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CALL FOR PRESENTERS
1998 MIDWEST COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE
BUILDING ENGAGED CAMPUSES: THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR
Wednesday, August 5 - Friday, August 7, 1998
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
What is the purpose of the conference?
The conference provides opportunities:
* to share and promote ways of deepening the practice of community
service and service learning through increased quality and impact; and
* to examine and promote what it means to be an engaged campus and
the role of the community service director as a leader.
Who should present?
Presenters can be administrators, faculty, staff, students, or community
members with knowledge or skills in deepening and assessing practice.
What does it mean to be an "engaged" campus?
It's more than the outreach efforts and add-ons and other things that
faculty and departments now do "other than" teaching and research. Rather,
it's the idea that all of the critical tasks we perform - teaching,
research, and service - must connect with the needs of our local
communities and the larger society.
- Helen "Lena" Astin, AAHE
Who should attend?
The 1998 Midwest Community Service Director's Conference is designed
specifically for administrative and faculty coordinators of community
service and/or service learning programs at institutions of higher
education in the Midwest.
What else do I need to know?
The conference will cost $35 for individuals from Campus Compact member
institutions, and $70 for individuals who are not. A conference brochure
with registration materials will be sent out shortly.
What are some suggested topics?
* Engaged campus: working for democracy/diversity, community development,
community needs/assets
* Infrastructure: student affairs/academic affairs,
centralized/decentralized programs, advisory boards, mandatory/voluntary,
institutionalizing service learning
* Why service: pedagogy, student learning, student development,
citizenship education, social change, diversity experience, spiritual
development
* Support: fundraising/friendraising, grantwriting, business partners,
institutional (hard money)
* Logistics: safety, liability, transportation, orientation/training,
reflection, evaluation/assessment
* Documentation: tracking service participants, forms, co-curricular
transcripts
* Federal initiatives: America Reads, Learn and Serve, Community-Based
Federal Work Study
Please submit the following information by July 6, 1998
Name:
Title:
Campus/Organization:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Email:
Daytime Phone:
Fax:
Names, Titles of Co-Presenters:
I would be willing to facilitate a Roundtable Discussion on:
Length of Session:
_____ 90 minutes
_____ 60 minutes
_____ I can adjust the session for either time
Session Format:
_____ discussion
_____ panel
_____ presentation
_____ other: _____________
Level of Session:
_____ new to field
_____ intermediate
_____ advanced
_____ any level
Equipment Needed: ( White boards will be available in each room)
_____ overhead projector
_____ TV/VCR
_____ other: _____________
I will be present for:
_____ only my workshop
_____ the entire conference (registration materials will follow)
Title of Session:
__________________________________________________________________
Session goals:
___________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Session description: (approximately 100 words - to be included in the
conference program)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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The above information must be received by Monday, July 6, 1998
Send to: Midwest CSD Conference
Illinois Campus Compact
2700 Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-2700
FAX (309)438-5593 or email: scsween@acadcomp.cmp.ilstu.edu
The Agenda
(tentative)
Wednesday, August 5, 1998
5:30 pm Early Check-In
7:00 pm Evening Session
Thursday, August 6, 1998
7:30 am Breakfast and Check-in
9:00 am Morning Session
Featured Speaker - Dr. Cheryl Keen
12:30 am Lunch
1:30 pm Afternoon Session
6:30 pm Cook-out
Friday, August 7, 1998
7:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am Morning Session
12:00 am Lunch
1:30 pm Featured Speaker - TBA
2:30 pm Closing