Spring 2004
Community Service-Learning News from CSUN

New Funding Opportunities
New S-L Grants
Two types of awards are open to all part-time and full-time faculty at all ranks, and one award category will be paid to student assistants. For more information, click here.
Other Stories
New Acting Director of S-L
The Center for Community Service-Learning (CSL) proudly announces our new Acting Director, Dr. Jennifer...(more)
CSL Leads Greening Project
CSL donated 50 trees to Fair Avenue Elementary as a part of the ongoing Cesar Chavez Reading & Seeding project. Fair Avenue students...(more)
MOSAIC
MOSAIC is a new CSUN program that places students into early prevention after-school programs for youth at-risk of joining gangs. (more)
CSL Pays for TB Tests
We have created an account with the SHC where Service-Learning students engaging in activities with K-12 schools within LAUSD will... (more)
Project Shine
CSL and the Interdisciplinary Gerontology Program here at CSUN have been awarded a $45,000 grant... (more)

Project GRAD
CSL and the Japanese professors teamed up with Project GRAD for a second year in which a 4-week College Institute was provided for 49 San Fernando High School students. (more)

In this edition...
Welcome to the Center for Community Service-Learning (CSL) E-Newsletter! In this mid-semester edition, we have updates on several new projects. Inside, you will find funding opportunities for CSUN faculty members, information about free tuberculosis testing for students, and other exciting news.

Our first announcement is the all-new CSL website. You may have noticed the new look of our website along with updated information about our programs and advisement committee. We also have new web forms that allow visitors to present questions and contact our office easier. When you get a minute, check us out www.csun.edu/csl. Your questions, comments, and suggestions about our programs, website and e-newsletter are always welcome.

New Acting Director of S-L
Dr. Jennifer RomackThe Center for Community Service-Learning (CSL) proudly announces our new Acting Director, Dr. Jennifer Romack. Dr. Romack is leading CSL while Dr. Maureen Rubin is on sabbatical for the Spring 2004 semester.

As a professor of Kinesiology, Dr. Romack has played an active role with CSL. She has served as our center’s Faculty Fellow for the past two years and a member of our CSL Faculty Advisory Committee. Through her involvement with the office, she has supported numerous faculty and their service-learning courses across all disciplines. During the Fall 2003 semester, Dr. Romack led a program funded by the Women’s Sports Foundation called Go Girl Go! which focused on physical activity and sports to enhance the self-confidence and self-esteem of local middle school girls.

If you have any questions, you may contact Dr. Romack at:
jennifer.romack@csun.edu.

Submit your stories
We encourage Faculty, Staff and Community Partners to submit stories of your recent accomplishments, and information about upcoming events and opportunities. If you would like to be included in future newsletters, please submit your information to csl@csun.edu or call Curtis Woods at (818) 677-7395. You will be contacted once your message is received.

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