Good Reads – Page 22

Attend the Institute on Integrative Learning and Signature Work

aemebteMarch 20, 2020April 21, 2020Leave a comment

The Association of American Colleges & Universities will be hosting a conference on Integrative Learning and Signature Work July 21-July 24, 2020 at American University in Washington, DC. The conference is intended for college and university teams interested in advancing programs and curricula aimed at building students’ capacity to integrate their learning across the curriculum and co-curriculum, foster global learning through community engagement, and capture students’ development through signature work. Sessions led by national experts will emphasize the value of leveraging general education, interdisciplinary approaches, and co-curricular experiences to achieve campus goals to expand integrative learning and community engagement.

If you are interested and want to learn more about the event click here.

A Grand Sharing of Resources

wagnerwMarch 17, 2020April 28, 2020Leave a comment

[Updated April 2, 2020]

Please note, in response to the increased calls to commit to physical distancing, we ask that you instruct students to NOT engage in any direct service activities at this time. We are continuing to seek opportunities for distance/online service for your students. I also recommend some of the assignment alternatives provided in the "Teaching distance community engaged scholarship courses" link below.

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Resources: Materials to Stir Critical Reflection

wagnerwMarch 17, 2020April 16, 2020Leave a comment

We recognize that for some courses, continued service projects will not be possible. If you need other ways to engage students in deeper critical reflection work, we offer these readings, podcasts, and other resources.

We will use this space to continue to share ideas and examples of ways to engage students in thoughtful reflections about civic responsibility and social/environmental justice. If you have your own examples to share here, please email them to Wendy Wagner, wagnerw@gwu.edu.

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Resources: Opportunities for Service During COVID-19

wagnerwMarch 17, 2020April 28, 2020Leave a comment

[Updated April 9, 2020]

We will use this space to share ideas and examples of ways to support the local community while maintaining responsible physical distance. If you have your own examples to share here, please email them to Wendy Wagner, wagnerw@gwu.edu

Here we provide resources for:

Supporting your existing community partners
Opportunities to serve the community from a distance or virtually
Resources for students searching for service opportunities in their home communities

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Resources: Teaching Distance Community Engaged Scholarship Courses

wagnerwMarch 17, 2020April 16, 2020Leave a comment

[Updated March 29, 2020]

We will continue to update this post with additional resources. If you have assignment alternatives or approaches, tips on facilitating reflection conversations through distance learning, or plans for continuing to support your community partner remotely, please share them (wagnerw@gwu.edu) and they will be added to these resource lists.

While we all recognize it is much better to have time for proper distance-learning course design, teaching a community engaged scholarship course from a distance CAN be done. Recognizing that some of our community partner organizations will be closing or restricting voluntary service in order to practice physical distancing, we recommend providing 1-2 alternative assignments for students who will still have service requirements to fulfill for your course.

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GWServes Refresher: How to Monitor Student Service

wagnerwMarch 17, 2020April 21, 2020Leave a comment

As you consider options for students to complete service projects remotely, be sure to START by examining how many students still need to serve. The good and great Rachel Talbert has made a helpful video reviewing how to get a summary of service of all students in your course and how many service hours each has already reported. For students who still have service to do, the next step is to remind them to report their service on GWServes, which you can do directly from the GWServes platform itself. This will help you determine the extent to which alternative service options are needed. Link to tutorial video.

Opportunity to connect Place Based Service-Learning and Sustainability to Your Curriculum

AlberoFebruary 27, 2020February 27, 2020Leave a comment

The Perfect Opportunity for K-16 Educators and School Teams

2020 Summer EAST and Summer WEST Institutes

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GW Joins the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

wagnerwFebruary 21, 2020February 21, 2020Leave a comment

GW recently joined the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. This organization, "connects leaders and scholars of urban and metropolitan universities to share, discuss, and debate important issues facing our unique institutions and the cities we serve."

The association distributes relevant news, facilitates conversations across member institutions, holds an annual conference, and publishes a journal.

Stay tuned for more information on the connections and professional development benefits you can take advantage of given our institutional membership.

What Does it Mean for GW to be an “Anchor Institution?”

wagnerwFebruary 10, 2020July 8, 2021Leave a comment

We recommend this piece by the Brookings Institution, "Can leading universities be engines of sustainable development?" The piece includes an interview with Judith Rodin, former president of the University of Pennsylvania and of the Rockefeller Foundation. Rodin recently authored a book, "The University and Urban Revival."

As an urban institution, Rodin's thoughts are particularly relevant for the GW community, including the role we should play as an "anchor institution" in DC, driving sustainable and equitable development. She includes service-learning courses in this approach, but also considerations related to opportunities for employment of local residents, and prioritizing local sources in procurement and purchasing.

Important Community Partner Perspectives on Student Projects

wagnerwFebruary 5, 2020February 21, 2020Leave a comment

Many important conversations have been sparked by a recent piece in Vu Le's "Nonprofit AF" blog, about the perspective of our community partners. Given the piece includes feedback from one our of local partners, a few of the cringe-worthy examples could very well be from a GW student.

Please take a moment to read the piece:

Guidelines for higher education programs that require students to do special projects with nonprofits

2020 PHENND Conference: Housing – Feb 28

wagnerwJanuary 23, 2020April 21, 2020Leave a comment

The PHENND Conference (Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development) is an annual gathering for practitioners of campus-community partnership. This year, the theme is Housing.

"This gathering will be attended by 100-125 students, campus staff, faculty, and community organization staff active in community service, service-learning, and campus-community partnership work. While primarily targeting individuals who are part of the 25+ colleges and universities involved in the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND), this event is also open nationally to practitioners of campus-community partnership."

2020 Nashman Faculty Learning Communities

Shannon DoyleJanuary 13, 2020April 9, 2020Leave a comment

As the new year and semester begin, faculty have the opportunity to get involved in new Faculty Learning Communities (or FLCs). These are groups that meet monthly to explore an issue of interest with a small group of faculty from a variety of disciplines and are each chaired by a certain faculty member. For the year 2020, there are currently 3 FLCs:

Black Lives Matter, Co-chairs Maranda Ward and Susan LeLacheur

Writing for Publication Accountability Group, Chair Imani M. Cheers
Democratically Engaged Assessment, Chair Wendy Wagner

FLC chairs are selecting meeting times now, based on the availability of those interested. Contact Wendy Wagner (wagnerw@gwu.edu) as soon as possible to be included.

Students and Faculty: Share your Community Engaged Scholarship

Shannon DoyleJanuary 13, 2020Leave a comment

The Nashman Center is in the process of creating a new area of our website that will disseminate examples of community engaged scholarship by GW faculty and students. We are asking for both faculty and students to submit their work.

These examples of community engaged scholarship should contribute to the public good and occur in the context of reciprocal, mutually beneficial, community partnerships. Scholarly products can include research papers, advocacy pieces, presentations, creative work, product designs, lesson plans, academically grounded reflection papers or other course work.

Please know that the Nashman Center staff will review each work and contact any relevant community partners for their permission to feature the work on our website.

Students can submit work via this webform: http://gwserves.givepulse.com/survey/take/k0TAcTWJhf88HSIJHZHC

Latest Issue of IARSLCE Journal Available Now

wagnerwJanuary 10, 2020Leave a comment

The latest issue of the IARSLCE Journal, Volume 7, Issue 1 (2019) is available now. Access here: https://ijrslce.scholasticahq.com

Take special note that Nashman Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Lottie Baker is published in this issue, related to her work on language acquisition and service-learning.

Articles in this issue include:

Addressing complex public problems through coalition-based approaches: Collective impact and the CEP Competencies
Exploring the differential effects of Service-Learning on students' sense of belonging: Does social class matter?
A randomized study of mindfulness and service-learning with students in Vietnam
Community-based service-learning in language education: A review of the literature
Improving academic-community partnerships: A case study of a project investigating attitudes about diversity

January Issue of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

wagnerwJanuary 10, 2020Leave a comment

The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health newsletter announced: CCPH Forums, a new virtual hub for members of CCPH.

The CCPH Forums are a virtual hub for CCPH members and colleagues to post, comment on discussions, give advice or collaborate on all things community-campus partnerships. The CCPH Forums are a free resource that anyone can access, with forums specific to CBPR, CBPR Jobs Board, Community-Engaged Scholarship, and -- for members only -- the CCPH Members Community Board. In addition to the usual postings of news items such as conferences and funding opportunities, what distinguishes CCPH Forums is the opportunity to start a discussion thread to ask questions or seek advice with all the responses on one page so that everyone can benefit from the information they gathered. You can subscribe and receive email notifications to any forum or thread by selecting the "Subscribe" button on the top right corner of the forum webpages."