2023 Engagement Summit, Community Partner Award, & PJSL Call for Submissions

 

1. 2023 Engagement Summit, March 2nd, LEARN MORE & flyers attached

 

All students from across Purdue’s campuses are invited to showcase community engagement projects as part of service-learning courses or engagement organizations at the Engagement and Service-Learning Summit on Thursday, March 2, 2023 from 4:00-5:30 PM (EST) at the Discovery Learning Research Center in West Lafayette, IN. The goal of the session is to showcase student efforts with faculty, community partners, and other students rather than judge them. 

 

Submissions will be accepted in one of two formats: 

Students may re-use a poster or digital story from a previous event or develop a new one. All accepted submissions will be showcased both in person and on the event website. The top three submissions will be awarded cash prizes of $150, $100, and $50, respectively. A student must be the first author of the presentation to be eligible for a prize. Learn more about the event on the Summit website. Learn more about the Showcase including presentation guidelines, examples, and award rubrics on the Showcase info site. Interested students or student teams should first register for the Summit and submit a brief abstract (max 150 words) by Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 5:00 PM (EST) via the Summit website. Event registration and abstract submission will open in January. 

 

Important Dates: 

Contact: For questions about the Student Showcase, please contact Carly Evich, Graduate Assistant for Service-Learning, at cevich@purdue.edu. For other questions about the Summit, please contact Robert Elliot, Lead Event Planner, at relliot@purdue.edu. 

 

2. Nominate an organization for the JoAnn Miller Exemplary Community Partner Award, LEARN MORE

This award, presented annually, recognizes local nonprofits, schools, or government units that contribute to the educational growth of Purdue students by providing volunteer and service-learning opportunities. It includes a $1,000 cash prize. In 2015, the award was renamed in memory of JoAnn L. Miller, who was Associate Dean of Engagement and head of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Liberal Arts. She worked passionately to further engagement with the community by Purdue students, faculty, and staff. Learn More

 

Eligibility: Nominees must be a not-for-profit organization, a school, or a governmental unit either within Indiana or within 50 miles from a Purdue University campus (e.g., Purdue West Lafayette, Purdue Fort Wayne, Purdue Northwest). The nominee must have partnered with Purdue to provide volunteer and/or service-learning opportunities that demonstrate excellence in engaging students in meaningful service to the community.

 

Nomination Process: Community partners (as described above in the Eligibility section) and faculty, staff, and students across the Purdue system may nominate a community partner. Nominations are due February 27, 2023, 11:59 PM (EST). The nomination form can be found HERE.

 

3. PJSL Call for Submissions

The ninth volume of the Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement (PJSL) is now published online and is available in print upon request from the Office of Engagement, PJSL Editor, Dr. Liz Brite, britee@purdue.edu on a first come, first serve basis due to limited quantity. Visit the PJSL website https://www.purdue.edu/engagement/pjsl/ to read and download articles written by Purdue students and faculty about different community engagement projects and experiences locally and globally.   

 

Proposals and articles are currently being accepted for consideration in the tenth volume of the PJSL. Publication in the Fall 2023 issue of the journal requires proposals be received no later than January 15, 2023. Submissions are made directly to the PJSL website at http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/pjsl/. Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis, and those received after the deadline will be considered for the following issue.   

 

Faculty and staff are encouraged to share this information with students interested in publishing an article, and are also encouraged to mentor a student writing an article.  

 

Contact: For more information about submissions or the editorial process, contact the Editor, Elizabeth Brite at britee@purdue.edu or visit the PJSL website at http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/pjsl/