Ohio Hunger Dialogue call for proposals
This document announces the first annual Ohio Hunger Dialogue conference hosted by the Ohio Campus Compact and Walsh University from September 26-27, 2014. The conference will bring together administrators, faculty, students, community partners, and members of the public to address issues of hunger in local and global communities and seek solutions through teaching, research, and service activities at Ohio colleges and universities. The conference is inviting proposals on research, best practices, and programs addressing hunger solutions in five areas: student leadership, policy and activism, domestic and global food perspectives, curricular approaches, and community partnerships. The keynote speaker will be Tony Hall, a former U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to the UN on Food and Agriculture.
Ohio Hunger Dialogue call for proposals
- 1. The Ohio Campus Compact and Walsh University’s Offices of Global and Serving Learning Present Administrators, faculty, and students will join community partners and members of the public in this important and timely dialogue to address critical issues of hunger in our local and global communities and to seek solutions to hunger through the teaching, research, and service activities of Ohio’s colleges and universities. Ohio will be the third state to host a state-wide meeting of higher educators devoted to seeking hunger solutions. CALL FOR PAPERS We invite proposals from college and university faculty, staff, administrators, students as well as community partners addressing research, best practices, and model programs that address solutions to hunger. There are five areas of emphasis for the dialogue: Developing student leadership Policy and activism Domestic and global perspectives on food and hunger Curricular, co-curricular and pedagogical approaches Developing and sustaining community partnerships. The conference steering committee invites proposals for complete panels, workshops and individual papers. Proposals and individual papers may present original research, best practices, or model programs. Proposals for workshops should offer specific “deliverables” for audience members that can be implemented in a broad variety of institutions or agencies. For proposal form, see: www.walsh.edu/hungerdialogue. For further inquiries, contact Dr. Douglas Palmer, Executive Director of Global Learning, Walsh University at dpalmer@walsh.edu. Deadline for proposals is APRIL 1, 2014 Ohio Hunger Dialogue First Annual September 26-27, 2014 Walsh University Featuring Keynote Speaker and Three-Time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Ambassador Tony Hall A native of Dayton, Ambassador Tony Hall served Ohio for more than 20 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio’s 3rd District. He then served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Missions on Food and Agriculture and is now the Executive Director of the Alliance to End Hunger, a policy and advocacy group based in Washington DC. 2020 East Maple Street ❘ North Canton, Ohio 44720 ❘ www.walsh.edu