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Plans Moving Forward for UA to Host the National Outreach Scholarship Conference
UPDATE: Plans Moving Forward for UA to Host the National Outreach Scholarship Conference
Left: Dr. Samory Pruitt holds a replica of the Olympic Torch as a reminder that The University of Alabama will be the host of the National Outreach Scholarship Conference in 2012. Dean Carolyn Dahl, a member of the NOSC 2012 planning committee, presented the torch to Dr. Pruitt at the 2010 CCBP Awards Program.
2011 Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop
This workshop will provide advanced graduate students and early career faculty with background literature, facilitated discussion, and presentations from national leaders and community partners designed to increase their awareness and knowledge of community-engaged scholarship and the scholarship of engagement. Participation is limited and interested applicants must be nominated to be part of this workshop.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop.
Coming to Tuscaloosa in 2012
During the first three days of October 2012, The University of Alabama will host the National Outreach Scholarship Conference, the first time for UA to host this prestigious conference. Hundreds of the nation’s leading outreach and engagement scholars, along with community partners and students, will be here for the conference. Shown here are some of the members of the planning committee. At left are Dean Carolyn Dahl, dean of the College of Continuing Studies and chair of the Planning and Logistics Committee. To her left, giving her report, is Janet Griffith, assistant provost, and chair of the subcommittee on conference theme. At the far right is Dr. Samory Pruitt, vice president for Community Affairs, a member of the NOSC board of directors. Dr. Pruitt urges any faculty member with ideas for the conference or who would like to be involved in it to get in touch with him at samory.pruitt@ua.edu. (Photo by Ed Mullins)
UA to Host 2012 National Outreach Scholarship Conference
The annual conference showcases progress in this area through presentations of the year’s most successful projects. Dr. Samory Pruitt, vice president for community affairs, is UA’s NOSC representative as well as a member of the NOSC board of directors. Dr. Ed Mullins, director of community research and communication, is a member of the implementation committee, which plans the conference.
UA to Send Large Delegation to National Outreach Scholarship Conference in Athens, Ga.
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September 14, 2009
By Daniel Hollander
CCBP Intern
TUSCALOOSA — The University of Alabama will be well represented at the 10th National Outreach Scholarship Conference (NOSC) Sept. 28-30 at The University of Georgia.“Our presence at this important conference has been growing each year since we became a member of the partnership in 2007 as its first non-land grant member,” said Dr. Samory T. Pruitt, UA vice president for community affairs. “This year will be our largest delegation as we look forward to bringing the conference to the University in 2012.”