April Community Engagement Resources and Opportunities!
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April 2015 Newsletter
UNCG's monthly outlet for engagement and outreach spotlights, announcements, upcoming events, funding opportunities, publications, resources, and more! |
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University-wide efforts continue to collect community engagement and public service data. Thank you to those who have already submitted their activities! ICEE staff have met with representatives from almost every unit on campus to discuss the do's and dont's of data collection. We have consolidated all questions into a list of Frequently Asked Questions that we hope will answer any outstanding questions about purpose and process. Faculty and staff can provide data via the Qualtrics survey available online.
Don't forget, data is due by May 30th, 2015!
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Each month ICEE highlights resources from across campus and the community to facilitate engagement and outreach activities! This month we share a few unique opportunities to learn more about partnerships and community-engaged research.
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CFP for Community-Based Research Grants
Proposals are now being accepted for the 2015 Community-Based Research (CBR) Grant program. The initiation grants support proposals that represent collaborative partnerships among community partner, student, and faculty teams. Projects should advance the development of community partner capacity, student learning through the high impact practice of undergraduate research, and facilitate the evolution of faculty scholarly identity as it relates to community-identified needs. [more]
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Webinar: Getting Service-Learning Research and Community-Engaged Scholarship Published
April 21, 2015 - 12:00pm (CDT) - This webinar will offer a conceptualization for community-engaged scholarship, explore potential research and scholarly directions ripe for publication, review scholarship assessment criteria used to evaluate submissions for publication, share writing and article preparation recommendations, and identify potential publication venues. Half the time will be dedicated to presentation and half to fielding participant questions/comments. [more]
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E-course: The Why and How of Working with Communities through Collective Impact
Living Cities has constructed a free e-course which will walk participants through five modules designed to help collective impact initiatives better understand why and how to work with community members. Each module includes resources, discussion questions and interactive exercises that will be released on LivingCities.org. [more] |
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Participate in Service-Learning Research
Dr. Alexa Darby from Elon University is conducting a study to investigate the professional development needs of mid-career faculty (post-continuance or tenure) who have taught at least six sections of academic service-learning courses. You would be asked to conduct a one-hour interview with Dr. Darby in April 2015, and will receive a $15 gift card for your participation. For more information, contact Dr. Darby at (336) 380-0758 or adarby@elon.edu. |
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Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo
Tuesday, April 7, 9:00am-3:00pm :: Elliott University Center
The expo is designed to be a campus-wide celebration of undergraduate research, scholarship, and creativity. All students engaged in faculty-mentored scholarly inquiry are encouraged to participate.
Community-Based Research Team 2014-15 Presentations
Tuesday, April 7, 9:15am-10:45am :: Azalea Room, Elliott University Center
Come learn from this year's CBR Grant recipients! The event will include buried remarks from Dr. Barbara Holland (in partnership with the Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo). Project presentations include:
- Formative Evaluation of a Community-Based Diaper Bank: Need for and Benefits of Providing Low-Income Families with Diapers (PHE)
- The Processes and Benefits of Friendship for Boys Ages 8-12 with Autism Spectrum Disorders (PSY);
- Participatory Budgeting: Money Talks in Historically Underrepresented Urban Communities (CST)
- Family Factors Associated with Hypertension among the Montagnard Refugee/Immigrant Community in NC (HDFS)
- Developing Methods to Evaluate and Reach the Impact of Changing Gears- A Community Program to Provide Bicycles and Safe Bicycling Skills Training to Homeless and Near Homeless Individuals (PHE)
- Discovering the Voices of Refugee Women (SWK)
Graduate Research and Creativity Expo
Thursday, April 9, 1:00pm-4:00pm :: Elliott University Center
The Graduate School and the Office of Research and Economic Development invite you to attend the 2015 Graduate Research and Creativity Expo. The purpose of the Expo is to showcase the accomplishments of UNCG’s graduate students to the Greater Greensboro community, and to provide a venue for students to communicate their research and creative activities to the public. More than 80 graduate students will present their work either through posters, short colloquies, or short videos. Students will be present to explain their work and interact with the broader community. Members of the general public are encouraged to join us! Expo attendees will have the opportunity to meet with staff from UNCG’s Institute for Community and Economic Engagement and the North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center to identify ways to tap into UNCG’s talent and resources and build mutually beneficial partnerships.
2015 Behavioral Health Faith Summit
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Save the Date! The 2015 Behavioral Health Faith Summit will take place on Thursday, April 16, 2015. A day of Community Education around the spectrum of Mental Health Concerns, the Summit hopes to bring together the behavioral health, faith, and educational communities to begin a long needed discussion around common concerns.
Engage Your City Luncheon: Enhancing Educational Opportunities
Thursday, April 16, 2015 :: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Please join synerG & Action Greensboro for an engaging luncheon on enhancing educational opportunities and systems from early childhood through K-12 and higher education in Guilford County. Panelists include Tracy Zimmerman, Consultant, Ready for School, Ready for Life; Walter McDowell, Board Member, BEST NC; Alan Duncan, Chairman, Guilford County Board of Education, Say Yes to Education. FREE to attend, with option to purchase a $5.00 lunch in advance.
serveGSO - Earth Day
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Tell your students! Volunteer during the Annual Citywide Earth Day Celebration at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library on Saturday, April 18. serveGSO participants will help set up for festivities, assist with parking, nature crafts, and more! There will be two volunteer shifts: 9:00am-1:00pm and 2:00-6:00pm. Please register and select your shift preference here.
Triad StartUp Weekend
April 17-19, 2015 :: Co//ab, 229 N. Greene Street
Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations. Participants create working startups during the event and are able to collaborate with like-minded individuals outside of their daily networks. All teams hear talks by industry leaders and receive valuable feedback from local entrepreneurials. The weekend is centered around action, innovation, and education. Whether you are looking for feedback on a idea, a co-founder, specific skill sets, or a team to help you execute, Startup Weekends are the perfect environment in which to test your idea and take the first steps towards launching your own startup.
Triad Teacher Research Conference
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
A conference for educators to share ideas about instruction and learning at all levels. Registration fee is $10 and includes dinner, drinks, dessert, and access to all presentations. Presenters attend the conference for free. |
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We work hard each month to compile a list of resources and upcoming opportunities related to community engagement, from internal and externally offered grants, to calls for papers and other scholarly products, conferences, awards and recognitions, and more!
- UNCG's Office of Leadership & Service-Learning has limited funding available for service-learning course-based project support. Contact Kristin Moretto, Assistant Director for Service-Learning, if you have a need for your service-learning course.
- Graduate Student Applications to the Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop (part of the Engaged Scholarship Consortium) - Application deadline April 1st, 2015. [more]
- International Service-Learning Course Development Grants, offered by UNCG's Office of Leadership & Service-Learning - Submission deadline April 1st, 2015 for a summer 2015 course. [more]
- Campus Kitchen's Project and the Food Recovery Network's Food Waste and Hunger Summit - register by April 1st, 2015 [more]
- UNCG Georgia Cooper Moore Service Leadership Award - nominate a rising senior who demonstrates commitment to service to the university and/or to the community at-large. Application deadline April 2nd, 2015 [more]
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Save the date for the CUExpo (Canadian conference on community-campus partnerships in Ottawa, ON). Registration deadline April 5th, 2015. [more]
- IUPUI's 7th Annual Connecting Campuses with communities Conference (Indianapolis, IN) - Registration due April 6, 2015. Graduate student scholarships and group discounts available. [more]
- Call for Proposals: Fifth Annual Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference. Proposal deadline April 7th, 2015. [more]
- Call for Chapter Proposals: Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities. Proposal deadline April 10th, 2015. [more]
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards and the C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award. Applications due April 10th, 2015. Contact ICEE if you're interested in applying. [more]
- William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement - Applications due April 13th, 2015 [more]
- John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement - Applications due April 13th, 2015. [more]
- Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement - Applications due April 13th, 2015 [more]
- Call for papers on health communications in urban/rural communities - Deadline April 15th, 2015. [more]
- Society for Values in Higher Education - special focus on collaboration and the future of higher education (Bowling Green, KY). Proposals due April 15th, 2015. [more]
- National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America Grants - to extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations - Application deadline April 16th, 2015). [more]
- Presbyterian Hunger Program - grants from $500-$20,000 for projects that attempt to address the root and systemic causes of hunger. Letters of Interest due April 30th, 2015. [more]
- Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty. Application deadline May 15th, 2015. [more]
- Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health (up to $50,000) - Application deadline May 15th, 2015 [more]
- National Campus Compact's Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award - due May 22nd, 2015 [more]
- Call for submissions for the Undergraduate Journal of Service-Learning and Community-Based Research - Submission deadline June 1st, 2015. [more]
- National Endowment for Financial Education - financial literacy grants - Application deadline June 2nd, 2015 [more]
- Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants - Application deadline June 8th, 2015 [more]
- 2015 edition of the International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement - Call for Submissions [more]
- 2015 Frontiers of Democracy Conference (Boston, MA) - Registration ongoing through the spring [more]
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