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  • 2018 Community Development Society National Conference

    Take a Leading Role in a World Class Community Development Conference Get recognition for your work through our peer-review process and conference proceedings Connect with passionate peers and world renowned experts in community development Learn and share effective tools for helping communities engage and progress on their own terms

  • Pen to Paper Writing Retreat

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    A Writing Retreat Focused on Writing With, For, and About Service and Engagement Pen to Paper is an academic writing retreat designed to provide time, space, and resources to guide faculty, professional staff, graduate students, and community partners working on manuscripts related to service-learning and community engagement. The two and a half-day retreat provides participants ... Read more

  • Webinar – Faculty Development Models for Community Engagement

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    Developing faculty members’ skills in community-based teaching and research requires creative strategies and a solid understanding of institutional culture.  Join us for a webinar featuring four institutions’ faculty development models for community engagement.  Presenters will share information about successful models, best practices, and lessons learned along the way. Presenters: Kelly Bohrer Director of Community Relations ... Read more

  • Big Data, and How It Can Solve the World’s Most Pressing Problems

    DJ Patil is perhaps the most influential data scientist in the world. Having been appointed by President Obama as the very first U.S. Chief Data Scientist, he was tasked with making the largest organization in history--the U.S. Federal Government--a data-driven enterprise. Working directly with the highest ranking officials in government, DJ's efforts led to the ... Read more

  • University Junctions: Connecting writing and service-learning across campus

    Part of the 2018-19 Campus Compact Webinar Series How can we connect writing and service-learning to achieve existing course goals like research, field-specific writing, and reflection in a way that will not bury instructors under a pile of grading? Our webinar will be interactive, so all participants are encouraged to come prepared with identified course ... Read more

  • Addressing the Challenges of Poverty Conference

    This practitioners’ conference showcases best strategies and champions who are successful implementing the core aha! Process strategies as exemplified in the Bridges model and in communities, organizations, and individuals who use the work. This annual event focuses on bringing all parts of a community together to build sustainability in all sectors: schools, criminal justice, higher education, businesses, health ... Read more

  • #RealCollege: A National Convening on Food and Housing Insecurity

    Without sufficient food and a safe place to sleep, college students across the nation are struggling to learn. #RealCollege is the movement to do something about it. Join students, practitioners, policymakers, researchers and activists at the annual #RealCollege convening to develop strategies and take action to secure students’ basic needs. This year’s no-frills event will ... Read more

  • 2018 Westheimer Peace Symposium: Social Justice and the Opioid Crisis

          Since 2016, Ohio has ranked 2nd in the nation for overdose deaths from opioids. Wilmington College will join together with area communities Oct. 2 in an effort to better understand this high rate of death through the 28th Westheimer Peace Symposium. The annual daylong program will look at the opioid crisis from a ... Read more