November 2012 Newsletter
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| November 7, 2012 | The Talloires Network Newsletter |
In This Issue
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Update from the Chair: President Mark Gearan
This month the Talloires Network, in collaboration with The MasterCard Foundation, is launching the Youth Economic Participation Initiative (YEPI). I encourage all Network universities to participate in this important new effort. Members, and groups of members, in developing countries can apply for one of the YEPI demonstration grants, and all members can participate in the YEPI global community of practice. YEPI represents a significant opportunity to strategically connect university community engagement programs with economic development activities, both within institutions of higher education and with external partners. Also in this issue you will find a stirring interview with Jerome Slamat, Senior Director of Community Interaction at Stellenbosch University, and Chairperson of the South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum. I hope you find this interview as inspiring and informative as I have. Please join me in saluting Jerome and his colleagues in SAHECEF for building such a robust national coalition of university community engagement programs. And thanks also to Lorlene Hoyt for initiating monthly interviews with leaders in our global movement. This series is a powerful reminder that our movement is all about the vision and collaborative leadership of committed individuals around the world. Featured Profile
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November signals the fifth installment of our Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement series. This issue features Dr. Jerome Slamat, Senior Director of Community Interaction at Stellenbosch University, Chairperson of the South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum and active member of the Talloires Network’s Steering Committee.
The nomination form for the 2013 MacJannet Prize is currently being updated and will be available in mid-November, with nominations due on February 8, 2013. Please watch for the official call for nominations for the 2013 MacJannet prize in the next few weeks. Visit the 
The Global University Network for Innovation announced the call for good practices for the 6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education, “Let’s Build Transformative Knowledge to Drive Social Change,” to be held May 13-15, 2013. The deadline for submitting good practices is December 21, 2012. 
On the 7th to 9th of May 2012, AsiaEngage organised the Regional Conference on Higher Education-Community-Industry Engagement: Forging Meaningful Partnerships across ASEAN & Asia to provide a dedicated platform for diverse stakeholders. Following the conference, a report was written to capture the important outcomes and issues which arose from the event. The report highlights some of the key concerns surrounding community engagement practices in the region, and action which needs to be taken to drive the field forward.
Campus Compact, a national higher education association consisting of 1200 member institutions representing 6 million students, recently released a report on the benefits of combining civic engagement and economic development. The report draws on the success of Campus Compact institutions to begin to develop engaged learning economies. 
In collaboration with co-hosts, the University of the West Indies, the 2012 ACU Conference of Executive Heads will take a broader view of performance measures and benchmarking, examining other drivers such as economic policies, changing political and social agenda, staff recruitment and retention, and student aspirations. The event aims to provide a balanced portfolio of tools through which leaders can manage the full range of their work. 
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.