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Kallet Named Poet Laureate
Marilyn Kallet, professor emerita of English, was recently named Poet Laureate for the City of Knoxville by Mayor Madeline Rogero. As an acclaimed writer of 18 books, will continue her contributions to education and public service. In her role as laureate, Kallet will write poems and attend commemorative events throughout the year.
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English Professor Engages Youth Around Poetry
Katy Chiles, associate professor of English, and her students have conducted poetry workshops with teens from Knoxville’s YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center this summer. The project, a collaboration between the UT Libraries and OCEO, culminated on June 25 when the group viewed a rare first edition of Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.
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City of Knoxville Holds Engagement Roundtable
The City of Knoxville Save Our Sons Initiative hosted a series of neighborhood engagement roundtables with organizations, local community advocates, and businesses to elicit frank discussions about community participation in continuing the work to create strong, safe, and healthy communities.
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Graduate Student's Research Will Help Solve Cases
Kortney Powell, graduate student and master’s candidate in comparative and experimental medicine and graduate student worker in the Office of Community Engagement and Outreach, successfully defended his thesis this month. His project studied cementum, a dental tissue often used to estimate age, between modern and historic African-American populations.
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UT Libraries Assist Nonprofits
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One Day. One Family. All Vols.
Faculty, staff, alumni, current students, and perspective students volunteered at various locations across the city, state, and nation on June 30.
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| New Opportunities and Funding - National Endowment for the Humanities encourages projects that involve members of the public in collaboration with humanities scholars or that invite contributions from the community in the development and delivery of humanities programming. Funds support programs and activities that promote the humanities for general audiences. Projects should highlight history, literature, ethics, and art, or address complex issues in society. The deadline is August 29.
- The National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) seeks projects that encourage public engagement with historical records, including the development of new online tools. NHPRC is seeking projects that create models and technologies that other institutions can freely adopt. Collaborations among archivists, documentary editors, historians, educators, and/or community members are more likely to develop a competitive proposal. It is anticipated that up to three grants between $50,000 and $150,000 will be awarded. The optional draft deadline is August 3. The final deadline is October 4.
- The American Folklore Society recognizes excellence in integrating scholarship and engagement with the people and communities one studies, or in teaching and encouraging scholars and practitioners to work in their own cultures or communities. The $200 prize may be awarded for books, articles, software packages, or exhibits. It can also be awarded based on the nominee’s impact on engaged teaching and scholarship or their impact in their community or culture. Nominations are due August 31, 2018.
- The 47thNational Society for Experiential Education Annual Conference will be held September 24–26 in Savannah, Georgia. For more information and to register click here.
- NABI is seeking applications for new partners to join the Partnerships for Broader Impacts Design (BID) project. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the project is an extension of Portal to the Public. NABI is working to develop a flexible tools that will help universities and informal science education (ISE) organizations partner to support researchers in developing broader impacts. Tools will focus on developing durable institutional partnerships. NABI seeks six new university/ISE partnerships to assist with testing and refining the toolkit. More information can be found here. Applications are due August 20.
Garden Discovery Camps - Master Chef Camp: Four to five-year-olds will learn the essentials of eating from the garden July 16-20, 8:30-3:30. The cost is $115 for members and $135 for nonmembers. For more information visit ag.tennessee.edu.
- Food Allergy Friendly Camp: Kids ages 6-12 with food allergies will learn healthy coping skills in a garden setting July 23-25 from 9:00-12:00. Participants will explore the gardens and learn about plants. This is a free opportunity. Kids without allergies can attend, and those under 5 can participate with a parent.
- Botanical Garden Buffet: This day camp will be held July 27 from 9:30-2:00. Its focus is eating in the outdoors. Participants will explore how gardens fit into the food network, and various ways to grow and harvest food. Participants will learn to plant, collect, clean, and a prepare snacks and recipes from the garden and will transplant veggie seedlings to take home to grow. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. For more information visit ag.tennessee.edu
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