On behalf of the National Outreach Scholarship Partnership, I invite you to the 10th National Outreach Scholarship Conference, which will be held on the University of Georgia campus in September 2009. The goal of our partnership, and the goal of this annual conference, is to 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.

Sincerely,


Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
The University of Georgia

Purpose
The purpose of the 10th National Outreach Scholarship Conference is to provide time and space for a critical examination on the civic purpose of colleges and universities — along with the scholarship that underpins this work — and to strengthen institutional support for engagement and public scholarship. The focus in 2009 will be on four themes: The institution, the community, the faculty, and the student. Descriptions of these topic areas are below.

• The Institution: Providing Institutional Support and Incentives for the Scholarship of Outreach and Engagement [Read more about the objectives for this theme area]


• The Community: Building Strong Relationships between Communities and Universities: Access, Reciprocity, and Sustainability [Read more about the objectives for this theme area]


• The Faculty: Doing the Scholarship of Outreach and Engagement: Evidence-Based Practices, and the Impact on Faculty Members from Interconnecting their Research, Teaching, and Outreach and Engagement Roles [Read more about the objectives for this theme area]


• The Student: Contributing to Outreach and Engagement: Evidence-Based Practices, and the Impact on Students from Connecting Student Learning to Work in Communities [Read more about the objectives for this theme area]

University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.
Program questions? Email: melanie.baer@georgiacenter.uga.edu
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