Events Calendar
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For a calendar of National Campus Compact events and related workshops and conferences, see the National Calendar.
December
Universal Human Rights Month http://www.udhr.org
December 1, 2007
Rosa Parks Human Rights Day http://www.rosaparks.org
December 10, 2007
International Human Rights Day http://hrw.org
January
National Mentoring Month http://www.mentoring.org
January 7, 2008
Last Day for Discount on National Student Conference
MPACT: National Student Conference on Service, Advocacy & Social Action will continue the legacy of bringing together approximately 1,000 students, year of service members, campus administrators, and nonprofit professionals for the historically largest national convening of campus community members involved in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work across philosophical and ideological lines.
The Conference Planning Committee consists of representatives from several nonprofit organizations focused on civic engagement—such as CIRCLE, Oxfam, Bonner Foundation, PledgeBank, Youth Service America, and the ONE Campaign—and campuses from across the country—such as the University of Idaho, Emerson College, Vassar College, Southern Oregon University and Miami University (Ohio). Amy Smitter (MICC) and Char Gray (PACC) have been serving on the planning committee and MACC will also be playing a pivotal role. In conjunction with these three state offices, and the many nonprofit and campus partners of this event, we are pleased to announce the following details:
Campus Compact has negotiated a conference registration discount for students from member schools: $20 off student rate until January 7 (we are aware that this date might be problematic for some students, but given that the conference is in March, this is what we could negotiate).
January 21, 2008
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service http://www.mlkday.gov
February
National Black History Month http://www.asalh.org
February 2008
Random Acts of Kindness Week http://www.actsofkindness.org
March
National Women's History Month http://www.nwhp.org
March 13-15 2008
Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagment through Higher Education
Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Service-learning, community engagement, civic responsibility and democratic renewal are key themes for higher education institutions and community agencies. The Gulf South Summit brings together national speakers and over 350 practitioners for dialogue on these themes and provides a forum for best practices, sharing of research, and development of a professional network of practitioners in all aspects of service-learning. Faculty, staff, students, community leaders, and community-university partners are invited to participate in the Summit.
Topics for 2008:
- Program development: from first steps to well-established: navigating logistics, classroom-community connections, learning goals, faculty and institutional issues
- Sustainability in service-learning: from single experience to ongoing engagement with community, justice, and policy issues
- Ethical issues in service-learning and civic engagement for institutions and practitioners
- Service-learning and social entrepreneurship
- International service-learning: linking service-learning and study abroad; the globalization of the service-learning movement
- Service-learning and diversity: classroom and civic issues
- The impact of service-learning: new research and assessment strategies
- Service-learning as professional development for faculty and community leaders
- Using the scholarship and practice of engagement in disaster preparation, response, and recovery
- National Family Month http://www.familymonth.net
Proposals for individual papers, panels, workshops, and posters on these topics are invited. Please watch for the Request for Proposals later this summer on the Belmont University website. For further information and to be included in all mailings, please contact summit08@mail.belmont.edu
March 2008
International Women's Day http://www.internationalwomensday.com
March 2008
World Water Day http://www.worldwaterday2007.org
March 2008
Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning http://www.chavezfoundation.org
April
Keep America Beautiful Month http://www.kab.org
April 9-12, 2008
National Service Learning Conference
Minneapolis, MN
The largest gathering of youths and practitioners from the service-learning movement.
Featuring keynote speeches from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Pedro Noguera, and Ronald Tschetter.
Includes 3,000 participants from all 50 states and 19 other countries. For more information visit www.nylc.org/conference.
April 2008
National Volunteer Week http://www.pointsoflight.org
April 2008
National & Global Youth Service Day http:// www.gysd.org and http://www.ysa.org
April 2008
Earth Day http://www.earthday.net
May
May 2008
Join Hands Day http://www.joinhandsday.org
June
National Safety Month http://www.nsc.org
June 2008
National Hunger Awareness Day http://www.nw.org
July
Recreation and Parks Month http://www.nrpa.org
July 2008
National Youth Sports Week http://www.nrpa.org
August
National Water Quality Month http://www.epa.gov
August 2008
Community Build Day http://www.fsround.org
August 2008
Kids Day http://www.kidsday.org
August 2008
National Friendship Week http://www.friendshipthrougheducation.org
September
National Hispanic Heritage Month http://hispanicheritage.org
September, 2008
Good Deeds Day http://www.mygooddeed.org
September, 2008
National Neighborhood Day http://www.neighborhoodday.org
September, 2008
National Good Neighbor Day http://www.natgoodneighborday.org
October
Family History Month http://www.familyeducation.com
October 7-9, 2007
7th International Research Conference
On Service-Learning and Community Engagement
Tampa, Florida
Florida Campus Compact is pleased to invite you to the 7th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, October 7-9, 2007 in Tampa, Florida. The theme for this year's conference is "Sustainability and Scholarship: Research and the K-12 Continuum" and is being hosted by the University of South Florida and co-hosted by Florida State University, Miami Dade College, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Miami.
At this year's conference we want to continue to showcase current exemplary research on service-learning and engaged scholarship. We encourage greater involvement of scholars from around the globe, as well as scholars from a variety of disciplines who can contribute diverse disciplinary frameworks and perspectives. The overarching goal of the conference is to convene researchers interested in service-learning and engagement from throughout the world to share research findings, build networks and partnerships, and identify new directions for service-learning research. Watch for Early Discounted Registration deadlines and additional information at www.floridacompact.org.
October 11, 2007
K-State Engagement Symposium:
A Focus on Service Learning and Engaged Scholarship
Manhattan, Kansas
K-State Student Union, Cottonwood Room
The Center for Engagement and Community Development (CECD) and Kansas Campus Compact are bringing together a diverse group of K-State faculty to discuss their engaged work with significant issues facing Kansans. Faculty from speech communication, civil engineering, kinesiology, human nutrition, theatre, landscape architecture, and the library will discuss their engaged research and engaged teaching through service learning and experiential learning. Topics will range from obesity prevention to public engagement in civil dialogue to preserving historic neighborhoods to building stronger cultural and academic ties between K-State and Fort Riley.
Community engagement occurs when collaborative scholarship (researching, teaching, and outreach) is directed toward a public need and when the relationship between campus and off-campus partners is reciprocal and mutually beneficial. The result of engaged work is new knowledge, new processes, and/or new pedagogies. Please join us to discuss the benefits of taking research and service learning outside of the classroom or laboratory. This symposium is designed to highlight the engaged work happening at K-State, foster dialog among participants, and generate potential new ways of conceiving and conducting research and teaching. Participants will also hear about the next round of engagement incentive grants offered through the Center for Engagement and Community Development.
This symposium is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available. Click here for meeting agenda.
October 18-20, 2007
Civic Learning at the Intersections:
U.S. Diversity, Global Education, and Democracy's Unfinished Work
Denver, Colorado
Answer this American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) call for proposals for the 2007 Network for Academic Renewal Conference, submission deadline Thursday, April 12, 2007.
Civic Learning at the Intersections will highlight current research and promising practices pertaining to the creative integration of civic, diversity, and global work on campus and how this integration can strengthen student learning and help create new and sustaining institutional structures. You can learn more about the conference by clicking here.
AAC&U invites proposals for sessions that will engage discussion about the ways in which isolated campus approaches to civic engagement, diversity, and global learning might intersect to deepen student learning and preparation for a new global century. We look forward to your proposal and participation. Learn more about the CFP or submit a proposal online.
October 20-23, 2007
13th Annual Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Conference
Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland
The Conference will examine Community Engagement & Metropolitan Universities: the growing collaboration between academic institutions and their communities. Providing a forum for faculty and administrators, dialogue and discussion will focus on institutional commitments by urban and metropolitan universities community engagement research, teaching, and field-work experiences.
Call for proposals, suggested topics: Community Development & Partnerships, K-16 Education & Outreach, Collaborative Grants Proposals, and Institutional Development & Service Learning Workforce Needs Development Research Partnerships. Submission deadline is April 27, 2007.
For more information, please visit the Coalition's Conference website.
October 21-27, 2007
Kids Care Week http://www.kidscare.org
October 23-24, 2007
Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition's Eighth Annual Summit on Housing and Homelessness
Manhattan , KS
There is no cost to attend! In addition, lunch, breakfast and snacks are provided. Summit information and on-line registration are on their website www.kshomeless.com. They encourage people who are homeless or have been homeless to attend. Funding may be available to cover the costs of travel and hotel.
October 27, 2007
Make A Difference Day http://www.makeadifference.org
October 29, 2007
Imagine...There's No Hunger
Pozez Education Center, Stormont Vail HealthCare, Topeka, KS
Join the community in creating a keener sense of awareness of hunger in Kansas. The event features keynote speaker Robert Egger Founder and President of DC Central Kitchen. Other speakers include Kathy Greenlee, Secretary, Kansas Department on Aging; Representative Jerry Moran, Kansas First District Congressman in Washington, Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus; and Barbara LaClair, M.H.A., Kansas Food Security Task Force. For registration information click here.
November
National American Indian Heritage Month http://www.indians.org
November 2, 2007
Civics and Civility Summit
The Center for Engagement and Community Development (CECD) is collaborating with the Center for Civic Education, the Kansas State Department of Education, Judge Pierron of the Kansas Court of Appeals, the Kansas Press Association, KTWU, and the National Park Service to host the Civics and Civility Summit: Voices of the Kansas People November 2, 2007 at the Alumni Center on the Kansas State University campus. Click here for more information and conference registration.
November 17, 2007
National Family Volunteer Day http://www.pointsoflight.org
November 18-24, 2007
National Family Week http://www.nationalfamilyweek.org
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