Audio Online Seminar • Thursday, September 17, 2009 • 12:00 PM - 1:30PM CDT • $274

Your institutional mission statement likely includes a claim that you, as an institution, will prepare students for engaged citizenship, active democratic participation, and social responsibility. However, this may not reflect reality. Civic engagement programs exist on many campuses across the country, but they are often isolated to one corner of campus and limited to a small number of students.

Civic engagement is the process of collaborating to make a difference in our communities. By developing the aptitude, ideals, and motivation we need to make that difference, we promote quality of life in a community through both political and non-political processes. A healthy democracy begins with citizens who are actively engaged in civic life—citizens who take responsibility for building communities, solving community problems, and participating in the electoral and political process.

In Civic Engagement: Best Practices and Tools You Can Use, Dr. Barbara Jacoby, Chair of the University of Maryland’s Coalition for Civic Engagement and Leadership, explains how to prepare students for lives of civic engagement by providing the fundamentals and best practices of civic engagement in higher education. During this energetic 90-minute presentation, you will:

• Learn exactly what civic engagement is and why it matters
• Review examples of outstanding civic engagement initiatives in all shapes and sizes, at all types of institutions
• Understand the desired learning outcomes for civic engagement and how to assess them
• Determine how you can increase opportunities for students to practice civic engagement

Listen to a preview

Seminar includes dedicated Q&A
Have all of your questions answered at the end of the seminar with Dr. Jacoby’s dedicated Q&A session. You’ll also learn from the challenges and successes of other attendees, and find out how they’ve addressed civic engagement initiatives on their campuses.

One low fee prepares your campus for a healthy democracy
Our low $249 fee is per site, not per person, which means you can sign on from a conference room or other meeting facility, and invite everyone on your campus who should be involved in the civic engagement discussion. Plan staff time afterward to discuss what you learned during the seminar, and leave with a concrete plan for starting or maintaining a high level of civic engagement on your campus. And compared to the price of sending even one staff member to an off-site conference, you’ll find this to be a very cost-effective means for training everyone involved in this issue.

Who will benefit from this seminar?
• Provosts
• Academic officers
• Senior student affairs officers
• Faculty members across disciplines
• Student affairs professionals
• Directors of service-learning, community service, and civic engagement centers or programs
• Service-learning and community service staff members
• Civic engagement educators
• Leadership development educators
• Campus activities staff members

Featured Higher Education Presenter:

Barbara Jacoby, Ph.D.

Can't make the scheduled seminar?

   1:00 PM -   2:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
 12:00 PM -   1:30 PM (Central Daylight Time)
 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Mountain Daylight Time)
 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Pacific Daylight Time)

Audio Online Seminar • Thursday, September 17, 2009 • 12:00 PM - 1:30PM CDT • $274

Date(s): 09/17/09
Time: 12:00 PM Central Daylight Time - See other time zones above
Cost: $274.00
Phone: 800-433-0499
Email: custserv@magnapubs.com