3rd Annual Conference of International Service-Learning

3rd Annual Conference on International Service-Learning: Advancing Research and Practice

Final Conference Program (includes times and presentations):

Link to Keynote Addresses and Presentations from the Conference:

Final Conference Registration List (includes the names and institutions of those who registered for the conference):

3rd Annual Conference on
International Service-Learning:
Advancing Research and Practice

Friday, February 29 (9:00 AM) - Saturday, March 1, 2008 (3:00 PM)
IUPUI University Place Conference Center
Indianapolis, IN

Sponsored by

IUPUI Center for Service & Learning Research Collaborative

IUPUI Academic Affairs

Indiana Campus Compact

International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership

IUPUI Office of International Affairs

This conference will bring together practitioners, researchers, and scholars to critically examine international service learning as an intentionally designed curriculum for engaging American students in educationally meaningful international service experiences focused on developing civic skills, knowledge, and dispositions.


Plenary Conference Speakers

Humphrey Tonkin, University Professor of the Humanities and President Emeritus at the University of Hartford

Richard Kiely , Faculty Director of the Cornell Urban Scholars Program (CUSP) at Cornell University, Academic Director – Amizade Global Service-Learning

Mabel Erasmus, Centre for Higher Education Studies and Development, University of the Free State, South Africa


Plenary and breakout sessions will focus on the following topical areas:
*Conceptual and theoretical frameworks for developing and understanding international service learning
*Research on outcomes for students, host countries, faculty, and institutions
*Principles of best practices (and implications) and program guidelines for international service learning
*Strengthening the academic component of international service learning
*Institutional assessment strategies for international service learning
*Partnership development to support international service learning


Direct questions about the goals of this conference to:
Robert G. Bringle, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Service and Learning
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
801 West Michigan Street, BS 2010
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5153
Telephone: 317-278-3499
Fax: 317-278-7683
E-mail: rbringle@iupui.edu

Direct questions about conference logistics to:
Matthew J. Williams
Graduate Assistant
Center for Service and Learning
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
801 West Michigan Street, BS 2010W
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Telephone: 317-278-3655
Fax: 317-278-7683
E-mail: mjw1@iupui.edu