Civic Engagement Lecture

This will be a great event, we encourage everyone to attend:

*WHAT:*  Civic Engagement & Democracy Lecture Series:
What do college students gain from civic engagement?

*WHO:*   Featured Speaker: Peter Levine
Author of "The Future of Democracy"

*WHEN:*   Thursday, April 21, 2011
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
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WHERE: * Student Center East, Room 302
750 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60607

Lunch will be served.

*Please rsvp by Monday, April 18, 2011 to neramos@uic.edu*


*ABOUT:*  Peter Levine is Director of CIRCLE, The Center for Information and
Research
on Civic Learning and Engagement and Research Director of Tufts University's
Jonathan Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. Levine is one of
the nation's leading scholars on civic engagement and young Americans.
Levine's book "The Future of Democracy: Developing the Next Generation of
American Citizens" defends the value of civic engagement and the importance
of preparing young people to be active and responsible participants in our
democracy.

This talk is the first of the new "Civic Engagement & Democracy Lecture
Series," sponsored by the Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE)
to bring leading thinkers, scholars, and practitioners to UIC.  The series
will foster dialogue on important topics that further understanding about
the role of the university in facilitating and promoting civic engagement
and strengthening democracy.

IPCE is committed to transforming democracy by creating a more fully engaged
community with more effective leaders, please visit us at www.ipce.uic.edu.
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Direct your questions about these events or about getting involved
in** **community
service *

***at UIC or the Chicago area to the Student Leadership Development &
Volunteer Services office:*

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**Email:       sldvs@uic.edu
Office:       750 S. Halsted Street
                390 Student Center East
Phone:      312.996.4500
Web:         www.sldvs.uic.edu*


-- 
*Anna Cobb*
Graduate Assistant :: Service Initiatives
The University of Illinois at Chicago
390 Student Center East (MC 330)
Chicago, IL 60607
312.996.4500
email:   acobb5@uic.edu
web:      uicvolunteer.org
                sldvs.uic.edu