The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - April 2020

Posted April 15, 2020 - 07:01 by Anthony Monaco

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.

Here is a copy of Talloires Network E-Newsletter for April 2020:

 
 
Talloires Network Newsletter
Tufts University || Medford, Massachusetts, USA || 14 April 2020 
Dear Colleagues,

I hope you are healthy and staying safe through this challenging time.
 
The Steering Committee and Local Organizing Committee have decided to postpone the Talloires Network Leaders Conference due to COVID-19. Our decision to postpone TNLC2020 was based on the reality that the months ahead remain uncertain. Many countries around the world are continuing to implement measures that restrict the movement of people and we do not yet know when we will be able to safely gather in large groups. Because we do not underestimate the importance of a face-to-face exchange of ideas and strategies among our members and partners, we have committed to TNLC2021 – to be jointly hosted by Tufts University and Harvard University, September 30 – October 3, 2021. Importantly, the Talloires Network will organize and publicize virtual convening opportunities focused on public health and COVID-19 response in order to reinforce relationships and learning among members throughout 2020. 
 
The mission of the Talloires Network is more essential than ever before. I am encouraged by the actions our member universities are taking to confront and overcome this common threat. To capture and share the practical steps they are taking, the Open Society University Network – Talloires Network educational partnership has recently launched COV-AID: Communities Of Virtual Alliance & Inter-Dependence. The COV-AID webinar series entitled “Adapting to the New Reality: Civically Engaged Universities Offer Strategies and Hope” aims to serve as a beacon of light, providing uplifting content and strengthening public support for universities. The COV-AID Student Engagement Award will connect undergraduate students around the world to critically reflect on the ways in which they are contributing to civic life during a time of uncertainty. Ten student award winners will receive a cash prize of 2,500 USD. The application deadline is 1 June 2020. 
 
We are pleased to announce that Newcastle University (England) has joined the Network’s growing Engaged Membership. Additionally, our coalition of Signatory Members has expanded to 402 engaged universities in 78 countries and we have forged a new partnership with Vietnam Campus Engage. It is my belief that COVID-19 will reveal the best in each of us as we unite to rapidly mobilize our shared values: commitment to the public good, the exchange of ideas, and collective action.
 
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to the university civic engagement movement.

Sincerely,
Anthony P. Monaco
President, Tufts University
TNLC 2021:BOSTON
TNLC2021

The next Talloires Network Leaders Conference will take place at Tufts University and Harvard University September 30 - October 3, 2021. Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life and Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics will jointly host TNLC2021, a global gathering of universities focused on civic engagement and leadership. 

The Talloires Network Secretariat will keep applications for travel grants on file for consideration for TNLC2021. The secretariat will refund registration fees paid for TNLC2020 upon request: [email protected]. 
TALLOIRES NETWORK NEWS 
TN-OSUN Partnership
In partnership with the Open Society University Network, the Talloires Network is launching a new project aimed at supporting universities engaged in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic: COV-AID,  Communities Of Virtual Alliance & Inter-Dependence. 

The pilot phase of COV-AID consists of two parts: a six month webinar series entitled “Adapting to the New Reality: Civically Engaged Universities Offer Strategies and Hope” and a Student Engagement Award. 
MEMBER AND PARTNER NEWS
Responses to COVID-19
Newcastle University 
"Our students are also playing their part – for example setting up the North East group of Medical Students Helping Hands that is providing practical help with childcare, shopping, and in some cases animal care, for our overstretched health workers and NEST (North East Solidarity Together) working to support vulnerable refugee and asylum seeker families." 


Read "Newcastle University's Response to COVID-19" by Professor Jane Robinson, Dean of Engagement and Place, Newcastle University
Simon Fraser University 
"Whatever means you choose, now more than ever we need to connect with each other. And we especially need to connect with those who are most vulnerable to loneliness and despair. By doing so, we can help to nurture and improve the social well-being of our community when it counts the most."

Read: "A time to keep our distance while strengthening our connections" by Andrew Petter, President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tecnológico de Monterrey has developed a remote service program that allows students to work in various activities for the benefit of the community, while being guided and supported through training from community partners. More than 1600 students and 700 partners are already participating in the program. Read more.
Tufts University 
"Colleges and universities must step up now and partner with local and state authorities to aid in the fight against COVID-19." 

Read Tufts President Anthony Monaco's Boston Globe op-ed. See also his interview with Walter Isaacson on what colleges and universities can do to help their hospitals and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the Tisch College of Civic Life, Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group usually studies gerrymandering. With the same geodata and math modeling skills, they have built a simple model that connects hospitals to nearby college campuses.
University of Technology Sydney 
"Equity issues affecting students are starkly apparent in the current climate. Student poverty is emerging as a major concern in the escalating response to COVID-19, as casualisation of the workforce in the face of the pandemic has exposed the cracks of an economy increasingly relying on workers with no job security."

Read: "What is needed now in student equity – COVID 19 response" 
      
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