News
November 18, 2009
NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, is proud to host the 2010 National Outreach Scholarship Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center. The 11th annual meeting marks a growing partnership of universities. We hope you’ll join NC State October 4 through 6, 2010 in Raleigh as we explore how universities Sustain Authentic Engagement. And while you’re here in our capital city, we hope you will take time to explore all the campus and the city has to offer.
Visit the 2010 NOSC Website at:
http://www.outreachscholarship.org/
Call for Proposals
Proposals are invited for presentations that communicate innovative research, program designs and impacts, lessons learned, and curricular and policy development reflective of diverse environments and populations. Proposal focus areas include (but are not limited to) urban/rural interactions, international contexts, business/industry, distance-based delivery, underserved populations, Cooperative Extension, service learning, continuing education, and university-wide extension/outreach/engagement programs.
Deadline for Proposal Submission – February 1, 2010
For more details of conference themes and the full Call for Proposals, visit
http://www.outreachscholarship.org
and click on Request for Proposals
Sponsored by the National Outreach Scholarship Conference partner universities. See
http://www.outreachscholarship.org/
and click on NOSC Partnership Institutions
To be added to the mailing list for this conference, please email
ContinuingEducation@ncsu.edu
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November 12, 2009
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network and the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Enterprise Innovation Institute have partnered with the OneGeorgia Authority and the Georgia Department of Economic Development to expand entrepreneurial services to rural-based businesses in Georgia.
The rural business assistance program, which started Sept. 1 and continues through June 2010, targets 13 strategic industries and their suppliers (advanced communications, aerospace, agribusiness, automotive, bioscience, defense, energy/environment, financial services, information technology, logistics/transportation, manufacturing, new media, and tourism).
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November 4, 2009
The State Botanical Gardens of Georgia hosted a design charrette on Friday, October 9, 2009 to discuss the future of the upcoming addition of a children’s garden. In conjunction with the University of Georgia, the Botanical Garden held the two-day charrette to begin the planning phase of the construction of the garden. Graduate school students and faculty members of the university’s College of Environment and Design, as well as local professionals combined to formulate several ideas for the future children’s garden.
The college places emphasis on service-learning and community involvement and is constantly looking to create community partnerships. The Botanical Garden is a unit of the University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, thus the relationship between the two created a unique opportunity for students of the university to extend their experience while cultivating relationships in the community. Alfie Vick, one of the main faculty members involved in the design charrette said, “It allowed us to collaborate with our community partnerships. They had an idea, and we had expertise.” Continue reading »
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November 2, 2009
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach hosted the 10th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference on Sept. 28-30. This year’s theme, “Pathways of Engagement: Connecting Civic Purpose to Learning and Research–Locally and Globally,” served as a forum for discussing the state of public service and civic engagement in higher education. The conference was considered a great success and attendees look forward to the 11th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference to be held in 2010 at North Carolina State University. Click here to read the full article in Columns.
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October 27, 2009
A 10-year partnership between the University of Georgia and China has created numerous opportunities for the university and the state.
A decade ago this year, UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government reached out to China by offering to partner with Chinese training facilities to provide comprehensive civil servant training to government officials.
Since then almost 900 Chinese officials have participated in government training in the U.S. as well as in Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangxi Province and Qinghai Province.
“For the Chinese and for us, it marks a pretty significant milestone of working with them—two very different public entities working together trying to train civil servants around how you manage a government,” said Steve Wrigley, director of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. “It’s a unique program. I don’t know that there’s anything else like it in the country.”
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October 26, 2009
The Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel (Georgia Center)
In an outreach effort to military personnel, the Georgia Center’s Independent and Distance Learning Department’s coordinator for online course development and marketing has re-established a partnership with DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-traditional Education Support) – www.dantescatalogs.com – and has posted all of the online courses to its web portal. Independent and Distance Learning courses will now be available for all military personnel stationed around the world.
The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS) held the 18th IMACS World Congress at the Georgia Center on August 3-7, 2009. Seventy-five scientists and practitioners from around the world attended the conference. IMACS was supported by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Computer Science Department. Prior to the conference, the National Science Foundation supported a two-day workshop on mathematical biological and numerical analysis attended by 72 academicians and others.
During the month of August, the Georgia Center’s Sales Department booked three conferences with an estimated 405 participants, 375 hotel room nights and 1,240 participant meals for estimated revenue of $71,298. The sales department also booked tactical events for estimated revenue of $36,260. The conference and event planning department coordinated nine conferences with 384 participants and 78 meetings or special events with 3,832 participants.
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October 26, 2009
The Athens Area Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $25,000 to help 14 local organizations address needs in the areas of youth development, economic and workforce development and access to healthcare and building community.
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October 26, 2009
The founding director of The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Francis E. Johnstone, Jr., died on Friday, October 13, 2009 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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October 13, 2009
The Fanning Institute hosted a brown bag lunch series on Thursday, Sept. 24, as part of EMBRACE, a statewide network intended to support foster parents, and the Child and Family Policy Initiative’s Fall Brown Bag Series.
Dr. Janet Rechtman, senior public service associate at the University of Georgia Fanning Institute, provided background on EMBRACE, which is intended to prepare Georgia foster families for the specific needs of children who have been placed into state custody.
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September 17, 2009
Join us in September 2009 as we advance the national dialogue about the civic connections made by colleges and universities with their local communities, as well as with communities across the country and around the world. How are these civic connections developed and sustained — by institutions, by faculty members, and by students? How do we assure that learning and research contribute to the well-being of the immediate local community in which an institution resides? How do we do so in an international context? Please join us as we explore the increasingly important topic of the civic purpose of higher education. For more information visit the NOSC homepage.
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