{"id":215,"date":"2017-08-29T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T20:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/?p=215"},"modified":"2017-08-29T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T20:05:24","slug":"support-for-writing-and-service-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/2017\/08\/support-for-writing-and-service-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for writing and service learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In preparing your courses and other pursuits, please keep in mind the valuable resources offered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/hcwe\/\">Howe Center for Writing Excellence <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/student-life\/community-engagement-service\/\">Office of Community Engagement and Service.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A selection of Howe Center services, from Liz Wardle, Director, Howe Center:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<li><strong>Workshops<\/strong> for faculty about writing<\/li>\n<li>Faculty can also sign up to participate in <strong>writing groups<\/strong> in order to make progress on their own writing, or to attend a writing &#8220;boot camp.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>We also support <strong>graduate students<\/strong> with dissertation completion groups and writing boot camps.<\/li>\n<li>On our website you can find <strong>statements for your syllabi<\/strong> about writing center usage, as well as videos to introduce your students to the writing center services.<\/li>\n<li>You can join the HWCE mailing list <a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/hcwe\/hwac\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Services from Community Engagement and Service, from Christie Zwahlen, Director:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">The Miami University <strong>Service-Learning Designation<\/strong> Committee (SLDC) is now accepting Service-Learning class proposals for the Spring and Summer 2018 terms. Miami defines Service-Learning (SL) as \u201can experiential pedagogical practice that uses action and reflection to meet needs and enhance learning through mutually beneficial, reciprocal partnerships\u201d. Note that a syllabus is NOT required at the time of submission. Due Wednesday, September 20, 2017. [Upcoming <strong>Service-Learning Workshops<\/strong> for Faculty are co-sponsored by CTE and available on either\u00a0website.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Finally, Faculty from all Miami campuses are invited to submit a proposal for the first-ever <strong>Miami SOUP, a mini-granting dinner<\/strong> which celebrates and supports innovative and transformative community change projects in Southwest Ohio. Teams of campus and community partners are eligible to apply. Proposals are due Sunday, September 24.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Four proposals will be chosen as finalists to present their ideas LIVE before a voting audience hungry for soup and change on Saturday, October 21.\u00a0First prize will receive a minimum of <strong>$2,000 + donations<\/strong>; second prize will receive a minimum of $1,000 + donations. Mini-grants are one-time (not yearly recurring) awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparing your courses and other pursuits, please keep in mind the valuable resources offered by the Howe Center for Writing Excellence and the Office of Community Engagement and Service. 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