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UT-REACH October 30, 2014
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TOMORROW: October 31, 2014, 8:30-11 a.m. in the Plant Biotech Building **
NEWS & EVENTS
On a Mission: Civic Engagement and Community Schools
Dr. Robert Kronick is a UT professor in the Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling. He also works with two full-service community schools in Knoxville: Pond Gap and Inskip. With
the help of like-minded individuals and hundreds of UT student volunteers, community schools are working to guide need-based children away from impoverishment and into better futures. “A community is only as good as its schools,” Kronick said. “If we don’t
have good schools, people don’t stay here.”
Looking Backward to Plan Ahead: Lessons for the Community and Full-Service School Movement
Dr. Jeanita Richardson, a professor and author, University of Virginia, Dept. of Health Sciences, will present a lecture based on her book, The Full-Service Community School Movement. Dr.
Richardson's talk is free and open to the public and is hosted by the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences' University-Assisted Community Schools program, led by
Dr. Bob Kronick, the Haslam Scholars Program and the Baker Center. Richardson’s talk will be held
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 at 7 p.m. in the Howard Baker Center.
MPC, UT look at possibility of local "food hub"
The Metropolitan Planning Commission and the University of Tennessee have launched a collaborative study to see if a food hub should be developed in the Knoxville area. Such an operation may help local farmers and small- and medium-sized food producers get
their products into the market and give communities better access to locally produced food.
2014-2015 African American Trailblazer Series: Rita Geier
Join us all year as local personality Hallerin Hilton Hill interviews and moderates Q&A sessions with African American trailblazers in the UT community. Rita Geier, formerly Associate to the Chancellor and Senior Fellow at the Howard Baker Center for Public
Policy at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2007-2011), led efforts to achieve the university's intercultural and diversity goals and to promote solutions to critical public policy issues. Sponsored by the Commission for Blacks.
Nov. 7, 2014, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hodges Library Auditorium
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, & NOMINATIONS
Call for Workshop Proposals - 2015 IMPACT Conference
The IMPACT Conference brings together college students, nonprofit professionals, campus administrators, and team of service members to share experiences, stories, and resources in their work for social change. Quality workshops are pivotal to the program, and
conference organizers now seek workshop facilitators for this year's conference. Workshop categories include Service-Learning & Community Based Research, Community Service Programs, Issues & Advocacy, Leadership & Professional Development, Alternative Break
Programs, Spirituality/Faith & Service, Volunteer Management, and an Administrators Area.
The deadline for this opportunity is Dec. 1, 2014.
Call for Session Proposals - Rural Arts and Culture Summit
The theme of the 2015 Rural Arts and Culture Summit, which will take place on June 2-4, 2015 at the University of Minnesota, Morris, is "From the Ground Up: Cultivating Creative People and Places." From remote studios in the woods to bustling downtown theaters,
how do arts and cultural experiences contribute to the identity of a rural community or region? What resources, skills or support do rural artists and arts organizations need in order to thrive in these places? How can community and economic development leaders
tap into their regions' cultural assets as they plan for their future? The 2015 Summit will gather artists, arts organizations and community and economic development leaders to learn about creative people and places that have built their stories "from the
ground up," and to celebrate the artistic process as a powerful symbol and tool for strong, vibrant communities.
The deadline for this opportunity is Dec. 1, 2014.
Call for Proposals - Conference on Community Writing
The Program for Writing and Rhetoric at University of Colorado Boulder is proud to host the first Conference on Community Writing - a forum for scholars, teachers, program administrators, and community members to share scholarship and examine the theories,
technologies, and best practices shaping Rhetoric and Composition, related disciplines, and the communities that house our institutions. We call together innovators and scholars who push a range of social boundaries in their use and study of rhetoric and writing
(broadly conceived) in community settings, and teachers who encourage students to approach the act of composing as participatory members of publics beyond the classroom.
The deadline for this opportunity is Dec. 5, 2014.
Call for Submissions - Public: a Journal of Imagining America
Journal editors invite submissions that consider resonances and differences between public scholarship and practice foregrounding civically engaged arts, humanities, and design in one's home country and when working elsewhere. Some of the questions to consider
include: In what discourses and for what purposes are the principles of what we in Imagining America call 'engaged' research, student learning, and creative practice being enacted in sites across the globe? In what contexts do you see your international engaged
initiatives? What antecedents inform you? What are the gaps or pitfalls between scholarship and practice? How can/do/should we shift our pedagogical approaches when involving students in international engaged work? What do we want our students to learn related
to the international context? What are ways to build and sustain relationships with international partners in arts, humanities, and design endeavors?
Submissions will be accepted between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15, 2015.
FUNDING
NERCHE, CED Release new RFP: Research on Critical Issues in Advancing Community-Engaged Scholarship
The 2014 Lynton Colloquium on the Scholarship of Engagement
launched a new research initiative aimed at studying key community engagement issues identified by a crowd-sourcing methodology and input from Colloquium participants. The research initiative is framed with the goal of identifying the current critical challenges
of advancing community engaged scholarship and the collaborative identification of research priority areas: Structures of Inclusion, Leadership, and Student Outcomes. The initiative will support research in these areas through grants of up to $5,000 per research
project. Deadline for this opportunity is Nov. 20, 2014.
National Grants Program ArtPlace accepting Letters of Inquiry
Applicants interested in applying for ArtPlace must
register online by Oct. 31, 2014 at 3:59 p.m. EST. Letters of Inquiry are due by Nov. 3, 2014 at 3:59 p.m. EST. The National Grants Program is one of several ArtsPlace programs designed to invest in creative placemaking projects that involve cross-sector
partners committed to strengthening the social, physical and economic fabric of their communities.
Agricultural Safety & Health Council of America Safety Grants
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Special Projects Grants
The DAR Program provides local community grant funding to support projects exemplifying the organization's mission areas of Historic Preservation, Education and Patriotism. Grants of $1,000-2,000
are encouraged, with a maximum amount of $10,000. Applicants are required to match the grant award 1:1 in order to allow for broader distribution of funds. Matching funds are not required to originate with the organization applying for the grant, but may originate
with multiple donors or completed fundraising. Projects must be completed within one year of initial grant funding (official grant year is July 1-June 30). The Office of Research & Engagement has a
DAR officer on staff who may be able to write the required letter of sponsorship: to inquire, please send email to:
[log in to unmask]. Deadline by which grant proposals must be postmarked and mailed to the national chairman is Dec. 31, 2014.
NEW RESOURCES & READING
Broader Impacts Toolbox: Retention of African Americans in Knoxville Initiative Workshop
This workshop aims to gather Knoxville constituencies, such as African American entrepreneurs and leaders, local city employees, and University of Tennessee faculty, staff, students and alumni to collaboratively brainstorm and develop strategic tactics that
address specific barriers to the retention of African American professionals in Knoxville. Breakfast and Lunch served free of charge. Sponsored by the Commission for Blacks. Workshop will be held
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Black Cultural Center.
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