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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#953735">Ohio State Service-Learning News</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">RSVP for the 2012 Ohio State Service Awards</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> It’s time to RSVP for the 2012 Ohio State Service
Awards! These awards will recognize outstanding achievements in the fields of service-learning and civic engagement in the Ohio State community. Don’t miss this opportunity to recognize exemplary students, faculty, staff, student organizations, and community
partners. The ceremony will take place at 9:30am on May 16th, 2012 at the Ohio Union. Learn more at
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://go.osu.edu/serviceawards2012">http://go.osu.edu/serviceawards2012</a>.</span></u></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Request for Proposals: 2012 Service-Learning Course Grants
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The Service-Learning Initiative, with support from the Office of Undergraduate Education and the Office of Outreach and Engagement, is pleased to announce our 2012 Service-Learning
Grants program. These grants are available to any Ohio State University faculty or staff that will be teaching or facilitating a service-learning course in the 2012-2013 academic year(s). Funding is available to support Course Development and Enrichment, Course
Assessment, and Student Philanthropy. Interested parties are invited to join us for one of two grants workshops on May 31st and June 1st. Proposals are due June 15th, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">More information is available at<b>
</b></span><a href="http://service-learning.osu.edu/grants.html"><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">http://service-learning.osu.edu/grants.html</span></u></a><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#953735">Resources and Opportunities
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">CUMU Conference Call for Proposals: “Working Together Works: Partnering for Progress”
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The 18th Annual CUMU Conference, hosted by The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, from October
13-16, 2012, will spotlight the theme of “Working Together Works: Partnering for Progress.”
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333"> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">This conference will explore how working together with all types of partners can augment the impact
of a university and open new bridges to success for the future. Partnerships in the areas of enriching student learning, increasing faculty roles and impact both in the academic setting and in the community, augmenting the outreach of the university, creating
projects, and developing academic opportunities that respond to and involve the local community are just a few examples of presentations which suitable for this theme. The conference will provide a forum for students, faculty and administrators to share ideas,
experiences, and make recommendations concerning the leadership role that metropolitan universities must assume in creating the future. For more information, visit
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> <a href="http://cumuonline.org/conference/2012callforproposals.aspx"><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">http://cumuonline.org/conference/2012callforproposals.aspx</span></u></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">IARSLCE 2012 Conference Registration now open
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The 12th Annual IARSLCE Conference, “Connected Knowing”, will be held in Baltimore, MD on September 23<sup>rd</sup>-25<sup>th</sup> 2012. This conference seeks to break new ground
by focusing attention on transformative learning partnerships in research and scholarship on community engagement, in research with community partners, and in the kinds of connections those learning partnerships leverage and facilitate. Early registration
rates apply until August 6<sup>th</sup>. For more information, please see the conference website:
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.researchslce.org">http://www.researchslce.org</a></span></u></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#953735">Events<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Hot Moments in the Classroom</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> On Wednesday (5/16) from 1:30-3 p.m. in 150 Younkin Success Center, the InterACT
Theatre Troupe, sponsored by UCAT, will perform a piece that explores methods for facilitating such charged moments. This interactive workshop will provide the opportunity to actively explore some options with the InterACT characters. Participants will develop
strategies for effectively defusing hot moments and turning them into productive learning opportunities. The InterACT theatre troupe is a service-learning project based in the Theater department. Register at </span><a href="http://ucat.osu.edu/" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">http://ucat.osu.edu</span></u></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Sincerely,
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Ola Ahlqvist and Harmony Cox<br>
Service-Learning Initiative</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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