Professional Development

Workshops and Conferences

Outreach and Engagement Workshops

Bring your lunch and learn about practical and useful tools that can help you engage your teaching, research, and service with the community. These sessions are open to all university personnel and are free of charge. Look for more opportunities in Fall 2009.

Workshop Resources

If you weren’t able to attend a workshop or want to follow up on what was presented, these resources provide the information you need.

Service-Learning Workshops

Check the Service-Learning Initiative website for more professional development opportunities.

Upcoming Conferences/Calls for Papers

Promoting Community Safety and Preventing Violence: Integrating Lessons from Research and Practice, June 26, 2009, 8am-4:30pm, Vern Riffe Center, Columbus. Seeking presentations on applied research by academics and research by practitioners on topics related to community safety and preventing violence. Organized and hosted by the OSU Youth Violence Prevention Advisory Board, led by Deanna L. Wilkinson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, OSU HDFS; co-hosted by Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, Ohio Department of Youth Services, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, and the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. Participant registration: $40 per person (which includes breakfast & lunch). The conference space will accommodate approximately 300. Registration will be first come first served. Goal is to promote dialogue between researchers and practitioners in the state of Ohio. For questions or more information about the availability of CEUs, contact Anita Parker at aparker@ehe.osu.edu or 614/247-1661.

No Better Time: Promising Opportunities in Deliberative Democracy for Educators and Practitioners, July 8-11, 2009, University of New Hampshire, Durham, hosted by the Democracy Imperative and the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, considers future directions for educators and practitioners in teaching, research, and in citizen-centered initiatives. There will be no call for proposals, but individuals may propose a learning exchange or offer to tweak and moderate an existing learning exchange by sending an e-mail to nancy.thomas@unh.edu or mattleighninger@earthlink.net. http://www.unh.edu/democracy/conference2009/index.html

Service-Learning & Civic Engagement Symposium, August 4, 2009, Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Ohio, sponsored by Eigel Center for Community Engaged Learning at Xavier University and Ohio Campus Compact. Featuring community leaders from around the state of Ohio and a keynote address by John McKnight, Co-Director, Asset-Based Community Development Institute. http://www.ohiocampuscompact.org/page.cfm?ID=55

Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility: Deepening Student and Campus Commitments, October 1-3, 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota, presented by the Network for Academic Renewal Conference. The program will feature promising practices that develop students’ civic engagement and social responsibility in both a local and global context; personal and academic integrity; ability to examine and understand differing (and often competing) perspectives; and ethical and moral reasoning. http://www.aacu.org/meetings/PSR09/index.cfm

Ninth International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement: Research for What? Making Inquiry Matter, October 9-12, 2009, Ottawa, Ontario. http://www.researchslce.org/Files/2009Conference/Conference_Main.html

National Outreach Scholarship Conference—Pathways of Engagement: Connecting Civic Purpose to Learning and Research, University of Georgia, Athens, September 28-30, 2009. Co-sponsored by the Ohio State University, the University of Georgia, University of Wisconsin-Extension/UW Colleges, the University of Alabama, North Carolina State University, Michigan State University, Purdue University, University of Kentucky. Early registration now open: save $55 by registering before September 1. SAVE THE DATE: October 4-6, 2010, North Carolina State University. http://www.outreachscholarship.org