UT-REACH May 1, 2014
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REPORT: Homelessness in Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee 2013-2014
"The university is just as fraught with challenges—and ripe with possibilities—as is the world in which it is inextricably embedded."
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Nancy Cantor, chancellor, and Peter Englot, senior vice chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark
(2014)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWS
1.
Knoxville Homeless Management Information System (KnoxHMIS) Annual Report Released
2.
UT Honors Local Educators for Excellence in Leadership
3.
Call for Proposals: UT’s OUTstanding Conference
4.
UT English Language Institute Faculty Offer Free English Course to Fellow Employees
PROPOSALS, CONFERENCES & WEBINARS
5.
Free Webinar: Community Engagement - Forging Effective Partnerships
6.
Couldn’t Go to the Conference? Join the Online Dialogue!
8.
Call for Proposals: Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities 2014 Conference
9.
Call for Proposals: From Civil Rights to Critical Engagement
10.
Call for Papers: Shaping Peace – Local Infrastructures and State Formation
FUNDING
11.
USAID: Funding for People to People Programs in Select Countries for Conflict
12.
Schwab Foundation: Social Entrepreneur of the Year Competition
13.
Gates Foundation: Short Film Challenge for Innovative Solutions
NEW RESOURCES & READING
14.
The Journal for Extension Professionals: New April 2014, Volume 52, Number 2 Issue Now Available
15.
New Release: International Social Progress Index 2014
16.
Civic Engagement, Civic Development, and Higher Education
17.
New Research and Practice Collaboratory Website
QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWS
1.
Knoxville Homeless Management Information System (KnoxHMIS) Annual Report Released
The Knoxville Homeless Management Information System (KnoxHMIS) Annual Report and Knoxville-Knox County Homeless Coalition Biennial Study is
now available. This report marks the 16th study of homelessness in Knoxville-Knox County and highlights twenty-eight years of data collection in this area. KnoxHMIS is sponsored by the City of Knoxville, the Knoxville/Knox County Homeless Coalition, Knox County,
Comcast, and the University of Tennessee and administered by the UT College of Social Work Office of Research and Public Service (SWORPS). David L. Patterson of the College of Social Work is the administrator of the project. KnoxHMIS received national recognition
from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities in 2012 in the form of a C. Peter Magrath University-Community Engagement Exemplary Program Award.
KnoxHMIS Report:
https://knoxhmis.sworps.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014_Biennial_Study.pdf
2.
UT Honors Local Educators for Excellence in Leadership
The University of Tennessee recently recognized two local principals as outstanding education leaders in the state. Benjamin Clabo of Pigeon
Forge High School in Sevier County received the University Council for Educational Administration Excellence in Educational Leadership Award. J. Terry Shrader of Hillsboro High School in Davidson County received the William J. and Lucille H. Field Award for
Excellence in Secondary Principalship for the State of Tennessee. Both educators were presented with the awards through the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.
3.
Call for Proposals: UT’s OUTstanding Conference
The OUTstanding Conference, the annual LGBTQ+ conference now in its fourth year at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, seeks proposals for
presentations and workshops. This year’s theme is the LGBTQ+ Mind, Body, and Soul. The theme covers topics of physical wellness, sports, sexual health, mental health, mental illness, suicide prevention, body image issues, healthy relationships, spirituality,
religion, and arts/theater. All persons interested in presenting at the conference are invited to submit a proposal, including faculty, staff, students, and community members. To submit a proposal, please fill out the form below and email it to:
[log in to unmask].
Proposal Deadline: August 30th, 2014
Conference: Saturday, November 8th, 2014; University of
Tennessee-Knoxville
Call for Proposals and Submission Form:
http://outstandingseminar.wordpress.com/submit-a-proposal/
4.
UT English Language Institute Faculty Offer Free English Course to Fellow Employees
UT English Language Institute (ELI) Faculty developed a free course to teach English to a group of UT's own Facilities
Services workers who speak English as a second language. The class had its final session of the year last week. The ELI hopes to continue teaching the course in future as long as it has willing participants and sees a need.
More:
http://tntoday.utk.edu/2014/04/23/free-course-english-facilities-workers/
PROPOSALS, CONFERENCES & WEBINARS
5.
Free Webinar: Community Engagement - Forging Effective Partnerships
Webinar by Harvard-based National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (NCPFCE) will explore strategies for Identifying the role
of positive, goal-oriented relationships in supporting successful community partnerships, working with families and community partners to move from involvement to engagement, and effectively engaging community partners in achieving shared goals for progress
toward child and family outcomes.
Webinar: May 6, 2014, 2:30–4pm-Eastern
6.
Couldn’t Go to the Conference? Join the Online Dialogue!
What makes partnerships authentic, equitable and transformative? Community-Campus Partnerships for Health have created an online space for
the 3rd National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Research
for participants and others to reflect on issues and questions related to community-campus partnerships.
Add your voice to the conversation here:
http://ccph.memberclicks.net/community-forums
7.
Call for Papers: Scholarly Symposium & Extension Exhibition on the Centennial of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914
A century ago, the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established the United States Cooperative Extension System, a partnership of the Department of Agriculture,
land-grant colleges, and state and local governments. This historic legislation provided federal support to land-grant colleges in “cooperation with the Department of Agriculture ... in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful
and practical information . . .” This centennial symposium provides an opportunity for scholars to consider the legacy, present condition, and future directions of cooperative extension, as well as the engagement mission of public higher education. Papers
for this symposium should address historical aspects of Cooperative Extension or contemporary issues and future directions. One-page proposal submissions should be sent to Dr. Nathan M. Sorber at
[log in to unmask].
Proposal Deadline: June 10th, 2014
Symposium: September 24-25th, 2014; West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV
More:
https://www.facebook.com/UTKCommunityEngagement/posts/669590639774373
8.
Call for Proposals: Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities 2014 Conference
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities is seeking proposals for paper presentations, roundtable presentations, and posters for
the 2014 CUMU Conference. Presentation tracks include: Creative Placemaking, Student Engagement, and Community Revitalization; Healthy Neighborhoods by Design; Social Entrepreneurs, a New Model for Urban Sustainability; and Place-based Reform of K-12 Public
Education and Successful Strategies for Addressing College Readiness & Completion. The 2014 CUMU Conference will be held October 5-7th, 2014 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY.
Proposal Deadline: May 15th, 2014
Conference: October 5-7th, 2014; Syracuse University
More:
http://cumuonline.org/conference/2014callforproposals.aspx
9.
Call for Proposals: From Civil Rights to Critical Engagement
The Eastern Region Campus Compact invites workshop and poster session proposals for the Fourth Annual Conference: Moving Us Forward – Fifty
Years On: From Civil Rights to Critical Engagement, October 15 – 17, 2014 in Jacksonville, Florida. The mission of this conference is to advance community and institutional engagement for the public good. Workshop proposals should be framed around the following
questions: How can campus-community partnerships substantively advance civil rights in the 21st century?; What key strategies create new knowledge and support strong, healthy communities?; What practices and policies result in inclusive, resilient democracies
on campus and with/in community?
Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Conference: October 15-17th, 2014; Downtown Omni Hotel,
Jacksonville, Florida.
More:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ERCC
10.
Call for Papers: Shaping Peace – Local Infrastructures and State Formation
The International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies and the ECPR Standing Group on Critical Peace and Conflict Studies seeks papers
for their third annual conference, September 11-12th, 2014 at the University of Manchester. The conference welcomes single paper and panel proposals on issues relating to Local Infrastructures of Peace and Peace/State Formation, including but not limited to:
local initiatives of peacebuilding; theoretical and conceptual investigations of the factors underlying peacebuilding; the institutional characteristics of local peace initiatives; the relationship between local initiatives and the nature of the state; the
relationship between the state and the international; and local to global peace networks.
Deadline for paper and panel proposals: May 31st, 2014
More:
http://www.iapcs.hcri.ac.uk/call-for-papers-shaping-peace-local-infrastructures-and-state-formation/
FUNDING
11.
USAID: Funding for People to People Programs in Select Countries for Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation Programs
Funding is available for Conflict Management and Mitigation Grants of $100,000 - $1,200,000 for proposals that make significant strides in
the overall goal of conflict mitigation, peace, and reconciliation through the implementation of people-to-people activities in selected eligible conflict-affected countries. This funding opportunity is intended to fund conflict mitigation programs with a
people-to-people approach, and to derive lessons learned and best practices for future people-to-people programming. Lessons learned will be incorporated into future programs and funding opportunities, and will inform DCHA/CMM’s research agenda for conflict
management and mitigation.
Deadline: September 30, 2014
More:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=251741
12.
Schwab Foundation: Social Entrepreneur of the Year Competition
The Social Entrepreneur of the Year Competition, an initiative of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, recognizes outstanding
social entrepreneurs around the globe. Selected winners will receive access to a peer network of social entrepreneurs, special benefits such as pro-bono consulting services and scholarships to executive education courses at world-class institutions such as
Harvard Business School, Stanford University and INSEAD. Winners also will be invited to the regional meetings of the World Economic Forum and highlighted as leading social entrepreneurs in a plenary session with heads of state and/or corporate leaders. Finalists
and winners under 40 will be nominated to the Young Global Leaders network of the World Economic Forum.
Deadline: July 15, 2014
More:
http://www.schwabfound.org/content/global-selection?sf2322618=1
13.
Gates Foundation: Short Film Challenge for Innovative Solutions
The Sundance Institute, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, invites storytellers from around the globe to be a part of
a first-ever Short Film Challenge. Five winners will have the opportunity to premiere their film at Sundance Film Festival, with $10,000 prize and all-expense paid trip to attend the Festival. Create a unique, compelling, and personal Short Film that explores
an empowering person or an optimistic story about individuals and communities who are overcoming poverty and hunger, combatting disease, or improving health. The style and structure are up to the individual filmmaker, but the film must touch on economic inequalities.
Deadline: October 1, 2014
More:
http://tongal.com/sundance
NEW RESOURCES & READING
14.
The Journal for Extension Professionals: New April 2014, Volume 52, Number 2 Issue Now Available
The Journal of Extension creates opportunities for Cooperative Extension professionals and students to publish work, encourages professional
development, and advances the theory and practice of the Extension system. JOE is a rigorous, peer-reviewed journal that brings the scholarship of outreach and engagement to practitioners and educators around the world. Articles featured in the April 2014
issue include: “Engaging Learners through Collaborative Learning: Leadership Development of County Extension Directors and Lessons Learned;” Development of a University Undergraduate Course Sequence About the Extension System;” and “Doing the Work of Extension:
Three Approaches to Identify, Amplify, and Implement Outreach.”
More:
http://www.joe.org/
15.
New Release: International Social Progress Index 2014
On April 3, 2014, the Social Progress Imperative launched its Social Progress Index 2014, with “social progress” defined as the capacity of
a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential. The 2014
Index covered 132 countries, measuring what really matters to real people. (H/T Peace & Collaboration Development Network)
Index:
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi
Publications:
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/publications
16.
Civic Engagement, Civic Development, and Higher Education
What is, or can be, achieved by using civics as an agent for change? Civic Engagement, Civic Development, and Higher Education, the fourth
monograph in The Civic Series, is composed of fourteen essays written by college and university leaders and practitioners that consider engaging the community to be an intimate and necessary component of learning and knowledge creation for students, faculty
and staff, and the community itself. (H/T Burt Bargerstock, Michigan State University)
Free download:
http://www.aacu.org/bringing_theory/documents/4CivicSeries_CECD_final_r.pdf
More information about Civic Engagement, Civic Development, and Higher Education and The Civic Series:
http://www.aacu.org/bringing_theory/CivicSeries.cfm#CECDHE
17.
New Research and Practice Collaboratory Website
Research + Practice Collaboratory has launched a new website invites users to visit, sign up for the forthcoming newsletter, comment on useful
resources, and send early feedback through the site’s contact link. The Research+Practice Collaboratory is an NSF-funded project funded to address the challenging gap between research and practice in STEM education across both formal and informal settings.
Led by researchers from the Exploratorium, Education Development Center Inc., University of Colorado, TERC, Inverness Research, and University of Washington, the Collaboratory is experimenting with novel arrangements that better connect research and practice
as well as build new relationships between researchers and practitioners.
More:
http://researchandpractice.org/
QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE
May 2014:
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Call for Submissions: Literacy and Social Responsibility. Deadline: May 1, 2014.
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Call for Proposals: 2014 Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference. Proposal Deadline: May 1, 2014.
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Gates
Foundation: Round 13 of Grand Challenges Initiative. Deadline: May 6th, 2014.
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Call for Proposals: Rural Design Proposals. Application Deadline: May 6th, 2014.
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Grant Foundation Launches Initiative on Understanding Inequality.
Deadline: May 6th, 2014.
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Challenge
America Fast-Track Grants. Deadline: May 8th, 2014
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Conference: Connecting Campuses with Communities. Conference: May 12-16, 2014, Indianapolis, IN.
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Call for Proposals: From Civil Rights to Critical Engagement. Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2014.
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Organic Farming Research Foundation: 2014 Research Grants. Proposal Deadline:
May 15th, 2014.
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Captain Planet Foundation Accepting Applications for Ecotech Grants. Deadline: May 31st, 2014.
June 2014:
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Call for Papers/Posters: American Indigenous Research Association. Deadline: June 1st,
2014.
July 2014:
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Call for proposals: Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference. Proposal Deadline: July 1, 2014.
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Schwab Foundation: Social Entrepreneur of the Year Competition. Deadline: July 15, 2014.
August 2014:
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Collaborative Research Summer Institute. Date: August
22nd-24th, Santa Cruz, California.
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Call for Proposals: UT’s OUTstanding Conference. Proposal Deadline: August 30th, 2014.
September 2014:
October 2014:
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Gates Foundation: Short Film Challenge for Innovative Solutions. Deadline: October 1, 2014.
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Emerging Engagement
Scholars Preconference Workshop. Date: October 5-6th, 2014.
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Save the Date! 15th Annual Engagement
Scholarship Consortium Conference Oct 5-9, 2014.
November 2014:
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Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference. Conference: November 7-8, 2014.
December 2014:
Ongoing:
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Knoxville’s Vestal Boys and Girls Club Seeks Service-Learning Partnerships. Ongoing.
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New Funding for UT Staff: UT Access
and Diversity Staff Retention Fund. Ongoing.
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Call For Book Proposals: Humanities and Public Life. Deadline: Ongoing.
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Fundraising & Grant Writing Workshops are here! Spring Semester 2014. Ongoing.
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NGCP Collaborative Mini-Grants. Ongoing.
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Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Seeks Proposals to Strengthen Secondary Education. Deadline: 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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Call for submissions: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
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Bank of America (Funding): Arts and Sports Sponsorships to Maintain Vibrant,
Healthy Communities.
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*New Journal*
Public - A Journal of Imagining America (to begin accepting proposals early 2013)
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Call for Book Reviews: Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship.
Ongoing.
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Impact Big Ideas: Crowdfunding for University of Tennessee Projects. Ongoing.
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Ready for the World Funding Available. Ongoing.
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Community Service Grants. Ongoing through June 30th, 2014.