Call for Submissions for Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning & Community-Based Research

From the Center for Service Learning and Community-Based Research:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The editorial team seeks submissions from undergraduates for the new Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research. 

Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is a refereed, multi-disciplinary, online undergraduate journal open to all undergraduate students in the U.S. and across the globe. The journal is dedicated to publishing the intellectual and reflective work by undergraduates on service learning, community-based research, and all related curriculum- and/or research-based public community engagement activities. These go by many additional names, such as community-based learning, public scholarship, publicly-engaged learning/teaching, etc. 

The editorial team of Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research encourages undergraduates to pursue their own intellectual projects and to join the academic conversation.

We invite submissions in five categories:

•  Reflective Essays
• Analytical Essays
• Research done for a community organization in the form given to that organization, accompanied by a short, reflective essay
• Research Articles
• Open Category

 Submissions will be accepted from now through June 30, 2012.

For detailed information about the journal’s content and submission guidelines, please see our website at http://www.bk.psu.edu/Academics/33679.htm.

Please direct all inquiries and questions to the editor, Dr. Laurie Grobman, at leg8psu.edu.

UC TRANSMIGRATION Festival - Feb 16th-18th!

From UC News:

From Scripts to Sets: CCM Drama Students Present Original Works During Annual TRANSMIGRATION Festival

The 2012 TRANSMIGRATION Festival, featuring student-created new dramatic works, runs Feb. 16-18 at CCM.

Date: 2/8/2012 12:00:00 AM
By: Lillian Matchett

Other Contact: Curt Whitacre
Other Contact Phone: (513) 556-2683

   

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Drama students continue to learn what it takes to produce their own theatre pieces as they prepare for the 2012 TRANSMIGRATION Festival of Student-Created New Works taking place Feb. 16-18 throughout CCM Village.

The fourth-annual festival allows the audience to sample half-hour works produced by small groups of drama majors, who create all aspects of their productions from start to finish. Admission to the festival is free, but reservations are required.

The festival is an exciting event for both guests and the presenters, as audiences get the opportunity to see up to four pieces of new theatre in a single night and the students premiere works that are entirely their own.

"TRANSMIGRATION is student-driven and artist-driven," says Richard Hess, chair of CCM’s Drama Department and director of TRANSMIGRATION. "Students get free reign, as a group of people, to create, cast themselves and produce a piece of work that is original and means something to them."

TRANSMIGRATION came into being in response to the dynamic careers of today's professional actors. Though auditioning and getting cast for roles is the conventional way for an actor to make a name for his or herself, "the second way to make work is to gather a group of like-minded people, get together and create something," Hess asserts. "Students need to know how to go into a storefront theatre and say, 'We're going to make something in this raw space.'" TRANSMIGRATION gives students real-world creative experiences that will last and develop through the rest of their careers.

Some of the companies formed by current and former CCM Drama students include The Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Satori Theatre Group (Seattle), The Lost Theatre Company (New York), Cincinnati Outdoor Classics and Stokastik Theatre Ensemble (Los Angeles). Although several of these companies were formed prior to the inception of TRANSMIGRATION, the festival is added encouragement for students to venture out on their own.

"It teaches us that you are in control of your own art, that no one gives you permission to make art and that if you just find your people, anything is possible," says senior Cameron Davis, who is working on Knock Knock. "Ultimately there is a product that is TRANSMIGRATION, but it’s the journey that means so much to us."

The lessons students learn from TRANSMIGRATION come from the process of collaborating in groups of 8-10 people to develop a concept, story, characters and script for their 30-minute shows. Beyond the plays, students must also construct a set, costumes, lighting design and marketing campaign for their productions, all on a budget of $60. Students do not choose their groups, but instead are assigned randomly, providing them with the opportunity to collaborate with new people with different ideas.

"The audience gets the product, but we get the process — sometimes butting heads, but in a way that sharpens the iron," states sophomore Mia Vera, who will be presenting the historically inspired Booth at this year’s festival. "We find our voices, and we learn to harmonize. I’m learning what I love, but I’m also learning what people in my group love and how those things go together."

This year’s TRANSMIGRATION festival will feature the works Booth, Eddie Shanahan, forget me not, Knock Knock and Y2012K. Learn more about this year's new works by visiting the CCM blog at ccmpr.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/the-2012-transmigration-festivals-new-works.

Audience members will have the opportunity to customize their theater-going experience by choosing to watch up to four different productions, which are performed simultaneously in non-traditional spaces throughout CCM’s Corbett Center for the Performing Arts.

Dates and Times:
Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18, at 2 & 7 p.m.

Location:
Various locations throughout the CCM Village, including:
Cohen Family Studio Theater
Room 3640 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts
Room 3650 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets & Information:
Admission is free, but reservations are required and can be reserved by contacting the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183. Tickets become available Monday, Feb. 13, at noon. Limit two tickets per order. Parking is available in the CCM Garage (at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. For complete reservation and parking information, visit ccm.uc.edu.

CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Drama Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman & Margaret Straub

PFLAG Scholarships - Applications Due Apr 20th!

From UC LGBTQ Center:

Each year PFLAG Cincinnati offers scholarships to students residing in or attending college in the Greater Cincinnati area.  The purpose of the scholarship program is to reward students who help to fulfill PFLAG's missions of support, education, and advocacy.

Since the program's inception in 1992, PFLAG has awarded over $125,000 in scholarships to over 100 talented and deserving gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight-supportive college students.

Applicants are reviewed by the PFLAG Scholarship Committee. Awardees are announced during Pride month at the June PFLAG meeting each year.

Click here to see the 2012 application materials and to read about our 2011 Scholarship Winners.

GLSEN Allies Launch Party - Mar 13th!

From GLSEN Greater Cincinnati:

Allies Launch Party

Help GLSEN Greater Cincinnati expand its reach and invite a larger, supportive community to join us at Prom 2012.  Invite your friends, parents, educators, and especially straight allies, join us for a happy hour event on Tuesday, March 13 at the Know Theatre Underground (1120 Jackson Street, 45202).  Mix and mingle from 5:30-7:30pm, with a brief presentation about GLSEN's mission and programs at 6:45 pm.  Cash bar and complimentary hors d'oeuvres.  

Checkout the Facebook event to RSVP. 

Trans* 101 Workshop at Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Cincinnati - Mar 10th!

Trans*101 with JAC Stringer - March 10, 2012 at 1 pm 

Join us at the Center for an afternoon of education and conversation. All are welcome to come. See calendar: www.cincyglbt.com "Gender is connected to every aspect of our lives; our identities, our sexualities, and how we experience the world. This workshop sorts out the mass of labels, terms, and theories surrounding gender through the experiences and language of trans* / gender non-conforming communities. We will ask why we think about gender, how culture and practices interact with and affect trans* people today, and find commonalities that will help us build a more inclusive, just community." JAC Stringer, also known as Midwest GenderQueer, is a trans genderqueer femme radical activist, writer, and performance artist from Cincinnati, Ohio. JAC has lectured and performed across the USA and Canada with his work focusing trans* and queer education, social justice, femme identities, (dis)ability, and trans*/queer artistry. JAC is the founding director of The Midwest Trans* and Queer Wellness Initiative and has founded several projects including Cincinnati Trans* Community Group, GenderBloc, and the Queer Canon Zine, He is a member of several organizing boards including TransOhio, The Philadelphia Transgender Health Conference, The Greater Cincinnati Youth Summit, The International Femme Conference, and The International Drag King Community Extravaganza. JAC is a life-long dancer, poet, musician, and rabble-rouser whose work’s purpose is to generate unity, action, and empowerment and achieve rights and recognition for trans* and queer communities through education, art, and other various forms of revolution.

Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Cincinnati

4119 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223

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RAPP History Presentation - Feb 13th!

25 Years of Each One Teach One - The Racial Awareness Program at the University of Cincinnati


Monday, February 13th
7:30PM-9:00PM
508 Swift Hall


In preparation for an upcoming conference presentation, Wil Pierce will be doing a "practice run" of his presentation that is open to the community.

Come learn about:

• RAPP's storied history at UC, 
• The academic fields that are the foundation of our work, 
• The current structure through which we work on our mission of fighting oppression through individual awareness and collective action.

Wil is a graduate of RAPP XXV, Social Justice League member 2010-present, and Peer Leader with RAPP XXVII. He is a doctoral student in Educational Leadership.

METRO CWEST Talent Show Auditions - Feb 15th!

From Cincincinnati Women in Excellence and Spirit Together:

Got Talent?

Audition for the "Wild N Out" METRO CWEST Talent Show featuring comedian J Russ!
-$150 for 1st Place, $75 for 2nd Place, $50 for 3rd Place-

When: February 15th 6-9 Zimmer Auditorium, or send a video to MetroCwest.TalentShow@gmail.com
How: Just bring your best talent and audition fee: $10/person or $30/group, 

*refundable if not cast in the show

Questions: email MetroCwest.TalentShow@gmail.com

Talent Show is March 2nd at 7 PM. Zimmer Auditorium.
$2 donation - all proceeds benefit Cincinnati Youth Mentorship Programs
http://www.facebook.com/events/106280142831066/

Hope to see you all there!

Brittnay Cummins
Vice President, CWEST Women’s Honorary