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The following is an excerpt from the Feb 11, 2011 issue of UT-REACH. You may subscribe to UT-REACH or read archived issues here:
http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=UT-REACH
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Academic Outreach Awards for UTK Faculty
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Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award: call for UT nominations
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Tenn TLC, faculty member, offers individual consults on service-learning
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Tennessee Conference on Volunteerism and Service-Learning
Academic Outreach Awards for UTK Faculty
On behalf of Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, the University’s Council on Academic Outreach and Engagement is soliciting nominations for the Chancellor's Academic Outreach Award that recognizes
excellence in academic outreach by faculty. Nomination deadline is February 21, 2011. For full eligibility and nomination guidelines:
http://chancellor.utk.edu/honorsbanquet/outreach.shtml
Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award: call for UT nominations
Faculty, staff and students are eligible for this award, offered by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. All nomination must include a letter of recommendation from Chancellor Cheek. If
you wish to nominate someone, please forward a completed application
(attached) to Megan Smith with a draft letter of recommendation for Dr. Cheek’s signature by Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (difficulties opening attached application? Please contact
[log in to unmask] to request a copy by email.)
Tenn TLC offers individual consults on service-learning
Sherry Cable, Professor of Sociology and Faculty Fellow with the Tennessee Teaching & Learning Center, is offering a “Faculty Inquiry Group” on Service-Learning. Instead of group meetings,
she is available to meet individually with interested faculty. Contact:
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Tennessee Conference on Volunteerism and Service-Learning
February 28-March 1 2011
Sheraton Music City, Nashville TN
Third annual conference will engage K-12 community-based and school-based youth and practitioners, higher education practitioners, the Tennessee Campus Compact and national service
members (Learn and Serve America, AmeriCorps, VISTA, Senior Corps) from across the state. Featured speaker: Shirley Sagawa, who drafted the legislation that created AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service, and led the Obama Transition
for the Corporation for National and Community Service. Any UTK faculty, staff or students planning to attend and who might be interested in carpooling? Please contact Elizabeth Burman: [log in to unmask]
http://www.utm.edu/tncc/page-conferences