UT-REACH February 6, 2014

UT-REACH is published by the Office of Community Engagement & Outreach

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Our goal is to work collaboratively to build strong university-community partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship, and designed to help build community capacity.

- Engagement Scholarship Consortium

ENGAGEMENT NEWS

1. SWORPS Funding Renewed for Teen Outreach Program Evaluation

2. Alumni Gift Funds New Position for International Sustainable Agriculture

3. Engagement Scholarship Consortium

4. Reminder: Nominations for Chancellor's Academic Outreach Award due Feb 18

5. UNESCO Chair in CBR: Invitation to Participate in a Survey on Community University Partnerships

PAPERS, PROPOSALS, CONFERENCES & WEBINARS

6. Webcast: Service-Learning in International Contexts: A New Approach to Collaborating through Technology and Crowd- Sourcing

7. Conference: Connecting Campuses with Communities

8. Call for Proposals: “What Went Wrong?”: Reflecting and Learning from Community-Engaged Research

FUNDING

9. Ready for the World Funding Available

10. RGK Foundation Accepting Proposals for 2014 Grants Cycle

11. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Projects of Laws That Improve Public Health

NEW RESOURCES & READING

12. Now online: Community Literacy Journal On New Paradigms of Public Scholarship and Action-Oriented Research

QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE

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ENGAGEMENT NEWS

1. SWORPS Funding Renewed for Teen Outreach Program Evaluation
A few years ago, the Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority contacted the College of Social Work, Office of Research & Public Service (SWORPS) for help in evaluation of its Teen Outreach Program. Among SWORPS findings: students indicated a greater understanding of values, choices and their consequences, gender roles, the difference between love and infatuation and the dangers of drugs and alcohol abuse. SWORPS research staff have worked with the Authority and other non-profit agencies for many years, providing ongoing program evaluation services for their federally-funded projects.

2. Alumni Gift Funds New Position for International Sustainable Agriculture

“The new faculty position will help bring science-based agricultural solutions to areas of the world with struggling agricultural practices and economies, as well as provide unique opportunities for the State of Tennessee,” said Larry Arrington, chancellor of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, when announcing the gift.

More: http://tntoday.utk.edu/2014/02/05/tyson-foods-ceo-wife-give-3-2-million-institute-agriculture/?&utm_source=tntoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2014-02-05

3. Engagement Scholarship Consortium

UT Knoxville is a proud, participating member of The Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC), a non-profit organization composed of higher education member institutions. Our goal is to work collaboratively to build strong university-community partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship and designed to help build community capacity. ESC endeavors to bring the highest quality scholarship to community engagement, to build evidence-based university-community partnerships across all disciplines, and to demonstrate the value of higher education for the re-invention of society in the 21st century. UT membership benefits include reduced conference registration fees for all UT faculty, staff and students.

Find out more: http://engagementscholarship.org/

Call for 2014 Conference Proposals now open: http://engagementscholarship.org/conference/esc-2014-meeting/call-for-proposals

4. Reminder: Nominations for Chancellor's Academic Outreach Award due Feb 18
Please support UT faculty engagement by submitting a nomination for the Chancellor's Academic Outreach Award, recognizing faculty excellence in academic outreach. The Award will be presented at the Chancellor's Awards Banquet in April, and recognizes extraordinary contributions to the public that occur as an outgrowth of academic pursuits and are related to the University's academic mission.

More: http://chancellor.utk.edu/honorsbanquet/nominations/outreach.shtml

5. UNESCO Chair in CBR: Invitation to Participate in a Survey on Community University Partnerships

The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education invites you to participate in a global survey on Community-University Research Partnerships. Participation in this project will contribute to a greater understanding and strengthening of Community-University partnership structures while also promoting awareness of these structures amongst higher education decision-makers. The survey takes approximately 20-30 minutes.

More: http://unescochair-cbrsr.org/community-university-research-partnership-curp/

PAPERS, PROPOSALS, CONFERENCES & WEBINARS

6. Webcast: Service-Learning in International Contexts: A New Approach to Collaborating through Technology and Crowd- Sourcing
Presenter Cassie Quigley is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the School of Education at Clemson University. She teaches Environmental Sciences to future science teachers in the MAT Middle Grades program in Greenville, SC. Quigley has organized several international service-learning projects, including programs in Costa Rica and Kenya. In this webcast, she will discuss ways to ease the strain of international partnerships through technology and crowd-sourcing.

Date: February 7, 2014 10:00 AM EST

More: http://www.clemson.edu/public/servicealliance/faculty_fellows_program/webcast_page.html

7. Conference: Connecting Campuses with Communities

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis’ Center for Service and Learning and Indiana Campus Compact invite those interested in enhancing service learning courses or advancing research on service-learning to the Connecting Campuses with Communities Conference. The conference will focus on building a network of scholars and practitioners and offers both a Service Learning Institute and a Research Academy. Applications are open to faculty, staff, administrators and graduate students. (H/T @CCPH2010 Twitter)

Conference: May 12-16, 2014, Indianapolis, IN

Application Deadline: March 3^rd, 2014

More: http://csl.iupui.edu/about/conferences/connecting.shtml

8. Call for Proposals: “What Went Wrong?”: Reflecting and Learning from Community-Engaged Research

Great idea! The "What Went Wrong” conference, conducted by Members of the Twin Cities metropolitan area in conjunction with the University of Minnesota, seeks to develop and enhance community-engaged research practices by highlighting past mis-steps and power dynamics issues in community-university partnerships. Proposals for workshops, individual presentations, group presentations, performance, and storytelling sessions are welcome. (H/T @CCPH2010 Twitter)

Conference: July 11^th-12^th, 2014

Deadline: March 29^th, 2014

More: http://engagedresearchconference.wordpress.com/

FUNDING

9. Ready for the World Funding Available
Ready for the World funding is available to help faculty, staff, and students develop projects that improve undergraduate education by increasing international and intercultural awareness. Projects suitable for funding include on-campus activities such as guest speakers, special events, or seminars. Ready for the World can also provide seed money to establish long-term projects or international exchanges. Project proposals must be submitted at least two weeks prior to committee meeting dates.

More: http://www.utk.edu/readyfortheworld/proposals.php

10. RGK Foundation Accepting Proposals for 2014 Grants Cycle

The RGK Foundation, based in Austin, Texas, is accepting grant proposals in the areas of education, community, and health and medicine. In the area of education, the foundation’s primary interests include programs that focus on K-12 education (particularly math, science, and reading), literacy, teacher development, and higher education. Community interests include human services, community improvement, youth development, and abuse prevention. In the area of health/medicine, the foundation’s interests include programs that promote child healthcare and access to health services. Certified nonprofit organizations are invited to apply.

Deadline: Rolling (March 7^th, June 13^th, and September 19^th)

More: http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines

11. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Projects of Laws That Improve Public Health

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, through its program Public Health Law Research: Making the Case for Laws that Improve Health, seeks to build evidence to strengthen the application of regulatory, legal, and policy solutions to improve public health. PHLR invites applications from nonprofit research institutions for quantitative and qualitative studies related to the intersection of healthcare and specific laws and regulations. Grants will range up to $150,000 each for a period of eighteen months.

Deadline: April 15^th, 2014

More: http://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/calls-for-proposals/2014/public-health-law-research--making-the-case-for-laws-that-improv.html?cid=XEM_A7899

NEW RESOURCES & READING

12. Now online: Community Literacy Journal On New Paradigms of Public Scholarship and Action-Oriented Research

Community Literacy Journal Releases Special Issue 8.1: "Transdisciplinary and Community Literacies: Shifting Discourses and Practices through New Paradigms of Public Scholarship and Action-Oriented Research." Each article is co-authored by academic and community collaborators, and reflects traditional and non-traditional approaches to youth-informed and action-oriented research as well as to arts-based inquiry, multimodal literacies, and critical community pedagogy. (H/T Engagement Scholarship Consortium)

More: http://www.communityliteracy.org/index.php/clj/issue/current

QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE

February 2014:

· Spencer Foundation Invites Proposals for Education Research Projects. Deadline (Grants up to $50,000): February 6th, 2014.

· Webcast: Service-Learning in International Contexts: A New Approach to Collaborating through Technology and Crowd- Sourcing. Date: February 7, 2014 10:00 AM EST.

· Call for Papers: Journal of Dialogue Studies Spring 2014. Deadline: February 7th, 2014.

· 2014 Upper Midwest Civic Engagement Summit - Request for Session Proposals. Deadline: February 10th, 2014.

· Call for Applications: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Exemplary Partnerships Award. Application Deadline: February 10, 2014.

· Association of Performing Arts Presenters: Cultural Exchange Fund. Deadlines (Rolling, depending on travel dates): August 15, 2013; February 13, 2014; August 14, 2014.

· Doris Duke Charitable Foundation: Performing Arts Grants. Deadline (Letters of Inquiry): February 14th, 2014.

· John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award. Deadline: February 14th, 2014.

· Studying Congregations Engaged Scholars Fellowship. Deadline: February 15th, 2014.