From sarena@u.washington.edu Wed Mar 7 20:34:09 2001 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu (root@jason01.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id UAA107952 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:34:08 -0800 Received: from homer32.u.washington.edu (sarena@homer32.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.42]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.02) with ESMTP id f284Y6Y21676; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:34:06 -0800 Received: from localhost (sarena@localhost) by homer32.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id UAA158318; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:34:05 -0800 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:34:05 -0800 (PST) From: Sarena Seifer To: Subject: Western Region S-L Conference! REGISTRATION ON-LINE Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear CCP colleagues, Please join 350 of your Service-Learning colleagues for the Washington, California, Oregon, and Hawaii CAMPUS COMPACTS' Fourth Annual Western Regional "CONTINUUMS OF SERVICE" conference: CONVERGING PERSPECTIVES ON SERVICE AND LEARNING April 25-27, 2001 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Marina Radisson Hotel REGISTRATION MATERIALS NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE: http://www.wwu.edu/~campcomp/cos/ ** REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 6 ** CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS include: ** Six (6) pre-conference sessions on Wed, April 25. Specific foci: - Faculty Issues in S-L (intermediate and advanced, discipline-specific all day seminars) - Service-Learning Primer - Student Leadership and S-L - S-L and A Cohering Curriculum (Community College cohort focus) - Enhancing Multicultural Competency with S-L (day-long seminar) - Community Service(-Learning) Directors Forum (featuring Irene Fisher, Univ of Utah/Bennion Center) ** Keynote addresses: James Banks, Director, Center for Multicultural Education, Univ. of Washington "Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society: Diversity, Citizenship Education, and Service-Learning" Richard Cone, Executive Director, Joint Education Project, Univ. of Southern California "Service-Learning as Contested Territory: One Person's Perspective after 25 Years" ** Opening Plenary Experience: Suzanne James, Director, Center for Art and Public Life, CCAC; and Seth Pollack, Director, Service-Learning Institute, CSU, Monterey Bay "Diverse Voices and Views: What does Service-Learning Mean to You? And To You? And To You...?" ** Featured Sessions: -- Kerissa Heffernan, Senior Associate, National Campus Compact, will offer an active, syllabus conversion workshop based on her recent research of over 900 s-l syllabi from across the nation. -- "How Four Different Disciplines Address One Community Issue." CSU, Northridge faculty: Maureen Rubin, Erwin Lopez, Roberta Orona-Cordova, and Monica Turner will facilitate an interactive work shop will help faculty learn how to modify their current courses when asked to address a critical community issues. -- "Can Service-Learning Do More Harm than Good? A Case Study on Classroom and Community Relations in a Multicultural Environment." Heather Manchester, YES Ambassador, Youth Service California, and Chong Kim, Diversity Working Group, Youth Service California, will engage participants and explore this critical question. ** Conference Theme: The responsibility of identifying, accentuating, and sustaining the common ground that binds multiple perspectives of the service-learning equation is upon us. The diverse and contested nature of the concept of service offers numerous opportunities for participants to consider divergent points of view. Thus, the fourth annual "Continuums of Service" conference will challenge individuals to critically consider different perspectives on service-learning, in order to help evolve effective practices and continue to find and embrace common ground. ** Conference Goals: - Enhance practical service-learning skills and deepen philosophical understanding of participants at all levels of familiarity - Earnestly explore diverse perspectives on service-learning theory and praxis - Practice critical reflection - Offer provocative, inclusive, and interactive conference sessions - Provide time for informal discussions and networking - Continue to build our regional network of service-learning colleagues - Showcase regional service-learning efforts - Celebrate successes, rejuvenate, and reconnect ourselves to the broader service community QUESTIONS? Please contact Jamie Barrow: jamie.barrow@wwu.edu or 360/650-6476 .