October 2008 Newsletter
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| October 16, 2008 | The Talloires Network E-Newsletter |
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In This Issue Talloires Network News
Newest Members Liverpool Hope University (UK)
Oxford Brookes University (UK)
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UK)
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Update from the Chair: President Larry Bacow This month, we are pleased to launch the MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship, which will recognize a total of eight outstanding student engagement projects from Talloires Network member institutions around the world. This exciting new prize will draw attention to civic engagement within universities while supporting programs that advance local solutions to global problems. We are honored to have been recognized ourselves by the Wal-Mart Foundation, which recently awarded the Network a grant of $250,000. This grant will allow us to underwrite Talloires Network operations as well as continued outreach and regional meetings for the Network and its partners. The coming year is a pivotal and exciting time for the Network, as we expand our partnerships across the world, further our outreach to students, gather and disseminate best practices and advance this growing movement in higher education. The work of the Network is truly collaborative. I know that working together we will continue to make progress. The MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship Talloires Network receives $250,000 grant Tufts University’s Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service receives grant from CNCS Charles Darwin University forms first Talloires Network student group
What are universities for? A League of European Research Universities (LERU) report College Sustainability Report Card 2009 “Real world, real people: a purpose beyond ourselves in the 21st century.” Scholarship in Public: Knowledge Creation and Tenure Policy in the Engaged University Tadamunn: Towards Civic Engagement in Arab Education: Conference in Cairo, Egypt. October 13-14, 2008
Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU) international conference in Barcelona, Spain. October 15-17, 2008 African Sub-Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education in Dakar, Senegal. November 10-13, 2008
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Conference in Hyderabad, India. November 28-30, 2008 Campus Compact toolkit: Strategies for Creating an Engaged Campus: An Advanced Service-Learning Toolkit for Academic Leaders
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One of the goals of the Talloires Network is to recognize outstanding projects and new ideas that advance civic engagement in higher education. Public recognition for exemplary programs increases awareness of best practices while encouraging further innovation. 
Former CGI U student Kevin Kadirgamar, with the support of Linda Cuttriss, the Coordinator of Community Engagement, organized a Talloires Network student group at Charles Darwin University in August 2008. The group is now an official student organization and is eligible to receive funding, which members will use to support civic engagement projects. One project is a community garden designed to involve both students and community members while increasing the university’s commitment to environmental sustainability. They will also organize a literacy project as a way of contributing to the Global Project on Literacy. The organization continues to gain members and will serve as a model for future Talloires Network student groups. 
A paper presented by Brenda Gourley, Vice Chancellor of the Open University (UK) and Chair of the ACU, at the International Association of Universities’ 13th General Conference in Utrecht in July 2008. The theme of the conference was “Higher Education- Serving and Shaping Society.” Vice Chancellor Gourley spoke about the Talloires Network as an example of how universities’ resources should be mobilized. The speech was very well-received by the university leaders in attendance. 
A report from Imagining America, "Scholarship in Public" proposes “concrete ways to remove obstacles to academic work carried out for and/or with the public by giving such work full standing as scholarship, research, or artistic creation.” Written by members of the Tenure Team Initiative, the report is a toolkit for “those eager to change the culture surrounding promotion and tenure in the ‘new academy.’” 
The first regional conference on the role of Arab universities in civic engagement and social responsibility will be held this month in Cairo. This event is co-hosted by the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo and the Talloires Network. 
“A New Knowledge Culture: Universities facing global changes for sustainability.” Conference attendees will examine the role of universities in creating new knowledge and attitudes to face today´s environmental pressures, and promote a two-way exchange of knowledge between universities and society. 
This conference will explore the variety of partnerships that flourish in educational institutions and their communities through service-learning courses, community-based research projects, and student-led multi-curricular activities. The contributions of a variety of research approaches in building and sustaining such partnerships will be emphasized. The conference brings together scholars and practitioners to discuss research topics in the study of service-learning and community engagement. Organized by Tulane University’s Center for Public Service and the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement. E-mail 
This will be the third of the regional preparatory conferences for the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education “The New Dynamics of Higher Education.” 
This site is designed for college and university presidents, provosts, chief academic officers, and deans who wish to deepen the civic education of their students and to increase the engagement of their institutions with their local communities. Features include assessments, strategic planning guides, change strategies, and resources.