Join AmeriCorps’ Office of Research and Evaluation on Tuesday, December 1st from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET as they discuss the following two questions:
...continue reading "Register Now: Latinx Civic Engagement: Building, Connecting, and Expanding"
The International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement (IARSLCE) will be hosting a virtual gathering from November 15-17. ...continue reading "Upcoming- Save the Date: IARSLCE Virtual Gathering"
The Academic Minute, AAC&U’s radio segment, features professors and researchers from colleges and universities around the world, discussing the ways in which academic research contributes to serving the public good. ...continue reading "Call for Submissions: AAC&U’s “Academic Minute” Seeks Submissions"
The annual Nashman Center Community Engaged Faculty awards recognize excellence in community engaged scholarship and teaching. Award recipients demonstrate GW’s values for this work. Their community engagement strengthens their scholarship (teaching, research, or creative activities), and their scholarship enhances the quality of the community partnership and the community outcomes. Award criteria and application process are available on our website: Learn more and apply.
...continue reading "Nashman Center Faculty Awards: Apply Dec 1"
Antwan Jones and Greg Squires were featured on WAMU/DCist this week to discuss their new study on the relationship between cardiovascular health and affordable housing. ...continue reading "Community Update: Antwan Jones and Greg Squires on WAMU"
The 25th annual PACE conference is seeking 60-minute workshop proposals in the following tracks: Capacity-building, Pedagogy, Research and Theory, Community Partnership Development and Sustainability, and Dialogue & Civil Discourse. The deadline for proposals is November 10th. ...continue reading "Call for Proposals: NCCC Pathways to Achieving Engagement Conference"
Join the Collaboratory team on Thursday, October 14th at 3:00 p.m. ET, as they provide an overview of data and trends from the 40+ colleges and universities in their community. ...continue reading "Register Now: Identifying Inter-institutional Trends to Revitalize Engagement Strategies"
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Center for University Excellence at American University (AU CUE) released a report today titled, “Academic Year 2021-2022: Are College Campuses Ready?” ...continue reading "Community Update: AAC&U and AU CUE Release a New Report"
On Friday, October 1st from 1:00-2:30 pm EST, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health will be hosting a webinar titled, “At The Heart of the Matter: Taking Care of our Mental Health.” ...continue reading "Register Now: At The Heart of the Matter: Taking Care of our Mental Health"
AACUcivic shared an important innovation from Tufts University’s Institute for Democracy & Higher Education today. The “IDHE’s Campus Boundaries Project allows institutional leaders, students, civic organizations, activists, and public officials to examine where Congressional and State district lines are currently drawn. With this tool, users can identify student communities of interest, particularly minority student populations, that are at risk of partisan gerrymandering.”
For more information, contact IDHE@tufts.edu. You can also watch a recording of their recent webinar that walks users through the tool here.
The IARSLCE deadline for nominations and applications has been extended until October 1st. ...continue reading "Call for Proposals: IARSLCE Awards and Recognitions Deadline Extension"
In addition to facilitating opportunities for the GW students and faculty to engage with our community, one of the Nashman Center's important functions is to collect and disseminate information about GW's campus-community partnerships. Having information about who is doing what, where, and with whom helps us all to coordinate our efforts and collaborate with our community partners more effectively.
Givepulse is the Nashman Center's online platform for this information sharing and networking among faculty, students, and community partners.
...continue reading "Reporting Community Engaged Scholarship in Givepulse: For Faculty"
“A fundamental belief of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is that health equity and social justice need to be pursued both within partnerships and through them. Over the last 15 years, CCPH has studied, examined, engaged in, and evaluated what makes partnerships work, sustain authenticity, and achieve the change they want to see in their community. The figure above aims to show how authentic partnerships best exist within a space that includes four specific elements. Learn more.
Students in the GW Women's Leadership Program (WLP) had a unique opportunity to serve as virtual mentors for students in YWCA's mentoring program this year. Over the course of the year, WLP students supported civic action projects with their mentees and helped them learn about local and national government. They also took part in self-care Saturdays, streamed movies together, discussed college applications, created art together and much more during the 2020-2021 school year. Read on for examples of their Civic Action Projects.
...continue reading "Reflections: YWCA and Women’s Leadership Class"
