October 2012 Newsletter
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| October 3, 2012 | The Talloires Network Newsletter |
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In This Issue
New Members Zaporizhzhya National University (Ukraine) To see a full list of our 250 member institutions, Not a member of the Talloires Network? Learn how to JOIN NOW>>
Talloires Website Remember to visit our website! Google Map showing our member universities
About the Talloires Network Tufts University and Innovations in Civic Participation serve as the Secretariat of the Talloires Network.
Contact Us Rob Hollister Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Jennifer Catalano Maureen Keegan Steering Committee members Mark Gearan (Chair) Janice Reid (Vice-Chair) Lisa Anderson Scott Cowen Sharifah Hapsah Shahabudin Shamsh Kassim-Lakha Olive Mugenda José María Sanz Martínez Jerome Slamat Rafael Velasco John Wood |
Update from the Chair: President Mark Gearan
Please share with us news of your in-country interactions and joint activities that may be of interest the rest of the Talloires Network. Announcements Youth Economic Participation Initiative Please look out for a request for Expressions of Interest later this month. For more information about this exciting new initiative, click here. As always, please contact us with questions. We look forward to hearing from you. New Talloires Network Secretariat Staff Talloires Network Steering Committee Meeting Summary Highlights Talloires Network News South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum Initiates National Seminar Series SAHECEF Seminar Series Project Manager
Talloires Network Expands to Ukraine
Talloires Network’s principles are penetrating the former USSR countries. Ukrainian educators and professors, in spite of economic hardships, met together in Sevastopol at the international conference Olbian Forum 2012: “Strategies of Ukraine in the Geopolitical Space”, which was held at Petro Mohyla Black Sea University on June 6-10, 2012. Among special guests was senior liaison Dr. Donald Wertlieb. In his presentation “Engaged University, Enhanced Education: the Talloires Network Opportunity” he explained to the Ukrainian colleagues the values, which unite many universities on all continents, and received the letters of commitment of the Ukrainian universities who decided to join the Network. Learn more>> CLAYSS Partnerships
Taking the Plunge – A Blog on University-Community Engagement NERCHE Announces Recipient of the 2012 Ernest A. Lynton Award Papers and Publications The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released the 2012 edition of its annual report compiling data on education throughout the world. Learn more>>
Core Competencies in Civic Engagement
Upcoming Events For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website>> 9th International Workshop on Higher Education Reform. “Reforming the Policy and Practice of Community Engagement of Higher Education.” International Association of Universities 14th General Conference: Higher Education and the Global Agenda: Alternative Paths to the Future, Puerto Rico, 27 – 30 November 2012 Engage 2012: Responding to Change. Bristol, UK. 5-6 December 2012. Third International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. American University of Beirut, Lebanon. 7-8 December 2012.
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The South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum (SAHECEF) launched a year-long seminar series with financial support provided by the Talloires Network. The inaugural Seminar entitled ‘Sustainable Livelihoods: Cooperatives, Access to Markets, Health and Wellness’ was held on the 4th and 5th September 2012, at the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University. 35 delegates representing 19 universities attended. 
CLAYSS, the Latin American Center for Service Learning, recently announced the Service-Learning Capacity Building Program for Higher Education, 2013 Edition, opening its faculty development and technical assistance programs to universities in Africa and Eastern Europe. Learn more about the programs in 
The Taking the Plunge blog aims to address key issues and stimulate in-depth dialogue about the challenges and joys of universities engaging with their external communities. The blog is written by Margo Fryer, senior adviser for student learning initiatives at the University of British Columbia and founding director of both the UBC Learning Exchange and the UBC-Community Learning Initiative. 
The annual Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty recognizes a faculty member who connects his or her teaching, research, and service to community engagement. The award is designated for either pre-tenure faculty at tenure-granting campuses or early career faculty (i.e., within the first six years) at campuses with long-term contracts. This year, NERCHE is pleased to present the Ernest A. Lynton Award to Dr. Jordan Karubian, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. 
The 14th annual IAU General Conference has its overall theme, Higher Education and the Global Agenda: Alternative Paths to the Future. Speakers and participants will examine how higher education and research are addressing the ‘global agenda’, including the critical issues facing humanity. 
The conference will be held by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the IT-Academic Core Processes and Systems (IT-ACPS) at the American University of Beirut. The Conference will incorporate formal research-oriented sessions, pre-conference workshops and prominent speakers, including six strands: Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education, Measuring Teaching Effectiveness, Blended Learning, Innovations in Teaching Technologies and Methodologies, Program and Course Learning Outcomes and Service Learning.