Eighth Annual Continuums of Service Conference

Posted by on December 3, 2004

Dear Colleagues,

The Western Region Campus Compact Consortium is pleased to announce the dates, location, and theme?along with a Call for Proposals?for the Eighth Annual Continuums of Service Conference.

Please join your colleagues April 11-13, 2005 at the Portland Marriott Downtown in Portland, Oregon.

Entitled “Building Bridges: Values, Knowledge, and Skills for Vibrant Communities and Campuses,” the conference will bring together 500 colleagues from the western region and beyond to explore multiple perspectives on the relationships between higher education and communities, and the roles service-learning and civic engagement can play in invigorating them.

Choose to participate from one or more of the following opportunities:

* Submit a proposal for presenting during one of five concurrent sessions and/or poster session at the conference. Presentations will be part of the general concurrent session; three strands focusing respectively on student leadership, community partnerships, and faculty roles and rewards; and/or the poster session. Call for Proposals Deadline: Friday, January 28, 2005.

Visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/participate.html for detailed Call for Presenters information.

* Submit a proposal for displaying Artwork at the conference.
Visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/concurrentsessions.html for more information.

* Apply to review concurrent session, poster session, and/or artwork proposals.
Visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/proposalreview.html for more information.

* Serve as a mentor for participants new to the field and/or conference.
Visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/passiton.html for more information.

* Attend the conference.
Visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/fees.html in January 2005 to register for the conference.