[OSU-SLSR] SLSR Update for 02/15/2012

Wed Feb 15 10:54:20 EST 2012

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Ohio State Service-Learning News

The Service-Learning Initiative and 200Columbus The Service-Learning Initiative plans to be an active part of the 200Columbus bicentennial celebration. We are working closely with Ohio State's bicentennial celebration committee to participate in events throughout the year. We are excited for the opportunity to share Ohio State's tradition of service and outreach and the way it is connected to the history of civic engagement in Columbus. If you are interested in learning more about our efforts to partner with this city initiative, please contact us at slearning at osu.edu<mailto:slearning at osu.edu>.

Service-Learning Course Spotlight
In order to help faculty and students make connections to upcoming service-learning courses, we will seek to spotlight a unique service-learning course in each newsletter. If you're interested in having your course featured like this, please email us at hcox at esue.ohio-state.edu<mailto:hcox at esue.ohio-state.edu>.

Theatre 684.02: Performance Studies in Outreach Theatre is a production course in the Department of Theatre that is currently giving 10 undergraduate students the opportunity to tour a fully realized production of a 60 minute version of Shakespeare's Macbeth to over a dozen local schools.  The production is affiliated with the OSU/Royal Shakespeare Company partnership, which to date has reached over 4,000 local K-12 students with its innovative Stand Up for Shakespeare educational program. For more information on this course, please contact Lesley Ferris at ferris.36 at osu.edu<mailto:ferris.36 at osu.edu>.

Resources and Opportunities

Civic Scholars Program at the 2012 National Conference on Volunteering and Service A program of Points of Light Institute, the National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) provides attendees with an opportunity to learn, connect and be inspired through a wide range of exciting and informative sessions. The Civic Scholars Program is an opportunity at the NCVS for scholars to connect and collaborate for greater community impact. Points of Light is looking for 50 individuals with community involvement experience and high potential for future civic engagement. Scholars receive waived Conference registration and continuing education opportunities related to their scholarship. Applicants must have an interest in advancing civic engagement, must be actively involved in their communities, and willing to commit to a one-year initiative and participate in all follow-up activities. To learn more and apply, please visit http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/general-information/scholarships.cfm

New University of Iowa Press Series on Humanities and Public Life The University of Iowa Press has launched a new book series, Humanities and Public Life. They are seeking manuscripts that examine projects using the arts and humanities to promote community building and civic change. These short books will meet the needs of publicly engaged scholars and their community partners for models of rigorous work, critical thinking about best practices, and strategies for measuring a project's impact. For more information and proposal guidelines, please see the University of Iowa Press's website: http://www.uiowapress.org/

The David Hoch Memorial Award and Other Campus Compact Awards The David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service was designed to recognize and honor the outstanding work in service-learning and/or civic engagement by a faculty or staff member at an Ohio Campus Compact member institution. This award is named for the late David Hoch, the Dean of Honors at the University of Toledo, who served as the Director of Service Learning from 1999 - 2005.  Deadline is March 2, 2012. For more information, visit  http://www.ohiocampuscompact.org/grants-awards/david-hoch-memorial/. There are multiple upcoming state and national awards offered by Campus Compact to celebrate their member institutions. To learn more about them, please visit http://www.ohiocampuscompact.org/blog/2012/01/26/and-the-award-goes-to/.

Events

This Above All  This Above All is a show developed by the MFA Acting Class of 2012. The production is based on the international partnership between Ohio State and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The partnership, focused on the RSC's "Stand Up For Shakespeare" educational programming, has provided professional development to dozens of area teachers and theatre artists, who share learning opportunities with K-12 students through the plays of William Shakespeare. The show explores the experiences of the MFA actors with the RSC's education team; their work in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms; and research into the state of education in America, all with an eye to Shakespeare's plays. The play will be presented  February 16 to March 3 at the Drake Performance and Event Center. For more information, please visit  http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/mfa-actors-present-this-above-all.

Sincerely,

Ola Ahlqvist and Harmony Cox
Service-Learning Initiative

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