The Talloires Network [1] is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.
Here is a copy of Talloires Network E-Newletter for June 2013:
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| June 4, 2013 | The Talloires Network Newsletter |
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In This Issue
New Members University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Pakistan) [2] Indus University (Pakistan) [3] University of Faisalabad (Pakistan) [4] Institute of Space Technology (Pakistan) [5] To see a full list of our 298 member institutions, Not a member of the Talloires Network? Learn how to JOIN NOW>> [7]
Talloires Website Remember to visit our website [8]! Google Map [9] showing our member universities
About the Talloires Network The Talloires Network secretriat is located at Tufts University [10]. Contact Us
Rob Hollister Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Jennifer Catalano Amy Newcomb Rowe Rantimi Oluwasegun Maureen Keegan Edwin Nelson Steering Committee members Mark Gearan [18] (Chair) Janice Reid [19] (Vice-Chair) Lisa Anderson [20] Scott Cowen [21] Sharifah Hapsah Shahabudin [22] Shamsh Kassim-Lakha [23] Anthony Monaco [24] Olive Mugenda [25] José María Sanz Martínez [26] Jerome Slamat [27] Rafael Velasco [28] John Wood [29] |
Update from the Chair: President Mark Gearan
Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement: Scott Cowen [31]
Talloires Network Faculty and Staff Professional Development Program Pre-Conference Workshop at the 5th International Symposium on Service Learning (ISSL) [33] Kettering-Talloires Collaborative Research and Writing Project (2013-2014) [35] TN Liaison Don Wertlieb Addresses Russian Community University Network Conference in Moscow [37] Talloires Network Participates in Global University Network for Innovation Conference in Barcelona [39] Call for Nominations for Engagement Australia Board [41] Should Universities Be More Engaging? [44] CCPH 2014 Call for Proposals [46]
Bringing Theory to Practice Grants [48] Transforming the Basis of Knowledge [50] The Engelhard Project for Connecting Life and Learning at Georgetown University [52] Towards a Knowledge Base for University-Public Engagement: Sharing Knowledge, Building Insight and Taking Action [54]
Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations [56] by Shaun R. Harper and Stephen John Quaye (Eds.) Youth Civic Engagement as a Challenge to the Modern Democracy: A Participatory Approach to Civics Education [58] For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website>> [60] Community University Exposition 2013. Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Canada). 12 – 15 June 2013. [61] Graduate Employment Network Conference 2013. University of Auckland Business School. Auckland, New Zealand. 11-13 July 2013. [63] Joint AESOP/ACSP Congress. Planning for Resilient Cities and Regions. Dublin, Ireland. 15-19 July 2013. [65]
Center for Engaged Democracy’s 4th Annual Conference on the Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education. Tufts University. Medford, MA (USA). 17-18 July 2013. [67]
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June signals the twelfth installment of our Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement series. This issue features President Scott Cowen, Tulane University President and member of the Talloires Network steering committee.
From May 13 through May 15, 2013, several members of the Talloires Network Secretariat attended the 6th International Barcelona Conference for Higher Education: “Let’s Build Transformative Knowledge to Drive Social Change” organized by the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. 
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013-2015 Engagement Australia Board of Directors. The Engagement Australia Constitution allows for up ten (10) persons to be elected/co-opted to the Board. The Board meets face-to-face four times each year and has regular meetings via teleconference. The election will take place at the Annual General Meeting, to be held on Tuesday 16 July 2013 during the Next Steps: Co-producing Knowledge for Social Impact conference in Melbourne. If you are interested in nominating for the Board, please contact Jan Strom 
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is now accepting proposals for its next conference to be held from April 3 to May 3, 2014 in Chicago, IL. Proposals are due September 30, 2013 for skill-building workshops, creative arts sessions, stories, roundtable discussions and posters that advance the conference theme and align with one or more of these conference topics: Communities as centers of learning, discovery and engagement, Authentically engaged institutions, Shared power and resources, Ethical policies and practices, Changing governmental and institutional policies and systems, Sustaining partnerships and their outcomes, Next generation leadership and Mobilizing knowledge for action. 
Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP) invites proposals for projects that will promote engaged learning, civic development and engagement, and psychosocial well-being of college and university students. We are especially interested in efforts that will enable students to have transformational educational experiences, and proposals for how institutions can transform and sustain their priorities and practices. Proposals for Seminar Grants (up to $1,000) and Program Development Grants (up to $10,000) are due no later than Friday, June 14, 2013. 
Georgetown’s BTtoP Demonstration Site project, the Engelhard Project for Connecting Life and Learning, is entering its eighth year on our campus. This project uses a pedagogy that integrates well-being topics into course content in order to personalize course material and positively influence student health behaviors. Our assessment design includes an end-of-course survey to measure the impact of the courses on students. 
The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement in the UK has published a paper summarizing findings and recommendations from the AHRC project, "Researching the Engaged University." It is based on a literature review of research into university-public engagement and consultation with over 90 researchers and professionals in the field and makes the case that there are important reasons why we would want to research university-public engagement. 
Student Engagement in Higher Education fills a longstanding void in higher education and student affairs literature. The editors and chapter authors show how diverse populations of students experience college differently and encounter group-specific barriers to success. Informed by relevant theories, each chapter focuses on a different population for whom research confirms that engagement and connectivity to the college experience are problematic, including: low-income students, racial/ethnic minorities, students with disabilities, LGBT students, and religious minority students. 
Across the Western world, many democracies are facing the same problem as Canada - youth civic engagement, knowledge and attentiveness to the political realm are in sharp decline. This reality creates a difficult situation for policy makers and politicians alike, as disengagement to this degree has never been experienced before...Without action to bring more young people back from their apathetic stand, our democracy will face crucial challenges with regard to participation at the polls and maintaining an informed and active citizenry into the future. However, new approaches have been applied in other jurisdictions and have shown some success, offering frameworks for Canada to consider. 
CU Expo 2013: Engaging Shared Worlds, is being held in Corner Brook, Newfoundland & Labrador, hosted by Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and the City of Corner Brook, with support from the provincial Rural Secretariat. Over the 3 days of the conference, participants can choose from a variety of interactive sessions: from workshops to arts activities, deliberative dialogue to presentations, participatory communications, mobile tours, service learning and more. 
Hosted by University College Dublin, the AESOP/ACSP joint congress provides an opportunity for attendees to hear and debate the latest in planning and policy research and practice and to visit sites of planning action and inaction – including new town development, urban cultural and waterfront regeneration, edge city development, post recession urbanscapes, social housing renewal, heritage preservation, transport planning and city bike scheme and capital projects. 