June 14, 2004

Dear Faculty Colleague:

The Center for Civic Engagement is planning to introduce a new initiative this fall called "The Scholarship of Community Engagement" which will encourage research and scholarly activity in the fields of service learning and civic engagement.

The goal of the initiative is to produce new knowledge for the community that would be published in recognized scholarly journals.  The Center plans to use a variety of incentives including research stipends, best paper awards and student research assistants to encourage interested faculty to conduct community-based research using service learning experiences.

In the meantime, due to submission deadlines, the Center is offering one (1) $500 research and travel stipend to a faculty whose paper is accepted for presentation at either of the civic engagement conferences below.  More stipends are planned for the new academic year.  Click on the links to learn submission requirements.

CALL FOR PAPERS:  Pedagogies of Engagement: Deepening Learning In and Across the Disciplines  (American Association of Colleges and Universities) Network for Academic Renewal Conference, April 14-16, 2005,  Bethesda, Maryland. THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS JULY 15, 2004.

CALL FOR PAPERS:  Centre for Policy and Practice-Proposals, Practitioners Conference on Civic Education  Conference January 13th-15th, 2005, New Orleans Louisiana, Hotel Inter Continental.  This interdisciplinary conference will draw together teachers, faculty, educators, administrators and practitioners with a common interest in civic education.THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS SEPTEMBER 15, 2004.

To be eligible for the stipend, the Center must first have received a hard copy of the proposal/abstract submitted to either of the organizations listed above.  The winner of the stipend will be the first eligible faculty member to tender written acceptance of his/her proposal to the Center.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call or email.

Best regards,

Joe Zavaletta, J.D.
UTB/TSC Center for Civic Engagement
Tel. 956-983-7303
jzavaletta@lexopolis.com
http://www.civicengagement.com 
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