Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement


Event Calendar 2008-2009
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November 13, 2008	Dr. David R. Coogan from Virginia Commonwealth University, with support from the IECE and the PWR, will visit our campus on November 13 and 14.  He will speak from 5:00-6:30 PM on Thursday, November 13, with ample Q&A, in HUMN 135.  He will be available the next day, Friday, for coffee and consultation. His talk is titled, Public Intellectuals without Podiums , and he will chronicle how service learning, sophistic rhetoric, and writing classrooms can transform university learning spaces, civic life in Richmond, VA, and the lives of inmates, inside and outside of the city jail. His scholarship has appeared in leading journals in Rhetoric and Composition and in Active Voices (Patty Malesh & Sharon Stetson, eds.)  He is jointly authoring the edited collection, The Public Work of Rhetoric with John Ackerman, and is finishing a second book, Strip Poker: A Writing Workshop at the City Jail . This latter project was recently designated as one of VCU's exemplary projects for the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.  Please visit the link below for more information on Dr. Coogan's work within the Corrections system. http://www.40th.vcu.edu/ caring/prison.html
October 29, 2008	9:00 - 4:30, UMC 247, Breaking Down Walls: A Day-Long Symposium on Civic Engagement, Service Learning and Outreach - As Bell Hooks suggests, the missing piece that keeps our teaching from fully engaging both students and professors, is an intense and self-transcending encounter with actual experience. Without this encounter, our knowledge becomes inert and narrowly academic; with it, we create a dynamic interplay between concepts and the flux of life, between the abstract and the concrete, and it is in this interplay the true learning takes place. To bring together those folks who have already explored this kind of education with those who are interested in trying it for the first time, the Outreach Committee, the Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement, and the Service Learning Office are sponsoring a day-long symposium on the theory and practice of uniting theory and practice. There will be presentations and networking sessions on constructing courses, syllabi, and assignments, on forming community partnerships, and on conceptualizing experiential and civic education. The afternoon will include a workshop on available funding resources and application forms and deadlines from the sponsoring organizations. The symposium is free and open to all members of the University of Colorado as well as the community at large and other interested institutions. Further information about specific speakers, times, and sessions will be forthcoming in later memos. Inquiries can be addressed to Joyce Kinde, joyce.kinde@colorado.edu.
October 15, 2008	12-1 pm, UMC 425 - IECE Fall Faculty Lunch. "Things that go Bump in the Day: Lessons from the Irrational and Unexpected in Service Learning" - an intimate box lunch forum.
September 23, 2008	You’re invited to a community dialogue about Affirmative Action We are pleased to announce deliberative community forums in the Boulder-Denver metro area regarding affirmative action policy. The primary goal of these forums is to provide a space to engage in and learn about community dialogue about affirmative action. The first forum will take place Tuesday September 9 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Norlin Library (University of Colorado). A complete list of forums is also included below. By participating in this dialogue, you can: * Become better informed by getting information for and against affirmative action * Let your voice be heard and hear what others have to say about affirmative action To reserve your place at one of these free, facilitated deliberative forums please contact: michele.moses@colorado.edu or 303.492.8280 ********************************** Forum Schedule T Sept 9, Norlin Library 7:00 - 8:30pm T Sept 23, Boulder Meadows Library 7:00 - 8:30pm T Sept 30, Boulder YWCA 5:30 - 7:00pm T Sept 30, Lafayette Library Forum 7:00 - 8:30pm W Oct 1, Boulder Reynolds Library 7:00 - 8:30pm Th Oct 2, Boulder Main Library 7:00 - 8:30pm F Oct 3, Denver Community Church 7:00 - 8:30pm Sa Oct 4, Denver Blair Caldwell Branch Library 10:00 - 11:30am Sa Oct 4, Boulder Meadows Library 3:00 - 4:30pm T Oct 7, Boulder Reynolds Library 7:00 - 8:30pm T Oct 7, Norlin Library 7:00 - 8:30pm W Oct 8, Boulder Main Library 7:30 - 9:00pm Th Oct 9, CU Law Library 1:30 - 3:00pm F Oct 10, Denver Community Church 7:00 - 8:30pm Sa Oct 11, Park Hill Branch Denver Library 1:00 - 2:30pm T Oct 14, Boulder YWCA 5:30 - 7:00pm T Oct 14, Cherry Creek Branch Denver Library 6:00 - 7:30pm W Oct 15, Norlin Library7:00 - 8:30pm Th Oct 16, Alaya Preschool 7:00 - 8:30pm F Oct 17, Denver Central Branch Library 4:00 - 5:30pm ********************************** These forums are part of the Deliberative Democracy Research Project being conducted by Michele S. Moses of the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
September 17, 2008	CONSTITUTION DAY IN AN ELECTION YEAR. Not sure how to vote? Maybe looking at the US Constitution will help. September 17 is Constitution Day. On this day pick up your pocket US Constitution in the UMC dining area during lunch and celebrate with an original concert by College of Music Master's Candidate, Hunter Ewen. This multimedia concert starts at 7:30 pm, Grusin Hall, College of Music. Stand and be counted!