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Join the Campus Compact team and student panelists in a conversation about civic learning programs on their perspective campuses and their roles in these programs. The panel will feature GW’s own Dasia Bandy who is a Newman Civic Fellow. The panel will discuss the changes they are currently making and the changes they would like to see in the future. The panel will take place March 12th, 2024 from 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Eastern. Click here to learn more and register. 

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Know an undergrad conducting research which focuses on challenges facing society with regard to equity and inclusion and historically marginalized and under-represented communities? If yes, please share this image, click on the QR code to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2024 Scholarship & Social Justice Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference will be held on the campus of Harvard University on April 18th & 19th, 2024. Any questions: email Varsha, vghosh@fas.harvard.edu

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I hope you'll take a few moments to share information about the Julian Clement Chase Undergraduate Research Writing Prize to students who have written excellent DC-based research papers. This $1000 prize celebrates students who engage meaningfully with the city as a place for deep inquiry and knowledge-making.

A few words from a professor can encourage students to take the extra step to submit. The submission deadline for the JCC Undergraduate Research Writing Prize is MAY 27, but they can submit at any time.

You may also send Dr. Phyllis Ryder (pryder@gwu.edu) a list of names of students whose work you recommend, and I will reach out to them in the spring. ...continue reading "Share With Students: Julian Clement Chase Undergraduate Research Writing Prize"

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GWUpstart grantee and Corcoran School of the Arts student Shawn Shafner recently had a story on his work on acorns' role in nature and as a source of nourishment in WAMU.  Check out the story here.  

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It's been a year since the Kennedy Center reached out to GW to help create an innovative art piece for RiverRun, a festival celebrating the world’s rivers, and Tara Scully looks to "reshape" more waters.

A Kennedy Center costume and set designer Celia Ledón combined forces with GW's Innovation Center, Tara Scully — the Director of the Sustainability Minor Program and an Assistant Professor of Biology at GW — and her students to better understand what kind of trash is left behind around D.C.

...continue reading "Reinventing plastics: Professor Scully teams up with the Kennedy Center to reduce waste"

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Congratulations to Christina Villadolid, First Place Winner of the Nashman Center Community Engagement in the Arts and Design Award for their project, 'Tracing Manila House,' an ongoing art project that brings Filipino American history to life while building a resilient and interconnected community in Washington, D.C. Through graphite rubbings, engaging with local schools, and honoring the forgotten past of the Manila House, this project reshapes narratives, educates, and inspires change. Explore how one artist's personal journey of reckoning with colonial history has sparked a beacon of resilience and remembrance for a marginalized community. ...continue reading "Nashman Spotlights: Christina Villadolid Receives First Place for 2023 Community Engagement in the Arts and Design Award"

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"Principles of Ethical Leadership" by Prof. Wendy Wagner uses the “case-in-point” approach to leadership development. Rather than studying leadership through hypothetical case studies, a team-based community engagement project IS the case. Students examine their own group dynamics and their own roles as the project unfolds throughout the semester. Students build their own leadership skills by examining information and research, and then learning to apply that to their own thinking and behavior in the community project. 

The class emphasizes the responsibility leaders have to collaborate effectively in diverse groups, create a common vision based on shared values, and facilitate group dynamics both inclusive and empowering. Students are challenged to analyze their own biases, assumptions and understand the context of social issues. ...continue reading "HSSJ 2200: Principles of Ethical Leadership"

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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"

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The Steven and Diane Robinson Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning aims to recognize, reward, and facilitate creative public service and academic engagement led by GWU students, undergraduate and graduate. Selected students design and implement entrepreneurial service-learning projects that make a significant difference in the lives of others. Apply by May 24th, 2023! Click this link to apply.

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Send in your application or nominate someone to apply for the Julian Clement Chase Prize for Community Impact. This award is the leading prize to honor GW students for excellence in community service impact. Applications will highlight the work being done this year! You can nominate yourself or others. The prize provides lasting examples of the impact that students can have when working with members of the community to enhance the quality of life in the DC community. Click here to learn more.

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Thursday, March 2, 5-6pm
Zoom link: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/s/95921677157 

Community Engaged Scholarship Panel, Hosted by the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service. This is a great opportunity to more deeply understand how students make meaning of their service-learning experiences, adding complexity and quality to their research and writing. Panel moderated by Wendy Wagner, Director of Community Engaged Scholarship at the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service.

Student Panelists:

Both student panelists were enrolled in Phyllis Ryder's, UW 1020: Writing for Social Change in Washington, DC

Student Panelists

Sneha Srivatsa
"Power Structures and the Ability of Nonprofits to Initiate Policy Change"
Srivatsa served with Miriam’s Kitchen.

Taytum Valentine Wymer
"In Decadence and Decay: The Capitalist and Colonial Logics of Homelessness in Post-Industrial Washington DC"
Wymer served with Ward 2 Mutual Aid.

...continue reading "GW University Writing Conference: Student Panel on Community Engaged Writing"

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Award: First Place for Nashman Community Engagement in the Arts and Design

Project: Individual Survival

Photographer Sabrina Godin won First Place for the annual Arts and Design prize in spring 2022, an award given to students who engage in advocacy and social justice community relationships. She founded GW's first chapter of the National Press Photographer Association (NPPA) in the spring of 2020. Within the New Media Photojournalism (MA) department, Godin captured the diverse experiences of members from the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, the nation's largest non-profit organization battling sexual violence and bringing survivors to light.

...continue reading "Sabrina Godin takes First Place for Arts and Design Prize"

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Collaboratory Scholars is hosting a Zoom meet-up November 3, 2022 from 1-2 PM EST.REGISTER HERE

...continue reading "Share With Students: Collaboratory Scholars Zoom meet-up for Students Interested in Community Engagement and Professional Development"

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Award: 2nd Place, Nashman Center Prize for Community Engaged Research, 2022
Project: ArtReach GW at THEARC: An Observational Evaluation
Human Services and Social Justice students Abigail Care and Alexa Betances collaborated with ArtReach GW, an organization committed to community engagement within D.C., originally founded as Corcoran ArtReach at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design in Washington, D.C. Primarily serving youth and families with mental health issues living east of the Anacostia River, ArtReach GW supplies a myriad of explorative arts programs throughout D.C. Wards 7 and 8 and art therapy services in an area that lacks mental health clinicians. Their services reached 247 participants in 2019 and 11 exhibitions, 59.6% residing in Ward 7 and 8.
The researchers designed an observational evaluation tool for art therapy practices to replicate that of an ArtReach GW class and provided instructions for future course implementation.
Read more about their research here.
Bearing in mind the cogency of self-expression and creativity, the students suggested methods of improvement within interactive peer activities based on effective group art therapy and more coherent curricular parameters.
"Using a research-based evaluation process and the research question given to us by ArtReach GW, we examined four areas of interest for the organization to assess the effectiveness of their online classes: self expression and creativity, open sharing of opinions, art skills, and visual literacy."
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