Volunteer Fair
Twice a year at the beginning of each semester there is a volunteer fair where many local organizations from CU and the greater Boulder community showcase a wide variety of volunteer opportunities. The fair is a great way to learn about the many different types of volunteer positions, big and small, available in our community. Please go to the Volunteer Resource Center website for more information.
Service Learning Development Workshops
October 12-13, 2009
The 2009 Colorado State Service Conference: The Spirit of AmeriCorps LIFE! At the YMCA of the Rockies · Estes Park, Colorado
Join 400 AmeriCorps Members in learning workshops about AmeriCorps Family, Community Involvement, Career Development, and Service. Space is limited! Registration will be open from August 3rd-September 30th.
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October 30th, 2009
"Making it Real": A Conference on Service learning and Civic Engagement hosted at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Click here for conference schedule and registration form.
News
Martin Bickman, Faculty Director, wins the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Award, one of the university’s highest honors.
Excerpt from the Colorado Arts and Science Magazine:
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English Professor Martin Bickman, a President’s Teaching Scholar and director of the CU-Boulder Service Learning Office, teaches 19th century American literature and pedagogy. He is the author of many articles, reviews, lectures and books, including “Minding American Education: Reclaiming the Tradition of Active Learning,” which won the 2003 Outstanding Book Award from the American Education Research Association.
In a nomination letter, English department Chair and Associate Professor Katherine Eggert said Bickman exemplified the principles of the Thomas Jefferson Award “so completely it’s almost as if the call for nominations were written with him in mind.”
Among Bickman’s many other accomplishments, he has earned a widespread reputation as a public servant and a catalyst for teaching excellence. He was Colorado’s nominee for Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year in 2001 and 2002. In his role as director of the Service Learning Center, he has been instrumental in working with students and faculty to implement writing and literacy teaching programs at K-12 schools along Colorado’s Front Range. Among many other efforts, his students have designed merry-go-rounds and other playground equipment that generates electricity for schools, and have worked with writers and artists of all ethnic backgrounds to reach out to at-risk students in the Denver metropolitan region.