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<b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Ohio State Service-Learning News</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Service-Learning Grant Proposals Due 03/08!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> The deadline is approaching for this years’ Service-Learning Course
 Grants program. Grants of up to $4,000 are available to support the development and enrichment of service-learning courses. All proposals are due by close-of-business Friday, March 8<sup>th</sup> 2013. The Service-Learning Initiative is available for technical
 assistance and guidance at any point up to the proposal deadline, so please contact us! For more information, please visit
</span> <a href="http://outreachgrants.osu.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://outreachgrants.osu.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> .
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<b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Course Spotlight<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In order to help service-learning scholars make connections and learn about new projects, we will seek to highlight a new service-learning course in every newsletter. Courses will be shared
 both here and in the “Spotlight” section on the front page of our website. If you are interested in having your course highlighted, please let Harmony know at
</span></i><a href="mailto:hcox@esue.ohio-state.edu"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">hcox@esue.ohio-state.edu</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ART 2520S Community Celebration March 7<sup>th</sup> in Thompson Library
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Art Edu 2520s (A Service Learning Experience with Digital Artmaking) has been working with a class at GEMS Middle School to create community future casting videos about the school.
 They will be screening the videos on Thursday, March 7th from 2:30-3:30pm at Thompson Library 165. Refreshments will be provided, and all are welcome. Please join us if you are able!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Events and Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Scholarship & Service-Learning - Call for Proposals: IARSLCE 2013
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) is pleased to announce that proposals are now being accepted for the 2013 conference
 in Omaha, Nebraska. The conference will take place November 6-8, 2013 and is hosted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The theme of this year's conference is Reinvigorating our Process of Discovery: Research Informing Practice in Service-Learning and
 Community Engagement. For more information about the 2013 conference, to view the call, or to submit a proposal, please visit
<a href="www.researchslce.org/conferences">www.researchslce.org/conferences</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Cornell College seeks Coordinator of Civic Engagement
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Applications are being accepted for the position of Coordinator of Civic Engagement at Cornell College. This 10-month, full-time position is responsible for coordinating a civic engagement
 program that offers educational and developmental opportunities for students through direct service, community advocacy, social activism, and public scholarship. For more information, please visit
<a href="http://www.cornellcollege.edu/human-resources/employment/coordinator-of-civic-engagement.shtml">
http://www.cornellcollege.edu/human-resources/employment/coordinator-of-civic-engagement.shtml</a> .
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">2013 Diversity Leadership Symposium: Enriching Our Cultural Competencies</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> The Diversity Leadership Symposium
 at The Ohio State University was created to provide an inter-departmental professional development event in the area of inter-cultural competence for higher education professionals and college students. Come and join colleagues from across the University and
 learn more about Cultural Intelligence, Interfaith Understanding and Respect, Today’s Veteran on Campus and other topics. Registration is $45 for staff and faculty and free for students. The event will take place on April 12<sup>th</sup>, 2013. To register,
 visit <a href="http://extensionhr.osu.edu/diversity/Symposium/symposiuminformation4.html">
http://extensionhr.osu.edu/diversity/Symposium/symposiuminformation4.html</a> . <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Sincerely, <span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#02160C">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Ola Ahlqvist and Harmony Cox<br>
The Service-Learning Initiative at Ohio State</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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