September 2013 Newsletter
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| September 4, 2013 | The Talloires Network Newsletter |
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In This Issue
New Members Southern Cross University (Australia) University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (Pakistan) PMAS – Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (Pakistan) Govt. College University, Faislabad (Pakistan) To see a full list of our 304 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 The Talloires Network secretriat is located at Tufts University. Contact Us Rob Hollister Director 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 Edwin Nelson Program Assistant, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Edwin.Nelson@tufts.edu Mark Gearan (Chair) President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Sydney President, American University in Cairo President, Tulane University Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Founding President, Aga Khan University President, Tufts 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 The Talloires Network Steering Committee had a very productive session in New York, which you can read about in detail in the article below. One important highlight was the decision of the Steering Committee to engage in a strategic planning process with the Secretariat, to guide the future of the Network. The presence of the Talloires Network Student Representatives brought a valuable perspective and youthful energy to the proceedings. In addition to the articles included in this edition of the Newsletter, I will also be sending a communication later this month with a summary report of the meeting minutes.I am pleased to report that the selections have been made for the Youth Economic Participation Initiative (YEPI) grants. Please watch for a communication regarding the universities that were awarded funding for their programs later in the fall.
Best wishes to those starting a new academic year and to those who are now mid-term! Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement: José Sanz by Lorlene Hoyt and John Pollock
July 2013 Steering Committee Meeting
All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education The Spring 2014 edition of the All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education will devote itself to civic and community engagement in higher education. Research papers, reflections, book reviews, letters and reports related to the topic of community and civic engagement, as well as staff and student engagement will be considered. The deadline for submission is October 1, 2013. Learn More>> K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award
Proposals Now Being Accepted for 13th International CCPH Conference
Research Seeks Examples of Inspiring Community Campus Partnerships Susanne Martikke is working with the University of Brighton on a research study that will be looking at community university partnerships, specifically how these partnerships work, how they generate mutual learning and what makes them resilient. She is looking for people who have had experiences working in such partnerships and might be interested in sharing their experiences. Learn More>> From November 25 to 28, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, COEP/Brasil and the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) will host the First International Forum of Better Futures: A Network on Communities, Universities, Livelihoods and Citizenship. Registration will be open until September 30, 2013. Learn More>> CLAYSS Agreements in Africa
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health announced the 12th recipient of the CCPH Annual Award, the Manitoba Research Alliance in Winnipeg. This award highlights the power and potential of partnerships between communities and academic institutions as a strategy for health equity and social justice. Nomination guidelines for the 2014 CCPH Annual Award will be posted on the CCPH website by October 7, 2013 with a deadline of January 17, 2014. Learn More>> Global Health and Innovation 2014 Conference Proposals are being accepted through September 30, 2013 for the 2014 Global Health and Innovation Conference to be held on April 12 and 13, 2014 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The majority of presentations submitted for the September 30 deadline will be considered for poster presentations, though some oral presentation slots may be available. Learn More>> Going Public: Civic and Community Engagement by Hiram Fizgerald and Judith Primavera (Eds)
University-Community Partnerships: Universities in Civic Engagement by Tracy Soska and Alice Johnson Butterfield University-Community Partnerships: Universities in Civic Engagement documents how universities are involved in creative individual, faculty, and program partnerships that help link campus and community-partnerships that are vital for teaching, research, and practice. Academics and practitioners discuss outreach initiatives, methods of engagement (with an emphasis on community organization), service learning and other teaching/learning methods, research models, participatory research, and “high-engagement” techniques used in university-community partnerships. The book includes case studies, historical studies, policy analysis, program evaluation, and curriculum development. Learn More>> by Thomas Ehrlich and Ernestine Fu
Learning, Curriculum and Employability in Higher Education by Peter Knight
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement Volume 17 (3)
For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website>> The Workshop is a follow-up to the 3rd ASEM Rectors’ Conference where university leaders called for co-operation among stakeholders at community, local, regional or (inter-) national level to strengthen universities’ role in providing education not only for the workplace but for social cohesion, intercultural dialogue as well as active and global citizenship. Learn More>> This event, of highest importance for the academic and research activities of Venezuelan education, aims to offer the participants a worldview of interdisciplinary research in Social Sciences and Social Responsibility in contemporary times. Learn More>>
This is an opportunity to bring together professionals and local providers who provide service learning will assist in better understanding how to structure meaningful and sustainable service learning, how to prepare students to learn from those experiences and support them while they are engaged in service learning, and how to know what we are doing is sustainable to local communities and organizations. Learn More>>
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September signals the 13th installment of our Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement series. This issue features José Sanz, Rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and member of the Talloires Network Steering Committee. 
From July 23 through July 25, 11 members of the Talloires Network Steering Committee convened in New York City for their annual in-person meeting, joined by 8 Talloires Network Student Representatives. 
On July 24, the Talloires Network sponsored a Roundtable discussion with foundation leaders at the Rockefeller Foundation, co-hosted by The MasterCard Foundation and Santander Universities. Chaired by MasterCard Foundation CEO Reeta Roy, this higher education and philanthropy “summit” addressed the following questions: What should be the future of the global movement of universities dismantling the ivory tower? And how can funders and universities work together to achieve that future? 
Nomination forms for the 2014 MacJannet Prize will be available in mid-October and will be due on Friday, January 24, 2014. Please watch for the official call for nominations in October. Winners of the prize will be announced next May and a presentation ceremony will take place at the next Talloires Network Global Conference, to be held in late 2014. Visit the 
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is accepting nominations for the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award until October 1, 2013. The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others; and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning. Deadline for receipt of materials: October 1, 2013. 
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is accepting proposals for its 13th International Conference: 
CLAYSS drafted agreements with the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, located in Nairobi, Kenya, and with the St. Augustine University of Tanzania. They will be part of the Capacity Building Program for Higher Education over the course of 2013 and 2014. The Program will include onsite and on-line professional development courses and aims to contribute to South-South dialogue between socially engaged higher education institutions.
The terms “civic engagement” and “community engagement” have various definitions, but they are united by the sense that individuals who are civically engaged not only are concerned about the quality of life in their communities but also take action to improve conditions for the common good. In the United States, to be civically engaged means to actively participate in a civil democratic society. Going Public examines programs related to civic engagement and the ways in which faculty and students participate in communities in order to improve them. 
Civic Work, Civic Lessons explains how and why people of all ages, and particularly young people, should engage in public service as a vocation or avocation. Its authors are 57 years apart, but united in their passion for public service, which they term “civic work.” The book provides unique intergenerational perspectives. 
How can universities ensure that they are preparing their students for today’s competitive job market? This book tackles the highly topical subject of graduate underemployment with insight and clarity. The authors argue the case for more sophisticated research into employability with passion and vision, discussing how employability-friendly curricula can be developed, even in subjects which have less obvious vocational relevance.
The June 2013 edition of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement is a special theme issue focusing on universities as Anchor Institutions. 
The Universities and Knowledge Society Journal (RUSC) is an open-access e-journal jointly published by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC, Spain) and the University of New England (UNE, Australia) that comes out twice a year, in January and July. This issue has a special section focusing on the outlook and challenges for education and technology in Mexico and Latin America. 
This three-day conference will address questions around the Centenary theme Future Forward: Design, Develop, Deliver. Higher education is at a crossroads. New universities are being created in response to political agendas, the burgeoning global middle class, and the availability of public and private funding. Added to this, a variety of internal and external stakeholders are demanding that universities become more than just ‘ivory towers’ and that they need to demonstrate their engagement with the wider society. Take advantage of a special rate for Talloires Network members when 
Hosted by the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies and the Center for Global Engagement, both at Northwestern University and co-sponsored by DukeEngage, the Center for Social Development and Gephardt Institute for Public Service at Washington University in St. Louis and in collaboration with the Building Bridges Coalition, this conference will explore the most cutting-edge trends, as well as the biggest opportunities and challenges in higher education related to global/service learning. 
Conferences such as these are indeed relevant to our time when the world is faced with a myriad of challenges which require the concerted efforts and the commitments of experts, organizations and businesses the world over to overcome them. In a rapidly globalizing world, their concerns are mutual and we, as fortunate members of the community, have a vested interest to initiate dialogues to address these common challenges and issues.