Bi-Weekly Updates 4 May 2009

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Bi-Weekly Campus/Community Consortium of the Capital Region (4CR)
Updates
4 May 2009

New Updates
[1] Summer Conference Save the Date Flyer
[2] Unity House Spring 2009 Conference – Wednesday May 6, 2009
[3] Upcoming surveys for 4CR faculty who taught courses this
semester
[4] Wiki Updates

Reminders
[5] Community Forum at the College of Saint Rose – Thursday May 21,
2009
[6] Summer 2009 ASL Conference – Call for Proposals deadline extended
until May 31, 2009!
[7] Creation of 4CR ASL Newsletter – Call for Project Summaries
[8] 4CR Faculty Syllabi Revision Deadline – July 31, 2009


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[1] Summer Conference Save the Date Flyer

We are distributing a Save the Date Flyer for the summer conference.
Please feel free to put these on your office doors or to distribute
them to your colleagues. Follow this link to view and/or download a
copy: http://4crsl.pbworks.com/Summer-Conference-Save-the-Date.

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[2] Unity House Spring 2009 Conference – Wednesday May 6, 2009

Unity House will be hosting their Spring 2009 Conference this
Wednesday May 6, 2009 from 1:00-4:00 pm with a networking lunch before
from 12:00-1:00 pm. It will be held at their 504 Broadway location in
Troy. An outline of the conference is as follows:

12:00 - 1:00p.m. – Networking Lunch

Day by Day – Living with Disabilities: School, Home & Life
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Unity Sunshine Program, Program Coordinator, Edie Hall, will offer an
insight into the challenges that parents of children with special
needs face every day. Edie will share some glimpses of her own life
experiences.

UH the Video – Committed to the Community Since 1971
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.
An exciting new video highlighting the history, growth and future of
Unity House.

2:15 – 2:30 – Refreshment Break

UH Consumers – Shared Life Experiences and Open Forum
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Peer Leader, Mark, UH Consumer Darren and UH Consumer “Mary” will
share their personal stories, the trials and tribulations of self
advocacy and describe the services and supports provided by Unity
House.


Please RSVP to:
Mary Harwood, Unity House
33 2nd Street, Troy, NY 12180
Email: mhar...@unityhouseny.org
Fax: 274-3816
Phone: 274-2633 ext 283


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[3] Upcoming surveys for 4CR faculty who taught courses this semester

This update is to inform all of the 4CR faculty members who taught ASL
courses this past semester that they will be receiving a survey from
our grantors on your experience. They will need the name of the
Community Partner(s) that you collaborated with along with an e-mail
address to contact them at. The Community Partners will need to fill
out a survey, as well. We will give you more information on this as
we receive it.

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[4] Wiki Updates

We have updated our wiki yet again!

Check out our wiki: http://4crsl.pbworks.com. Please feel free to
explore and create your own pages!
Some of the highlights are:
• NEW Introductory Pages!!- We have created pages to introduce the
community to academic service learning and 4CR!
• PBSL Training Page – the PBSL Toolbox has been fleshed out! The
toolbox contains a list of tools used during the PBSL training and
that can be used in PBSL courses.
• Summer Conference Page – We have added to our summer conference
page! It includes a Save the Date section, Call for Proposals and
Registration page.

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[5] Community Forum at the College of Saint Rose – Thursday May 21,
2009

4CR will be hosting its third Community Partner Forum on Thursday May
21, 2009 at the College of Saint Rose. Time, location and speakers
are to be determined. Anyone from the community or campuses are
invited and encouraged to attend. For more information on this event
or to RSVP, you may contact Bonnie Kerr of Russell Sage College by e-
mail at ke...@sage.edu or by phone at (518) 244-2306.

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[6] Summer 2009 ASL Conference – Call for Proposals deadline has been
extended to May 31, 2009!

4CR is holding a call for proposals for its 1st Annual Capital Region
Academic Service Learning K-16 Summer Conference. THE DEADLINE HAS
BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MAY 31ST. To view the entire call for proposals,
please click the link below:
http://4crsl.pbwiki.com/Annual-ASL-Conference
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Julie Comley at
jco...@siena.edu. We strongly encourage you to submit a proposal
and to pass on the opportunity to your colleagues.

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[7] Creation of 4CR ASL Newsletter – Call for Project Summaries

As an academic service learning network, 4CR will begin to publish its
very own newsletter on faculty and community partner service learning
projects! We are looking to publish the first edition at the end of
the semester and we holding a call for project summaries. If you are
currently working on or have participated in an academic service
learning course, we would love to put your project in the newsletter!
Please send a blurb of your current or past work to Julie Comley at
jco...@siena.edu.

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[8] 4CR Faculty Syllabi Revision Deadline – July 31, 2009

The 4CR Faculty syllabi revision deadline has been set for July 31,
2009. All grant funding is to be spent by August 31, 2009 and
therefore your faculty contracts must reflect that you cannot be
required to teach your courses later than that date. This is why you
all signed an addendum or it was in your original contract stating
that you are intending to teach two sections of academic service
learning before the end of Spring 2010. Because we cannot require
that you have taught the courses, we are asking to have your revised
or newly created syllabi by July 31, 2009. This should give faculty
enough time to make the appropriate adjustments to syllabi before the
grant funding period is over and to submit it to Julie Comley at
jco...@siena.edu.

If you intend to teach two sections of one course, we will only need
one syllabi. If you intend to teach two courses, we will need to see
both.

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