November 2010 Newsletter
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| November 1, 2010 |
The Talloires Network E-Newsletter |
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Talloires Website Remember to visit our website! Google Map showing our member universities
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About the Talloires Network Innovations in Civic Participation and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University serve as the Secretariat of the Talloires Network.
Contact Us Susan Stroud Rob Hollister Elizabeth Babcock John Pollock
Talloires Network Steering Committee Lawrence S. Bacow, Chair John J. DeGioia Juan Ramón de la Fuente Brenda Gourley Mónica Jiménez de la Jara Shamsh Kassim-Lakha Goolam Mohamedbhai José Ignacio Moreno León Sari Nusseibeh Janice Reid
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Update from the Chair: President Larry Bacow One of the primary goals of the Talloires Network is to support the development of higher education civic engagement in countries and regions where the idea of the engaged university is just getting off the ground. One such country is Russia, where a new network of universities supported by the New Eurasia Foundation and the Mott Foundation is working to build a mutually beneficial relationship between the university and the community. The Talloires Network recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Russian Community Universities Network, and we look forward to a fruitful collaboration. The first joint activity we are undertaking is a study tour by a number of administrators and faculty from Russian federal and state universities. The delegation will be visiting the US this week to consult with Talloires Network secretariat staff on the development of civic engagement at their universities and to meet with administrators and civic engagement staff at several US universities, including American University, Georgetown University, and the University of Maryland – Baltimore County. They will participate in workshops and discussions about the importance of civic engagement and community outreach within higher education in the United States. They will draw on this new knowledge in launching community projects at their home institutions. I am confident that this visit will benefit all those involved, and I look forward to the further development of civic engagement in Russian higher education. The establishment of a Russian university civic engagement network is another sign of how much the global movement for social responsibility in higher education has grown in the five years since the founding of the Talloires Network. I hope all of you are as energized as I am by such evidence of momentum. Talloires Network Global Conference in Madrid, 14-16 June 2011 MacJannet Prize Call for Nominations New Talloires Network Russian Partnership University of Geneva hosts summit of young social entrepreneurs Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement Getting Wisdom: The Transformative Power of Community Service-Learning For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website>>
5th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education – "Higher Education’s Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action." Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. 23-26 November 2010. 9th Pascal Observatory International Conference: Engaged Universities & Learning Cities-Regions. University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. 1-2 December 2010. African Regional Conference on Community University Partnerships and Community Based Research. Cheikh Anta Diop University Dakar, Senegal. 25 – 26 March 2011. Community Builders, Wartburg College (USA), MacJannet Prize 2010 Third Prize Winner Research University Engaged Scholarship Toolkit Created by the The Research University Community Engagement Network (TRUCEN), this toolkit seeks:
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The Talloires Network Global Conference will take place 14-16 June 2011 at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. In order to celebrate the five year anniversary of the founding of the Talloires Network, we would like to again gather university leaders from around the world to discuss the next five years of the higher education civic engagement movement. We will gather presidents, vice chancellors and rectors from across the globe, representing the diversity of our 185 member universities from 58 countries. We will strategize about the future of the Network, develop proposals for new projects, assess the current state of civic engagement and social responsibility in higher education and share knowledge about implementing policies and programs that advance human and social development.
The Talloires Network and the MacJannet Foundation are pleased to call for nominations for the third annual MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship. The MacJannet Prize recognizes exceptional student civic engagement initiatives based in Talloires Network member universities around the world. One first prize ($5,000), two second prizes ($2,500 each), and five third-place prizes ($1,000 each) will be awarded. Winning programs will be profiled on the Talloires Network website and in communications that reach thousands of higher education contacts world-wide. Representatives from winning programs will also be hosted by the Talloires Network and MacJannet Foundation to receive their award in person at a special Award Ceremony. Nominations are due by 
Earlier this year, the Talloires Network signed an MOU with the New Eurasia Foundation. The purpose of the partnership is to provide support for the development of community engagement activities at Russian universities. The New Eurasia Foundation launched its Community-Universities Network with support from the Mott Foundation. This network is providing support to smaller regional and local universities in order to strengthen their connections with local business, government, community organizations and to encourage social entrepreneurship on their campuses. Traditionally, Russian universities have been closed off from society and there is now a new effort at the federal level to require more public engagement. Using our international connections, knowledge of best practices, and models for inventorying and assessing community engagement, the Talloires Network will provide support to these universities and the New Eurasia Foundation. Our goals are to launch demonstration projects, evaluate initial successes, share best practices and create a framework for evaluating social engagement at Russian universities.
From October 13-17, the EUforIA Latin America Youth Summit (ELAYS) was held at the University of Geneva. A group of young social entrepreneurs from Latin America were hosted by the university to present their initiatives and have discussions with Swiss students on innovative ways to implement these initiatives. Experts in various areas like project management, PR, and web design also joined the meeting to give suggestions on how to make these projects successful. ELAYS was organized by EUforIA, a non-profit youth organization based in Geneva, with support from the University of Geneva. 
The mission of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE) is to serve as the premier peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal to advance theory and practice related to the civic purpose of colleges and universities. The JHEOE is now an on-line, open access journal using the Open Journal System. JHEOE invites manuscripts in four categories of exploration related to outreach, community-higher education engagement, engaged research, public scholarship, and service-learning: Research articles; practice stories from the field; reflective essays; and book reviews. 
This publication from the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, written by Silver Donald Cameron, explores the community service-learning (CSL) movement in Canada and shares insights about this revolutionary method of teaching and learning. The best examples of community service-learning initiatives demonstrate how engagement can mobilize knowledge, help solve problems, and create responsible citizens. 
The Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI) is organizing this conference to respond to the challenges of sustainability as well as to identify ways for action. The Conference offers a collective work dynamic and active participation. With this methodology, the Conference will include parallel working sessions in two areas: the first will be a dynamic space for exchanging experiences and good practices to analyze how the world regions are advancing with the introduction of sustainability; the second will be a work space where participants will discuss and propose ways of action that contribute to the transformation of higher education. GUNI has issued a call for Good Practices for sessions in the first area. 
It is increasingly recognized that higher education institutions can make significant contributions to the economic, social, culture and environmental development of the cities and regions in which they are situated. However, many changes are required within universities in order for them to engage successfully with their surrounding communities. Equally, it is important for cities and regions to understand how they can take advantage of the higher education institutions in their areas to achieve common goals. The theme “Engaged Universities and Learning Cities-Regions” will enable in-depth analysis of the relationship between the university and society in a variety of national contexts. Papers for the conference will be accepted until 15 October. 
The Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD) in collaboration with The Community University Partnership Programme (CUPP) at the University of Brighton and the Sub-Saharan Africa Participatory Research Network (REPAS) are organizing a conference on Community University Partnerships. The conference will take place at UCAD and will be presided over by the Senegalese Head of State, his Excellency President Abdoulaye Wade. The purpose of the conference is to bring together students, scholars, civil society organizations and local communities to exchange experiences and practices of community-university partnership activities with a focus on the Africa region. The conference forms part of a joint British Council funded project on ‘Student Community Engagement for Employability and Entrepreneurship with concrete examples from the Africa Region.’
Community Builders is an intergenerational collaboration of people and organizations designed to put into action the goal of “Taking responsibility for our communities, and making them better through public action,” both locally and globally. The purpose of Community Builders is to help people be better citizens by talking about the importance of communities, practicing the skills that can help improve communities, and engaging in projects that support communities. Each participant is placed in a “neighborhood” which has 7 to 12 people of various ages led by Wartburg students. In addition, during May Term, Community Builders college students travel to Nicaragua to deliver school supply and hygiene kits to children and teachers and undertake additional service projects identified by Self-Help International.