Thursday, August 14, 2008

CCPH 11th Conference -- Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation Through Partnerships

Call for proposals due October 10.

Proposals for pre-conference workshops, story sessions, skill-building workshops, film screening and discussion session, and posters are sought that relate to one or more of these sub-themes (see the complete call for proposals for specific examples).

  • Journeys of Transformation

  • Sustaining partnerships and the outcomes they achieve

  • Building capacity

  • Community-campus partnerships as a global movement

  • Innovative and promising partnership practices

  • Community-based participatory research as a tool for social justice

  • Interprofessional, interdisciplinary and/or intersectoral collaborations

  • Youth and student leadership


For more information see www.ccph.info.

2009 Gulf-South Summit Call for Proposals

Deadline for proposals is October 17, 2008.

Join nationally renowned speakers and practitioners from around the country for professional networking, sharing of research and dialogue on the theme of Civic Engagement at the Crossroads: Rethinking Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities. Faculty, staff, students, community leaders, and community partners are invited to submit proposals and participate in the 2009 Summit.

Proposals for individual papers and presentations, panels, interactive workshops, and posters are now being accepted. Please see the website for more details on registration, awards, and RFP: www.lsu.edu/summit09.

Monday, August 4, 2008

2nd Annual Fostering Global Citizenship in Higher Education Conference

For campus teams and individuals involved in and interested in fostering global citizenship in higher education. The conference will engage participants in a variety of interactive workshops, plenary sessions, facilitated working groups, and action planning sessions. Anticipated outcomes for campus teams include:

  • Establishing a working definition of global citizenship for each campus;

  • Identifying the competencies that an individual should have to be considered a global citizen;

  • Identifying the key components necessary to properly teach, develop and prepare global citizens;

  • Developing strategies for cross-departmental collaboration.

For more info look at the Call for Proposals.