Thursday, May 22, 2008

Thought to Action: Engaging College, Community, and Students through Service-Learning Partnerships

Call for proposals deadline is June 27th.

This exciting two-day service-learning conference is being co-sponsored by Buffalo State College, New York Campus Compact, and the Western New York Service-Learning Coalition and will include both traditional and innovative community based workshops. Proposals are being sought for individual presentations, panel discussions, and poster or visual presentations that highlight best practices in local, regional, national and/or international service-learning partnerships. Presentations from engaged faculty, staff, students, and community partners (including team presentations) are encouraged. Concurrent sessions are 60 minutes long and should allow appropriate time for discussion and questions. Community based workshops are 2 ½ hours and take place in the local community (transportation will be provided).

The call for proposals deadline is June 27th. On-line registration will begin July 14th .

Please visit www.wnyslconference.org for submission guidelines and possible topics.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Proposal Request for Advancing Collaboration: Fifth annual conference of the Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education

Proposal Submission Deadline: May 30, 2008

Faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community partners are invited to submit proposals that address one of the following Thematic Areas:

  • Best Practices in Collaboration

  • Service-Learning and Educational Initiatives

  • Service-Learning and Engaged Scholarship

AUDIENCE: Faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community partners, from member and non-member institutions, are invited to present and attend. Proposals should be in one of four formats: interactive, individual/group, round table, or poster.

For more information and to submit online, go to Call for Proposals.
midwestconsortium.org/2008rfp.aspx

New Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education

Deadline: June 30

A new on-line refereed journal exploring community engagement and community-based learning experiences, The Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education has announced its first call for papers. Sponsored by Indiana State University's Center for Public Service and Community Engagement, this new journal is intended to serve as a forum for the review of research and practice by professionals in higher education in the fields of community engagement and engaged learning practices.

Papers for the first edition are due June 30, 2008 For more information, visit www1.indstate.edu/jcehe/.

Call for papers on service-learning for Fall 2008 issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly

Deadline: May 31

Focus:
Service-learning, a community-based approach to teaching and learning, provides opportunities for students to discover linkages between theory and practice in authentic settings. Educational research and practice have provided numerous examples of service-learning as a tool for 'expanding the walls' of the traditional classroom, providing opportunities for active and cooperative learning, interdisciplinary projects, and multicultural experiences grounded in local community issues that enliven the teaching/learning processes. Many of the studies on student outcomes indicate that the combination of service with learning enhances student development, multicultural awareness and academic achievement. This special issue invites researchers and practitioners to submit articles and essays on service-learning in higher education with a special focus on the individual and institutional impacts of established service-learning programs. Qualitative and quantitative studies that can contribute to the growing knowledge base on the potential of this teaching/learning strategy are especially welcome. Other issues to be addressed include assessment and evaluation, social justice concerns, and the mission of the university in 21st century society.

Please identify your submission with keyword: SERVICE

Submission deadline: Any time until the end of May 2008; see details for other deadline options like early, regular, and short.

Submission Procedure: rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm
or www.higher-ed.org/AEQ/rufen1.htm

Call for Applications - Emerging Scholars and Researchers of K-12 Service-Learning

Application paper by May 30, 2008

Invitation for applications to participate in the second annual Emerging Scholars in Service-Learning Works-in-Progress Seminar. This year’s Seminar will be held on June 15-17, 2008 at Brandeis University.

Applicants must currently have in progress a formal research paper or project that advances the study of service-learning in K-12 education.
The research may be at any stage (e.g., building of the conceptual framework, creating or testing measures, data collection, etc.), but the work must already be underway. Regardless of the stage of research being conducted, all applications must be prepared to submit a written paper by May 30, 2008 that explains in detail the nature and focus of the research being conducted.

For more information please visit cyc.brandeis.edu/seminar.

Higher Education Mentoring Conference in Albuquerque, NM October 22-24

Abstract deadline by June 30, 2008

The University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute invites you to participate in its inaugural conference on mentoring best practices in higher education, October 22-24, 2008 on the main campus of The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The conference theme is Fostering a Mentoring Culture in the 21st Century: Bringing Best Practices and Research to Higher Education.

Papers are sought which explore effective mentoring strategies and best practices which support students, faculty, researchers and staff in their journey as academicians and professionals in today's (and tomorrow's) higher education settings. Those submitting papers should state whether they are focused on specific groups as mentors and protegees, or if their research is generally applicable to any mentor - protege relationship. Please submit a 1500 word abstract by June 30, 2008, using this
link: mentor.unm.edu/confsubmit.html

Abstracts will be reviewed, and accepted papers will be affirmed by invitation by July 15th, 2008; complete papers will be due by August 31, 2008.