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Taylor L. Willingham Legacy Fund - Grant Applications Now Being Accepted
Grant Applications Now Being Accepted - Taylor L. Willingham Legacy Fund Funding for deliberative forums work. Applications due by November 15, 2013. Applications are now being accepted for grants from the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) to enable individuals to develop an understanding of deliberative democracy and to launch one or more deliberative forums in their […]
Read More...TDC Welcomes Shasta College
TDC is happy to welcome Shasta College as a new member institution! Shasta College has been making strides in incorporating civic engagement into their student community as well as through course curriculum. Shasta’s mission statement stating “students are provided opportunities to practice and improve critical thinking, effective communication, quantitative reasoning, information competency, community and global […]
Read More...Glendale Community College - Civility Week
Civility Week at GCC, Oct. 21-25, will raise awareness about the functions and practices of a civil society by providing learning opportunities to gain knowledge and enhance understanding of a respectful, honest, just, fair and inclusive community. The week features themed events that involve students and employees including: 20 in-person sessions with integrated assignments, separate […]
Read More...Inside Higher Ed Interviews Amee Bearne
The article entitled, “New Faces of Civic Learning” by Allie Grasgreen published by Inside Higher Ed on October 9, 2013 highlighted the important roles of non-traditional students civic learning. Colleges and universities who have high amount of commuter students, usually public schools and mostly community colleges, are likely the ones lacking in adequate support and […]
Read More...Webinar: Community Colleges and The Democracy Commitment Initiative
Webinar with TDC Co-Founder: Brian Murphy President De Anza College on Community Colleges and The Democracy Commitment Initiative October 23, 2013 12:00-1:30 PM (Eastern) About this Session: American community colleges are critical in preparing students for their roles as citizens and engaged members of their communities. Community colleges are the gateway to education for […]
Read More...Fall 2013 Virtual Think Tank Program
Fall 2013 Virtual Think Tank Program NERCHE’s Virtual Think Tanks are webinars, or virtual discussions, designed to engage higher education practitioners in the exploration of collaborative change processes which address social justice in a diverse democracy. These virtual discussions are intended to be useful whether participants are developing long-term strategic change efforts on their campuses […]
Read More...Democracy Wall: Who’s Ready to Do the Same?
From late 1978 to early 1979 a section of the walls in the Forbidden City were plastered with posters, right next to a bus station, a popular venue for people to hangout and exchange ideas. The posters contained cautiously expressed complaints on the prevalence of poverty and suffering among the Chinese citizens. It wasn’t until […]
Read More...Guttman Experiential Learning in Far Rockaway
By: Carolee Ramsay Student Engagement Coordinator Stella and Charles Guttman Community College (CUNY) Guttman Community College’s (formerly known as New Community College) second Community Days kicked off on Wednesday, April 17 and Thursday, April 18, 2013. Students participated in on-campus workshops and off-campus service activities hosted by partners from around New York City. […]
Read More...Students Integrative Learning beyond the Classroom
By: Carolee Ramsay Student Engagement Coordinator & Asst. to Asst. Dean Stella and Charles Guttman Community College (CUNY) The goals of Trending News Update Club are aligned with the Stella and Charles Guttman Learning Outcomes (GLO). The group is focused on deepening integrative learning beyond the classroom. In order for students to actively […]
Read More...Voter Registration Training at Lone Star College - Kingwood
Lone Star College Kingwood celebrated National Voter Registration Day by hosting a Voter Registrar Training. Representatives of Harris County Texas Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Sullivan conducted the training on the Kingwood Campus in cooperation with LSC-Kingwood’s Center for Civic Engagement. 15 people became voter registrars by completing the training and this caps off a voter registration […]
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