Kansas Campus Compact Webinars
After a rousing success in Fall 2009, Kansas Campus Compact is excited to announce the slate of topics for the Spring 2010 KsCC Webinars. These webinars are designed to provide a variety of opportunities to learn from experts in the fields of civic engagement and service-learning from Kansas and across the nation. The topics will vary each semester to offer a wide range of chances to learn from your colleagues on issues that interest you.
Each webinar will be hosted by Kansas Campus Compact and will last one hour, including significant allotment of time for questions and answers. Registered participants will be sent details on how to log in, addressing any technology questions, and how to participate during the webinar.
Participation will be free to faculty, staff, and students at Kansas Campus Compact member schools and KsCC AmeriCorps*VISTA Members. Interested participants from non-member institutions will need to pay a $25 registration fee to Kansas Campus Compact. Each registration is valid for one (1) user login.
All webinars will be recorded and KsCC members will have free access to these recordings for six months after they are conducted.
To register, please provide name and institution by email to kscc@ksu.edu or by phone at (785) 320-0700. Invoices and technical details will be provided upon receipt. Registration closes for the March webinar on March 10th. Payment can be accepted by check or credit card.
NEXT WEBINAR:
March
The Arts of Engagement: How Service-Learning Can be Effective in the Humanities
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010, 1:00pm Central
Dr. Elisabeth Gruner – University of Richmond
Service-learning is often talked about in ways that recall the use of the hands and in support of disciplines that have clear lines to an applied world. But what of those pursuits that speak to education of the mind and the spirit, particularly those of the arts and humanities. How do educators embrace service-learning effectively as a tool in these fields? Can we make engaged learning work in the arts? If so, what are the tools we might use and what pitfalls should be we cognizant of? Learn from Dr. Gruner’s experience bringing one course to fruition and how to make it stick both with students and with the institution.
Elisabeth (Libby) Gruner is Associate Professor of English at the University of Richmond, where she also coordinates the first year seminar program. She first incorporated service learning into her children’s literature course in the fall of 1999, and has continued to develop service and community-based learning opportunities in that course ever since. Her research on children’s literature has been published in Children’s Literature and The Lion and the Unicorn, and she also blogs weekly about academe for Inside Higher Ed’s Mama, PhD blog.
UPCOMING SPRING 2010 WEBINARS
April
Across the Divides: Service-Learning in Rural Communities
Thursday, April 15th, 2010, 2:00pm Central
Dr. Nicholas Holton – Kirtland Community College
Questions, or to register, please provide name, position, and institution by email to kscc AT ksu.edu.
Archived Webinars:
September 2009
Laying the Foundation: Service-Learning 101
Thursday, September 17th, 1:00pm
Dr. James Heffernan – New York Campus Compact
Registration CLOSED
Learn all you ever wanted to know about Service-Learning. What is it? How does it work? Can I make it work for my class? How is it different from other experiential education? This is a great webinar for both the novice educators and the more experienced ones alike, and faculty from all types and sizes of institutions will benefit from Dr. Heffernan’s experience and knowledge in the field.
Dr. Heffernan is Executive Director of the New York Campus Compact, an association of 78 college and university presidents committed to “reaffirming and reinvigorating the public purposes of higher education.” NYCC conducts workshops, provides sub-grants and awards to member campuses and promotes best practices in service-learning, campus/community partnerships and civic engagement. Prior to coming to NYCC in 2005, Dr. Heffernan was Vice President for Student Affairs and Educational Services at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse. Jim has also been the Executive Director of The Washington (D.C.) Center for Learning Alternatives; a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Higher Education in New South Wales, Australia; Associate Professor in the Syracuse University Department of Higher and Adult Education; Assistant Director of Institutional Research at Dartmouth College; and a Research Assistant at the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Higher Education.
Heffernan earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan; M.A.s from Michigan and Columbia University Teachers College; and a B.A. from Lafayette College.
October 2009
In It Together: Building Lasting & Successful Campus-Community Partnerships
October 20, 2009, 2:00pm
John Zeigler – Msgr. John Egan Urban Center, DePaul University
Elaine Elliott – Center for Community Service Learning, University of San Diego
Registration CLOSED
Hear from two national experts on how to strengthen collaborative efforts between the campus and the community and how to make sure both maximize the benefits. This webinar is a must for those on campuses committed to fostering better relations with the surrounding community and to ensuring their students and faculty get the most from their association with the university and anyone at any school who wants to improve this incredibly important activity.
Elaine Elliott: Elaine Elliott graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.A. in History. She and her husband lived in Guatemala for 17 years and established a nonprofit in the Guatemalan highlands. The nonprofit “Ixil Fund” supported local leadership for projects in bilingual education, healthcare, micro-credit, and an export business of their distinctive weavings. As the civil war in the country progressed, the nonprofit eventually engaged in emergency services. In 1991 Elaine returned to the U.S. and began working at the University of San Diego (USD) on a grant for institutionalizing diversity. She completed an M.A. in History at USD. She became the director of the USD Center for Community-Service Learning in 2002, and emphasizes the need for social justice work as well as compassionate service and community building. USD’s program is nationally recognized for its excellence in its community partnerships, student development, and connection between service and activism.
John Zeigler: For the last twenty five years John Zeigler has worked in the capacity of counselor, educator, community and social worker, activist, therapist, researcher, and creative artist in Chicago communities. He’s the founder of the youth community development initiative called Connextions International, which was designed to develop adolescents into conscious community builders. For over 12 years these students traveled to Central America, South America and West Africa, where they were involved in community building projects such as: building a primary school, a medical facility for elders, and a library in Ghana, Senegal and Ecuador.
Currently, John is the Director of DePaul University’s Egan Urban Center (EUC). The Center’s focus is to extend the opportunities for DePaul University to collaborate with its metropolitan community and to address critical urban problems, alleviate poverty and promote social justice through teaching, service and scholarship. The Center also brokers resources for community-based development efforts, and provides university scholars, staff and students with opportunities for meaningful community involvement in the Vincentian tradition. The Center accomplishes this all by responding to community direction on all their efforts. John also is the Coordinator of the Englewood Community Cultural Planning Council, which uses arts and culture to address social issues in Chicago’s Englewood community.
John has been awarded the Peace Corp’s Loret Miller Ruppe Award for Outstanding Community Service, Young Chicago Authors Wallace Douglas Distinguished Service Award, and the State of Illinois, “Everyday Hero”. He received his bachelor of science at Roosevelt University and a Masters in Social Work from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at University of Illinois in Chicago. He is currently working on a Doctorate in Education at DePaul University where his research interest is the role of critical democracy within informal organizations and how does that deliberate into action steps with public schools. John sits on many boards and belongs to numerous national and local organizations.
November 2009
STEM and Service: How Service-Learning Can be Effective in the Sciences
Thursday, November 12th, 2:00pm
Dr. Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University
Dr. Laura Salem, Rockhurst University
Registration CLOSED
Gain knowledge from two leading faculty members on how to integrate service-learning in the science and mathematics curriculum and why doing so can yield powerful student learning results. This 60 minute webinar is designed for faculty members and staff in the natural and physical sciences and requires little background experience. Participants will come away with a set of new exciting ideas for providing a community-minded education to science-minded students at all levels.
Dr. Edmund Tsang is Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Assessment and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western Michigan University. Dr. Tsang's professional interests include integration of service-learning into the engineering curriculum and programs to support the success and retention of first-time first-year students.
Dr. Laura Salem received her Ph.D in Genetics at the University of Iowa in 2000. Following her doctoral work, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in virology. Her interest in teaching led her to a faculty position at Rockhurst University, where she is now an Associate Professor of Biology. Throughout her time at Rockhurst, she has emphasized service learning in multiple courses including General Biology, Cell Biology and Biotechnology.
February 2010
Note of Distinction: Applying for and Using the Carnegie Classification for Engagement
Wednesday, February 3, 2:00pm Central
Dr. Chris Crawford – Fort Hays State University
Registration CLOSED
It’s the big neon sign pointing to universities that make civic engagement a core part of the educational experience. So how do you go about getting a Carnegie Classification? What does it take and what does it mean? Hear from one of the individuals who spearheaded the process at Fort Hays State University, Kansas’ first Carnegie recognized institution.
Dr. Chris Crawford (Professor, Department of Leadership Studies) has had an active interest in leadership, organizational innovation, knowledge management, and quality management related areas for more than a decade. Over the last twenty years, Chris has developed and taught several undergraduate and graduate level classes in leadership and communication, has directed a large graduate program, served as Assistant Dean of the Virtual College, Director of the Master of Liberal Studies program, and currently serves as the Assistant Provost for Quality Management.
Chris has an extensive publication record with numerous articles both in the field of leadership and other cogent areas. He has been published in the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, the Journal of Leadership Education, the Electronic Journal of Communication, the Journal of Leadership Studies, the Journal of Knowledge Management, the Journal of Knowledge Management Practice, and the Journal of Organizational Leadership, among others. In addition, Chris has authored or co-authored the following books:
- Risk Leadership
- Understanding Leadership: Theories and Concepts (3rd Ed)
- Maximum Team Performance: Teamwork, Team Building, and Team Leading
- Making Argument Work: Knowing and Applying Basic Argument Strategies (3rd Ed)
- Oral Communication: Theory and Practice (2nd Ed)
- Speech Communication (3rd Ed)
Chris has also consulted for several organizations in Kansas and in North and South Carolina dealing with organizational training and development issues.
Questions?
Please contact Matthew Lindsey at matthewl@ksu.edu with any questions.
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