Upcoming WICC Events
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| Wednesday, May 29, 2013 | Upper Midwest Civic Engagement Summit | Loras College, Dubuque, IA | Register | More Info | |
| Wednesday, June 05, 2013 | Workshop: Carnegie's Elective Classification for Community Engagement | Winter Green Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells, WI | Register | More Info | |
| Tuesday, June 25, 2013 | Midwest Campus Compact STEM Consortium Workshops Community-Engaged Learning for Food Sustainability | Loyola University, Corboy Law Center, Chicago, IL | Register | More Info |
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| 6th Annual Global Service-Learning Institute May 29-31, 2013(Ithaca, NY) – Registration Link Cornell University, New York Campus Compact, Amizade Global Service-Learning The 6th annual Global Service-Learning Institute will build upon established institute strengths in global service-learning pedagogy and program development, while also integrating more explicit attention to best practices in community-based planning, community development, and movement-building within global service-learning. Previous institutes have highlighted encouragement of institutional teams and the opportunity to workshop global service-learning programs during the institute, along with deep collaboration, communication with, and learning from like-minded peers. This year's institute will provide participants with the opportunity to further develop their global service-learning programs - whether they are novice or advanced - and it will also employ structured consideration of the concept of Fair Trade Learning and its associated commitments to community partners and program transparency. |
| Fundraising and Development for Non-Profits May 29-31, 2013(Madison, WI) – Registration Link Fundraising and Development for Nonprofits has become one of the premier conferences for nonprofits in the Midwest. During its 18 years of existence, the conference has attracted more than 1,300 individuals representing 870 different nonprofit organizations. More than 98 percent of attendees rate the conference “excellent†or “very good.†And 99 percent say it either matched or exceeded their expectations and that they would recommend the conference to others. |
| Citizen Alum Summer Institute June 11-12, 2013(Minneapolis, MN) – Registration Link Citizen Alum is a rapidly growing national initiative that counters the image of alumni as primarily “donors†with a vision of them as also “doers.†Alums are allies in education–crucial partners in building multigenerational communities of active citizenship and active learning (see citizenalum.org). The summer institute is designed to support the work of Citizen Alum campus teams and other civic engagement leaders in 2013-2014. |
| National Conference on Volunteering and Service June 19-22, 2013(Washington, DC) – Registration Link Points of Light's Conference on Volunteering and Service is the world's largest convening on volunteer service and will be held in Washington, D.C., from Wednesday, June 19, through Saturday, June 22, 2013. At a time when so much divides us, service is common ground. It is a uniting force that can pull us together in common cause, in pursuit of the ideals upon which this nation was founded and toward which citizens continue to strive. Washington, D.C., is a wonderful place to explore what it means to be united in service. The Conference on Volunteering and Service is on point with the evolving civic landscape. There is no better time to bring together the brightest and most cutting-edge entrepreneurs for social change. |
| National Conference on Volunteering and Service June 19-22, 2013(Washington, DC) – Registration Link Points of Light's annual Conference provides attendees an opportunity to learn, connect and be inspired through a wide range of exciting and informative plenary sessions, workshops, immersion learnings, special events, service projects, exhibits, specialized tracks and more. As the world's largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, corporate and government sectors, all are invited to join us in Washington, D.C. |
| The 5th Annual Summer Institute of Civic Studies July 8-18, 2013(Medford, MA) – Registration Link This will be an intensive two-week interdisciplinary seminar bringing together graduate students, faculty, and practitioners from diverse field of study at Tufts University in Medford, MA on July 8-18, 2013. |
| AACU Institute on Integrative Learning and the Departments Faculty Leadership for the 21st Century July 10-14, 2013(Portland, OR) – Registration Link The AACU Institute on Integrative Learning and the Departments is intended for colleges and universities interested in building faculty and departmental leadership for advancement of Essential Learning Outcomes-knowledge of multiple disciplines, inquiry and critical thinking, personal and social responsibility, civic learning, global knowledge and skills, and particularly, integrative and applied learning. Today, college graduates must be able to integrate and apply disciplinary and cross-disciplinary learning in new contexts as they seek better and more responsible solutions to problems encountered in work and in society. The Institute is designed to help colleges ensure that their graduates have these capacities. |
| CWI's Summer EAST Institute on Service-Learning, 2013 July 15-19, 2013(Shelburne Farms, VT) – Registration Link Join with colleagues from across North America and beyond, working to embrace service-learning and sustainability within their teaching practice and programs. CWI's Summer EAST Institute on Service-Learning is an immersion in field tested service-learning best practice designed to help K-16 and community educators engage students in contributing to sustainable communities. An intensive five day experience, the Institute provides dynamic workshops and presentations, practical resources and tools, along with veteran faculty support, designed to maximize participant learning and accomplishments. |
| PKAL Summer Leadership Institute July 23-28, 2013(Crestone, CO) – Registration Link The PKAL Summer Leadership Institute is designed for both early and mid-career STEM faculty engaged in efforts related to transforming undergraduate STEM education in their classrooms, departments, and institutions. The five-day intensive Institute provides faculty participants with the theory and practice required to act as agents of change in their home institutions or professional societies. Held in the heart of the Rocky Mountains on the Baca Campus of Colorado College in Crestone, Colorado, PKAL has been offering Summer Leadership Institutes since 1996. Since then, over 40 percent of Institute alumni have achieved positions of leadership at their home campuses. |
| CWI's Summer WEST Institute on Service-Learning July 29-August 2, 2013(Los Angeles, CA) – Registration Link July 29 - August 2, 2013 (Los Angelas, CA) - Registration Link Join with colleagues from across North America and beyond, working to embrace service-learning and sustainability within their teaching practice and programs. CWI's Summer EAST Institute on Service-Learning is an immersion in field tested service-learning best practice designed to help K-16 and community educators engage students in contributing to sustainable communities. An intensive five day experience, the Institute provides dynamic workshops and presentations, practical resources and tools, along with veteran faculty support, designed to maximize participant learning and accomplishments. |
| GLOBAL LEARNING IN COLLEGE: Asking Big Questions, Engaging Urgent Challenges October 3-5, 2013(Providence, RI) – Registration Link Global Learning in College: Asking Big Questions, Engaging Urgent Challenges will examine campus practices that match the ambitious goals of global learning with concrete learning opportunities that help students gain the knowledge, skills, and commitments needed for global competence. |
| 14th Annual Conference of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium October 8-9, 2013(Lubbock, TX) – Registration Link The 2013 meeting of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium (formerly the National Outreach Scholarship Consortium) will explore Engaged Scholarship across Disciplines, Communities and Geography. This upcoming year's conference will be held on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. |
| Transforming STEM Education: Inquiry, Innovation, Inclusion, and Evidence October 31-November 1, 2013(San Diego, CA) – Registration Link Transforming STEM Education: Inquiry, Innovation, Inclusion, and Evidence will bring together forward-thinking STEM faculty and academic leaders from all sectors of higher education to share innovations, evidence, and practical strategies for succeeding in the dual STEM challenges of this era: Reversing the dramatic U.S. loss of needed talent in STEM disciplines, using evidence-based practices that increase persistence and achievement for all students, with particular attention to students from underrepresented groups; Ensuring that all STEM graduates build--from the outset of their studies--the multi-disciplinary knowledge, research skills, and mindsets needed to address the complex challenges to be faced in every sphere of society. |
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