UNC-Greensboro’s Department of Communication Studies is one of 24 from a competitive field of 134 applicants around the country to receive a 2018 Civic Learning in the Major by Design grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to integrate civic learning and social responsibility as expected learning … Continued
Fighting homelessness and hunger is no small task. But armed with a Newman Civic Fellowship, UNC Greensboro’s Terrell Saunders is up for the challenge. Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam nominated Saunders, who has shown potential for public leadership. Saunders is the first Spartan student to receive this fellowship. Saunders, a junior … Continued
Dr. Barbara Holland, ICEE Senior Scholar, hosted a partnership retreat with the community-engaged seed strategic seed grant teams on April 21, 2017 at HQ Greensboro. The teams explored five discussion areas: What are your goals and expectations for this project? What questions, challenges, concerns, uncertainties about how we are going … Continued
The Institute for Community and Economic Engagement (ICEE) at is now accepting applications for 2017-2018 Student Research Fellows. ICEE will accept up to three students (undergraduate or graduate) each semester and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Students will earn 3 credit hours independent study. The application process can … Continued
Imagining America creates democratic spaces to foster and advance publicly engaged scholarship that draws on the arts, design and humanities. As a consortium of 100 colleges, universities, and cultural organizations, Imagining America catalyzes change in campus practices, structures, and policies that enables artists and scholars to thrive and contribute to … Continued
The Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education is calling for manuscripts by March 10, 2017. The JPSHE aims to advance the status and prospects for publicly engaged teaching and research in the academy by showcasing the new disciplinary and/or pedagogical knowledge generated by engagement with the community. JPSHE provides a … Continued
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better tomorrow? The students of Environmental Justice cordially invite you to the screening of This Changes Everything. Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years This Changes Everything is … Continued
The Office of Research and Economic Development in partnership with the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement convened a group of community-engaged scholars on Wednesday, November 9th to encourage cross-discipline, community-engaged collaboration. Read about the work UNCG community-engaged scholars are doing and view highlights of their work. Cross/multi/interdisciplinary research and creative … Continued
Nominations for the 2017 Newman Civic Fellowship are now open. All nominations are due by 11:59 PM EST on March 3, 2017. All nominations must be submitted electronically using Campus Compact’s online nomination form. The Newman Civic Fellowship is intended to honor the leadership legacy of Frank Newman by recognizing community-committed … Continued
Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement has placed a call for manuscripts. Partnerships accepts manuscripts on a rolling basis. Partnerships recognizes that successful engaged learning depends of effective partnerships between students, faculty, community agencies, administrators, disciplines, and more. The articles in this peer-reviewed journal focus on how theories and … Continued