Call for Proposals: International Partnership Institute

Proposals to present at "Reciprocal Partnerships: Transforming Higher Education and Community for the Future" at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon on May 18-19, 2009 are now being accepted. Proposals are due March 9, 2009 and registration for the event is $200.

Developing and sustaining reciprocal partnerships is the basis for effective campus-community engagement. Yet, despite the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's (and others') national call to focus on partnerships a decade ago, this foundational work remains elusive for many campuses and communities. Join community and campus practitioners and scholars to deeply explore engaged teaching, research and service partnerships - their proven mechanisms and strategies for success, persistent challenges, and the scholarship of partnerships.

Interactive work and plenary sessions feature:

- HARRY BOYTE, Co-director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship, University of Minnesota

- NADINNE CRUZ, former director of the Haas Center, Stanford University

- AMY DRISCOLL, Consulting Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for Teaching and Learning

- President/Community Partner Panel

- YOU!

HOST/SPONSOR: Portland State University

CO-SPONSORS:

- Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)

- American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

- Campus Compact (National & Oregon Campus Compact)

- Campus-Community Partnerships for Health (CCPH)

- International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (IARSLCE)

- The Talloires Network

- Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP)

For more information, please contact Patrice Hudson at pjhudson@pdx.edu or 503-725-5642.