Purdue North Central Campus hosts ICC Northwest Regional Meeting, April 12, 2002:
Purdue University North Central Campus will host an Indiana Campus Compact Regional Meeting from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (local time) on Friday, April 12, 2002. The meeting will be in Technology Rm. 109 on the North Central campus. There will be coverage of service learning at PUNC, and its move towards introducing service learning across the curriculum, plus discussion of political initiatives including the Indiana Service Learning Resolution (see p. 3 of this newsletter). For more information, or to RSVP, contact ICC at 317-274-6500 or by e-mail at . (Local contact is Patricia Carlisle, at 219-785-5241.)
ICC Hosts A Midwest Colloquium on Service Learning Research, Friday, April 26, 2002:
Dr. Janet Eyler, co-author of “Where’s the Learning in Service-Learning,” will be the keynote speaker at a Midwest Colloquium on Service Learning Research, to be held on Friday, April 26, 2002, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the Crown Plaza Union Station, Downtown Indianapolis. The Colloquium is a follow-up to a recent national conference on this topic at UC Berkeley in 2001, and is hosted by ICC with generous funding support by the Lilly Endowment
Janet Eyler is Professor of the Practice of Education at Vanderbilt University, teaching in areas of public policy, adult learning, program evaluation, and service learning in higher education. Professor Eyler has co-directed a national FIPSE-funded service-learning research project, “Comparing Models of Service-Learning,” and a Corporation for National Services research project on learning outcomes for college students. Her book, published by Jossey-Bass in 1999, “Where’s the Learning in Service-Learning,” is drawn from these studies. Professor Eyler received the 1998 Outstanding Research Award from the National Society for Experiential Education, and in October 2002 will host at Vanderbilt the Second Annual Conference on Research in Service-Learning.
Registration deadline is 4/5/02; registration fee $30 (students and AmeriCorps Members, $20). At this event, ICC will also honor winners and nominees from member campuses for both the Richard J. Wood Award for Outstanding Community Service and the Brian Douglas Hiltunen Award for Outstanding Faculty Contribution to the Scholarship of Engagement. Contact ICC (317-274-6500, ) for more information.
ICC Announces New Executive Director:
Jill A. Warren has been named the new Executive Director for Indiana Campus Compact. Currently teaching and working at Eastern Michigan University and Concordia College, Jill has an MPA from Michigan State University and is completing a doctorate at MSU in the area of nonprofits and public policy. According to the ICC website, Jill has served as Executive Director and CEO of a diverse range of Michigan agencies, including Starr Commonwealth Schools, Child Abuse Prevention Services (Lansing and Grand Rapids), the YWCA of Shiawassee County, and the American Cancer Society. Jill has been attending some ICC functions, such as the March 1st ICC Advisory Board meeting, and expects to join the staff full-time in June 2002.
Greater Lafayette Volunteer Bureau Volunteer Recognition Banquet, April 25, 2002:
This annual event will be held at the University Inn in West Lafayette from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2002, with keynote speaker David Lewis. The Task Force on Citizenship Education is inviting campus finalists for the Richard J. Wood Award to attend and to be recognized. For more information, contact GLVB at 742-8241.
Task Force on Citizenship Education Appreciation Breakfast for the Service Learning Advisory Board and Other Supporters, April 24, 2002:
As the Task Force on Citizenship Education winds up its five years of existence, there will be an Appreciation Breakfast at the Seattle Beanery, Purdue West, on Wednesday, April 24, 2002, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. This is open not only to members of the Task Force’s Service Learning Advisory Board but also to all current or past supporters of the Task Force and its mission.
This is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements and the partnerships of the past five years, and perhaps to hear about visions and proposals in the areas of service learning and service engagement at Purdue University. The breadth of support for the Task Force’s mission both on campus and the community has been a highlight of the past five years, and supporters and sympathizers are encouraged to consider joining this “closing ceremony” that also points to a new era in service engagement at Purdue University.
In order that we can plan accurately, please RSVP to Brenda Allie, 496-6912, , if you are expecting to attend.
Farewells:
Melanie Clark, who worked briefly but extremely effectively with the Task Force, has moved on to become inaugural Director of the Office of Leadership and Community Service at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Melanie’s title at Purdue was Temporary Service Learning Coordinator, but she played multiple roles in terms of bringing coherence to the activities of the Task Force, assisting with service-learning courses, benchmarking, creating archives, and supporting the work of the Committee for Service Engagement. Melanie finished up at Purdue on March 22, and her contributions will be greatly missed.
Brad Balser, assistant manager at Wiley Hall, is returning to Ohio with his family. Brad was an exceptionally valuable volunteer co-instructor with Mgmt 190S, “Introduction to Service Learning,” for a number of semesters, and also was very active in promoting service activities in the residence halls and the general student population that incorporated meaningful reflection activities. Brad’s practical and theoretical understanding of experiential learning and of the value of well-executed service-learning activities, as well as his commitment to serve the university in this area, also represents a significant loss.
Phasing Out the Task Force:
The Committee for Service Engagement (CSE):
The Committee has been working hard on developing a proposal for the Vice Provost of Engagement on how to address at Purdue University the range of activities that comprise “service engagement.” A written report is expected soon. Marne Helgesen, Director of the Center for Instructional Excellence, and Mike Piggott, Director of the Office for Community Relations, are leading this important effort.
The Boiler Volunteer Network:
The BVN is currently funded from two channels, one through the Executive Vice President and Treasurer and a second through a recurrent Academic Reinvestment Grant with the Task Force Chair as the faculty “principal investigator.” Oversight comes from Sara Solloway, Program Director of the Purdue Memorial Union, but her role is essentially an addition over and above the job description of the Program Director position at the PMU. The GLVB supplies a ¼-time staff person and also works very closely with BVN, which has a function as a “satellite office” for the GLVB. It seems a general sentiment of members of the CSE that the BVN has been a valuable addition to the campus, and to campus-community collaboration, and that in whatever (re)structuring that is recommended, there should be a place for an entity or entities that includes the roles of the current BVN.
Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) Proposal:
A subcommittee of the Committee for Service Engagement has reported to the Committee with recommendations about the COPC proposal originally being explored by the Task Force. Those recommendations will be part of the issues considered by the full Committee as it writes its report. (For more information on this topic, contact the Committee chairs, Marne Helgesen and Mike Piggott.)
The Service Learning Ambassadors Program:
The Service Learning Ambassadors Program was conceived and created around January 2000, supported by a three-year grant from the USA Group Foundation. The current Task Force assistant overseeing the Ambassador Program will graduate in May 2002, and the Task Force will no longer be in existence by August 2002. However the goal is to use April 2002 to recruit a cross-section of students, covering as many schools on campus as possible, as prospective SL Ambassadors available to be tapped, in conjunction with current Ambassadors who are not graduating, for 2002-2003 if that is a desired outcome after the CSE has reported and the central administration has responded to that report. (Please contact Rebecca Spears, current SL Ambassador Program Coordinator, at , if you have names of prospective Ambassadors for 2002-2003. Experience of SL courses or activities, plus enthusiasm and good interpersonal skills, are desirable.)
The Service Learning Advisory Board:
As noted earlier in this newsletter, there will be an Appreciation Breakfast at the Seattle Beanery that particularly includes members of the Advisory Board but also extends to all those supportive of service learning. The Advisory Board has been a great source of encouragement and ideas over recent years, and the selfless role of Board members has been greatly appreciated.
Student Organizations:
Students Assisting Volunteer Efforts (SAVE), an organization initially nurtured by the Task Force with support from an ICC mini-grant, is a full-fledged student organization that is expected to continue under its own steam. The Community Service Roundtable (CSR), run by SL Ambassador Morgan Michalke, is younger. The CSR has met again during Spring Semester 2002, and it is hoped that it or some variant will continue to be a vehicle for student voice and collaboration in the general area of community service.
Assistants and Resources:
Among the Task Force assistants, Rebecca Spears, Matt Swartz, and Eva Ross are expected to conclude their assistantships at the end of Spring Semester, 2002, and Peter Desmangles will finish up at the end of Maymester. The website, ably maintained on a voluntary basis by Jack Tedeski, will be made available to the CSE and whatever organization(s) emerge from the reporting and restructuring process, as will the Task Force’s library of resources. It is assumed that the recurrent Academic Reinvestment Grant funding, that has largely supported the assistantships and other Task Force expenses, will become available to help fund parts of the new organizational structure. There is expected to be one more Task Force newsletter in May 2002, and the Task Force is scheduled to vanish by June 30, 2002.
Recent events involving the budget for the State of Indiana should not completely overshadow the introduction of a House Concurrent Resolution promoting service learning, an event that has attracted attention both within the state and beyond it borders. Sincere thanks are due to State Representatives Sue Scholer and Sheila Klinker for jointly sponsoring this resolution. Thanks are also due: to Harry Brown, of the GLVB, for first raising the possibility of a resolution in the statehouse; to ICC and Neal Moore of Sease, Gehrig & Associates, for helping in bring this to fruition; and to representatives of Purdue North Central and Marian College, who joined Purdue students, faculty and staff, as well as ICC staff, at the statehouse on February 5, 2002, when the resolution was presented to the General Assembly of the State of Indiana.
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
IN THE STATE OF INDIANA TO ADOPT SERVICE LEARNING AS A CENTRAL FORM OF ENGAGEMENT, CIVIC OUTREACH AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION.
· WHEREAS, SERVICE LEARNING IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE CRUCIAL TO THE SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CAMPUS-COMMUNITY COLLABORATION;
· WHEREAS, GOOD SERVICE LEARNING PRACTICES REQUIRE STRONG COMMUNITY VOICE, ORIENTATION AND TRAINING OF PARTICIPANTS, MEANINGFUL ACTION FOR LEARNERS, INTENTIONAL REFLECTION PRACTICES, AND EVALUATION WITH RESPECT TO THE BENEFITS FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS;
· WHEREAS, SERVICE LEARNING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING STATE-SUPPORTED CAMPUS RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES, SERVICE AGENCIES, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AT ALL LEVELS OF NEED THROUGHOUT THE STATE;
· WHEREAS, THE COLLABORATION OF THE MEMBER CAMPUSES OF THE INDIANA CAMPUS COMPACT, THE RESOURCES OF THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, DISTANCE-LEARNING CAPABILITIES, AND OTHER STATEWIDE NETWORKS PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STATE OF INDIANA TO BE A NATIONAL LEADER IN THE AREA OF SERVICE LERNING AND ENGAGEMENT, AND,
· WHEREAS, THE MISSION OF THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF INDIANA INVOLVES EDUCATING BOTH FUTURE CITIZENS AND PROVIDING SERVICES AND RESEARCH TO COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS OF THE STATE; THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, THE SENATE CONCURRING:
SECTION 1:
THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES THAT THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF INDIANA, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE STATE-SUPPORTED, TO UTILIZE SERVICE LEARNING AS A CENTRAL VEHICLE FOR CAMPUS-COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND OF ENGAGEMENT AT THOSE INSTITUTIONS, AND AS AN IMPORTANT PEDAGOGY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING AND FOR NURTURING LIFELONG CITIZENS.
SECTION 2:
THAT THE PRINCIPAL CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO PRESIDENTS AND CHANCELLORS OF ALL THE INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF INDIANA, AS WELL AS THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS AT THOSE INSTITUTIONS.
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Updates – Office of Engagement Grants:
As publicized in the previous newsletter, Purdue’s Office of Engagement continues to process applications for the Community Engagement for Purdue Students Grant Program. The program goal is to foster the expansion of community service involvement, including service learning and experiential learning opportunities, by Purdue students in partnership with communities, non-profit agencies, schools, and governmental bodies.
Grant levels range from $100 to $500 for an individual or a maximum of $1500 for a team or organization, and several awards have already been made.
Inquiries should be directed to the Purdue Office of Engagement, Hovde Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, 765-494-9095, or by e-mail to the Vice Provost of Engagement, Don K. Gentry at . (Copies of applications can also be obtained from the Task Force on Citizenship Education desk in the Boiler Volunteer Network, Stewart Center G-4, or at the Greater Lafayette Volunteer Bureau at 842 Main Street, Lafayette.)
Update – ICC Grants:
Many ICC grants have deadlines of May 10, 2002. These include Campus-Community Dialogue Grants, Community Engagement Grants, Community Service Director Fellowships, and Student Citizen Fellowships. Community Service Mini-Grants, for student groups, continue to be reviewed every month on the 15th of the month. The deadline for Indiana Reading Corps applications is May 3, 2002, while Partnership in Action Grants will be reviewed in Summer 2002. The deadline for the STAR Schools Education Initiative is June 1, 2002, for 2002-2003 funding. For more information, contact the ICC at 317-274-6500, or at .