INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE

Washington Campus Compact and the Western Region Campus Compact Consortium, our partners from state compacts in California, Hawaii, and Oregon, invite your participation in the Tenth Annual Continuums of Service Conference, April 12-14, 2007 at the Holiday Inn in San Jose, California. The conference will bring together 500 colleagues from the western region and beyond to explore multiple perspectives on service-learning and civic engagement; share program models, research, and best practices; and network with diverse service-learning practitioners

Choose to participate from one or more of the following opportunities:

• Submit a proposal to present at the conference.  See below and visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/participate.html for more information.  The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, December 15, 2006.
• Serve as a reviewer.  We will begin the process of reviewing proposals on December 15, 2006. http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/proposalreview.html for more information.
• Attend the conference. Registration to be open mid-January, 2007.  Visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/onlinereg.html for more information
• Serve as a mentor for participants new to the field and/or conference. Visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/campcomp/passiton.html for more information.

CONFERENCE AUDIENCE

Conference participants will include learners and educators from diverse constituencies: faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students; government, community agency and organization partners; student development  and leadership professionals; curriculum specialists; service-learning directors, funding agency representatives; and institutional administrators, among others.

CONFERENCE GOALS

• enhance practical service-learning skills and deepen philosophical understanding of participants at all levels of familiarity
• explore diverse perspectives on service-learning theory and practice
• practice critical reflection
• offer provocative, inclusive, and interactive conference sessions
• provide opportunities for informal discussions and networking
• continue to build our regional network of service-learning colleagues
• showcase regional service-learning efforts
• celebrate success, rejuvenate, and reconnect ourselves to the broader service community