Congratulations to Jennifer Nutefall, university librarian at Santa Clara University, for editing Service Learning, Information Literacy, and Libraries, which was chosen as the 2018 Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Section Publication of the Year. Read more about the award from the American Library Association.

[full disclosure: the moderator of this blog contributed a chapter to this publication.]

Thanks to Jennifer Nutefall, I was recently made aware of this online professional development opportunity hosted by Infopeople, “Community and Civic Engagement: The Library’s Role as Connector.”  It sounds like a great opportunity.

The Friends of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement breakfast is one of my favorite days at Wright State.  Students, staff, faculty and community partners celebrate come together to celebrate service-learning and raise money for our Citizen Scholar certificate program.  There are awards, a silent auction, a celebration of our community partnerships and impact statements from our campus AmeriCORPS VISTA members.  The best part about this morning, for me, was that four friends from Athens County with whom we partnered on the alternative spring break trip

Wright State University was recently named one of the top ten colleges that gives back to the community by The Washington Monthly.  You can also read more in the Huffington Post here.  The story at Huffington Post highlights a committee of Wright State University staff members has formed a group called

I'm pleased to announce that I received an award today at the Wright State University Learning Community luncheon.  My partners, Craig This (a first-year seminar instructor at WSU) and Becky Garvin (Interim Director for Project READ, our community partner) and I were awarded "Outstanding Collaboration" for the service-learning project we planned for Craig's first-year seminar. Craig This is in the middle, back row; I am in the front row, second from the left, and Becky Garvin is in the front row next to me.  Other award winners are in the photo, as well.