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The Ginsberg Center works with faculty, Schools and Colleges to build capacity for service-learning, community-based research, and engaged scholarship. Please contact Margi Dewar, faculty director (734.936.6287; medewar@umich.edu), to discuss how the Ginsberg Center can be helpful to you.

• Consultation
• Grants
• Workshops
• Learning from the Community
• Principles of Good Pedagogical Practice
• Principles of Ethical and Effective Service
• Print Resources
• Transportation
• Dewey Lectures
• Resources

Consultation

The Ginsberg Center is a resource for the entire campus. We can assist in developing a new service-learning course, reformulating an existing course to involve students in the community, assist with identifying prospective community partners, and any other course-related matters that will be helpful in planning and/or undertaking a service-learning course. Contact Margi Dewar, faculty director (734.936.6287; medewar@umich.edu). See below for additional course-relevant information, such as how to apply for a course lab fee and liability information.

Grants

The Ginsberg Center has two sets of funds available for individual or teams of faculty to support their service-learning courses, including courses that involve their students in a community-based research project.

Larger grants up to $10,000 are available once a year in a competitive process. Click here to see the 2009 RFP. The deadline for proposals is March 24, 2009. Proposals received after that date will be considered if funds remain.

Small grants up to $500 are available on a rolling basis to support costs associated with involving students in the community as part of a service-learning course (e.g., transportation costs, materials needed for service projects, etc.). Click here for the simple application form.

Workshops

Looking for a workshop on any aspect of service-learning, community-based research, or engaged scholarship? The Ginsberg Center will custom-tailor a faculty workshop that fits your needs. Contact Margi Dewar, faculty director (734.936.6287; medewar@umich.edu).

Learning from the Community

This workshop series is targeted for students in service-learning courses and student organizations involved in the community. Workshops include: entering and exiting the community, working with Detroit community-based organizations, exploring social identity and its impact on community work, reflection, working with "at-risk" youth, etc. The workshop lineup changes each semester. To view the current/upcoming Learning from the Community workshop series, visit:
http://www.ginsberg.umich.edu/newsevents/LearningfromtheCommunityWorkshopSeries.htm

Principles of Good Pedagogical Practice

The 10 Principles of Good Service-Learning Pedagogical Practice were developed by Jeffrey Howard, former associate director for service-learning, and are widely used by colleges and universities across the country. Subscribe to these to improve your service-learning teaching.

Principles of Ethical and Effective Service

The Principles of Ethical and Effective Practice were developed by staff at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University. We appreciate their permission to adapt them here.

Print Resources

The Ginsberg Center makes available to University of Michigan faculty complimentary copies of the following publications. Please contact Jeffrey Howard (jphoward@umich.edu) for a copy of any of the following:

• Service-Learning Course Design Workbook
  
  This 64-page workshop is packed with information and worksheets to assist faculty in designing a service-learning course, and is a frequent resource in faculty development workshops across the country.
• The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL)
  
  The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (www.umich.edu/~mjcsl) is a national, peer-reviewed journal focused on curriculum-based service-learning, community-based research, campus-community partnerships, and faculty engaged (public) scholarship. Published by the Ginsberg Center, complimentary copies are made available to U-M faculty. To review past articles, visit the Journal’s electronic portal developed by the U-M Library’s Scholarly Publishing Office at http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl.
• I Like My Service Well Done
  
  This book of articles and classroom activities can enrich service-learning courses. Contents include:

  Education about: Social Issues; Entering and Exiting the Community; Leadership; Reflection; Civic and Global Responsibility; and Privilege, Diversity, and Multiculturalism. Complimentary copies are made available to U-M faculty. To receive a copy, contact Dave Waterhouse, director of student initiatives (734.647.8769; hoohouse@umich.edu).

Transportation

The University’s Parking and Transportation Services Department leases vehicles to University departments for use by students to drive/carpool to their service placements. Vehicles may be rented for various periods as short as one day or as long as years. (Students and Student Organizations are not permitted to lease University vehicles.) For information about how to request a vehicle, leasing rates, fueling process, and general policies, go to: http://www.pts.umich.edu/um_vehicles_services/leasing.php

John Dewey Lectures

First John Dewey Lecture
Dr. Ira Harkavy
University of Pennsylvania

Second John Dewey Lecture
Dr. Judith Ramaley
University of Vermont

Third John Dewey Lecture
Dr. Harry Boyte
University of Minnesota

Fourth John Dewey Lecture - 2004
Dr. Barbara Holland
Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis

Fifth John Dewey Lecture - 2006
Dr. George Sanchez
University of Southern California

Sixth John Dewey Lecture - 2006
Dr. Charles Payne
Duke University

Seventh John Dewey Lecture - 2007
Dr. Harry Boyte
University of Minnesota

Eighth John Dewey Lecture – 2007
Dr. John Kuo Wei Tchen
New York University

Ninth John Dewey Lecture – 2009
Dr. Gary Delgado
Applied Research Center

Resources

• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse www.servicelearning.org. The clearinghouse has print materials on every facet of service-learning and community engagement.
• Campus Compact www.compact.org. Campus Compact is a national organization consisting of colleges and universities, including the University of Michigan, which supports student and faculty involvement in the community. The website includes resources, publications, conferences, etc.