The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI) is now accepting applications to join its Class of 2022. Apply with a Commitment to Action by January 26th.
Founded by President Bill Clinton, the CGI supports students across the world who have committed to take action and tackle the world’s most pressing challenges in education, environment & climate change, and peace & human rights, poverty alleviation, and public health.
The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship for 2022 to 2023 is open for applications. Each year the Congressional Hunger Center welcomes a group of emerging leaders who are dedicated to finding solutions to hunger and poverty. ...continue reading "Student Fellowship Opportunity: Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship"
A recent opinion piece in the GW Hatchet titled, “GW must act as members of Foggy Bottom community, not its owners,” questions whether GW’s redevelopment plans have transformed Washington D.C.’s Foggy Bottom community into solely GW’s property. Author, Ethan Benn, writes a compelling story, urging the University’s administration, students, and community partners to “carefully consider the realities of future development.”
Click here to read the entire article.
A recent GW Hatchet article titled, “GW should implement a community service learning requirement” highlights the importance of GW’s community engaged scholarship within the city of D.C.. The opinion piece calls to question if GW should implement a University-wide service learning curriculum requirement. ...continue reading "Good Reads: GW Community Service Learning Requirement"
Check out Dante Schulz’s video covering GW’s National Voter Registration Day. The video features members of GW Votes who share their thoughts on the importance of voting and registering young voters.
GW Votes is a nonpartisan coalition of students, faculty and staff that promotes voter registration and participation among our students.
...continue reading "Julian Clement Chase Prize Awards Ceremony: Oct 21, 7pm"
Welcome the virtual, asynchronous Symposium for Fall 2020.
The posts that follow this message link to students' presentations about their experiences with community engaged scholarship this semester. We encourage you to view as many presentations as you can, and leave a comment for the students. See below for tips on navigating this online space using the search bar.
Last week, twelve members of the Nashman Affiliate Faculty reviewed student presentations to select this semester's Community Engaged Scholarship Exemplars. To view these presentations, enter "exemplar" into the search bar. Our congratulations to those students: ...continue reading "WELCOME: The Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship"
Many thanks to Dr. Imani M. Cheers, for sharing this wonderful work by seniors in GW's School of Media and Public Affairs. The students' project this year is "Dispatches from 2020" and includes podcasts and videos. The pieces are thoughtful and professionally made, despite the challenges of distance learning and physical distancing. We strongly encourage you to explore the site and share it with colleagues:
https://dispatchesfrom2020.wixsite.com/portfolio
"As aspiring journalists, we're capturing the issues we care about that are unfolding in 2020: social justice, politics, and the environment."
"Who we are: Inspired by the RadioLab episode "Dispatches from 1918," Dispatches from 2020 is a collaborative reporting project seeking to document stories of the COVID-19 pandemic, the movement for racial justice, and the climate crisis. Our correspondents from around the United States are telling stories that grapple with the social, political, and environmental upheaval of our current moment."
by Brooke Maxwell, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.
This presentation covers the mission of Free Minds and the importance of the program for the incarcerated youth it serves, as well as my experience working with the organization. Symposium Theme: Resilience.
This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.
Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award. You are welcome to post comments and questions below.
by Abdallah Omari, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.
This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.
My friends and I from Jordan decided to create a program in order to help educate and entertain the unprivileged children in 'Za'atari Refugee Camp' by creating our program called 'Youth Leadership Program (YLP). Symposium Theme: Resilience.
This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.
Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award. You are welcome to post comments and questions below.
by Erin Powell, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.
I couldn't pick one theme for this presentation because two of them were so interconnected in my life and my work. This presentation is meant to help us question what we are prioritizing in our professional work, where resilience really comes from, and whether those things have changed because of the unique time we are living in. Symposium Theme: Resilience.
This presentation is submitted by Erin Powell, a 2020-2021 Knapp Fellow. Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning. Knapp Fellows receive up to $10,000 to support their proposals to combine scholarly work with community action. Students, working with one or more community partners and a faculty advisor, have a full academic year to implementing their idea. Note: Applications for the 2021-2022 Knapp Fellows are due May 24, 2020 (see link above).
You are welcome to post comments and questions below.
by Negeena Azad, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.
More than ever, the essential workers of our community and around the world need hope to build resilience. The GW community is able to spread some hope, one star at a time. Symposium Theme: Resilience.
This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.
Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award. You are welcome to post comments and questions below.
by Nikita Vivekanandan, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.
As the Vice President of Communication for the GW Capital Peers, I designed social media posts that shared health information. As we continue to rely on social media for many of our organizations particularly during the pandemic, it is essential to create inclusive digital spaces to best reach our communities. Symposium theme: Challenging assumptions and unconscious biases.
This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.
Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award. You are welcome to post comments and questions below.
by Caroline Young, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.
Autistics are disproportionately affected by anxiety disorders and the lack of a reliable communication method experienced by many non-speaking autistics further complicates the diagnostic and treatment process. In partnership with members of The Tribe, I examined how anxiety is diagnosed in non-speaking autistics and created a list of symptoms based off of their lived experience. Symposium Theme: Challenging assumptions and unconscious biases.
This project was part of Dr. Sean Cleary's course, PUBH 6299 The Autism Experience: A Public Health Perspective. In this unique course, designed in collaboration with local, autistic community members, GW students learn community participatory research methods while engaging with autistic young adults, their parents, researchers, clinicians and other service providers. The course covers the science, viewpoints, and experience of autism with a focus on young adults transitioning to adulthood. Working in partnership with community advocates, students explore research relevant to the autistic community.
Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award. You are welcome to post comments and questions below.
by Briana Anderson and Chava Kornblatt for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship (HSSJ 1177)
This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.
Pathways to Housing DC is a non-profit that works to alleviate homelessness by providing immediate housing and a support team to people experiencing homelessness. Our team conducted interviews with program participants (which Pathways calls client) and worked to tell their stories and messages in ways that would be accessible to the general public. Symposium Theme: Challenging assumptions and unconscious biases.
This project was part of Dr. Gretchen Van der Veer’s HSSJ 1177: Organizing Social Justice and Human Services. Students in this course learn theories of community organizing and social justice while engaging in service-learning with DC-based advocacy and action organizations.
Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award. You are welcome to post comments and questions below.
