INVITATION TO SUBMIT A CONCURRENT SESSION PROPOSAL
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010 (extended from April 1)
We invite your participation in the Regional Campus Compact Conference on Civic Engagement, September 22-24, 2010, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This conference will bring together individuals from across the nation to explore different perspectives on service-learning and civic engagement alongside colleagues from Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma and provide an opportunity for service-learning professionals and community partners to share program models and best practices and network with one another.
Please send a separate proposal for each activity (i.e., you can submit a proposal for more than one session/roundtable) for the following:
- A concurrent session presentation.
- Facilitate a roundtable discussion.
CONFERENCE AUDIENCE
Conference participants will include learners and educators from diverse constituencies: faculty, students, administrators, and service-learning coordinators; VISTA members; and government, community agencies and partners.
CONFERENCE GOALS
- Demonstrating evidence of effectiveness for student and community outcomes;
- Celebrating successes, rejuvenating, and connecting to the broader service community;
- Enhancing practical service-learning skills and deepening philosophical understanding of participants;
- Exploring engaged scholarship and community-based research;
- Communicating ideas and practical solutions to service-learning challenges;
- Offering provocative, inclusive and interactive conference sessions;
- Providing time for informal discussions and networking; and
- Building a regional network of service-learning colleagues.
You can download more information and a complete application here.