[OSU-SLSR] SLSR Update for 02/09/2012

[Harmony Cox]

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Ohio State Service-Learning News

Reminder: Check Out The Spring 2012 Course List The Service-Learning Initiative has compiled a list of all of Ohio State's service-learning courses for Spring 2012. This list is the best way to get connected with service-learning courses next quarter. Please take a look at it here: http://service-learning.osu.edu/spring-courses.html If you have a course that needs to be listed or have other suggestions, please get in touch with Harmony at hcox at esue.ohio-state.edu<mailto:hcox at esue.ohio-state.edu>.

Resources and Opportunities

Service-Learning Post-Doc Opportunity in Sydney, Australia Macquarie University will offer two full-time postdoctoral research fellowships: one dedicated to evaluating widening participation initiatives in Higher Education, and the other to service learning and civic engagement.  Applications close on February 23rd, 2012. For more information, please visit their website at https://mq.taleo.net/careersection/mqcareers/jobdetail.ftl

Call For Submissions for the new Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research The Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is a multi-disciplinary online undergraduate journal open to all undergraduate students. The journal is dedicated to publishing the intellectual and reflective work by undergraduates on service learning and other research-based community engagement activities. Submissions will be accepted from now through June 30, 2012. For detailed information about the journal's content and submission guidelines, please visit their website at http://www.bk.psu.edu/Academics/33679.htm

Call for Papers: Service-Learning in the Humanities The Fall 2012 issue of the journal Interdisciplinary Humanities will be a special issue on service-learning in the humanities. The editors welcome submissions of articles, essays, and reflective pieces on service-learning from various points of view: students, faculty, agency mentors, and higher-education and non-profit community administration and staff. Documents may focus on studies, theory, practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and school-community partnerships as they apply to service-learning. Send inquiries and papers to Isabel Baca at: ibaca at utep.edu<mailto:ibaca at utep.edu> and Joana Owens: jowens1 at ju.edu<mailto:jowens1 at ju.edu>.

Call for IARSLCE Editorial Fellows extended to Feb 14th The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) has extended the deadline of the Call for Applications for the 2012/2013 Conference Proceedings Editorial Fellows. The Editorial Fellows (EF) program is in its second year and is a professional development opportunity for graduate students interested in community engagement. EFs will participate in co-creating the IARSLCE Conference Proceedings. This includes practicing shared decision-making, effectively and appropriately communicating with an international group of colleagues, exploring the multiple roles and responsibilities within editing projects, and encouraging and supporting learning outcomes identified by each individual EF. The deadline for applications is February 14th. Further information can be found at http://iarslceproceedings.wikispaces.com/Editorial+Fellows+call+for+applications<http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fiarslceproceedings%2Ewikispaces%2Ecom%2FEditorial%2BFellows%2Bcall%2Bfor%2Bapplications&urlhash=w5J0&_t=tracking_anet>.

Events

AAAS Community Extension Center presents The Legacy of Julius Nyerere Julius Nyerere, one of Africa's most respected figures, was a politician of principle and intelligence. Known as "Mwalimu", or teacher, he had a vision of education and social action that was rich with possibility. Nyerere served as the first president of Tanzania (previously Tanganyika) from the country's founding in 1961 until his retirement in 1985. View the story of his life at the African American and African Studies Community Extension Center at 905 Mount Vernon Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43203. The film will be screened on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 15th Anniversary Conference in Houston, TX  Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)  will hold their 15th Anniversary Conference from April 18-21, 2012 in Houston. Their conference theme is "Community Campus Partnerships as a Strategy for Social Justice: Where We've Been and Where We Need To Go". Join hundreds of community members, faculty, staff, students, funders and policy makers from around the world for 4 days of skill-building, networking and agenda-setting! To register, please visit https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=32061&



Sincerely,

Ola Ahlqvist and Harmony Cox
Service-Learning Initiative



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