Join the next cohort of Campus Compact's Engaged Scholars Initiative. This program helps advance the skills of community and civically engaged early career scholars through bi-weekly meetings, workshops, coaching, and in-person retreats. Applications are due on April 19, 2024. Click here to learn more and apply.
Apply Now: Campus Compact Changemakers Retreat
Join Campus Compact for their Changemakers Retreat. The Changemakers Retreat is an intensive, in-person leadership development experience intended to hone skills, build community, and empower current and aspiring changemakers. Participants will further their skills in civic and community engagement work on their campus through workshops, community building, and coaching. The next Changemakers retreat will take place from June 24-27, 2024 at Towson University. Click here to learn more and apply.
Save The Date: Little Friends for Peace Gun Violence Discussion
Join Little Friends for Peace for their discussion on gun violence on May 4th, 2024 from 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM. The event will be held Archbishop Carroll High School
4300 Harewood Rd, NE Washington, DC 20017.If you would like to join the panel or learn more about the event, please contact MJ Park at mjpeace@gmail.com
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Register Now: Tisch College Community Research Center Course on Participatory Action Research
The Tisch College Community Research Center offers an online Participatory Action Research course: June 10 – 14, 2024. Click here for more information and registration.
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Call for Chapter Authors: Transformational Innovations: Mental Health Counseling, Cultural Inclusion, and Social Justice Advocacy in Higher Education
Dr. Jose Maldonado of Liberty University is looking for chapter authors for his upcoming textbook Transformational Innovations: Mental Health Counseling, Cultural Inclusion, and Social Justice Advocacy in Higher Education. It covers issues interconnected with mental health in higher education. You may reach out directly to Dr. Maldonando (jmmaldonado1@liberty.edu) to inquire.
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GW Votes Releases New Faculty Toolkit
GW Votes is a nonpartisan coalition hosted in the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service that promotes voter registration, education, and participation on GW’s campus and beyond.
The GW Votes' Faculty Toolkit will guide you through the process of encouraging and supporting your students in participating in the upcoming elections. It includes a section on incorporating this work into your syllabi this Fall. Now is a great time to check it out.
A message from the GW Votes team:
Performance Event: Community Engagement, Advocacy, and Dance
Nashman Center Affiliate Faculty member Anna Kimmel (Corcoran School of Art and Design) invites us all to attend this performance. If community engaged scholarship from the dance department piqued your interest, then you need to be here!
this place, could be
April 18-20, 2024
Betts Auditorium
Co-choreographed by Anna Jayne Kimmel and Leo Hylton, music by Heather Stebbins
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Significant Improvements to Federal Grants Rules for Charitable Nonprofits
Great news from the National Council of Nonprofits for your community partners (help us pass along the word to them).
The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has announced major reforms to the Uniform Guidance, the set of common rules governing most federal grantmaking to charitable nonprofits, state, local, and Tribal governments, and others.
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Virtual Institute: AAC&U Institute on Engaged and Integrative Learning
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is hosting its annual Institute on Engaged and Integrative Learning (IEIL) virtually from July 16–19, 2024. This institute provides a collaborative opportunity for institutions to explore evidence-based strategies that enhance student learning experiences both on campus and in the community.
The institute offers mentorship from experienced faculty and resources to create an action plan for advancing engaged and integrative learning at your institution. Interested GW faculty and administrators should apply as soon as possible. The priority deadline is April 30.
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Call for Proposals: IARSLCE 2024 Conference Proposals
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
Register Now: Dissertation Dish: Stories from the Field: Black Service-Learning Student Experiences
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.
Good Reads: Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Issue on Defining Experiential Education
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.
GW Faculty Selected for Civic Engagement and Voting Rights Teacher Scholars Program
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.
GW Votes Task Force Seeks Faculty Participation
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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Register Now: United Against Inequities in Disease Conference: Underserved Patient Populations
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.
