The Ohio State University
University Outreach and Engagement
Newsletter
Volume 4, Issue 1/January, 2005
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Highlights.
**We’ve moved! The Office
of University Outreach and Engagement has moved from Smith Laboratory to 400
Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road.
Our telephone and fax numbers remain the same. Please stop by and visit!
**Grants Available this Spring to Support Outreach and Engagement Work.
The Service-Learning Initiative, Office of Continuing Education, OSU CARES/OSU
Extension, P-12 Project and University Outreach are all accepting proposals for
funding through their seed grants programs. All proposals will be due in
April. Please check their websites next week for RFP’s and watch for
announcements over the next few weeks concerning these programs.
Mark Your Calendars.
**Join Us for the Official Kickoff of the Buckeye Mentoring Hub. The Buckeye
Mentoring Hub provides outreach to OSU students and faculty with linkages to
mentor/tutor opportunities. For more information contact our office in
the Ohio Union at 247-8637 or osumentor@osu.edu.
RSVP by Thursday, January 6th. The program includes: Nancy
Nestor-Baker, Ph.D., director, OSU P-12 Project; Larry Jones, principal, Medary
Elementary; and Terra Mack, student, Whetstone
High School
- Tuesday, January 11, 2005, 4:00-5:30 pm, OSU Union South Lounge
**Please join the
Children’s Hunger Alliance’s first multicultural resource
development event to celebrate diversity and common
interest in the well-being of children by generating support for nutritious
meals, nutritional education, and quality child care to low-income children
throughout Ohio. Speakers include James Stowe from the Columbus Community Relations Commission and
Kathy Lechman from OSU Extension. Fred Anderle from WOSU Radio will be the
featured MC. A variety of delicious foods from around the world; mingling activities;
and live entertainment from local groups, including: Celtic Dancers from the
Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance; BHB, Ron Hope & dancers from
eCapacity; the MeshugaNotes from the Hillel Foundation; John Algi & friends
from Slate Ridge. A suggested contribution of $25 per ticket is appreciated. Order
tickets through Wendy Jorgensen at
341-7700 ext. 224. For further
information, please e-mail Islawsky@childrenshungralliance.org.
- Sunday, January 16, 2-5:00 pm, Dublin Community Hall, 5600 Post Road, Dublin.
**ODCE 2005 Conference - Online Registration Now Open. Online
registration is now available for ODCE 2005:
The Convergence of Libraries, Learning & Technology Conference,
which will be held March 6-8, 2005, in Columbus.
The conference will feature an exciting array of three pre-conference
workshops, 50 program sessions, two keynote presentations, technology
demonstrations and more. You can register online or view the preliminary
conference program at http://www.oln.org/conferences/ODCE2005.
Registration fees are $275.00 for the entire two-day conference, or $150 for
only one day (March 7 or 8). There is a reduced fee for students. In addition,
three pre-conference workshops will be offered: The Changing Role of Leadership in Distance Learning; Build a Blog: Can
You Build it? Yes You Can!; and
Guidelines for Implementing an
Accessible Distance Education Program. Accommodation information is
available at http://www.oln.org/conferences/ODCE2005/ODCE2005hilton.php.
- March 6-8, 2005, Hilton Columbus at Easton Town
Center
**LearningWork Connection is pleased
to announce the dates for the All-Ohio Youth
Leadership Summit and the 4th Annual Building
Better Opportunities for Ohio's
Youth Conference:
- The All-Ohio Youth Leadership Summit will be
held on March 9, 2005 at the Fawcett Center at Ohio
State University
in Columbus.
This event is a leadership development opportunity for youth across Ohio served by the
Workforce Investment Act.
- The 4th Annual Building
Better Opportunities for Ohio's Youth
Conference will be held April 18-20, 2005 at the Holiday Inn in Worthington, Ohio.
This event will showcase best practices in serving the neediest youth and
include practical workshops on enhancing youth workforce development programs
and systems.
Both events are sponsored by The Bureau of Workforce
Services, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. To receive updates,
agendas and registration materials, please subscribe to our read-only
electronic mailing list. Send the following message to: listproc@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu,
subscribe olwc [Firstname Lastname]. If you have questions about the mailing
list, please contact Cheryl Grossman at grossman.4@osu.edu or (614) 292-7587.
Other Notices.
**Call for Proposals. 21st
Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning (distel@education.wisc.edu), August
3-5, 2005, Madison, Wisconsin. You are invited to present a
workshop, information session, course design showcase, or cracker-barrel
roundtable discussion at Distance Learning 2005. For complete details for
online submission of proposals, go to http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/.
Sponsored by the University
of Wisconsin-Madison. Deadline
for proposals: January 24, 2005
**Outreach Scholarship Proposals Due February 10, 2005. Proposals
for papers and presentations are being sought for the National Outreach
Scholarship Conference 2005. The conference is jointly sponsored by The
University of Georgia, The Ohio State University, The Pennsylvania State
University and University of Wisconsin-Extension. It is to be held October 2-4,
2005 at the University of Georgia in Athens,
GA. The conference theme,
"Transformation through Engagement" focuses on ways in which faculty
and staff in the public service, outreach, and engagement arenas can change and
even transform the environments in which they function. Societal problems are
not static, and, therefore, solutions cannot be static. To be effective, the
engaged institution must continuously transform itself to address changing
societal needs. For more information, visit the Outreach Scholarship webpage
at www.outreachscholarship.org.
Proposals are due February 10, 2005.
**Useful Stats: NSF State
S&E Profiles 2001-2003. The National Science Foundation
(NSF) has updated its online center of state science and engineering (S&E)
profiles to include data from 2001-2003. The site provides convenient access to
a PDF or downloadable Microsoft Excel Worksheet of 31 indicators for each
state. A spreadsheet with summary statistics for the entire U.S. also is available. The
profiles present dollar amounts and rankings for federal R&D obligations
for 2002 by agency and performer for each state. Information included in each
profile is compiled from several federal agencies, including NSF, the Small
Business Administration, and the departments of Commerce, Education and Labor. State S&E Profiles 2001-2003 is
available at: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05301/start.htm
Grant Opportunities.
**Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service,
Announcement of Grant Application.
Approximately $24 million will be available for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program.
It is designed to provide access to education, training and health care
resources for people in rural America.
(pps. 70217-70222) Contact is Orren E. Cameron, III or http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm.
Closing Date: February 1, 2005.
(The
following grants are a Copyright from the State Science &
Technology Institute
2004. Redistribution to
all others interested in tech-based economic development is strongly
encouraged.)
**NSF invites proposals for its Evaluative Research and Evaluation
Capacity Building
(EREC) and Research on Learning and Education (ROLE) programs (see
below). A total of approximately $16 million is expected to be available for
15-30 awards. Eligibility is unrestricted for both programs. For more
information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05529
- The EREC Program seeks proposals that offer
unique approaches to evaluation practice in the generation of knowledge
for the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education
community and for broad policymaking within the research and education
enterprise. Approximately $4 million would be available for 5-10 EREC
awards. Required letters of intent are
due March 31, annually; proposals are due May 15, annually.
- The ROLE Program supports research across a
continuum that includes (1) the biological basis of human learning, (2)
behavioral, cognitive, affective and social aspects of human learning, (3)
STEM learning in formal and informal educational setting, (4) changing
educational systems to improve STEM learning, and (5) the diffusion of
STEM innovations. Approximately $12 million would be available for 10-20
ROLE awards. Required letters are due
Jan. 14, 2005; proposals are due March 4, 2005.
**NSF
is soliciting proposals for funding under the Robert
Noyce Scholarship program to encourage talented science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors and professionals to become K-12 math
and science teachers. Approximately $4 million in FY 2005 funding is expected
to be available for 8-10 awards of up to $500,000 for a duration of 3-4 years.
Scholarship amounts must be at least $7,500 per year but no more than $10,000
per year. No individual may receive a scholarship for any year that exceeds the
yearly cost of attendance. Scholarship recipients must be (1) U.S. citizens or nationals, (2)
majoring in mathematics, engineering or a science discipline, and (3) in the
last two years of a baccalaureate degree program. Stipends of up to $10,000 are
available for a maximum of one year for STEM professionals who hold a
baccalaureate, masters or doctoral degree in science, mathematics or
engineering and enroll in a teacher certification program. Stipend recipients
also must be U.S.
citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens. Institutions of higher
education in the U.S.
or consortia of such institutions, or nonprofit entities that have established
consortia among such institutions of higher education, may submit proposals. Application
Deadline: Optional letters of intent are due Feb. 28, 2005; proposals are
due March 25, 2005. More information is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05528
**Canon U.S.A., Inc., the American Association for the Advancement of Science
and the U.S. National Park Service jointly invite applications for funding
under the Canon National Parks Science
Scholars Program for the Americas. This program supports research on
critical problems facing national parks in the Americas, encourages the use of national
parks as laboratories for science, and seeks to develop world leaders in
science and conservation. Projects may be focused on any of the biological,
conservation, cultural, physical and social sciences. Eight $78,000
scholarships, half of which are designated for students studying at U.S.
universities, will be awarded. In addition, four Honorable Mention winners will
receive $1,000 scholarships. Eligible are currently enrolled Ph.D. students at
an accredited university within the Americas
who are citizens of a country in the Americas. The Americas include Canada,
the U.S., Mexico, the countries of Central and South
America, and the Caribbean. Application
Deadline: Applications are due May 2, 2005. More information is available
at: http://nature.nps.gov/canonscholarships/
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University Outreach and Engagement
400
Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road,
Columbus, OH 43210-1106
614.688.3041
(Telephone) 614.688.3884 (Facsimile)
http://outreach.osu.edu e-mail: outreach@osu.edu