Event: Clackamas Community College Sustainability Project in Full Swing, May Events

The Clackamas Review Online

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Instructors at Clackamas Community College began the Sustainability Project in an effort to bring the most current information aroun sustainability to the community. The series has presented dozens of speakers to the college and the community since it began, along with films and events around sustainability. “The Sustainability Project provides some of the most current information available,” said Jeff McAlpine, who is coordinating this year’s series. “The conservation, efficiency, and long-term planning associated with sustainability not only can save people money, but help them feel better about the world we’re leaving our descendants.” This year’s series focuses on the Triple Bottom Line, looking at the social, economic and environmental components of sustainability. Events begin in April and conclude in June with the film festival. Events are free and take place in the McLoughlin Auditorium unless otherwise noted. A listing of this year’s May events follows:

• Tuesday, May 5, noon to 1 p.m. Ted Brekken of OSU and Wallace Energy Systems and Renewable Energy Facility talks about the potential of wave energy.

• Friday, May 8, noon to 5 p.m. CCC Horticulture Club Plant Sale. Vegetables, herbs, perennials, trees and shrubs, all grown by CCC horticulture students. Bring your own boxes.

• Tuesday, May 12, noon to 1 p.m. Eban Goodstein, Lewis & Clark Professor of Economics and National Teach-In organizer discusses the clean-energy economy and the role of the new generation in creating a just, sustainable and prosperous future.

• Tuesday, May 19, noon to 1 p.m. Bob Wise of Cogan Owens Cogan presents “Sustainable Development in China.”

• Thursday , May 21, 7 to 9 p.m. Localization: Sustainability from Global to Local, a panel presentation featuring CCC’s leaders in sustainability including Don Hartsock, social sciences; Jeff McAlpine, English; Elizabeth Howley, horticulture; Karen Halliday, reference librarian; and Terry Mackey, CCC librarian. Journalism instructor Melissa Jones will moderate.

• Tuesday, May 26, noon to 1 p.m. CCC horticulture instructors Elizabeth Howley and Renee Harber join Cieridwen Terrill in a forum on invasive species.

• Thursday, May 28, noon to 1 p.m. R.A. Brown, University of Washington professor emeritus, discusses “What makes a climate expert?”

• June 6, 7 and 8. The Clackamas Green Screen Film Festival debuts at various locations on the campus.

For more information about the Sustainability Project or the Green Screen Film Festival, please see www2.clackamas.edu/sustainability/ or call Jeff McAlpine at 503-657-6958, ext. 5240 or Janet Paulson at 503-657-6958, ext. 2307.

Student Leadership Opportunity: Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement

The University of Pittsburgh has launched a new initiative called the Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement. While the academy is housed at the University of Pittsburgh, it is open to students throughout the world.

The academy aims to inspire, develop, and reward accomplished student leaders to meet the challenges of tomorrow. A core program of the academy is the Hesselbein Student Leadership Summit. Fifty students are selected to receive advanced leadership training from professional mentors who have expertise in various fields. Another noteworthy feature of this program is that there is little expense to the student and/or the university. The academy covers the cost of room, board, registration, and provides $200 in travel assistance.

Students are encouraged to apply online now at hesselbein.pitt.edu for the 2009 student leadership summit: July 11-14th. Contact Angela Miller McGraw at angelamm@pitt.edu or 412-624-5203 if you have any other questions.

Event: Effective Strategies for Connecting Schools with Families & Community

Learn and discuss effective strategies for connecting schools to families and the community with educator Karen Mapp. Mapp is a lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and former deputy superintendent of family and community engagement at Boston Public Schools. She specializes in educational leadership and partnerships and co-authored "Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships."

All parents, school staff and community members are welcome. This FREE event is Wednesday, May 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at PCC Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth, in the Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104. Lunch will be provided. THis event is sponsored by PPS and Portland Community College.

To RSVP, contact Candice Ysasaga, 503-916-2000 x71582 or email cysasaga@pps.k12.or.us.

Student-led Environmental Club Hosts Water Awareness Week at Portland State University

By Shelby Wood, The Oregonian

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Portland State University's Environmental Club wants a big turnout for its first Water Awareness Week, Monday through Friday, April 6-11, 2009.

Here's the lineup, from the PSU students organizing the event:

• Discounted stainless steel Kleen Kanteen water bottles on sale all week, 10 am-2 pm in the Park Blocks, while supplies last. Proceeds will go toward installation of water re-fill stations on campus.

• Tuesday, April 7: Blind Water Taste Test
(11:30 am, Park Blocks)
Watch PSU president Wim Wiewel and student body president Hannah Fisher try to tell the difference between bottled and tap.

• Wednesday, April 8: Portland Water Bureau speaker Briggy Thomas
(7 pm, Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 238)
Take a Google Earth fly-over through the water cycle from the perspective of a drop of water. Find out about where water comes from in the Pacific Northwest and the Bull Run in particular; climate issues, water quality issues and conservation methods; and the city of Portland's status on ending bottled water.

• Thursday, April 9: Student Art Competition: What does water sustainability mean to you?
(6:30 pm, Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 298)
Check out the artistic expressions of PSU students who care about water sustainability.

• Friday, Saturday, April 10-11: FLOW/For the Love of Water, the movie
(7 pm, 5th Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall St., Portland)

PSU's Water Awareness Week is part of a "Take Back the Tap" project to reduce bottled water use on campus. The project was among several student-led proposals that recently won funding from the Miller Grant, a pot of sustainability money granted to PSU by the private Miller Foundation.

National Volunteer Week - April 19-25, 2009

National Volunteer Week, April 19-25, 2009, offers opportunities to thank some of America's most valuable assets - our volunteers - and to recognize the myriad of ways they improve our communities.

National Volunteer Week reflects the power that volunteers have to "inspire by example" - volunteers both encourage those they help and motivate others to serve! This week also draws attention to the need and power of volunteerism and community service to help resolve social problems across the country.

Is your campus community participating? Get involved by participating or planning an event during the week's many offerings, including Earth Day, April 22, and Global Youth Service Day, April 24-26!

The 2009 Assessment Institute - October 25-27, 2009

Join us for the 2009 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis on October 25-27, 2009. There is a special track for Civic Engagement, with a focus on assessing civic learning outcomes, service learning, or campus-community partnerships.

There will be special track plenary sessions and workshops emphasizing assessment in:

• Civic Engagement
• ePortfolios
• Faculty Development
• First-Year Experience
• Student Development And Diversity
  

In addition, there will be sessions with national assessment leaders, the Best Practices Fair, and additional learning opportunities emphasizing:

• Accreditation
• All Major Fields
• Assessment Methods
• Community Colleges
• General Education

KEYNOTE PANEL:

• Thomas A. Angelo, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
• Trudy W. Banta, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• Peter T. Ewell, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
• George D. Kuh, Indiana University
• Jamie P. Merisotis, Lumina Foundation
• Jeffrey A. Seybert, Johnson County (KS) Community College

Community Partner Profile: PeaceJam / PeaceJam Northwest

PeaceJam, a year-long international education and leadership program for youth, directly links high school-aged students with Nobel Peace Laureates. Eleven peace prize winners sit on the board of directors. Their goal is to teach skills in peacemaking, leadership, and conflict resolution, in order to empower youth to bring real change on a global scale.

The PeaceJam Northwest Conference (PJNW), held annually on the Oregon State University campus, is a two-day event convening high school-aged youth from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Hawaii. Participants develop leadership skills, network with like-minded peers, take part in a service project, and connect with adult mentors who can assist them in planning and implementing community engagement efforts in their community.

Oregon State is one of 15 PeaceJam affiliates around the world, only three of which are housed at universities. The work of PeaceJam NW embodies the mission statement of the University: “Oregon State University, a land grant institution, promotes economic, social, cultural and environmental progress for people across Oregon, the nation, and the world.”

This year's PJNW will be held on April 25 and 26. 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi will work directly with about 250 youth and their college mentors, telling her personal story, working beside them on service projects, and hearing what work they are doing to make the world a better place. Ebadi will also present a public talk open to the community on April 24 at 7:30 in the OSU Memorial Union Ballroom.

Each  year, in preparation for the conference, about 40 OSU students train in the curriculum and process of engaging the PJNW participants. These trained OSU students work in pairs with groups of 10 participants for the entire conference weekend, helping the teens engage in thoughtful discussions and plan for meaningful civic engagement once they return home.

Additionally, the service project that participants will take part in was organized by OSU’s Service Center. Through this project, PJNW anticipates between 600 and 800 hours of service to be logged. The PeaceJam conference committee works closely with the OSU Service Center to create a university-wide service initiative that can link the volunteer activities of students with the Nobel Laureates’ Global Call to Action.

Launched in 1996, PeaceJam is the only foundation worldwide to have such a large number of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (currently 11) working together continuously on one cause, empowering youth.

The goal and spirit of PeaceJam and the PeaceJam Northwest Conference is to inspire today's youth to peacefully transform their local communities, themselves, and the world. To find out how to get involved as an individual, organization, or educational institution, or to sponsor a student participant contact the PeaceJam NW office at peacejam@oregonstate.edu or (541) 737- 3172 at Oregon State University.

Western Oregon University Will Host Third Cesar Chavez Leadership Institute

By Justin Much, Statesman Journal

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A guy who was regarded as a failure, even described as "a piece of garbage" by a high school teacher, will be the keynote speaker Friday when Western Oregon University (WOU) hosts the daylong Cesar Chavez Leadership Institute.

WOU expects more than 1,400 Latino student leaders from Oregon high schools to visit Friday, marking the third consecutive year WOU has hosted the event, which is financed by a $25,000 grant from the Educational Credit Management Corporation Foundation. Participants attend workshops on leadership, community engagement and college preparation, including meetings with college and university representatives.

Poet, writer and educator Carlos Ojeda Jr. will be the keynote speaker. A child of immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Ojeda is said to have grown up with a vague understanding of his social, economic and cultural background, and many of his high school teachers reportedly told him he wouldn't amount to anything.

Ojeda exhorts on his Web site: "Don't ever, ever let anyone tell you who you are or who you will become because it's your destiny to feel, no one else's." Ojeda said he failed classes routinely in high school before turning his life around and becoming the first person in his family to graduate from college, which he did with honors.

"America needs to understand that the success of our country lies on the success of the Latino student population: We're the largest, fastest-growing minority in this country," Ojeda said.

Friday's event is largely geared toward inspiring Latino students with that understanding. "Educational opportunities are so important in bettering our young people's future," said March Kessler, executive director of ECMC Foundation. "We are honored to continue to partner with Western Oregon University and the many community leaders who organize this important event that recognizes and strengthens Oregon's Latino student leaders."

During the past four years, the number of Latino students at WOU has increased 50 percent.

"Effectively serving and educating Latino students is a core part of Western Oregon University's mission and daily work," WOU Associate Provost David McDonald said. "Hosting the Cesar Chavez Leadership Institute is important to the community and the university and is another way for us to support outstanding students and their families."

Sustainability Project: Public Events at Portland State University

Sustainability—this multifaceted word is on everyone's lips, but what does it really mean?

Citizens and scholars have united to explore this question through a series of public events beginning March 3.

The Humanities Sustainability Research Project, an initiative of the Portland Center for Public Humanities at Portland State, will explore concepts of sustainability through panels, lectures and events by activists, artists and scholars in fields such as history, philosophy, literature, critical theory, and anthropology.

Activities begin with "Food Clothing Shelter," a sequence of public dialogues in March and April on the meaning and practice of sustainability in daily life.

The Philosophy of Art and Environment

By Abby Haight, The Oregonian

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What is the role of artists in a time when environmental degradation and climate change threaten the world?

Philosopher and environmentalist Kathleen Dean Moore will examine that question at 6:30pm March 10 at Swigert Commons, PNCA, Portland, Oregon as part of the Alfred Edelman Design Lectureship of the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Moore, distinguished professor of philosophy and University Writer Laureate at Oregon State University, is an essayist and activist and recently co-edited "Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge," a collection of essays about Carson's work as a writer and scientist. Moore teaches environmental ethics, Native American philosophy and a field course on the philosophy of nature at OSU and serves on the board of directors for the Orion Society and for the Island Institute in Sitka, Alaska.

Her collection of lyric essays, "The Pine Island Paradox," explores how the human love for family and friends extends to nature and place. Moore's first book of essays, "Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water," considers love, loss, aging, marriage and happiness in context with the waters that flow through the West.

The lectureship, founded in honor of former PNCA 3D Design instructor Alfred Edelman, was created to enhance students' understanding of the visual world, to look at subjects seemingly dissimilar from art and to spark lively classroom discussions.

Warner Pacific College to Host Climb to Conquer Cancer Kick-off Event

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On Tuesday, February 17th at 6:30 PM, the Climb to Conquer Cancer volunteer planning committee will host a Climb KICK-OFF at Warner Pacific College. The public is welcome to attend the Kick-Off, where they'll enjoy live music - The Harry Weirdos (a local husband and wife act performing acoustic folk/indie music), food, REI prizes, great speakers, and discounted registration fees!

Climb volunteer and cancer survivor, Lauren Bowles will speak, telling her story about her personal uphill battle with cancer. As a non-smoker diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer, Lauren isn't letting cancer get in the way of living life to its fullest. Lauren has just recently completed the Disney World half and full marathons...in two days she ran nearly forty miles! An American Cancer Society representative will also speak about how fundraising dollars are being spent to support both local and national initiatives.

Teams and individuals, including residents and businesses of SE Portland and the greater Portland Metro area and beyond, will gather on the campus of Warner Pacific College on May 2, 2009 at 8:00 AM for the Climb to Conquer Cancer rolling start. Teams of up to 15 members made up of co-workers, club members, family and friends will form gather donations prior to the event, and then take on the uphill Climb together. Teams with at least 10 members will have the option to customize their t-shirt backs, to represent a business or a loved one with cancer.

Funds raised at Climb to Conquer Cancer will enable the American Cancer Society to support local services and resources for cancer patients and their families. Funds also support critical cancer research and community education programs designed to teach people how to reduce their risk of developing cancer. The American Cancer Society is a nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. For more event information or to volunteer, please contact Bonnie Ell, or call 503.795.3963.

Umpqua Community College Supports Shots for Tots Event

By Marissa Harshman, The News-Review

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Kids may not like feeling the poke of a needle in their arms, but that’s not stopping a couple dozen nurses from administering hundreds of free vaccines Saturday.

The annual Shots for Tots event is taking place this weekend in Roseburg. The clinic offers a slew of required and optional vaccines for children up to age 18 — all free of charge, regardless of a family’s income. This week, the Douglas County Health Department mailed 862 letters across the county to families with a child or children requiring certain vaccines, said Karen Vian, county communicable disease program coordinator. Children have until Feb. 18 to get the needed shots, or receive a religious exemption. Otherwise they will not be allowed to attend their respective child care centers, preschools, Head Start programs or schools, Vian said.

This year the Health Department sent out more letters than it has in past years, which probably can be attributed to the changes in vaccine requirements, Vian said. For the 2008-09 school year, kids in kindergarten, preschool, Head Start and day care centers are required to have two Hepatitis A vaccines. Children in seventh grade are also required to have a Tdap shot. The vaccines are required by state law to protect communities from communicable disease outbreaks. “The more people that are immune to diseases, the less likely you are to have a problem,” said Lynne Weaver, Shots for Tots organizer. “If you have a group of people not up to date, then they’re exposing the population to the disease.”

The Shots for Tots event began in February 2003. The clinic began as a twice-yearly event, but has since been cut back to one time each year. In 2001, Douglas County had one of the lowest immunization rates in the state, just 49 percent of children. The County Commissioners hired Weaver to find a way to bring the immunization rate up; her solution was Shots for Tots. Since the clinic began in 2003, more than 1,600 kids have been vaccinated through the program for a total of more than 4,100 vaccines. As of 2007, the county’s vaccination rate was up to 70 percent. This year, Weaver estimates the clinic will give out about $18,000 to $19,000 worth of vaccines to Douglas County children.

The shots will be administered by Umpqua Community College nursing students, who will be supervised by clinical nurses. In addition to the vaccines required by state law, the clinic will also offer a couple of optional vaccines.

This year, the Shots for Tots clinic will offer the Gardasil vaccine, which helps prevent against cervical cancer, said Dr. Robert Dannenhoffer, who is a local pediatrician and has been involved with Shots for Tots since its inception. It’s best for girls to receive that vaccine before becoming sexually active, Dannenhoffer said. The clinic will also offer a vaccine that is effective in preventing meningococcal disease, he said. While the clinic is only offered one day a year, Vian wants parents to know that vaccines are provided year-round at the Health Department and at pediatric offices, several of which offer free or low-cost vaccines for qualifying families.

Americans for the Arts Launches Program, Registration for 2009 Convention

Details for the 2009 Americans for the Arts convention program can now be found online. The event, Renewable Resources: Arts in Sustainable Communities will convene arts and cultural professionals from across the country in Seattle, Washington to network and participate in over 75 field-crafted sessions—plus the opportunity to see the Public Art Year in Review and hear from keynote speakers.

This year, Americans for the Arts will again present a Civic Engagement Track. Featured Innovator Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder and artistic director of Urban Bush Women, will offer an inside look on this ground-breaking dance company’s investment in fostering civic and community engagement in its own community of Brooklyn through programs and its summer institute. Sessions in the Civic Engagement Track will present innovative practices, new research, and evolving models to help position artists and arts organizations as leaders and partners in advancing civic participation and a culture of engagement.

Further information about additional program tracks—including the Diverse Cultures and Public Art Program Tracks—convention schedule, and registration is available online. Deadline for early-bird registration is February 23, 2008.

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.

Call for Proposals and Nominations: The Community College National Center for Community Engagement

CCNCCE invites proposals to present at its 18th annual conference, to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona on May 20-22, 2009. Conference presentations are 1-hour or 90-minute sessions, which should be designed to be highly interactive. Proposals to present at the conference must be submitted in electronic form.

In keeping with our theme, Unraveling the Mysteries behind Thriving Partnerships in Service Learning and Civic Engagement, some of the issues you may wish to address in your workshop are:

-Developing effective partnerships in service learning and civic engagement

-Leveraging your program's resources through creative partnerships in service learning and civic engagement

-Opportunities for partnerships with non-profit organizations during the economic downturn

-Strategies for retaining students through service learning and civic engagement

-The role of service learning partners in helping students stay in school

-Incorporating service learning and civic engagement into the curriculum

-Effective evaluation and assessment of service learning programs

-Research in service learning and civic engagement

-Showcase your innovative service learning program or project

For complete information or to submit a proposal, click here.

Deadline for Submissions: March 9, 2009

Notification by: March 20, 2009

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The Community College National Center for Community Engagement wishes to celebrate outstanding campus-based service learning and civic engagement programs that have developed partnerships outside their institutions. The Center seeks nominations for the following awards:

-Collaborations with Social Agencies

-Collaborations with Business and Industry

-Collaborations with K-12 Schools

-Collaborations with Universities International Service Learning

This award is open to all two-year colleges who collaborate through service-learning and civic engagement with social agencies, business and industry, K-12, universities, or internationally.

Please note: This is an institutional award and not for an individual. Winners must attend the CCNCCE Conference to accept their award and to present on their program. Colleges that have won within the past five years in any category are ineligible to apply. All costs associated with this award are the responsibility of the college.

Successful applicants will be selected on these criteria:

-Quality of learning opportunities provided to students

-Contribution of both the institution and its partner(s) to community improvement

-Level of faculty involvement in the collaboration

-Potential to be replicated in other communities

A Nomination Form must be completed, along with a Nomination (see Nomination Form for details) and letters of support from the campus president and collaborating partners. Only one nomination per college will be accepted. Nomination must be in only one category. The Nomination Form, Nomination, and letters must be received by February 20, 2009 in the Center's office. Applicants will be notified by March 6, 2008.

For more information contact Lyvier Conss, Executive Director, at lyvier.conss@mcmail.maricopa.edu or 480-461-6281.

PovertyBridge Opportunity Conference at PCC Sylvania Campus

Providing opportunities for families and individuals to permanently move out of poverty, PCC Sylvania Campus will be hosting the PovertyBridge Opportunity Conference on Saturday, March 7, 2009. Explore opportunities to volunteer during and beyond the event at www.PovertyBridge.org.

Register Your Project for Take Care of Oregon Days!

2009 is Oregon’s 150th year of statehood. When future residents look back to see how Oregonians marked this important anniversary, what will they find? We’d like them to see a generation of doers and go-getters giving back to the great state they call home. We’d like them to find the state’s largest volunteer event ever!

That’s why Oregon 150 has commissioned SOLV, Rural Development Initiatives and Oregon Volunteers to create Take Care of Oregon Days. We are looking for hundreds of volunteer leaders to plan events in their communities throughout the month of May, 2009. Join us!

Do what is important to you! Any volunteer-driven, community project in May can qualify.

Never planned a volunteer project? Don’t let that stop you. We will help you with:

•            Money: an easy-to-get grant of up to $100 for purchasing project supplies (as available)

•            Planning: we’ll send you a comprehensive planning guide to take you through each step

•            Supplies: SOLV has a selection of free supplies to support projects (trash bags, etc.)

•            Publicity: you’ll get all the official Oregon 150 marketing materials for your own marketing campaign. Your project will also be featured on the Oregon 150 and SOLV events calendars – where thousands of volunteers will sign up.

•            Ongoing logistical support and consultation

Registrations are due by February 28th, but grants are going fast, so sign your project up TODAY! For more information, visit www.oregon150.org or contact Julia at julia@solv.org or (800) 333 7658 ext. 347.

Continuums of Service Conference, Committee Opportunities

Continuums of Service Conference - Seattle, WA - April 16-18, 2009

Save the date! This conference, one of the first regional service-learning conference in the country, has been instrumental in providing opportunities for faculty, administrators, students and community partners to convene, learn, teach, and strengthen the service-learning field since it's inception in 1996.

Your leadership is vital in shaping the 2009 conference: building on the successes we've had and taking the conference to the next level. This year we hope to create greater focus, increase rigor, and strengthen and expand the service-learning networks across the western region. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Advisory Committee

We are underway with planning for the 2009 Continuums of Service conference! We invite you to consider joining a team of your colleagues from across the western region to serve on the advisory committee for this important event. The time commitment is as little or as much as your time and interest permits and we will do all of our planning via conference calls. The next call is Thursday, November 12: 11-12:00pm.

To participate in this Advisory Committee, please contact Emily Gilliland at 503-725-8140 or elg(at)pdx.edu.

Proposal Review Committee

RaeLyn Axlund, Research and Assessment Director at Washington Campus Compact, will oversee the review process. If you are interested in participating as a reviewer, please let her know at raelyn.axlund(at)wwu.edu. You can still participate even if you plan to submit a proposal yourself - you just won't be given your own proposal to review. The call for proposals will be released on Wednesday, November 12.

Washington Campus Compact staff will conduct an internal review of all submitted proposals in order to group them by topic. We will then match each set of proposals with at least two reviewers who have expertise and interest in the specific topic.

The role of a COS proposal reviewer will be to:

* Participate in a conference call to discuss the process for reviewing proposals: Thursday, December 11, 1-2:00pm PST.

* Review and evaluate a topic-specific set of proposals using a predetermined set of criteria: December 12-18.

* Participate in a conference call to discuss your set of proposals and make recommendations for the final selection of presenters: Friday December 19, 11-12:00pm PST.

If you would like to participate in the COS Proposal Review Committee, please contact RaeLyn Axlund at raelyn(at)wwu.edu.