The Department of Education will be holding a webinar "Postsecondary Education Participation for Students with Intellectual Disabilities" on Wednesday, September 29, 3:00 PM. Scheduled to run for 90 minutes.

AAC&U has announced a new project – General Education for a Global Century – funded by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.  The project seeks to build the capacity of colleges and universities to prepare today’s college students to grapple with big global challenges and thrive in a globalized economy as socially responsible and engaged citizens and workers.

Further details at aacu.org.

The Office of University Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the first volume of its new publication focusing on "campus-community collaborations that are changing the economic and social landscape of large and small, urban and rural communities nationwide."  With an introduction by Armand Carriere, a Visiting Fellow at NERCHE, the report showcases OUP's Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program, the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program, and the Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants Program.

The New England Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation will be held at UMass Boston, Friday, October 29, 2010, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.

"Recognizing that students can be producers as well as receivers of research and knowledge, the Kingston-Mann awards recognize and reward student contributions to diversity/inclusion scholarship."

"BOSTON - Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - Building on the Patrick-Murray Administration's commitment to excellence at Massachusetts public institutions of higher learning, Governor Patrick today signed a bill granting a name change to six of the state's nine state colleges who will henceforth be known as state universities. The Governor marked the occasion at a State House ceremony attended by hundreds of students, faculty and campus leaders."

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The College Board’s Community College Advisory Committee and the New England College Council have announced that the New England Colloquium for Associate Degree-Granting Institutions will be held at Holyoke Community College on Oct. 8, 2010.

Armand Carriere, 2010-2011 NERCHE Visiting Scholar, along with Margaret Brabant and Donald Braid from Butler University, have co-authored a survey that is part of the pilot phase of a research project examining the impact of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) program upon universities and colleges.  The project will also attempt to document the impact of COPC activities in the community.

NERCHE is pleased to announce the 2010 recipient of the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty: N. Eugene Walls, Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Denver. The 2010 Citation for Distinguished Engaged Scholarship for Early Career Faculty went to John Begeny, Assistant Professor of  Psychology at North Carolina State University. We will post more information about the recipients and their community-engaged work on our website very soon.

Melvin Wade, director of the Multicultural Center at the University of Rhode Island and long-time leader of NERCHE's Multicultural Affairs Think Tank, was awarded the President’s Recognition of Excellence Award during the Urban League of Rhode Island’s annual celebration Thursday, June 24 at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick.  For more information, click here.