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Registration open for 2018 Global EPICS Symposium and Workshop at Purdue

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This is a great opportunity for STEM fields to engage in community engaged scholarship.

Deadline is May 25, 2018

EPICS is an engineering-based, service-learning approach to multi-disciplinary design where student teams address needs within their local and global communities. Founded at Purdue University, EPICS has been integrated into the curricula at 42 universities and colleges. EPICS in IEEE, a signature program of IEEE, empowers students to work with local service organizations by applying technical knowledge to implement solutions for a community’s unique challenges.

This year’s gathering will bring together three groups for a synergistic set of workshops, panel discussions and roundtables. These three groups are:

New Faculty, instructors; staff professionals; IEEE volunteers and members; industry partners and others interested in learning about the EPICS model for Engineering/Computing-based Service-Learning and Community Engagement
Experienced EPICS leaders, faculty, instructors, administrators, students and partners from the member institutions of the EPICS Consortium
International EPICS leaders, faculty, instructors, administrators, students and partners especially from India including our IUCEE-EPICS institutions

The symposium and workshop have special slots for each group (Monday for those new to EPICS, Thursday and Friday will focus on India). Tuesday and Wednesday will be a mix of interactions between groups with opportunities for discussions around common interests.

How You Benefit

• Gain a better understanding of engineering-based community engagement

• See examples of ways EPICS can be integrated into course curriculum and capstone projects

• Develop the skills to gain institutional support, acquire community and industry sponsors, establish funding models and build a sustainable program

• Gain insights from experienced leaders on how to engage students; identify, create and sustain projects; and conduct student assessments

• Network with established EPICS colleagues as well other interested facility members, industry and community leaders

• Learn how to make connections globally across programs

• Leave the workshop prepared to put what you learned into practice in order to grow, institutionalize or establish an EPICS program at your institution

Workshop Details

Date: June 11-15, 2018

June 11 – for those new to EPICS

(all participants invited to the welcome reception on the evening of the 11th )

June 12-13 – for all participants, sessions led by EPICS faculty from multiple institutions
June 14-15 – focus integrating EPICS into the Indian engineering curriculum and similar models

Where: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Registration Fees:

$200 June 11-13 (includes Tuesday and Wednesday meals and Monday welcome reception)

$400 Full week (June 11-15 and includes Tuesday - Friday meals and Monday welcome reception)

Participants are expected to cover their lodging costs and travel to the workshop. A room block is available on Purdue’s Campus at the Purdue Union Club Hotel from June 11-15.

Questions can be forwarded to

Eric VandeVoorde at +1-765-494-3750 or evandevo@purdue.edu or

Dr. William Oakes at oakes@purdue.edu

https://www.conf.purdue.edu/landing_pages/epicsdesign/

Opportunities from Campus Compact Mid Atlantic

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The Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic (CCMA) is a non-profit membership association of colleges and universities that are public, 2-year and 4-year. They advocate, support, and encourage institutional participation in academic and co-curricular based on public service and civic engagement programs to universities and colleges in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Delaware. Here are some news and updates from the CCMA:

Next, CCMA is searching for two new VISTA leaders! These two leaders will serve as a resource for their VISTA cohort of 30 members, build capacity for their organization, and support VISTA alumni outreach. If you have participated in national service for at least a year and are interested, apply now at: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=71785&fromSearch=true

Also, CCMA is officially welcoming Delaware into their network. So, join them for a CCMA Launch in the University of Delaware on Wednesday, April 18. 2018, where discussions about Mobilizing Higher Education’s Ability to Elevate Community Life Through P-20 Partnerships will be held. There will be a panel of CCMA Presidents, followed by an Idea Exchange, CCMA Award, and a Launch Plenary speaker. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/campus-compact-mid-atlantic-launch-welcome-delaware-tickets-42333543769

In addition, there are some opportunities to earn grants for papers and proposals. The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) is inviting departments from colleges and universities in the U.S. to apply for mini-grants. These grants will formalize helping students investigate disciplinary questions in their major through a civic lens. Applications are due by April 23rd, 2018. Click here for more information and to access the application: https://www.aacu.org/civic/mini-grants

Finally, nominations are now open for the CCMA 2017 Awards. Every year, the CCMA recognizes and awards those who have shown excellence in leadership of civic engagement and service-learning in order to promote a culture of engagement throughout the region. There are several awards opportunities, so click here to see their descriptions and to find out how to nominate an individual or a program: https://www.mdccc.org/events/pi/awards.html

So, these are some events and opportunities that the CCMA is offering, and if you are interested to find out more about these kinds of news and events, check out their full website: https://www.mdccc.org/index.html.

Call for Submissions for Public: A Journal of Imagining America

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Public: A Journal of Imagining America has announced a Call for Submissions for their next issue:

Beyond Mass Incarceration:
New Horizons of Liberation and Freedom

"We are currently accepting one-page descriptions for the PUBLIC: A Journal of Imagining America issue titled: Beyond Mass Incarceration: New Horizons of Liberation and Freedom. Please email proposals to public@imaginingamerica.org. Full submissions are due by May 31st for peer review through our online submission portal at ojs.syr.edu."

View the Call for Submissions

Imagining America is a national organization of artists, humanists, designers and other scholars who are engaged in their communities and in public life. http://imaginingamerica.org

Call for Proposals: Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

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The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities annual conference will be October 22-24, 2018, in Chicago. The conference allows for many presentation formats and welcomes your proposals until April 23, 2018.

Link here for more information

The Civic Life Project Documentary Contest Deadline April 30th

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This documentary film contest is a great way for students to create a project focusing on one aspect of civic life (perhaps as part of a class project or research that they are doing) and have the opportunity to share their work with a national audience. Details on how to participate in this project can be found at the link below. If your students are presenting at the symposium this deadline is only one day before the symposium-why not document their civically engaged work and have it presented to an audience beyond GW as well?

https://www.civiclifeproject.org/

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Opportunity for Faculty & Undergrads to Present at 2018 Engaged Scholarship & Social Justice Conference

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Faculty this is a great opportunity to share with your undergraduate students and for you as well! Friday, April 6th and Saturday April 7th at Harvard. The 2018 Engaged Scholarship for Social Justice Conference will feature a panel of scholars whose research can serve as exemplars of engaged scholarship (not research on service learning and community engagement) in different disciplines. A discussion on engaged scholarship in the academy will be facilitated by Professor Elizabeth Hinton. The goal is to demonstrate how scholars from different disciplines present engaged or public scholarship.

Information for you and your students is at the link www.essjconference.fas.harvard.edu.

The panel will promote engaged scholarship on campuses while also encouraging young scholars who are interested in issues of equity to explore careers in research. The Friday panel in particular is one way to demonstrate to young scholars that the academy is making space for engaged scholarship, and how different fields and disciplines are involved in public scholarship

Calling for Proposals for the Diversity Summit

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Calling faculty - If you would like to lead a session on the intersection of service-learning and cultural intelligence, review the call for proposals below!

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Due 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The Office for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement invites faculty, students, and staff to submit proposals for workshops, panels, poster sessions, and interactive presentations related to the theme, Embracing Diversity and Inclusion at GW. The ODECE welcomes creative proposals that reflect best practices in creating a diverse and inclusive campus environment. Topics related to diversity and inclusion may involve, but are not limited to: race, class, gender, sexuality or orientation, religion, age, (dis)ability, or intersectionality.

All members of the George Washington University community are invited to submit proposals that engage with questions like, but not limited to, the following:

How can our campus better prevent sexual assault and support survivors?
What kinds of cultural inclusion can we enact on campus to better demonstrate our understanding of diversity as including people with disabilities, religious diversity, racial diversity, gender diversity, ethnic and country of origin diversity and language diversity?
How can we move our understanding of disability beyond legal compliance, and create syllabi, assignments, classroom spaces, and social spaces that are accessible to all?
What interfaith work is making strides to connect members of our campus community across their religious beliefs?
What role does economic diversity play on campus?
How can we help students to understand the implicit biases they may hold toward faculty and staff?
What kinds of language can faculty and staff use to better connect with and welcome all students?
How can we better understand the role that sexuality and sexual orientation plays in our daily lives?
How can we be in solidarity with each other without appropriating others' experiences?
How do our lived experiences reflect the intersectional nature of our identities? How can we examine our own attitudes toward bullying and bias?

Panels and presentations will be presented on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.

To submit a proposal, please provide:

1. Title

2. Abstract and description of presentation or poster

3. Biographical information on presenter(s)

4. Audio-visual/Room needs

5. Accessibility needs

Proposals should be submitted electronically via this Google form to the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement no later than 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.

Notifications will be sent by Friday, February 23, 2018.

Calling for Proposals for the Diversity Summit

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Calling faculty - If you would like to lead a session on the intersection of service-learning and cultural intelligence, review the call for proposals below!

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Due 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.

The Office for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement invites faculty, students, and staff to submit proposals for workshops, panels, poster sessions, and interactive presentations related to the theme, Embracing Diversity and Inclusion at GW. The ODECE welcomes creative proposals that reflect best practices in creating a diverse and inclusive campus environment. Topics related to diversity and inclusion may involve, but are not limited to: race, class, gender, sexuality or orientation, religion, age, (dis)ability, or intersectionality.

All members of the George Washington University community are invited to submit proposals that engage with questions like, but not limited to, the following:

How can our campus better prevent sexual assault and support survivors?

What kinds of cultural inclusion can we enact on campus to better demonstrate our understanding of diversity as including people with disabilities, religious diversity, racial diversity, gender diversity, ethnic and country of origin diversity and language diversity?

How can we move our understanding of disability beyond legal compliance, and create syllabi, assignments, classroom spaces, and social spaces that are accessible to all?

What interfaith work is making strides to connect members of our campus community across their religious beliefs?

What role does economic diversity play on campus?

How can we help students to understand the implicit biases they may hold toward faculty and staff?

What kinds of language can faculty and staff use to better connect with and welcome all students?

How can we better understand the role that sexuality and sexual orientation plays in our daily lives?

How can we be in solidarity with each other without appropriating others' experiences?

How do our lived experiences reflect the intersectional nature of our identities? How can we examine our own attitudes toward bullying and bias?

Panels and presentations will be presented on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.

To submit a proposal, please provide:

1.      Title

2.      Abstract and description of presentation or poster

3.      Biographical information on presenter(s)

4.      Audio-visual/Room needs

5.      Accessibility needs

Proposals should be submitted electronically via this Google form to the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement no later than 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.

Notifications will be sent by Friday, February 23, 2018.

If you have any questions during the application process, please email the Diversity Summit Committee at gwudiversitysummit@gwu.edu or call (202) 994-7434.

Apply for the Knapp Fellowship for Entreprenuerial Service-Learning!

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The deadline for the prestigious Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning is this Friday, January 12, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. Apply be e-mailing the application (which can be found here) to gwserves@gwu.edu.

Check out our detailed interviews with last year's fellows, Chloe King and Gayatri Malhotra. Chloe is working with the World Wildlife Fund to reduce food waste in D.C. schools and Gayatri is working with Teach for India and Girl Rising on a gender sensitization curriculum in New Delhi.

The award will recognize one or more innovative proposals each year and will provide support for their implementation. Up to $10,000 will be awarded each academic year.

Undergraduate and graduate students with one more semester may apply independently or with a group of students to design and create solutions that will make a significant difference in the lives of others.

Awardees must work with the support and guidance of a faculty member on their research and action projects.

Students who apply should demonstrate knowledge and innovative thinking about the issue or problem to be addressed. Selection is at the discretion of the Provost, who reviews recommendations made by a committee of faculty and representatives from the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service.

Once chosen, fellows work throughout the project with a faculty advisor who guides research on the issue, implementation of the proposal, ongoing reports and assessments, and a final work of scholarship.

For more information, email Dr. Wendy Wagner at wagnerw@gwu.edu or Rachel Talbert at rachellt@gwu.edu.

Submit Posters for the Diversity Summit!

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April 3-4, 2018
CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Office for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement invites faculty, students, and staff to submit proposals for workshops, panels, poster sessions, and interactive presentations related to the theme, Embracing Diversity and Inclusion at GW. The ODECE welcomes creative proposals that reflect best practices in creating a diverse and inclusive campus environment. Topics related to diversity and inclusion may involve, but are not limited to: race, class, gender, sexuality or orientation, religion, age, (dis)ability, or intersectionality.

All members of the George Washington University community are invited to submit proposals that engage with questions like, but not limited to, the following:

How can our campus better prevent sexual assault and support survivors?
What kinds of cultural inclusion can we enact on campus to better demonstrate our understanding of diversity as including people with disabilities, religious diversity, racial diversity, gender diversity, ethnic and country of origin diversity and language diversity?
How can we move our understanding of disability beyond legal compliance, and create syllabi, assignments, classroom spaces, and social spaces that are accessible to all?
What interfaith work is making strides to connect members of our campus community across their religious beliefs?
What role does economic diversity play on campus?
How can we help students to understand the implicit biases they may hold toward faculty and staff?
What kinds of language can faculty and staff use to better connect with and welcome all students?
How can we better understand the role that sexuality and sexual orientation plays in our daily lives?
How can we be in solidarity with each other without appropriating others' experiences?
How do our lived experiences reflect the intersectional nature of our identities? How can we examine our own attitudes toward bullying and bias?

Panels and presentations will be presented on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.

To submit a proposal, please provide:

1. Title

2. Abstract and description of presentation or poster

3. Biographical information on presenter(s)

4. Audio-visual/Room needs

5. Accessibility needs

Proposals should be submitted electronically via this Google form to the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement no later than 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.

Notifications will be sent by Friday, February 23, 2018.

If you have any questions during the application process, please email the Diversity Summit Committee at gwudiversitysummit@gwu.edu or call (202) 994-7434.

Student Opportunities at the Fall 2017 Symposium on Community-Engaged Scholarship

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At the end of each semester, the Nashman Center hosts the Symposium on Community-Engaged Scholarship. This event invites students, faculty, and community partners to share their experiences, disseminate findings, and learn about many other campus/community initiatives.

The Fall Symposium will take place on Friday, December 8th, Marvin Center 3rd floor. Students involved in a service-learning project will have an opportunity to present posters and be recognized for their work. Contact Wendy Wagner for more information at wagnerw@gwu.edu.

Posters will be presented during the 3-4pm session, where there will be a reception as well. Poster guidelines are as follows:

Poster Parameters/Guidelines

You don’t have to be present to have your poster be present at the symposium-however you must drop your poster off at the Nashman Center by Thursday, December 7th at 5:00 pm if you wish to have your poster presented without you. If you want to present with your poster you need to be in the Marvin Center grand ball room with your poster by 3:00 to present until 4:00 during the reception.
Posters don’t have to be fancy, “science fair” style posters dimensions 28” x 40” or 36” x 48” are perfect but if you have something prepared that’s in the ball park of these dimensions that is okay. We’ll have tables set up so if you have a tablet or laptop showing videos, photos or audio to accompany your board –there’s a place for that (just make sure they are charged before-hand since we won’t have access to outlets).
Individual OR group/organization OR class poster presentations are welcomed and encouraged!

To participate in the GW Symposium Poster Session, please contact rachellt@gwu.edu by with November 20th with the name of your group and whether you intend to present your poster in person or submit it for display.

Poster Highlights

Posters should be clear about who YOU are (name of the group) and who YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNER is.
- Include the name of your partner organization, their mission and relevant programs, and how they partnered with your group
The emphasis of this event is community-engagement as a scholarly endeavor. This means we emphasize:
- What you learned/are learning
- The outcomes/intended outcomes for the community you are working with
Be sure your poster is clear about how your work is a demonstration of community-engaged scholarship.
- Show how you are trying to learn about an issue or answer a question through the service or community action

Examples of categories to include in Community Action and Service posters (your poster may not have all/any of these depending on your action/service scholarship):

What did you learn/are you learning by engaging in this initiative?
What were your research questions or inquiry models?
Did you collect any information? (data, charts, interviews, photos, historic data)
How will your work impact this policy issue or community problem?

Here are a few other opportunities to choose from for students at the Fall 2017 Symposium on Community-Engaged Scholarship:

9:30-10:15 am Faculty Breakfast

Presentations and discussion about current and community partnerships in DC Public Schools from the Nashman Center’s Engage DC program and VISTA leadership. Learn more about opportunities to engage your students and your scholarship with the DC Public School System.

10:30-11:45am Sessions, Marvin Center, 3rd Floor:

- Direct Service and Pathways to Citizenship

Student panelists are engaged in direct service experiences through a variety of GW courses.

Moderated by Amy Cohen, Executive Director of the Nashman Center

- Community Engaged Scholarship & Entrepreneurship at GW

Student panelists are engaged in social entrepreneurship through a variety of GW programs, including the GW New Venture Competition and the Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning.

Moderated by Scott Stein, Associate Director, Student Entrepreneurship Programs

- Civic House Proposals for GW Engagement

Students in the Civic House program propose new GW partnerships to address issues such as food insecurity in DC, LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, and homelessness

Moderated by Colleen Packard, Graduate Coordinator of Civic House

12:00-1:15pm Lunch Marvin Center, 3rd Floor please note lunch is free but you must RSVP for lunch at this link http://evite.me/Gxv4dt8uKN

1:30-2:45pm Sessions, Marvin Center, 3rd Floor:

Community Engagement in STEM Fields

Student panelists are engaged in the community through a STEM course.

Moderated by Tara Scully, Department of Biology

Operación Impacto: Daring to step up in our commitment to Civic Values and Civic Action

Students engaged through coursework in Spanish 3040 and through Operación Impacto and Chávez~Huerta 2018 will present their work, vision and experiences. The Campaigning for Change award will be introduced as part of a call to action during this session. Note: while all are welcome to attend, this session will be conducted in Spanish.

Moderated by Dolores Perillan, Spanish program

Senior Well-being in DC

Students in the Human Services and Social Justice program present their findings and recommendations for DC as an “Age Friendly City” to staff from the DC Office on Aging.

Moderated by Emily Morrison, Program Director of Human Service and Social Justice

Eco Equity Challenge

In Washington, D.C., under-served communities bear the burden of the worst environmental hazards. The Eco Equity Challenge provides students with funding to implement a project that brings together sustainability and social justice to make a real impact in communities in the District. Join this workshop to explore the concept of environmental justice and begin to develop your own idea for a project with the guidance of our staff. Applications for the Eco Equity Challenge are accepted through February 16th.

Moderated by Jonathan Butler and Kimberly Williams

Julian Clement Chase Prize Winner to Present Her Research

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Victoria Rowe, the winner of the 2017 Julian Clement Chase Prize, will be presenting on her work on October 19th at 4pm, in the GW Museum/Textile Museum, as part of the keynote event at the University Writing Program’s Fall 2017 Research and Writing Conference. We encourage you to attend and learn more about her community-engaged research work.

The Julian Clement Chase Prize annually recognizes exceptional research writing focused on the District of Columbia. Please consider how your course assignments might support scholarship that is competitive for the prize. For more information, please contact Dr. Phyllis Ryer, pryder@gwu.edu.

Ms. Rowe's research, "Seek First to Understand: Exploring the Implementation of Cultural Relevant Education in the District of Columbia" was completed as an Honors Thesis in the Human Services and Social Justice program. For this study, Rowe reviewed the literature on the positive effects of culturally relevant education practices and interviewed DCPS teachers to discover whether they use this approach and whether the DCPS professional development programs have helped them to do so.

Call for Papers: Undergraduate Journal for Service-Learning, Leadership and Social Change

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The International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership and Social Change has a call for papers. You can view the Journal at http://opus.govst.edu/iujsl/. The Journal is dedicated to providing undergraduate students a venue to discuss their service-learning projects and experiences. The Journal considers three types of articles:

Articles that discuss the development of a service-learning project and the impact of the project on the community served;
A case study of a service-learning project;
A reflection on service-learning and the development of personal leadership.

The “Notes for the Service-Learning for Leadership Forum” is a national and international exchange on contemporary issues, concerns, or ideas about implementing service-learning to impact our communities.

Call for Poster Proposals: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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The GW University Teaching and Learning Center has released a call for papers. Faculty can apply to present a poster at the upcoming Teaching Day on September 28, 2017. Proposals are due by May 15, 2017.

Posters are peer-reviewed, and any systematic inquiry of teaching and learning will be accepted as a proposal. For details on suggested research topics please refer to the website.

For any other questions please contact Professor Maria de la Fuente (mjfuente@gwu.edu) or Professor Natalia Romanova (romanova@gwu.edu).

Julian Clement Chase Prize for Undergraduate Writing about DC

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Please share with your students and consider how your own course assignments might help students create high quality pieces to submit for this $1,000 annual prize.

The University Writing Program is honored to announce: The Julian Clement Chase Prize for exceptional undergraduate writing focused on the District of Columbia.

Prize Award: $1,000
Submission date: May 22, 2017
Award ceremony: October 19, 2017

This annual prize recognizes exceptional research writing projects focused on Washington, DC. Submissions can represent any work undertaken at GW, including (but not limited to) UW courses, Senior theses, and capstone projects. Submitted papers might examine DC history, neighborhoods, cultures, artistic expressions; they may engage in scientific analysis of quality of life issues in DC. Collaborative or team projects are welcome.

Sgt. Julian Clement Chase, 22, was a native of Washington DC, and graduated in 2008 from DC’s Wilson High School. While serving with the United States Marine Corps, he was killed in action in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. He was set to matriculate as a freshman at GW in Spring 2013. Julian was born in Washington. He knew and relished his city. His family has established this prize in his honor to recognize others who explore DC with the intelligence and exuberance that he did.

Submission details: writingprogram.gwu.edu/julian-clement-chase-prize
Questions? contact Phyllis Ryder pryder@gwu.edu