Texas Campus Compact
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officePatricia Paredes, M.A. Executive
Director Jim Conditt Assistant Director Lynn Prince Director
of Operations executive boardDr. Charles
Cotrell, Chair President, St. Mary's University Dr. Steve Kinslow,
Vice Chair President, Austin
Community College District Dr. Juliet Garcia, Immediate Past Chair President, The
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Dr. Max
Castillo President, The University of Houston - Downtown Dr. Ana
Guzman President, Palo Alto College Dr. Cary Israel President,
Collin County Community College District James Spaniolo,
J.D. President, The University of Texas at Arlington Dr. George
Wright President, Prairie View A&M University
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March is
Membership Month at Texas Campus Compact
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 March
is membership month at Texas Campus Compact.
This is the month when our members renew their membership in one of the
best resources for Service Learning in Texas!
Through The Texas Campus Compact our members enjoy these great benefits:
· Trusted
resources.
· Successful
campus models for community engagement
· Funding
for campus-based community outreach,
· Value
and visibility for presidents
· Extensive
opportunities for faculty to attend institutes and workshops
· Recognition
for student leaders
· Professional
development for administrators and staff
· Hands-on
technical support.
· Advocacy
and policy work, including work with national and state policymakers
· A
growing national network of more than 1,000 committed campus presidents and
chancellors
Texas Campus Compact Membership Drive is in full force. We
currently have 60 community college and university members. Any member who refers a new member [and if
that member joins] to The Compact will be eligible to receive $1,000.00 for their campus, in a drawing to be held the
first week in July. We are also still
recruiting for VISTA HOST SITES .
For more information, email us: Texas Campus Compact,
Or, see our website: www.texascampuscompact.org
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New program at Texas State University builds bridges with San Antonio College
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 A
new program at Texas State University-San Marcos will look to improve
minority representation in science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM) by partnering with San Antonio College. The program, Puentes:
A Partnership to Improve Access to the Baccalaureate for South Texans
through Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Teaching and Learning
Innovation, is a Title V grant funded by the College Cost Reduction and
Access Act to San Antonio College (SAC), which has provided a sub-award
to Texas State as a partnership. Puentes looks to create a link between
Texas State and San Antonio College, both in STEM faculty and staff
professional development to increase the number of minority and low
income STEM transfer students.... read more |
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20th Annual National Service-Learning Conference Grows Hope, Cultivate Change
National Service-Learning Conference draws young leaders,
educator s, and community leaders from 50 states and 35 countries to
Nashville, Tenn., March 18-21, where they will engage in
community-services projects in Nashville.
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This week thousands of young leaders, educators,
and community leaders from all 50 states and at least 35 countries will
convene in Nashville, Tenn., for the 20th Annual National Service-
Learning Conference, March 18-21. Unlike most professional conferences,
these participants - a third of them young people - will get their
hands dirty in Nashville helping with community-based projects. They
also will engage in more than 150 workshops and general sessions, as
well as a "HopeWalks" event Saturday morning to benefit children affected by HIV and AIDS in Liberia, West Africa.
"We are excited to bring over 2000 service-learning practitioners
to Nashville," says Jim Kielsmeier, the National Youth Leadership
Council's CEO and founder. "This year's event is especially exciting,
as the Obama Administration has a strong interest in national service
and its k-12 application: service-learning,"
General session speakers include Richard Louv, author of Last Child
in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder; James
Hildreth, Director of the Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research
at Meharry Medical College in Nashville; Peter Benson, President of the
Minneapolis-based Search Institute; and Dame Elizabeth Hoodless,
Executive Director the United Kingdom's leading volunteer and training
agency Community Service Volunteers... read more
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11 Best Student Jobs to have in College
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 If you're a college student in need of some extra cash, you should probably get a job
while you're at school. If you are largely responsible for paying for
college, then you should definitely get a job in school. There are many
different jobs that a student can have. I decided to list, and provide
ratings on the eleven best student jobs...read more
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FUTURE LATINO LEADERS LAW CAMP |
The applications for the 2009 Future
Latino Leaders Law Camp are available at www.hnbf.org and the application
deadline has been extended to April 1, 2009!
Apply today!
YOU
MUST PAY YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO DC AND A $50 APPLICATION FEE WHICH MIGHT BE
WAIVED (SEE END OF MESSAGE).
ALL OTHER EXPENSES ARE PAID BY THE
PROGRAM.
Join us in Washington, DC, July 5 - 12, 2009, for a one-week
immersion education program to empower Latino high school students from across
the country, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Central America at Georgetown University.
During this week, students learn about legal career opportunities in
government, public interest, education, and private sector. The program
introduces students to legal theory, networking, and equips them with the tools
they need to begin the college application process...read more
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CALL FOR PAPER
NEW HORIZONS IN
EDUCATIO N
SPECIAL ISSUE ON
SERVICE-LEARNING
Deadline for Paper Submission: 1st May,
2009
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The New Horizons in Education will launch the second special issue [Vol.57,
No.3] on Service-Learning in December 2009. We have invited Prof. Alfred C. M.
CHAN (Chair Professor of Social Gerontology, Department of Sociology and Social
Policy; Director, Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University, Hong Kong) to
be the Guest Editor. Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that
combines rigorous academic study with voluntary community service. Student's
academic study is enhanced through the process of critical thinking and
self-reflection structured in the service tasks performed by the student.
Learning through serving others helps facilitate students' personal growth as
well as provides lifelong commitment to service, research and
leadership.
To further develop the knowledge, innovation and practice of
Service-Learning in higher education, the Office of Service-Learning at Ling.nan
University had its first Asia-Pacific Regional Conference titled the "Theory and
Practice of Service-Learning: Cross-Cultural Service-Learning Programme in
Asia-Pacific Region" in 2007. The 6th Pan-Asian Initiative on Service-Learning
and the 2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning titled
"Crossing Borders, Making Connections: Service-Learning in Diverse Communities"
will also be held in the coming June. To further convey this new concept of
pedagogy to other parts of the world, a special issue focusing on
Service-Learning will be published in "New Horizons in Education" in December,
2009...read more
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Letter in Support of the GIVE Act
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Dear Friends,
I am writing with an important update on the service
legislation moving through Congress.
This morning, the House Education
and Labor Committee approved the GIVE Act on a 34-3 vote. We are extremely
pleased by the bi-partisan nature in which this bill moved through committee.
The GIVE Act will now move to the Rules Committee early next week
and then to the House floor for a vote on Tuesday or Wednesday.
We now need to show our support for the GIVE Act in the
House. We have pasted below the letter we intend to send to Speaker Pelosi,
Majority Leader Hoyer and Minority Leader Boehner by 9AM on Monday
morning...read more |
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Sincerely,
Lynn Prince
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