The Campus Compact Heartland Conference is coming to Lincoln, NE October 2-3, 2014. This conference will bring together individuals from across the nation to explore different perspectives on service-learning and civic engagement alongside colleagues from Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and provide an opportunity for service-learning professionals and community partners to share program models, best practices, and network with one another.
CONFERENCE AUDIENCE
Conference participants will include learners and educators from diverse constituencies: faculty, students, administrators, and service-learning coordinators; AmeriCorps members; and government, community agencies and partners. Similarly, we expect attendees with a wide range of experience with civic engagement and service-learning.
CONFERENCE GOALS
• Enhancing practical service-learning skills and deepening philosophical understanding of participants;
• Communicating ideas and practical solutions to service-learning challenges;
• Exploring engaged scholarship and community-based research;
• Offering provocative, inclusive and interactive conference sessions;
• Demonstrating evidence of effectiveness for student and community outcomes;
• Celebrating successes, rejuvenating, and connecting to the broader service community;
• Providing time for informal discussions and networking; and
• Building a regional network of service-learning and civic engagement colleagues.
2014 HEARTLAND POINT OF EMPHASIS
Using best practices in academic and co-curricular service-learning and civic engagement to foster participatory citizenship among our students and in our communities.
CONCURRENT SESSION GUIDELINES
Length: Concurrent sessions will be one hour and 15 minutes in length – anticipate approximately 65 minutes for the presentation and the remaining time for questions/dialogue.
Presentation Summary: Provide a brief abstract of the presentation (no more than 300 words). Please describe the substance of the presentation and the style in which you will present (single speaker, panel presentation, hands-on practice, etc.). Your abstract will be edited for inclusion in the conference program.
Process and Selection Information: A committee of faculty, service-learning staff, and Campus Compact staff will review and select the proposals. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance by email on or before June 3, 2014.
For more information and details on submitting a proposal, go to
http://associations.missouristate.edu/assets/missouricompact/concurrent_session_proposal_RFP.pdf. Deadline to submit a proposal is 5:00 p.m. CST on May 15, 2014. Students encouraged to apply.
More details at: http://associations.missouristate.edu/heartland/default.htm