UT-REACH for July 5, 2012
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I believe that comprehensive and demanding civic engagement programs will help colleges and universities find new relevance and communities regain economic footing and social rebirth in the midst of
this crisis and a new kind of partnership is created between town and gown.
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Richard Guarasci, President, Wagner College
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LOCAL OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT NEWS:
1.
UT Architects Featured for Creative Preservation Design
2.
Global students at UT for summer
NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT NEWS:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
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UT-Chattanooga Engagement Conference: Proposal Deadline Extended
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS:
10.
Linked Fates and Futures: Communities and Campuses as Equitable Partners?
11.
Countdown to CU Expo – Just One Year Away!
FUNDING:
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12.
Spencer Foundation “Areas of Inquiry” Small Grants
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Education Outreach: IES Research and Research Training Grants
14.
STEM Learning: NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) |
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The Women’s Initiative for photojournalists & photographers
NEW RESOURCES & READINGS:
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New Issue of Journal of Extension online
28.
Novel ways to fix STEM: Creative “Broader Impacts,” anyone??
QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT PAPERS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE:
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LOCAL OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT NEWS:
1.
UT Architects Featured for Creative Preservation Design
Ted Shelton and
Tricia Stuth, assistant professor and associate professor of architecture, have received international attention for their design of The Ghost Houses, a project highlighted in the March 2012 edition of
Dwell, an international architecture and design publication. Shelton and Stuth are praised for their creation of a nearly impossible design project that faced substantial obstacles. The faculty team, however succeeded in building
two new homes alongside the original, one-hundred year old structure,
building modern and affordable urban housing that also meets Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Preservation.
2.
Global students at UT for summer
More than 90 students from developing countries will converge on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s campus this month for a College of Engineering program to learn cutting-edge industrial engineering practices and gain cultural experiences. The program,
called the Lean Enterprise Summer Program, led by the Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, is intended to allow students from different cultures to work together to accrue the technical knowledge of Lean — the practice of creating more value
for consumers while using fewer resources and eliminating waste. The program began in 2010 to include students solely from Mexico but has expanded to universities around the world, bringing people from developing countries that have big influence in today's
global dynamics.
3.
UT-Chattanooga Hosts National Engagement Conference: "Working Together Works: Partnering for Progress
(See also: Call for Proposals, below)
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will host the 2012 conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, October 13-16.
The national
Ernest A Lynton Award will also be presented at this conference. The conference theme of "Working Together Works: Partnering for Progress," will highlight how university and community partnerships can enrich student learning, increase faculty roles
in the academic setting and in the community, augment the outreach of the university, create projects, and develop academic opportunities that respond to and involve the local community.
Deadline for Early Discount registration is September 7, 2012.
Conference: October 13-16
NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT NEWS:
How can communities ensure they have a say in what research is conducted, how and by whom? This 14-page report highlights 9 community-based research review mechanisms,
identifies cross-cutting points and critical issues, and suggests next steps. Published in collaboration with The Bronx Health Link and Albert Einstein School of Medicine, the report seeks to highlight the diverse approaches that communities can take when
reviewing proposed research, some voluntary and advisory, others required and binding.
6.
The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Presents Award for Leadership in Community-Based Theatre and Civic Engagement.
Cohen-Cruz, from Syracuse University, will be recognized at the 2012 ATHE Conference in a ceremony on August 2 in Washington, D.C. at the Hyatt Regency
Washington on Capitol Hill.
http://imaginingamerica.org/news-and-media/blog/
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
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UT-Chattanooga Engagement Conference: Proposal Deadline Extended
Proposals for plenary sessions, paper presentations, special topic panels, roundtables, and poster sessions are invited.
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Real learning for
real life: partners for progress
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University/community partnering
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Non-traditional educational infrastructure
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Environmental initiatives
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Wellness and public health projects and possibilities
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Community partnerships for student learning
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Faculty roles with strong ties to the community
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Extending the university’s
reach through community partnerships
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Translational research and its impact on the community
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Local learning communities
Extended Deadline for proposal submission is July 8, 2012.
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Call for Papers & Products: “Maximizing Community Contributions, Benefits, and Outcomes in Clinical & Translational Research."
Progress in Community Health Partnerships, CES4Health.info, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have released a themed call for papers and products to “understand the accomplishments, best practices and challenges that
community partners have experienced in their engagements with Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) and other research institutions.”
Deadline: August 6, 2012
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS:
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International Workshop: ”Reforming the Policy and Practice of Community Engagement of Higher Education"
The Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) will be hosting this year's International Workshop on Higher Education Reform at the University of Pittsburgh from October 10-12, 2012. This is the ninth workshop that brings
together researchers and policy analysts and makers.
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Linked Fates and Futures: Communities and Campuses as Equitable Partners?
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Full, Equitable Partnerships: investigating the role of campus-community partnerships in building the sustainability of community-based cultural
organizations;
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Linking Diversity and Engagement: linking public engagement with diversity
and inclusion efforts;
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Arts, Culture, and Community and Economic Development:
exploring approaches to equitable community and economic development solutions.
11.
Countdown to CU Expo – Just One Year Away!
Mark your calendars for the Canadian-led international conference on community-university partnerships, affectionately called CU Expo, set to take place
June 12-15, 2013 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. This is a big one! Community Partnerships for Health (CCPH), sharing values with CU, will support the CU conference in lieu of its own in 2013.
FUNDING:
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Spencer Foundation “Areas of Inquiry” Small Grants
Areas of Inquiry include: Education and Social Opportunity; Organizational Learning; Purposes and
Values of Education; Studying Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources; Field-Initiated Proposals. Note there are other Spencer grants as well, some with different deadlines, so please read all material on website before applying Small Grant Deadline
(for “Areas of Inquiry” proposals): ($0-$40,000) July 9, 2012; October 19, 2012; November 19, 2012 Large Grant Deadline:
($40,000- $500,000): Preliminary proposals welcome any time: full proposal by invitation, only
13.
Education Outreach: IES Research and Research Training Grants The Institute of Education Sciences' overarching priority is research that contributes to school readiness and
improved academic achievement for all students, and particularly for those whose education prospects are hindered by inadequate education services and conditions associated with poverty, race/ethnicity, limited English proficiency, disability, and family circumstance.
Please read an Overview of IES Research and Research Training Grant Programs for background information before proceeding. Please note that not all of IES' research and research training programs are offered
each funding year and that the requirements for research and research training programs may change from one year to the next.
Deadline: LOI due July 19, 2012; Proposal due September 20, 2012.
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STEM Learning: NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) The AISL program invests in research and development of innovative and field-advancing out-of-school STEM learning
and emerging STEM learning environments. The name of the program has changed from Informal Science Education (ISE). AISL better emphasizes the priorities of the solicitation and the changes at NSF:
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Advancing - This emphasizes that AISL seeks
innovative projects that advance the field and that requests need to go beyond just proposing a new exhibit, program or film.
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Informal - This continues to emphasize that
the program is interested in out-of-school learning that makes learning Lifelong, Life Wide (occurring across multiple venues) and Life Deep (occurring at different levels of complexity).
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STEM
- This recognizes that the program is not just focused on science, but all of STEM.
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Learning - This term is more appropriate
than "education" based on what we know on how people learn. Also, "learning" is more connected with what people do for themselves, compared to "education" which is perceived as something that is done to them. Deadline: Preliminary proposal due August 14, 2012; full proposal due January 14, 2013 |
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The Women’s Initiative for photojournalists & photographers
The Alexia Foundation’s main purpose is to encourage and help photojournalists create stories that drive change. The Women's Initiative grant program provides resources to a photojournalist working
to produce a project that illuminates any form of abuse of women in the United States but with global significance. The award is for an individual photographer; collaborative applications will not be accepted. The Women's Initiative program will provide one
production grant of $25,000. The winner will have six months to complete the project.
Deadline: August 15, 2012
As part of its effort to recognize the role artists play in revitalizing their communities,
Ovation television network has partnered with
Americans for the Arts to launch a national grant program, innOVATION. This year's program will award three grants of $25,000, two grants of $10,000, and one viewers' choice award of $15,000.
Deadline: July 31, 2012
The National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research and the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seek to expand the evidence base for effective decision-making in public health practice and policy through research that responds to the questions defined in the National Agenda
for PHSSR. Awards: up to $100,000 for 24 months.
Deadline: August 8, 2012
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Convergence Innovation Fund: Promoting Health and Equity through Built Environment and Healthy Food Access Policy
The Convergence Partnership invites local and regional philanthropic institutions to submit proposals that will support the launch of new
grant making initiatives designed to enhance the built environment and/or expand healthy food access in low-income communities and communities of color in order to improve health and promote equity. The Innovation Fund provides 50 percent matching dollars,
up to $200,000 total, for a three-year period. The goal is to engage institutions in creating robust and sustainable support for multi-field, policy and environmental change efforts emphasizing equity and community partnership.
Proposal Deadline: August 9, 2012
Information webinar: July 10, 2012, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. EST
NEW RESOURCES & READINGS:
“Taken as a whole, the global economic crisis and the internal challenges to colleges and universities have given birth to the most fundamental crisis in a century. It is a crisis of legitimacy as well as one of the political economy of higher
education. . . This is the new context facing civic engagement programs for our colleges and universities.”
More
UNICEF, Claremont Graduate University and IOCE, under the EvalPartners initiative, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and in partnership with UN Women,
are pleased to announce a new introductory e-Learning program on Development Evaluation. The e-learning is composed of the following three courses:
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Equity-focused evaluations (from 10th September 2012 to 16th December 2012)
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National Evaluation Capacity Development for Country-led Monitoring and Evaluation Systems (from 14th January 2013 to 24th March 2013)
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Emerging Practices in Development Evaluation (from 25th March 2013 to 12th May 2013)
REGISTER NOW. PLACES ARE LIMITED.
From Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship,
June 18, 2012
In addressing the social, civic, ethical, and moral challenges of society, higher education has a long history of fluctuation in the United States. Many North American research universities originated with a goal of preparing students to possess a sense of
civic responsibility and contribute to democratic society in a positive way.
From Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship,
June 18, 2012
According to geographer William Travis (2007), growth in the Intermountain West is “an amenity gold rush” (p. 22). Between 1990 and 2000, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho were the five fastest-growing states in the nation, a trend likely to continue.
From Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship,
June 18, 2012
Publicly engaged scholarship is often described by activity (e.g., service-learning; community-based, participatory research; public humanities), by place (e.g., rural communities, urban neighborhood), or by partner (e.g., non-governmental organization, school).
From Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship,
June 18, 2012
Previous research has documented many positive effects of community service on student learning. Although a few studies have discovered that community service increases student’s cultural awareness, little research has addressed concrete changes in students’
conceptualization of diversity.
From Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship,
June 18, 2012
This article presents the results of a deliberative poll in which members from the local community and college students from SUNY Cortland discussed the economic impact of Walmart on a small town.
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New Issue of Journal of Extension online
28.
Novel ways to fix STEM: Creative “Broader Impacts,” anyone??
On June 1, Slate asked readers for ideas on how to improve science education in America. Since then, more than 100 proposals have been submitted that address funding, teaching strategies, closing the gender
gap—even flatulence. Here are the top10 reader submissions.
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QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT PAPERS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE:
July 2012:
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Proposals for Spencer Foundation Small Grants. Deadline: July 1, 2012
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UT-Chattanooga Engagement Conference: Proposal Deadline Extended. Deadline July 8, 2012.
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Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge. Deadline
July 9, 2012.
August 2012:
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USDA Rural Cooperative Development Grants. Deadline August 6, 2012.
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NEH to award planning grants for public programming.
Proposals due August 15.
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The Women’s Initiative for photojournalists
& photographers. Deadline: August 15, 2012.
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Foundation Announces
Call for Concept Applications for 2013. Deadline August 15, 2012.
September 2012:
October 2012:
November 2012:
January 2013:
Ongoing:
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Call for papers: eJournal of Public Affairs on Public Scholarship. Ongoing
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Call for papers: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Ongoing
and special issues.
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Call for papers: International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
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