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The International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement is calling for proposals for their 2024 conference. The theme of the conference this year is "Intersections". Click here for more information.

Submissions are encouraged to connect to the theme Intersections and the following thematic areas:

  • Community partnerships and non-university stakeholders
  • Student outcomes at K-12, Undergraduate and Graduate levels
  • Emerging technologies in SLCE
  • Faculty issues (promotion and tenure, learning communities, etc.)
  • Theory and methods
  • Using SLCE to address Sustainable Development Goals
  • Identity and indigeneity

Join LEAD California, IARSLCE and GivePulse in their next Dissertation Dish episode. In this episode Dr. Rochelle Smarr will present her dissertation Stories from the Field: Black Service-Learning Student Experiences. The aim of this research study is to provide a macro picture of Black student's experiences in service-learning through reflective semi-structured interviews. Click here to learn more and register.

Take a look at the most recent issue of Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, the premier journal of the Society of Experiential Education (SEE). Read articles on the connection between experimental learning and careers, peer tutoring in the experimental learning process, and other topics related to experimental learning. 

Fran Buntman (Sociology) and Wendy Wagner (Nashman Center) have been selected for the Civic Engagement and Voting Rights Teacher Scholars program (hosted by Clemson University and supported through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation). They will spend the coming year engaged in nation-wide Faculty Learning Communities, attend an institute and several convenings, and will ultimately create and disseminate educational materials on civic and voting rights education. These include in-class learning activities, as well as syllabi that bring issues of civic engagement and voting rights into the classroom. 

If the upcoming election is important to you, this is a great way to get involved. The GW Votes Task Force is a nonpartisan university-wide coalition dedicated to ensuring that everyone in the GW community who is eligible to vote in US elections will do so in each election.

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United Against Inequities in Disease (UAID) is a national nonprofit organization empowering students to reduce health inequities in their communities. Join them for their upcoming day-long virtual conference on April 13th, 2024. The theme of the conference is Underserved Patient Populations. They will discuss barriers that minority patient populations face when accessing healthcare. Through the work of our speakers and community projects, the conference aims to bring attention to these obstacles and how the community will address them as future healthcare and public health professionals. They are also accepting abstracts and poster submissions. Click here to learn more and register. Click here to submit an abstract or poster.

Join a webinar with esteemed panelists from around the nation who will discuss their experience in transforming promotion and tenure guidelines and policies at the departmental and institutional levels. Panelists include: David Donahue, University of San Francisco; Jennifer Yee, California State University Fullerton and Andy Furco, University of Minnesota. The panel will take place on April 16, 2024, at 1:00 PM. Click here to learn more and register.

Join the Engagement Scholarship Consortium and the Journal of Higher Education Outreach in a virtual discussion on the journal’s peer review process, including best practices for conducting a review and strategies for integrating reviewer feedback as an author. The talk will take place on April 24, 2024, from 12:00-1:00 p.m.. Click here to learn more and register.

 

Join the Engagement Scholarship Consortium in its pre-conference workshop for Ph.D. students, Extension and academic staff, and early career faculty members with an interest in community-engaged research or practitioner. This workshop will help participants enhance their practice and knowledge of community-engaged scholarship. The workshop will take place on Monday, October 7 and Tuesday, October 8, 2024, immediately before the Engagement Scholarship Consortium conference in Portland, OR. The theme of this year's conference is "Pathways to Prosperity: Building Sustainable Futures through Community Engagement". The deadline for applications is April 8, 2024. Click here to learn more and apply.

The Engagement Scholarship Consortium has created grants to help facilitate mutually beneficial community engagement. The funding can be allocated to projects across disciplines within a university as well as used for faculty, graduate, undergraduate, community partner, and administrative stipends; supplies and expenses; and/or project-related travel. The deadline to apply is May 3, 2024. Click here to learn more and apply.

Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities will be hosting its Summer Institute on August 1-4, 2024. The institute will include presentations, keynote speakers, and round table talks. There will be live and recorded presentations. Registration will open in May and a call for proposals will be posted in April.

Join the editors of the International Journal of Research on Service-Learning& Community Engagement and members of the IARSLCE Scholarship & Publications committee in a conversation about the manuscript submission and review process. This panel will take place on April 17, 2024, at 12:00 pm. Click here to learn more and register.

Early bird registration has begun for the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement 2024 Conference on October 2-4, 2024 at the University of San Diego in California. This year's theme is "Intersections", where the conference will discuss the intersections between these local, national and global issues, practices, backgrounds, and lived experiences. Click here to learn more and register.

Join the Community Engagement Alliance in a webinar about community-centered research design. This webinar will explore strategies for engaging in research with community organizations. The webinar will take place on April 19, 2024, at 1:00 pm. Click here to learn more and register.

Registration is now open for the Credo + AAC&U Leadership Institutes for Women and Gender-Diverse Leaders. The institute's theme is “Leading with Hope,”. The institute will include a mix of panel discussions, attendee-presented sessions, time with industry experts, and space for leader-to-leader conversation and reflection. It will be held NovemberClick here to learn more and register.