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American Democracy Project North Central Regional Conference:
"Spaces of Civic Engagement"
April 12-14, 2007
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Civic engagement takes place in many forms. Whether it’s designing environmentally friendly buildings, expressing our opinions on blogs, or creating safe climates in the classroom, we make a difference in our respective communities at physical, virtual, and social-psychological levels.
This conference invites you to explore the myriad spaces where students, faculty, alumni, staff and local residents can come together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and improve the physical and intellectual environments on college campuses.
Have you been involved in a project on campus that engages its students, faculty, staff, alumni, local citizens? Do you have an idea to create a new space for civic engagement?
If so, the ADP North Central Regional Conference is the place to share your experiences and ideas.
We’ll address these questions:
- Where do these spaces of civic engagement occur?
- How are they created?
- Can they be sustained?
We’re searching for “best practices” as well as innovative ideas from campuses across the Midwest.
Presentation proposals are welcome from all disciplines. The approach may be aesthetic, scientific, literary, economic, journalistic, pedagogical, political, philosophical, social, psychological, technical, or any other way of knowing. Presentations will be categorized into three broad areas: Physical Spaces, Virtual Spaces, and Social-Psychological Spaces.
We’re providing a common reading that discusses aspects of sustainability and ask that you construct your proposals around this concept.
The audience will be faculty, staff and administrators. We encourage presenters to involve students in the proposal process and conference presentation.
Special recognition will be given to campuses having the most sustainable space for civic engagement in each of the three categories, and to campuses with the most innovative ideas for creating sustainable spaces in each of the three categories (physical, virtual, and social-psychological). Recognition will be based upon the votes of program session attendees.
Our space for the conference will be the new University Center, a “green” building designed by civically engaged students to be environmentally sustainable.
Please join us in our quest to make our campuses more civic friendly.
Conference Information
Registration
Accepted Presentation Proposals
Conference Agenda
Common Reading
Lodging Information
Featured Speakers
Conference Venue
Directions
Contact Us
Members of the North Central American Democracy Project Regional Conference Planning Team are:
Blake Fry, Conference Chair
Tracey Gladstone-Sovell, Registration Coordinator
Colleen Callahan, Publications Coordinator
Michael Miller, Programs Coordinator
Terry Brown, Fundraising Coordinator
Katrina Larsen, Logistics Coordinator
Kelly Cain, Sutainability Consultant
Conference Sponsors
The conference planning team would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support of the American Democracy Project North Central Regional Conference
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