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News 21 MayA message from the Executive Dean Faculty of Education and Arts Professor Mary Ryan.
ACU Engagement and DePaul University are excited to announce the keynote presenters for the 2021 ACU and DePaul University Online Conference on Community Engagement and Service-Learning – Pandemic, Pivots and Potentials.
The 2021 conference aims to explore the current state of play for universities in responding to the challenges and opportunities for service-learning and university-community engagement in a ‘post-COVID’ world, while taking the time to reflect on the responses and learnings from the efforts of the field during the pandemic.
Registration for the conference is free.
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Monday 4 October (USA) / Tuesday 5 October (AUS)
This keynote panel discussion includes prominent service-learning and community engagement academics Professor Jim Nyland (ACU/Engagement Australia), Dr Howard Rosing (DePaul), Carol-Joy Patrick (Griffith, Service-Learning Australia) and Rachel Tomas Morgan (Notre Dame, US). The panellists will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on service-learning and community engagement. They will explore the challenges, opportunities and new directions the pandemic has created for the field. The discussion will be facilitated by Dr Matthew Pink (ACU).
About the panellists
Tuesday 5 October (USA) / Wednesday 6 October (AUS)
Associate Professor Valerie C Johnson will deliver a keynote address on diversity, equity and inclusion with respect to service-learning.
Dr Johnson is a Presidential Diversity Fellow, Endowed Professor of Urban Diplomacy at the Grace School of Applied Diplomacy, and Associate Professor, Political Science Department at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr Johnson is the former national education spokesperson for Reverend Jesse L Jackson, Sr and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and has served as a consultant for elected officials and community organisations nationwide in the US.
Wednesday 6 October (USA) / Thursday 7 October (AUS)
This keynote panel presentation will explore the establishment of the Stakeholder Engaged Scholarship Unit (SESU), which works to foster university and community partnered research projects for the common good. Vivien Cinque (ACU) will deliver a presentation on SESU followed by a panel discussion with Professor Sandra Jones (ACU), Netty Horton (CatholicCare) and David Stefanoff (CatholicCare). The discussion will be facilitated by Dr Jen Azordegan (ACU).
About the panellists
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