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New International Journal Focuses on Community-Engaged Scholarship and Community-Academic Partnerships in Prevention/Population Health

[Announcement excerpt from comm-engagedscholarship listserv] Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues, We are pleased to announce the inaugural issue of the new International Journal of Prevention Practice and Research (IJPPR)! Below is the list of articles and abstracts appearing in the issue about CES4Health.info IJPPR is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes high quality articles reporting the development and results of community-driven prevention programs, innovative community/campu… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on November 16, 2009 at 5:37pm — No Comments

National Service Agency Looking for Peer Reviewers

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv] National Service Agency Looking for Peer Reviewers The Corporation for National and Community Service is seeking Peer Reviewers and Facilitators to assist in the review of its competitive grant applications. The Corporation engages experts from the field to read applications and provide an analysis and rating of the quality of each application based upon published criteria. The Corporation considers peer reviewer comments and ratings in funding decisi… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on November 16, 2009 at 3:43pm — No Comments

Resources re: Mandatory service learning in your curriculum?

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv] re: Mandatory service learning in your curriculum? Campus Compact's Program Model Database, has a category on required service, where you can see a list of Campus Compact member institutions that have a service or civic engagement requirement. www.compact.org/category/program-models/program-models-required-service/ Service Learning at CSUMB… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on November 11, 2009 at 8:17pm — No Comments

Nominations Due Feb 1 for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Annual Award

[Announcement from comm-engagedscholarship listserv] The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) Annual Award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions that are striving to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to overcome the root causes of health, social and economic inequalities. The award highlights the power and potential of community-campus partnerships as a strategy for social justice. The 2010 award will be announced and re… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on November 9, 2009 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Call for papers for THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGIST: Special Issue on Psychology & Poverty Reduction

[Announcement from SCRA listserv] Reminder: Call for Papers THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGIST, Vol. 22, Issue 1. Special Issue on Psychology & Poverty Reduction Editors: David Fryer (Charles Sturt University) & Cathy McCormack The first issue of 2010 will be a special issue devoted to community critical psychology approaches to poverty reduction. Contributions by: people with first hand experience of poverty; poverty activists; members of organisations committed to poverty reduct… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 20, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

LINC: New service-learning opportunities for students, faculty, and staff!

SUBJECT: New service-learning opportunities for Spring 2010 To all students, all majors, all levels: Consider registering for a new course entitled LINC-Learning in Community. As a result of this course, you can expect to improve your project skills and to contribute to an important problem that benefits a nonprofit organization. LINC is a service-learning course in which teams of students work on real projects proposed by community partners. There are 16 sections of the… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 20, 2009 at 4:07pm — No Comments

REMINDER: 2010 GULF-SOUTH SUMMIT PROPOSALS DUE OCTOBER 19, 2009

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv] ***REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DUE OCTOBER 19, 2009*** PEOPLE, PLACE, & PARTNERS: Building and Sustaining Engagement in Critical Times March 3-5, 2010 Hosted by The University of Georgia Proposals are now being accepted for the 2010 Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education March 3-5, 2010. Please see the website http://www.georgiacenter… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 8, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Proposals Due Oct 16 for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Conference, May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon

[Announcement from ResearchSLCE listserv] We are writing to remind you of the Fri Oct 16 deadline for proposals for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) conference, May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon! The conference, "Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships" promises to be CCPH's best yet as hundreds of community and campus partners convene for 4 days of skill-building, networking and agenda-setting! We invite you to share your knowledge, wisdom and e… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 6, 2009 at 1:11pm — No Comments

2009-2010 National Learn & Serve Challenge

[Announcement from NSLP] Let the 2009-2010 National Learn & Serve Challenge begin! This week, more than 71,000 young people, educators, community partners, civic leaders, and business partners will participate in activities to build awareness and public support for service-learning through the National Learn & Serve Challenge. http://www.learnandservechallenge.org For two years, the National Learn & Serve C… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 6, 2009 at 1:06pm — No Comments

Last chance to nominate for the CAEPE awards!

Last chance to nominate for the CAEPE awards! Nominations are invited for the Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement that recognize faculty members, academic professionals and students who contribute to the university's commitment to public engagement in exemplary ways. Individual and Project Award nominations are due Oct. 5. Guidelines at: http://engagement.illinois.edu/engagement_a… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 5, 2009 at 2:13am — No Comments

now available: Foundations for Community Health Workers

[Announcement from SCRA listserv] Foundations for Community Health Workers, by Tim Berthold, Alma Avila-Esparza, and Jeni Miller, editors (ISBN: 978-0-470-17997-0; Paperback; 592 pages; August 2009) is a training resource for client- and community-centered public health practitioners, with an emphasis on promoting health equality. Based on City College of San Francisco's CHW Certificate Program, it begins with an overview of the historic and political context informing the practice of community… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 5, 2009 at 2:09am — No Comments

Call for papers "Participation and engagement in health and healhcare"

[Announcement from SCRA listserv] Dear SCRA colleagues Action Reasearch (ARJ) is calling for papers for a special issue about "Participation and engagement in health and healhcare" AR Special Issue Health Healthcare.pdf We encourage submissions if you work is related to this topic Best, Manuel García Ramírez Profesor Titular de Universidad CESPYD. Coalición para el Est… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 5, 2009 at 2:05am — No Comments

Third Annual Training Institute on Community-Partnered Research

[Announcement from SCRA listserv] The University of Rochester’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, in partnership with San José State University, is pleased to announce the Third Annual Training Institute on community-partnered research. This year’s Institute, *Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches to Sustaining Healthy Families and Multicultural Communities*, will be held on February 6-10, 2010 in San José, California. Attached is a press release announcing this excit… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 4, 2009 at 11:51pm — No Comments

RFP: Faculty Fellows in Entrepreneurship

[Announcement from eweek] RFP: Faculty Fellows in Entrepreneurship ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Faculty Fellows Program is designed to increase the number and scope of courses in entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity across the campus. Grants as much as $15,000 will be awarded to support course development or revision. Deadline Dec 4. URL: http://www.ael.illino… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 4, 2009 at 11:48pm — No Comments

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Funding

[Announcement from SCRA listserv] FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation One great idea is all it takes to improve the health of millions around the world. What is yours? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for the Grand Challenges Explorations, a $100 million initiative to encourage bold and unconventional global health solutions. Anyone can apply, regardless of your prior experience or institutional affiliation. Previous winne… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 4, 2009 at 11:44pm — No Comments

Global Health Certificate Program

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv] Global Health Certificate Program This program may be of interest to many on this list. Please feel free to forward to faculty and students. Global Health University provides online courses that are freely available to the public. We also offer high school students, college students, medical and graduate students, educators, and others, an opportunity to enroll as a Scholar and receive a Global Health Certificate from Global Health University. Global… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 1, 2009 at 10:44am — No Comments

National Service-Learning Institute Registration Now Open

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv] Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for Community Works' nationally acclaimed Institute on Service-Learning which will be held at Shelburne Farms in Vermont, July 19-23, 2010. We strongly advise registering soon since space fills early each year. For more information call 909-480-3966 or visit our web site: http://www.communityworksonline.org. Registration… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on October 1, 2009 at 2:39am — No Comments

Call for Proposals - Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (P.A.C.E.) Conference

[Announcement from HE-SL listserv] Call for Proposals - Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (P.A.C.E.) Conference February 10, 2010, Elon University, Elon, NC NC Campus Compact is now accepting workshop proposals for the 2010 P.A.C.E. Conference. This annual conference provides participants with valuable information and skills they can utilize in their civic engagement work. Workshops, presented by faculty, staff, students and community partners provide "how to", "best practice" and… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on September 30, 2009 at 10:43pm — No Comments

Special Issue call for papers for the journal Education and Training

[Announcement from ResearchSLCE listserv] Special Issue call for papers for the journal Education and Training Student Learning from Community Engagement Guest editors: Tom Bourner and Juliet Millican, University of Brighton There is growing recognition in recent years of the value of university-community engagement. This has brought increasing interest in areas such as service learning and student-community engagement and its significance for students' learning and development… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on September 29, 2009 at 7:38pm — No Comments

Call for Chapter Proposals: Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Community Partnerships

[Announcement from ResearchSLCE listserv] CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS HIGHER EDUCATION, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: CONCEPTS, MODELS, AND APPLICATIONS A book edited by Melody Bowdon, PhD (Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Central Florida) and Russell Carpenter, PhD (Director, Noel Studio for Academic Creativity, Eastern Kentucky University) to be published by IGI Global. For more on the publisher and to review the full call online, go to:… Continue

Added by Valeri Werpetinski on September 29, 2009 at 7:17pm — No Comments

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