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Honor MLK Day: Join a Civic Engagement Leadership Group

Martin Luther King Jr. day is this Monday, an important day to remember MLK and the many heroes of the civil rights movement. Below are some wonderful ideas from Dr. Shapiro and the Civic...

Posted: January 18, 2021, 11:24 AM

Inclusion Council Working Groups: Grad Student Reps Needed!

Gather info, Develop recommendations, Propose plan of action

The Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Inclusion Council is committed to partnering with the UMBC community. We acknowledge that there are many faculty, staff, and student groups that are...

Posted: November 5, 2020, 11:14 AM

CFP: Conference on Community Writing

Deadline: February 2

Our inaugural conference, which we hosted here in Boulder in October 2015, had over 350 attendees from 152 colleges and universities and 48 community organizations, representing 42 states and...

Posted: January 12, 2017, 9:31 AM

LLC Students Needed for Fall Women's Center Roundtables

A great opportunity for LLC students

The Women's Center is looking for graduate students to help lead our roundtable discussions planned for fall semester. If your research interests relate to any of the following topics (or if you'd...

Posted: June 29, 2015, 1:24 PM

Call for Participation - IARSLCE Research Fellowship

Project on Community Engagement Professionals

Campus Compact is launching a project to develop a better understanding of the competencies and professional development practices of community engagement professionals. The research aspects of...

Posted: May 6, 2015, 9:38 AM

Call for Applicants Open Society Institute-Baltimore

Application deadline: Monday, March 2, 2015 at 5:00 pm

The Baltimore Community Fellowships Program was established to assist individuals wishing to apply their education, life experiences and professional experiences to serve marginalized communities....

Posted: February 20, 2015, 3:25 PM

CFP: Conference on Community Writing

University of Colorado Boulder, October 16-17, 2015

The con­fer­ence theme, Build­ing Engaged Infra­struc­ture, chal­lenges atten­dees to build eth­i­cal and durable community-university part­ner­ships through teach­ing, research, and com­mu­nity...

Posted: January 14, 2015, 11:39 AM

Treasured Places

by Craig Berger The thirty degree temperatures, the cold, wet flakes, and what turned out to be a long walk from my car to the restaurant had my Californian girlfriend shivering under my...

Posted: March 13, 2013, 9:10 AM

Challenger

In the final moments of the dream, I watched my 9th grade Spanish teacher throw a portable radio high into the air.  As it landed with a crash, I awoke to the sound of my UCLA roommate, Bobby,...

Posted: January 27, 2011, 9:45 AM

The Social Animal

I think this piece by David Brooks in The New Yorker is a little choppy, maybe because it's a boiled-down version of a forthcoming book.  But it contains some useful ideas for people with major...

Posted: January 18, 2011, 9:06 AM