Faculty Events and Opportunities for 2008

• Celebration Day 2008: Faculty who have offered and students who have participated in a course(s) with a Service-Learning or Civic Engagement component from May 07-Spring Semester 08, student's and faculty who will be receiving awards, and interested faculty, staff, students, and community partners are all welcome and encourage to attend.
  When: Thursday, May 8th, 11:45am-1:00pm
  Where: Merrill Hall-Nordica Auditorium
• Curriculum Reform Institute: Problem Based Service-Learning
  May 27-28th-Bates College, and June 2nd-3rd-University of Maine
  This Workshop is for Faculty who:   
•     Are on the cusp of implementing Service-Learning in a course
•     Have tried and need assistance
•     Are applying for the Engaged Department Initiative Grant
  (If interested, x7037, swallow@maine.edu, application is due by May 9th)
• May 28th-30th: Community-Engaged Scholarship Faculty Development Charrette, Chapel Hill, NC
  Faculty for the Engaged Campus is seeking teams from colleges and universities to participate in a charrette (intensely focused multi-day session that uses a collaborative approach to create realistic and achievable designs) to facilitate development of innovative campus-wide mechanisms for preparing and supporting community-engaged faculty.
  Application deadline: March 17th, 2008
  Details at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/cfa-charrette.pdf
• May 30th: Steering Committee Meeting for Service-Learning Directors from the 18-member campuses. Faculty are invited to attend.
• June 4-5th: (tentative) Engaged Department Institute. NH/VT (CCNH)

Student Events and Opportunities for 2008

• May 8th: Celebration Day 2008: students who have participated in a course(s) with a Service-Learning or Civic Engagement component from May 07-Spring Semester 08, student's and faculty who will be receiving awards, and interested faculty, staff, students, and community partners are all welcome and encourage to attend.
  When: Thursday, May 8th, 11:45am-1:00pm
  Where: Merrill Hall, Nordica Auditorium
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