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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Texas Campus Compact News From Executive Director, Patricia Paredes, M.A.
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Dear Colleagues and Valued
Members, 
Let me begin by wishing you all a
Happy Easter and Happy Passover.
I'd like to share some exciting
news with you! Due to our successful
lobbying efforts, Representative Jim Pitts, chair of the Appropriations
Committee, put a Ryder into Article 11 for Texas Campus Compact [at my request] - in the amount of $100,000 a
year. We are currently waiting for the
members of the Conference Committee to be named; once named we will be
encouraging each of you to help our efforts to get this Ryder adopted through a
massive letter writing appeal. This is
the first time in the history of The Compact that we have ever been put into
Article 11, otherwise known as the "wish list." If we are successful in becoming a line item
on the Legislative Budget, we will be able to reinvest these monies back to our
members - back to the state of Texas, ensuring that best practices of service
learning and civic engagement activities are implemented, helping to save our state precious funds while
our best resources, our college students,
address critical community needs and issues.
It is our hope that, together, we can all make this happen. We will keep all of you posted. In the meantime, I'd
like to personally thank each of you for your valuable contributions to higher
education.
Peace.
Patricia Paredes
M.A.
Executive Director
Texas Campus Compact
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Math, science teachers can earn a master's for free
UH offering online degree program for 100 middle school educators
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Wanted: 100 middle school math and science teachers interested in collaborating to improve their teaching skills.
The
University of Houston will announce today a program allowing middle
school math and science teachers to earn a master's degree for free.
The new Integrated Science, Math and Reflective Thinking degree will be
offered online, and the first group of 25 teachers will begin classes
in summer 2010.
"We're
looking for future leaders in the field," said Jennifer Chauvot,
assistant professor of math education at UH and one of three faculty
members developing the curriculum.
The
program, dubbed iSMART, is funded by a $3 million grant from the
Greater Texas Foundation, a Bryan-based organization focused on higher
education.
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United Planet (UP) is looking for people to volunteer
overseas in Peru, India, Costa Rica,
Cambodia, and Tanzania.
Plus, UP has three new special opportunity Budget Quests in Italy, Mexico,
and Thailand!
Make friends, help those in underserved communities, strengthen your resume, and
learn firsthand about another culture by volunteering overseas for one to
twelve weeks in UP's volunteer abroad Quest program. Improve your second
language skills, help solve global challenges, and have an adventure of a
lifetime!
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Urban Long-Term Research Area (ULTRA) Exploratory Awards (ULTRA-Ex)
 
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Program Solicitation
NSF 09-551
The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service invite
proposals to enable interdisciplinary teams of scientists and
practitioners to conduct research on the dynamic interactions between
people and natural ecosystems in urban settings in ways that will
advance both fundamental and applied knowledge. Because of the highly
integrated character of the coupled human and natural ecosystems that
will be studied, these teams will require the involvement of
researchers from the social and behavioral, ecological, and technical
sciences. Up to 16 awards of up to two-years duration and up to
$300,000 per award are expected to be made.
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Texas Tech University
Race, Ethnicity, and Community Engagement in Higher Education Conference October 29- October 31, 2009, Call for Proposals
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 The Race, Ethnicity, and Community Engagement in Higher Education conference at Texas Tech University welcomes submis-sions from academic professionals engaged in service-centered praxis, researchers in fields of applied or experiential education, re-gional, local, and international practitioners in service-learning and other forms of community engagement, undergraduate or gradu-ate students with service-learning and other community engagement experience, and students, faculty, administrators, and agency personnel that support community-based research initiatives.
The conference encourages participants to address a wide range of issues related to research, curriculum design, assessment, institu-tional support, diversity, community connection, partnerships, and student development. The goal of the conference is to provide participants with multiple perspectives on critical issues, paradigms, and challenges related to race, ethnicity and community en-gagement in higher education.
Conference Themes: Race, Praxis, and Curriculum
The conference will be grounded with three tracks; panel proposals should address one or more of these issues:
Critical Race Studies: Ethnic Communities and Service-Learning or other community in Higher Education.
Praxis in Experiential Education: Best Practices for Integrating University, Community, and Students as Mutual Beneficiaries in Social Justice Efforts.
Curriculum and Paradigms: Developing Cultural Competencies in Service-Learning, other community engagement, and Commu-nity-Based Research Curriculum.
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Sincerely,
Lynn Prince
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