Engaged Illinois

The Scholarship of Engagement Community at the University of Illinois

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Valeri Werpetinski added 13 blog postson Tuesday
Tara Bossert, Jason Cheng, Shelley Smithson and 9 more joined Engaged Illinoison Monday
Debbie Reese added a blog postJune 20
In Summer 06 I started blogging on this topic (American Indians in children's literature) as a way of reaching parents, teachers, librarians, and others who work with children and books but do not have easy access to the journals and books academi...
Stephanie Record updated their profile photoJune 20
Valeri Werpetinski updated their profileJune 17
Valeri Werpetinski added a videoMay 28
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This video clip was taken of a skit at the Orpheum Children's Science Museum. The skit was one of the community stewardship projects created in the service-learning course, NRES 285: Community Stewardship through Environmental Education. U of I st...

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Engaged Illinois Programs, Events, & Opportunities

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CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE PROGRAMS
The Center for Teaching Excellence supports instructional development, partnership-building, and the assessment of service-learning by offering services such as consultations, workshops, and reading groups for campus units and individual instructors and staff members. Contact Valeri Werpetinski at 333-3370 for service-learning programming requests or to make an appointment.

Citizen Scholar Certificate
The Citizen Scholar Certificate is designed to encourage instructors to explore and participate in the scholarship of engagement. It also provides opportunities for instructors to contribute to a community of practice that supports service-learning pedagogy and civic engagement at the University of Illinois. Click here for more details and an application.

Blog Posts

Valeri Werpetinski

Simon Fraser University in Vancouver Launches Certificate in Dialogue and Civic Engagement

[Announcement from Comm-engagedscholarship listserv]

Simon Fraser University Launches Certificate in Dialogue and Civic Engagement in Fall 2009. If involving citizens in your plans is becoming central to your work, this innovative program is for you. Learn to think critically and creatively about the range of approaches to civic engagement. You will be guided by skilled and knowledgeable faculty/practitioners on effective ways to plan and implement a range of engagement models. The program incl… Continue

Posted by Valeri Werpetinski on June 30, 2009 at 11:33am

Valeri Werpetinski

President, First Lady and Members of Congress Participate in United We Serve Event for Military Children

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Siobhan Dugan
June 25, 2009
202/606-6707; sdugan@cns.gov

President, First Lady and Members of Congress Participate in United We Serve Event for Military Children

Washington, DC-Today, President Obama and Mrs. Obama will join hundreds of Congressional family members and five national nonprofit organizations in a United We Serve event sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The project will benefit… Continue

Posted by Valeri Werpetinski on June 25, 2009 at 7:05pm

Valeri Werpetinski

First Lady Michelle Obama, Cabinet Members Kick Off United We Serve

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv]

For Immediate Release
June 22, 2009
Contacts:
Sandy Scott, sccott@cns.gov, 202-355-2173 (c)
Fiona Roberts, froberts@handsonnetwork.org, 404-293-2508(c)

First Lady Michelle Obama, Cabinet Members Kick Off United We Serve

Foundations, Nonprofits, Entertainment Leaders Support President's Call

EDITORS NOTE: The National Conference on Volunteering and Service opening plenary featuring First Lady Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Governor Arno… Continue

Posted by Valeri Werpetinski on June 23, 2009 at 1:54pm

Debbie Reese

American Indians in Children's Literature

In Summer 06 I started blogging on this topic (American Indians in children's literature) as a way of reaching parents, teachers, librarians, and others who work with children and books but do not have easy access to the journals and books academics in which academics are expected to publish.

The blog also allows me control of my writing. I started professional reviewing in the mid 90s but stopped, partially because the jou… Continue

Posted by Debbie Reese on June 20, 2009 at 4:24pm

Valeri Werpetinski

Fixed Problem with Spammers

Dear Engaged Illinois Friends,

I apologize for the recent spam that may have been posted to your member pages. I have banned this member and changed the security on our network so that new members must be approved before joining. I hope this will eliminate any future "unwanted" junk postings without discouraging new members from joining our network. As always, the Engaged Illinois network remains public.

Thanks for your patience. We have only had a few incidents since last fall, but I realize… Continue

Posted by Valeri Werpetinski on June 17, 2009 at 7:07pm

Forum

Valeri Werpetinski

What would you like to see on CTE's Service-Learning page? 1 Reply

Started by Valeri Werpetinski. Last reply by Ann Abbott May 8.

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