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Published on Leave a comment on Oct. 31st Women’s Health Fellowship Deadline

The Clara Schiffer Project on Women’s Health is currently accepting applications for a 2020 fellowship. It seeks to provide financial support to graduate students conducting research to improve women’s health and create broader discussion around women’s health issues.

The maximum award is a one-time $5,000 award. To be eligible for this award, students must be currently enrolled in a SPH master’s program or relevant doctoral program.

The application deadline is October 31st, 2019. Find more information on the fellowship and application process here: https://publichealth.gwu.edu/projects/jiwh#schifferfellows

Published on Leave a comment on Upcoming Event: Civics & the Future of Democracy

On November 6th from 8-11:45am at the Newseum, the Atlantic and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University are hosting an upcoming event to discuss the role and implementation of civic education in our democracy.

Two of the main topics at the event will be ‘Is civics education a constitutional right’ and ‘can we fix democracy in the classroom?’ Speakers at the event include the presidents of Johns Hopkins University, Howard University, and Davidson College, as well as Ahmed Sesay, a recent high school graduate who is taking these ideas to court.

This event is open to both students and faculty. Click here for more information on the event and to find out how to register.

Published on Leave a comment on Resource Library, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

"Building communities: stronger communities and stronger universities."

"CCPH believes in sharing information to advance knowledge. CCPH "believe[s] that it has limited value unless the wealth of resources are available to the community."

"CES4Health widely disseminates high quality products that can improve the health of communities and “count” in the faculty promotion and tenure process." Click here for more information about CES4Health.

To read articles and reports about Anchor Institutions, Board Member Highlights, CCPH Updates, Community Based Participatory Research, Community Engaged Scholarship, Community-Academic Partnerships, Disseminating CES, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR), Research Ethics, Service Learning, and Tenure, please click here.

To note, "[CCPH's]  website, documents and publications are subject to CCPH’s copyright and may be reproduced, used or adapted for non-commercial scientific or educational purposes. Any reproduction, use or adaptation of our website, documents and publications (whether excerpts or in its entirety) requires our written permission and must be properly cited. Please contact us with your request and we will provide specific instructions." 

Published on Leave a comment on New Community-Engaged Scholarship Publications

The latest issue of Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE) is out! 

JHEOE is a peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Georgia, that publishes materials on outreach and engagement between institutions and communities. There most recent publication features many articles of interest, including research articles and reflective essays.  

Check out the new volume here 

Published on Leave a comment on Community Partner Highlight! Free Minds Book Club

PBS News Hour released a story highlighting one of our amazing community partners. Here’s the link to the organization on GWServes Givepulse if you’d like to learn how to serve there https://gwserves.givepulse.com/group/209492-Free-Minds-Book-Club-and-Writing-Workshop 

Free Minds Book Club is an organization in DC that hosts book clubs and writing workshops for incarcerated people in prisons around DC. The organization was founded nearly two decades ago by Kelli Taylor and Tara Libert. Since its creation, the program has been shown to have great effects on members. Members of the book clubs have much lower rates of recidivism than other people who have been incarcerated.  

Three of our community-engaged courses have students serving with Free Minds this semester, and there will be more courses that work with them in the spring. Be sure to check out the video made by PBS here. 

Published on Leave a comment on Civic Life Project, Democracy 2020 Youth Film Challenge

Civic Life Project is calling for submissions for the Democracy 2020 Youth Film Challenge. Enter and Win up to $5,000!

“You or a group of you can share your voice on an issue you care deeply about in the 2020 election. Your film should have the power to convince young people like yourself of the importance of the issue, the reason to get involved and to engage your audience to go to the polls and vote.”

For more information, click here. 

Published on Leave a comment on FEMA Emergency Management Courses

Here is a list of free courses available to anyone who wants to be better prepared in an emergency or to anyone who wants to help their community be prepared for an emergency.

Click here for more information about the following courses:

  • IS-120.c An Introduction to Exercises
  • IS-230.d Fundamentals of Emergency Management
  • IS-235.c Emergency Planning
  • IS-240.b Leadership and Influence
  • IS-241.b Decision Making and Problem Solving
  • IS-242.b Effective Communication
  • IS-244.b Developing and Managing Volunteers

You will receive a certificate upon completion.

Also, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is offering a 5 course program.

  • Please click here for more information about different course options and programs.
  • Please click here for specific IHI Open School Online Course opportunities.

Published on Leave a comment on Conversations Series: The Intersection of SOTL and Service Learning

The October 3rd Conversation focused on the Intersection of Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SOTL) and service learning. The discussion was led by Maria de la Fuente, (Spanish and Linguistics).

SOTL research is the systematic inquiry about student learning, grounded in theory and research, and disseminated through scholarly publications or presentations. Community-engaged learning pedagogies like service learning are excellent spaces for SOTL research. 

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Published on Leave a comment on Sixth Global Service-Learning Summit: Nov 3-5th

The 6th Global Service-Learning Summit is November 3rd-5th at Clemson University in Clemson, SC. The topic: ‘One World: Inclusion and Transformation in Service-Learning'.  

The schedule for the summit has been announced and the plenary will be on ‘Asset-based Local Engagement and Inclusive Community-Building'. This panel will feature a panel of women who have been working to advance the inclusivity in Upstate South Carolina. To read the original post on the summit click here 

For more information on the summit and how to register click here
For more information on the panel click here  

Published on Leave a comment on American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia Meeting and Expo

The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting invites you to join this meeting in Philadelphia November 2nd-November 6th, 2019. APHA's Annual Meeting and Expo is the largest and most influential annual gathering of public health professionals. Nearly 13,000 attendees attend each year to present, learn and find inspiration. For more information on the event or to register click here.

Executive Director, Al Richmond will be presenting an Oral Presentation, Patient Engagement: Enhancing Culturally Appropriate Research (ECAR) on November 4th, 2019 from 10:30am – 12pm Eastern Time. For more information on his presentation click here.

Keep a lookout for more information about the Community Awards Reception and a CCPH Member Meet-Up during the conference coming soon!

Published on Leave a comment on Opportunity for engaged learning! 6th Global Service-Learning Conference

The 6th Global Service-Learning Summit will focus on the topic ‘One World: Inclusion and Transformation in Global Service-Learning’. Those with an interest in such topics as migration and inclusion, ethical engagement in the field of global health, or how different organizations approach community-based learning, are invited to attend the summit.

The conference will take place on November 3rd-5th, 2019. It will be held at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. The fee is now $425, however there are scholarships available.

If you are interested in learning more, please do so here.

 

 

Published on Leave a comment on Conversations Series: The Big Data Share

The September 5th, Conversation on Community Engaged Scholarship focused on recent research findings, student surveys, and student service data.

The presentation slides from this event are available here.

The Periscope video is available here.

Wendy Wagner, the Nashman Center's director of community engaged scholarship, presented these findings and facilitated a conversation about uses of the data and new lines of inquiry for the coming year.

We are happy to present/discuss specific findings with your department faculty as well. Contact wagnerw@gwu.edu to schedule a department presentation.

While many topics arose, important themes were: cost of transportation to service sites, future data gathering and reporting, and further mining of the data from the MSL research study.

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Published on Leave a comment on GW’s CIPP Creates “Guide to Indigenous DC”
Kudos to Dr. Elizabeth Rule and colleagues at the AT&T Center for Indigenous Politics and Policy on the quality of their new app, a guide to local sites of importance to Native Americans. This is a great example of scholarship for the public good. Link to: Guide to Indigenous DC

Published on Leave a comment on New Professional Development Series on Health Equity

Nashman Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Maranda Ward shared this great new opportunity with us:

GW Health Sciences is pleased to announce a professional development series on health equity. The Department of Clinical Research and Leadership (CRL) is sponsoring the series to facilitate a shared understanding of health equity and its use as a lens for teaching, practicing, and service.

The series runs from September to January, 2020 and is open to the GW community and the public. CMEs are available. The five-month-long series will take place on the second Thursday of each month on the Foggy Bottom campus.

To register for the first event on September 12 or to learn more about the series, please visit: https://go.gwu.edu/healthequity

The first event on Sept. 12 from 10 to 11 am features Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, discussing "Framing Health Equity." Ward, assistant professor in CRL, developed the series. "This health equity learning series will better equip us to fulfill our social mission in teaching, research, and service," Ward said. "It is chocked full of local experts and national leaders who rely on evidence and innovation to put the justice back in health."

Among the topics covered in the series are:

  • Social determinants of health
  • Recognizing vulnerable and socially disadvantaged U.S. populations
  • Workforce equity
  • Contemporary challenges to health equity
  • Cultural humility
  • Root causes of health disparities
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