proposals: Collaboration for a Better World: Global Learning, Hope, and Justice
The Community-Based Global Learning Summit will be held on Nov 8 - 10, 2024 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA. Each CBGL Summit is geared to stimulating conversations about improving community engagement. This conversation is held with students, faculty, and community partners. The theme of the summit is Collaboration for a Better World: Global Learning, Hope, and Justice. The proposal deadline is midnight EDT on Monday, March 18, 2024. Click here to learn more and submit a proposal.
Good Reads: GW Serves: Senior’s Statistical Study Supports Sidewalk Safety
Check out this article in GW Today about senior Sahas Srinivasan who did great volunteer work with the Capitol Hill Village Sidewalk Safety Team to help improve pedestrian safety. Click here to read more.
Register Now: 13th Annual Regional Conference on Teaching, Learning, & Scholarship hosted by Frostburg State University
The Center for Teaching Excellence at Frostburg State University is hosting the 13th Annual Regional Conference on Teaching, Learning, & Scholarship to be held on Friday, March 15, 2024 at Frostburg State University. The conference will help foster new ideas and strategies around community engagement. Click here to learn more and register.
Good Reads: Building Bridges With Communities
George Washington University School of Nursing Associate Professor Sherrie Flynt Wallington went into DC communities and worked with Black fathers addressing the role they play addressing the disparities in maternal mortality. Read this Q&A with Associate Professor Sherrie Flynt Wallington published in GW Research Magazine.
Apply Now: Engaged Scholars Initiative
Join Campus Compact in partnership with University of Nebraska at Omaha as a part of the 2024-2025 Engaged Scholars Initiative cohort. This year long programming is geared to early career scholars who are interested in developing leadership skills in civic and community engagement. GW’s Dr. Maranda Ward was part of this program in 2023 and we encourage GW faculty to participate.
Applications are due Friday April 19th, 2024. Click here to learn more.
Good Reads: Aligning Open Educational Resources and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The American Association of Colleges and Universities has published new research on using open educational Resources as a strategy for improving diversity, equity, and inclusion. "Leveraging Open Educational Resources to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Guide for Campus Change Agents is designed to support the integration of OER and DEI efforts within higher education institutions". Read the published work here. The AAC&U also hosted a webinar on the research a recording of the webinar can be viewed here.
Save The Date: Register and Submit Proposals For the 2023 IARSLCE Conference
The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement is hosting their 2023 conference themed Redefining Research, Access, & Inclusion in SLCE. Join SLCE in furthering accessibility to service-learning and community engagement. The conference will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana from October 25-27, 2023. Registration and proposal requests will open on May 1, 2023. Click here to learn more and register.
Register: Connecting With Your Community Through the Classroom: A SENCER On-Line Workshop
Come and learn about Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER). The SENCER approach to learning "provides a framework for students to contextualize their education through civic and community engagement with STEM concepts where they can see the impact of their learning and make connections beyond the classroom". Register to learn more about the SENCER approach April 28th, 2023 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (CDT). Click here to learn more and register.
