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<b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Ohio State Service-Learning News<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Long-Term Service-Learning Opportunity with Children’s Hunger Alliance</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Children's Hunger Alliance (CHA) is a statewide organization dedicated to fighting hunger and childhood obesity.
One of the programs they coordinate is an afterschool feeding program where kids can get a healthy snack and have a safe place to learn and play in the afternoon. They are currently seeking Ohio State students who can provide educational, low-resource programming
for their sites. They are open to any new ideas, as long as they're easily executable and related to their core mission. Ideally, they would like for this to be a long-term partnership between CHA and Ohio State's service-learning community. If you would
be interested in making this a service-learning opportunity for your students, please email us at
<a href="mailto:hcox@esue.ohio-state.edu">hcox@esue.ohio-state.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">New Service-Learning Mailing List for Students</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> In order to enhance student communications, the Service-Learning Initiative
has started a mailing list specifically for students. This mailing list will discuss service-learning news that is relevant to students, as well as opportunities and events centered around service and non-profits. The SLSR will no longer share student opportunities
unless they also have a significant interest for faculty. If you’d like to register for the student mailing list, please visit the following link:
</span><a href="https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/osus-lstudents"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/osus-lstudents</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.
If you have opportunities for students that you’d like to share via the listserv, please contact Harmony Cox at
</span><a href="mailto:hcox@esue.ohio-state.edu"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">hcox@esue.ohio-state.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.
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<b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Resources and Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">2012 Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Nominations are due Apr 27 for the 2012 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty sponsored by the New England Resource Center for
Higher Education (NERCHE). The annual Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty recognizes a faculty member who is pre-tenure at tenure-granting campuses or early career (i.e., within the first six years) at campuses
with long-term contracts and who connects his or her teaching, research, and service to community engagement. For more information, please visit:<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span></span><a href="http://www.nerche.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=585&Itemid=143"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">http://www.nerche.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=585&Itemid=143</span></a><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Bell National Research Center seeking nominations for Outstanding Service Award</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"> The Bell
National Resource Center is seeking nominations for its Outstanding Service Award by a student, faculty, staff, and community member who has exhibited great service to the OSU African American male community. Nominations are due Saturday, February 18<sup>th</sup>
2012. The nomination form is available at </span><a href="http://go.osu.edu/recognition" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">http://go.osu.edu/recognition</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">
and can be e-mailed to </span><a href="mailto:suddeth.1@osu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">suddeth.1@osu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Association of American Colleges and Universities releases
<i>A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy’s Future</i></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">
<span style="color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">This report from the National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement calls on the nation to reclaim higher education’s civic mission.
The report calls on educators and public leaders to advance a 21st century vision of college learning for all students—a vision with civic learning and democratic engagement an expected part of every student’s college education. The report includes recommendations
for action that address campus culture, general education, and civic inquiry as part of major and career fields as well as hands-on civic problem solving across differences. To view the report, please visit
</span><a href="http://www.aacu.org/civic_learning/crucible/"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">http://www.aacu.org/civic_learning/crucible/</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Medical Center offers deaf patient communication workshop
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Interpreter Services is offering a workshop, "Basic Communication Needs of the Deaf Patient" from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday (1/26) at the Ross Heart Hospital auditorium. Attendees will
examine written materials by deaf persons and the structure of American Sign Language, and learn how to use different communication techniques and the services of an interpreter in a clinical setting. This class offers CEs for nurses and social workers. Free
and open to the public. To register, please contact</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt">
</span><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:Milly.Valverde@osumc.edu">Milly.Valverde@osumc.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Ola Ahlqvist and Harmony Cox<br>
Service-Learning Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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