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Talloires Network and Climate Change Survey

Climate Change SurveyHow "Green" is your campus? Are climate change and sustainability issues of concern at your institution? Are faculty and students interested? What programs exist currently at your institution? How can higher education get involved? Please take a moment to take a survey on your interest. Take the survey>>

Calling all Students: Take Our Survey!

Student Survey Are you a college or university student? The Talloires Network wants to hear from you! If you are interested in civic engagement and social responsibility, we'd like to connect you to other committed students around the globe. We look forward to hearing from you! Take the survey>>

New Interactive Membership Map!

Membership Map The Talloires Network now has an interactive membership map, powered by Google Maps. Each pinpoint represents a member institution. Zoom in for a closer look, and click on the pinpoints to learn more about each institution. Have information or photos you'd like added to your institutional profile? Email fortner[at]icicp.org. Check it out>>

Working Together for Sustainability

AASHE SustainabilityAASHE Sustainability AASHE (the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) will hold a conference Nov. 9-11 in Raleigh, North Carolina titled “Working Together for Sustainability – On Campus and Beyond,” to discuss how colleges and universities can lead the way to a sustainable future. Read more>>

 

ACU Conference in Hyderabad

ACU-HyderabadThe Association of Commonwealth Universities will hold a conference Nov. 28-30 in Hyderabad, India. titled "Dazzling Technologies: Seismic shifts in higher education in a fast-changing and unequal world." Brenda Gourley, Chair of the Talloires Network Global Project, also serves as Chair of the ACU Council. Read more>>


Program Profile

Aga Khan University (Pakistan)

Aga Khan University (Pakistan)
Community Model Clinics and School Nutrition Programs

A major program at Aga Khan University involves community mobilization in the form of model clinics in poor communities which provide locations to train medical and nursing students. Around these clinics, AKU hosts a variety of development projects including schools for girls, adult literacy programs, female empowerment projects, leadership training, and microfinance projects. In addition, the clinics host research from different departments.


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Smith College (USA)

Smith College (USA)
SOS Learning, Work, and Community

A comprehensive community service program, S.O.S. assists faculty with the development of service learning courses, provides a training program to teach students the fundamentals of operating a small, non-profit organization, and focuses on two main themes: building bridges among diverse groups of people, and encouraging learning through service so that students will develop the skills necessary to become effective leaders in their communities.
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