December 2012 Newsletter
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| December 5, 2012 | The Talloires Network Newsletter |
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In This Issue Featured Profile Talloires Network News Announcements Papers and Publications Upcoming Events
New Members Kinnaird College for Women (Pakistan) Beaconhouse National University (Pakistan) Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (Nigeria) To see a full list of our 256 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 Director Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs and Research Jennifer Catalano Director, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Amy Newcomb Rowe Program Manager, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Rantimi Oluwasegun Budget and Program Coordinator, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Maureen Keegan Program Coordinator Maureen.Keegan@tufts.edu Mark Gearan (Chair) President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Janice Reid (Vice-Chair) Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Sydney President, American University in Cairo President, Tulane University Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Founding President, Aga Khan University Vice-Chancellor, Kenyatta University Rector, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Chairperson, South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum Rector, Universidad Católica de Córdoba Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities |
Update from the Chair: President Mark Gearan
As this issue features an interview with Tufts President Tony Monaco, I would like to take this opportunity to thank President Monaco for his strong personal support of the Talloires Network and for Tufts’ continuing to serve as secretariat for the Network. You will note a piece below by TN Executive Director Rob Hollister on his recent trip to keynote the conference on university social responsibility hosted last month by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Just a few years ago, Chinese universities, with the exception of some Hong Kong universities, were not particularly active in their civic engagement. It is truly exciting that this picture now has started to change. We welcome the growing leadership of Chinese colleagues whose institutions are taking significant initiaives in student volunteering, civic education and service learning. I encourage Network members to take advantage of these immediate opportunities: — Youth Economic Participation Initiative (Expressions of Interest due December 10) Featured Profile Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement: Dr. Anthony Monaco by Lorlene Hoyt
December signals the sixth installment of our Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement series. This issue features Dr. Anthony P. Monaco, Tufts University President, Professor of Biology, Professor of Neuroscience and Ex-officio member of the Talloires Network’s Steering Committee. Read More>>
Announcements Apply for a Youth Economic Participation Initiative Demonstration Grant 2013 Talloires Network University Volunteer Program
The nomination form for the 2013 MacJannet Prize is now available. Nominations will be due on February 8, 2013. Visit the MacJannet section of our website to download an application form, see the timeline for the 2013 nomination and selection process and view the profiles of previous winners. Chinese Universities are on the Move
New Talloires Network Staff The Talloires Network Secretariat is pleased to welcome two new staff members to the Youth Economic Participation Initiative (YEPI) Team: Rantimi Oluwasegun who joined in October as Budget and Program Coordinator and Amy Newcomb Rowe who joined in November as Program Manager. Talloires Network News IMPACT Conference 2013: Call for Workshop Proposals
IMPACT is now accepting workshop proposals for the 2013 IMPACT Conference to be hosted by the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico from February 21 to February 24, 2013. Proposals will be accepted until December 10, 2012. Learn More>> Engagement Australia 2013 Next Steps Conference: Call for Proposals
Engagement Australia has announced the call for good practices for the 2013 Next Steps Conference: Co-producing Knowledge for Social Impact. The conference will be held from July 15 to July 17, 2013 at the Australian Catholic University Fitzroy Campus, Melbourne. The deadline for submitting conference proposals is February 11, 2013. Learn More>> Bring Theory to Practice Grant Proposals Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP)is now accepting proposals on a quarterly basis for Seminar Grants and Program Development Grants “that will promote engaged learning, civic development and engagement, and psychosocial well-being of college and university students.” Learn More>> CLAYSS Service-Learning Program
CLAYSS, the Latin American Center for Service Learning, has launched the 2013 Support for Social Engagement and Service-learning in Higher Education in Latin America Program. Learn More in English or Spanish>> 2013 Engagement Australia Visting Scholar: Saran Gill
Saran Gill, Executive Director of Asia Engage and Deputy Vice Chancellor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia has been named one of Engagement Australia’s visiting scholars for 2013. Learn More>> OECD, CIHE Partnership Moves to Measure the ‘Impact’ of Research on Society Papers and Publications Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work
UNESCO has released an EFA Global Monitoring Report entitled Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work. The report studies the deficit in youth skills globally and what is being, and can be, done to improve the situation. Read more>> Community Engagement in African Universities: Perspectives, Prospects and Challenges
Upcoming Events For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website>> 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.
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. Learn More >>
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November 13-14, 2012, over 200 representatives of universities in Hong Kong, Mainland China and other countries met at Hong Kong Polytechnic University to exchange about current practices and future directions for university social responsibility as part of the “Summit on University Social Responsibility” sponsored by PolyU and the China Institute of Education Policy. 
Julia Preece, Michael Osborne, Oitshepile MmaB Modise and Peggy Gabo Ntseane are the editors of this recently published book which “provides a historical and contemporary context for universities in Anglophone-speaking Africa, presenting the socio-economic realities of different national contexts which frame the variety of debates about community engagement on the continent” 
The IMPACT National Conference brings together students, administrators, faculty, AmeriCorps members and VISTAs, and nonprofit professionals gather together to learn and share effective practices, improve personal skills and organizational strategies, discover opportunities and resources, exchange stories, be inspired and challenged to sustain our efforts.