Archive of News & Meetings

Mini-Grants Available-Deadline September 13, 2011
The WNYSLC, in partnership with the John R. Oishei Foundation, announces a funding opportunity for community projects that engage college students in service-learning opportunities. The available funding will provide seed money to new projects that are collaborative in nature and engage at least one WNYSLC higher education institution and at least one WNYSLC community partner. Projects that engage students from two or more higher education institutions are strongly encouraged and will be given priority. Grants in the amount of $500 to $1,500 will be available. Grants may be used in academic year 2011 – 2012.
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Mini-Grants Available-Deadline February 15, 2011
The WNYSLC, in partnership with the John R. Oishei Foundation, announces a funding opportunity for community projects that engage college students in service-learning opportunities. The available funding will provide seed money to new projects that are collaborative in nature and engage at least one WNYSLC higher education institution and at least one WNYSLC community partner. Projects that engage students from two or more higher education institutions are strongly encouraged and will be given priority. Grants in the amount of $500 to $1,500 will be available. Grants may be used in spring semester 2011 or academic year 2011 – 2012.
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The WNYSLC will host “Building Cultural Capacity,” a webinar broadcast, on 2/1/11 from 2-3:30 p.m. at Buffalo State College. This webinar, sponsored by Minnesota and Iowa Campus Compacts, will explore the attitudes, knowledge and skills needed to work effectively with diverse cultural groups. There is no cost to attend . RSVP to eoman@daemen.edu by January 26, 2011. Parking information and passes will be sent out to those who register.

Meeting Notes:
10/29/10. The 3rd Annual WNYSLC Service-Learning Conference “Harvesting the Benefits of Service-Learning,” will take place Friday, October 29, 2010 at Canisius College. 
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“Service-Learning in Online Courses: Opportunities and Challenges,” the first in a series of webinars hosted by Minnesota Campus Compact and Iowa Campus Compact, will be held Wednesday, January 19, 2011 from 12-1 p.m. This webinar will explore how faculty are currently implementing service-learning in online courses, what types of service online students are engaging in, and the opportunities that are available through online service-learning. The WNYSLC will be broadcasting this webinar at Daemen College in the Wick Center in the Executive Board Room for free for WNYSLC members. Please call 839-8375 or email eoman@daemen.edu by January 13, 2011 if you would like to attend.

Mini-grant awardess announced. Congratulations to the following faculty and community partners who received WNYSLC mini grants for 2010-2011 projects! Sharlene Buszka (Daemen College) in partnership with Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo & Erie County, Jericho Road Ministries in partnership with Lynn Velasquez (Trocaire College), Angela Thering (D’Youville College) in partnership with the International Preparatory School at Grover, and Buffalo State College in partnership with Journey’s End Refugee Services. We look forward to hearing about their service-learning successes!

SAVE THE DATE-9/30/10 – WNYSLC upcoming workshop, “Scholarship of Engagement” featuring Dr. Dwight Giles on September 30th, 3:00pm at UB’s Allen Hall.  More information will be posted soon.

Notes from previous WNYSLC meetings are available.

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Request for Proposals (Archived)

Due 7/6/10. The WNYSLC, in partnership with the John R. Oishei Foundation, announces a funding opportunity for community projects that engage college students in service-learning opportunities. The available funding will provide seed money for new projects that are collaborative in nature and engage at least one WNYSLC higher education institution and at least one WNYSLC community partner. Projects that engage students from two or more higher education institutions are strongly encouraged and will be given priority. Grants in the amount of $500 to $1,500 will be available.
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Previous Events:

8/12/10. “Growing Partnerships: WNYSLC Summer Networking Meet and Greet” Thursday, August 12, 2010 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at West Side Community Services.
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2010 WNYSLC Faculty Fellows program (application period now closed). Download application Word  PDF

3/24/10 “Working with AmeriCorps” Flyer

1/28/10. "Cooking Up Partnerships" Speed Networking
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7/16/09. WNYSLC General Meeting "Financial Literacy and Service Learning" Meeting Notes

5/19-21/09. 2009 WNYSLC Faculty Fellowship

4/16/09. WNYSLC General Meeting "Working with Refugee Agencies and Populations" Meeting Notes

2/27/09. “Effective Methods for Assessing the Impact of Service-Learning on Students, Institutions, and Communities." with Dr. Andrew Furco. Link to Podcast  Link to Powerpoint

9/16/09. "Educating for the Common Good: Citizenship, Social Justice and Service-Learning" with Kathleen Maas Weigert, Ph.D., Executive Director for the Center for Social Justice Research

10/15/09. WNYSLC Annual Meeting Meeting Notes

10/23-24/09, 2009 WNYSLC Fall Conference

News:

2/6/08 The WNYSLC has named Stephanie Malinenko Executive Director. Read more.

11/21/07 Western New York Service Learning Coalition Awarded Grant of $485,654 from The John R. Oishei Foundation

9/17/07 Western New York Service Learning Coalition Addressing Pressing Problems in WNY Region

8/9/07 Western New York Service Learning Coalition Workshop to Focus on Engaging Students in Non-Profit and Community-Based Organizations

6/1/07 The WNYSLC Completes Strategic Plan with $22,000 Grant from The Oishei Foundation View picture of strategic planning team.

1/9/07 PACC/NYCC Consortium Awards $40,879 to the WNY Service-Learning Coalition Read more.

10/06 Niagara University Finalist for President's Higher Education Community Service Award For Excellence in General Community Read more

7/26/05 The Western New York Service-Learning Coalition will sponsor a Town Hall Conference and Forum entitled "Incorporating Service-Learning into your Organization

5/19/05 UB joins WNY Service-Learning Coalition

2005 Audiofile of Joe Gardella's Interview with WBFO about the WNYSLC Download Audiofile

8/31/04 Western New York Service-Learning Coalition to Host Service-Learning Fair at Daemen College--8 Local Colleges and Universities, Over 30 Community Agencies Will be Represented

Kevin Michael Days, Advisor, Higher Education Special Initiatives, Learn and Serve America, provides tools for the Service-Learning Faculty Fellows to prepare students for their service-learning experiences.

Dr. Kenneth Reardon, Director of the Graduate Program in City & Regional Planning at the University of Memphis and noted service-learning authority, delivers the keynote speech at the 2009 WNYSLC annual Fall Conference.