Past Regional Roundtables

June 27, 2007; Risk Management/Liability Workshop; Syracuse University

This workshop is a "must" if you are responsible for developing and/or integrating community based service learning/research into curriculum or academic experiences on your campus. The goal of this session is to help you learn about and understand the enhanced liability/risk inherent in academically required community based service learning/research. You will learn about processes and procedures that can help mitigate liabilities and risks to the extent possible. Dave Pajak, director of the Syracuse University Office (SU) of Risk Management, attorney Pat Pedro from the office of University attorneys’ Bond, Schoeneck and King LLP, and Pam Heintz, director the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service (CPCS) at SU, are facilitating this workshop to help you think about how to utilize your own college and university resources to address liabilities/risks involved in community based academic work. 

August 14, 2007; Workshop on "Building Youth-Adult Partnership through Service-Learning: from Tokenism to Participation”; Nazareth College

Many campuses’ service-learning and community service efforts center on relationship building with youth through a variety of activities such as tutoring or mentoring.. Whether in school settings, community organizations or on campus, large numbers of college students interact daily with young people. For administrators and faculty supervisors, managing these many relationships is challenging, particularly if they are to be more than superficial. This workshop will explore the practices and the principles of “positive youth development” building youth-adult relationships and how service learning can engage both the college student and the youth in productive time together. Dr. Marie Watkins, Director of the Weider Center for Service-Learning at Nazareth College will host the discussion and will include local community partners to share their viewpoints as to what makes for successful, truly “engaged” relationships.

October 5th, 2007; "Fostering the Learning in Service and Community-Based Learning"; SUNY Potsdam

The focus of this roundtable will be the integration of community-based learning experiences into the classroom. Issues to be discussed include service-learning pedagogy, fostering community/classroom partnerships, and integrative course activities (including reflection, assignments, activities, and assessment). Heather Sullivan-Catlin (Service-Learning Faculty Liaison and chair of the Dept. of Sociology, SUNY Potsdam) and Ron Flores (Director of the Center for Community-Based Learning and member of Sociology Dept., St. Lawrence University) will co-facilitate this participatory session. We welcome both newcomers to service-learning and veterans alike.

November 29, 2007; “Global Service-Learning: Project Planning, Design, Implementation and Evaluation”; Cornell University

This seminar will provide participants with an overview of global service-learning models and approaches.  The seminar will focus on effective strategies for pre-departure planning, on-site project management and instruction, and ongoing assessment of community partnership and programming.  This seminar is for faculty, students  and
administrators who are interested in different approaches for designing,
implementing and assessing global service-learning courses and programs
in cross-cultural contexts.  Participants will receive a comprehensive
guide for designing global service-learning programs.

January 17, 2008; “Reflection:  The Essence of Service-Learning” ; Mount Saint Mary College

Those who engage in service-learning know that it is a transformational pedagogy; one that can enhance students' understanding of course content and deepen their appreciation of complex social issues.  We also know that experience itself does not necessarily result in learning.  Reflection activities have proven to be indispensable in helping students harvest the learning from service. In the classroom and within the community, well-structured reflection challenges students to think more critically and provides the glue that holds service and learning together.
New York Campus Compact presents “Reflection:  The Essence of Service-Learning” at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY on Thursday, January 17, 2008, from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm.  Nora Heaphy, Director of Service-Learning at City College of New York’s Colin Powell Center will lead this roundtable program that is designed as a practical hands-on approach for faculty and service-learning practitioners.
The format will include 8-10-person roundtables for sharing questions, issues and solutions.  Discussions will benefit service-learning newcomers and veterans alike.  Participants are encouraged to bring course materials – syllabi, learning objectives – for courses they are currently teaching or are planning.  Newcomers are encouraged to raise questions and share plans.

March 7-9, 2008; IMPACT: National Student Conference on Service, Advocacy & Social Action; Northeastern University

Join college students, administrators, faculty, national nonprofit organizations, socially-responsible companies and many others this spring in Boston, MA for the historically largest national convening of campus community members involved in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work across philosophical and ideological lines. This event builds on the legacy set forth by the C.O.O.L. Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 23-year history.

March 14, 2008; New York Campus Compact Regional Roundtable“Community Partners as True Partners"; The City College of New York; Sponsored by the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies

For faculty and students engaged in service learning, strong partnerships with community-based organizations are key. Integrating the mission of the college campus with the needs and resources of the community is often a huge challenge, one that takes commitment and intentional planning. How can community organizations and institutions of higher education work together as equal partners to enhance student learning and to facilitate meaningful social change? What processes can we use to ensure that service-learning projects are based on a shared vision and agreed upon goals? How do we assess and evaluate our work and ensure that the partnership is sustained beyond a one-semester experience?

Entitled “Community Partners as True Partners," the format will include 10-person roundtables for sharing questions, issues and solutions. Discussions will benefit service-learning newcomers and veterans alike. Special Note: Participants are encouraged to bring representatives from community based organizations in which they have established partnerships. 

April 25-26, 2008; Institute for Global Service-Learning; Cornell University; Sponsored by the Cornell Public Service Center and NYCC

Service-learning programs abroad are growing rapidly. New York Campus Compact and the Public Service Center at Cornell University are presenting a two-day workshop April 25-26 in Ithaca for faculty, service-learning and study-abroad administrators and others engaged in global service-learning. Working sessions will be designed for newcomers to the field as well as for those more experienced in teaching and conducting overseas service-learning. Topics will include program design, partnerships, institutional funding and support, assessment, risk and crisis management, faculty research and scholarship, global citizenship and pedagogies for reflection and re-entry.

May 28-30, 2008; 2008 NY/PA Campus Compact Conference; Bryn Mawr Mountain Retreat and Conference Center

"After the Semester's Over......A Time to Reflect and Re-group." New York and Pennsylvania Campus Compacts are holding our first-ever joint meeting--a retreat for folks involved in community service, service learning, civic engagement and campus/community partnerships. May 28-30, 2008 at the Bryn Mawr Mountain Retreat Center in the Poconos. Roundtables, speakers and conversations in a comfortably-paced and reasonably-priced retreat setting. Opportunities to meet new colleagues, re-group, and share ideas and solutions.