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Service-Learning & Social Entrepreneurship Showcase

Date May 2, 2012
Time 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm  
Location Illini Union Rooms A & B
Sponsor Center for Teaching Excellence, Office of Public Engagement, College of Engineering, Social Entrepreneurship Institute
Contact Valeri Werpetinski
Phone 333-7158
Event type Other
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The showcase is an all-campus event that features service-learning and social entrepreneurship courses and programs at the University of Illinois. It provides opportunities to network and learn about new opportunities to get involved in academic and co-curricular projects that strengthen communities and foster civic responsibility.  All students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome!

Call for Posters--Submit Poster Proposals Online by MARCH 30:

https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/626559

Notifications of acceptance will be sent April 3.

Any member of the campus community is eligible to submit a proposal, which may include non-University partners as presenters. The following topics will be considered:

  • Academic service-learning course or projects, including community-engaged research that involves students in reflection and action;
  • Co-curricular service-learning programs (not volunteerism or philanthropy);
  • Academic service-learning courses with an emphasis on social entrepreneurship;
  • Co-curricular social entrepreneurship initiatives that involve students in real community-engaged projects.

 

 Questions? Contact Valeri Werpetinski at werpetin@illinois.edu or 333-7158.