| Deadline Extended to this Monday for Campus Compact's Diving Deep Institute |
Campus Compact, in partnership with Indiana Campus Compact, is hosting the 2nd Annual Diving Deep: Campus Compact's Institute for Experienced Civic and Community Engagement Practitioners during the week of July 25-28, 2011 in Indianapolis, IN.
Diving Deep offers a professional development opportunity to support experienced ( five years or more) service-learning and civic and community engagement practitioners in influencing their campus and advancing the movement on the local, state and national levels. The institute will engage participants in the exploration of cutting-edge issues in service-learning and civic and community engagement in higher education, in a supportive, challenging and participatory environment among peers from across the country.
Please visit the Diving Deep website to learn more. The application deadline has been extended to April 25, 2011. |
| Special Rate Extended for National Conference on Volunteering and Service | |
 If you thought you missed out on special rates for the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (New Orleans, June 6-8, 2011), don't worry. The early bird registration has been extended to April 29, 2011!
As the world's largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, corporate and government sectors, all are invited to attend. If you or your organization deals with volunteers in any capacity, this is an event you do not want to miss!
Convened by Points of Light Institute and the Corporation for National and Community Service, the annual event provides attendees with an opportunity to learn, connect and be inspired through a wide range of exciting and informative plenary sessions, workshops, special events, service projects, exhibits and more.
Learn more here. |
| Call for Editor and Editorial Fellows: 2011 IARSLCE Conference Proceedings | |
The International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) is soliciting applications for the positions of Conference Proceedings Editor and Editorial Fellows. The Conference Proceedings Editor and Editorial Fellows will oversee the publication of a new online IARSLCE Annual Conference Proceedings, comprised of all accepted 1000-word conference submissions from each year's conference. The published Proceedings will include abstracts only, rather than full papers, and will serve as an added resource, especially for international audiences. The new Proceedings will increase the public visibility of the conference scholarship and the potential of communication with other researchers.
Click here for more details. Deadline to submit letter of interest:May 2, 2011.
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| Tornado Relief Efforts | |
Thanks to those campuses who have shared their tornado relief efforts (see below). If you are not included, please share your efforts with us.
For those seeking opportunities to assist, Faye Stone, the Chief Deputy Director for the NC Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service, shared the list of Emergency Management in the various counties and their volunteer coordinator(see attached list). In some instances, that person is also coordinating the donated goods effort.
Click here for the list.
Campus Tornado Relief Efforts
Elon University
The Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement is coordinating a trip on Saturday, April 23, to Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C., for students who wish to help clear debris. A supply drive for areas affected by tornado in Sampson County southeast of Raleigh, N.C., is also being held.
NC State University
They are sponsoring tornado Clean Up Work Days at the Boys & Girls Club and Shaw University in Raleigh. Students are also volunteering for the WRAL Telethon. They are creating Universities Unite,d a campus wide response to the tornado damages. |
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