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Join Campus Compact and the American Association of Colleges and Universities in the effort to better the strategies used to increase student civic engagement. They will be creating teams to audit the strategies that have already been in place as a means to creating new and improved ones. The info session for this program will be held on March 27,2024 at 2:30 pm. Click here to learn more.

Engineering Projects In Community Service in IEEE is calling for proposals for service learning projects around addressing the technological needs of communities around the world. EPIC in IEEE is partnering with the Industry Application Society in this project to support service learning initiatives. The deadline is May 1,2024. Click here to learn more and apply.

The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) released a statement on community engaged scholarship. The statement advises on the various components of community engaged scholarship. Click here to read the full statement. Thank you to Dr. Ryder for passing along this information.

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.

Webinar is February 5, 2024, 2pm, Register here

This webinar will explore findings from a new white paper from the Pew Charitable Trusts  that scans promising reforms to faculty reward systems to recognize a wider range of scholarly contributions in promotion and tenure decisions. The project was commissioned by participants in the Transforming Evidence Funders Network (TEFN), facilitated by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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There is always more evidence that community engaged scholarship is valuable. This study from the Pew Charitable Trusts reports that higher education is increasingly rewarding faculty for this work as well.

Universities Take Promising Steps to Reward Research that Benefits Society

The paper provides cases from 13 universities and 10 higher education organizations that offer faculty incentives and benefits (mainly through tenure and promotion policies) for scholarship that has public benefit.

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.

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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Master Teacher in the GWTeach Program, SuJin Choi identified how limited internet and hands-on learning accessibility during COVID-19 hindered D.C. Public School students, slowly creating a learning gap.

A Look Into: (CES course) The GW Teach Program 

Professor: SuJin Choi 

The GWTeach program is an academic minor that prepares students in STEM majors for teaching licensure in Washington, D.C. In courses like GTCH 1002: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design, students design, teach, and assess learning in a STEM lesson. Students engage directly in local classrooms, like McKinley Middle School and DC Preparatory Academy, mentored by a Master Teacher. 

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Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is, “a partnership approach to research that equitably involves community members, organizational representatives, and academic researchers in all aspects of the research process. It enables all partners to contribute their expertise, with shared responsibility and ownership; it enhances the understanding of a given phenomenon; and, it integrates the knowledge gained with action to improve the health and well-being of community members, such as through interventions and policy change” (Israel, Schulz, Parker, and Becker, 1998).

The Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service supports CBPR through faculty mini-grants, student research prizes, and professional development programs like Faculty Learning Communities (FLC).

This collection of resources is the outcome of the 2022 FLC on CBPR in Health and the 2019 FLC on CBPR Basics.

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We are proud to announce that for the 2023-24 year, Dr. Tamara Taggart will be serving as the Nashman Center Faculty Fellow. During the coming year, Dr. Taggart will conduct community-engaged formative research (surveys, interviews, focus groups, and environmental scans) to develop an Activist in Residence (AiR) program.

Activists in Residence is a practice model that provides opportunities for activists to engage with an academic community to develop and strengthen their capacity, network, resources, and work.

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The Conversations on Community Engaged Scholarship Series is back for 2023-24.   Join us for the first event of the year:

Community Based Participatory Research and the IRB Review
Wednesday, Oct 4, 4-5pm, by zoom

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The PAGE Fellows Program invites graduate students to participate in a yearlong working group in support of collaborative art-making, teaching, writing, storytelling, and co-creating knowledge with and within community. Apply here ...continue reading "Share With Students: PAGE Fellowship Application Deadline Approaching"

Metropolitan Universities journal updates

Recently published

Vol. 34 No. 2: The Pedagogy of Place-Based Initiatives and Anchor Institutions

Guest editors: Patrick M. Green and Susan Haarman, Loyola University Chicago

Open calls for manuscripts

Metropolitan Universities journal accepts manuscripts on an ongoing basis on scholarship and research relevant to our urban and metropolitan campuses and communities. Review our Aims and Scope for more information. Submit Complete Manuscript

Productive Tensions and Uncomfortable Conversations

Guest editors: Matthew Durington, Towson University; Katherine Feely, John Carroll University; and Jen Britton, Drexel University

Complete manuscripts due: August 1