Upcoming Events

Registration Open for 2010 PHENND Conference

The 2010 Annual PHENND Conference will be held Friday, February 26, 2010 at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA.

The theme this year will be "Crossing Boundaries Through Partnership." It will cover topics such as multiculturalism and diversity; race, class, and gender dynamics; and equity issues in campus-community partnership.

The Keynote Speaker for the conference will be Dr. Nicole Webster, Associate Professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University. Dr. Webster specializes in service-learning research and has received many awards including being recognized as a John Glenn Service-Learning Scholar and receiving the Emerging Scholar Award of International Conference in Service Learning Research. Read more about her at: http://agexted.cas.psu.edu/Faculty/Webster.html

Workshops will be announced shortly.

Registration is at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LXFTW3W.

Agenda at a Glance

2010 Annual PHENND Conference Crossing Boundaries Through Partnership

Friday, February 26, 2010 Arcadia University

8:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM Welcome and Opening

9:20 AM Opening Keynote: “Problematizing Service-Learning” presented by Nicole Webster, Penn State University

10:20 AM Break

10:30 AM Workshop Series I

12:00 PM Lunch & PHENND Strategic Planning Session

1:45 PM Workshop Series II

3:00 PM Break

3:15 PM Workshop Series III

4:45 PM Wrap-Up

Scholars in Service to PA Campus Applications Available

PHENND is proud to announce the 2010-2011 Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania program. Scholars in Service to PA is an AmeriCorps Education Award Only program. This means that participating students enroll as AmeriCorps members on a part-time basis and receive a partial Education Award at the end of their term. Students who complete 450 hours of service in 1 year will earn an award of $1,415; students who complete 300 hours of service earn an award of $1,132. The award can be used to pay for any legitimate educational expense at their current undergraduate institution or to pay for future educational expenses.

Campuses across Pennsylvania are encouraged to apply to host a Scholars in Service to PA Program. Applications and all pertinent information is available at http://www.phennd.org/index.php/initiatives/initiatives/sispa/ Letters of intent are due March 1, 2010.

Also, a technical assistance call will be available for those with questions about the program and/or the application process.

The call will be: Tuesday, February 16, 10 AM

Please RSVP to Hillary Kane to receive the information for your desired call. Email or call 215-573-2379.

Grants Available for Higher Eds

With funding made available from Learn and Serve America, PHENND will be awarding over $200,000 for the 2010-2011 academic year in subgrants to member institutions to support activities in three key areas:

  • Nonprofit Capacity Building
  • Student leadership
  • Student internships

All three programs are designed to support a larger initiative that will mobilize college students to engage in service that connects people to needed services “along the Credit Path.” These services are food stamp enrollment, volunteer income tax assistance, financial education for youth and adults, and micro-entrpreneurship.

Each RFP has it’s own application. All proposals are due April 2, 2010. Requests for Proposals are available below:

Two technical assistance meetings will be available:

Tuesday, February 9, 10:00-12:00 PM, Place: CHAT Lounge, 10th floor, Gladfelter Hall, Temple University: Gladfelter is located at 11th & Berks Street in Philadelphia. Temple is accessible by the Broad Street Subway and most regional rail trains. Some street parking is available. For a campus map, click here: http://www.temple.edu/maps/documents/TUMain_map.pdf. Gladfelter is #22 on this map.

Monday, February 15, 2-4 PM, Place: Wolfington Center Conference Room, St. Joseph's University: Wolfington is a small building just off City Avenue close to Cardinal Avenue. The campus is accessible by the R5 (to Overbrook) and the 54 bus. Parking will be available in the 54th Street Parking Garage - Hawks Landing (54th & City). A campus map is available here: http://www.sju.edu/about/campusmap/index.html