<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="font-family: Calibri-Light; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS – Deadline January 7, 2019</span></b><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Do you teach urban forestry or arboriculture? Do you consider yourself an “educator” of urban forestry, arboriculture, or a closely related field? If so, then we want YOU to be part of the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Arboriculture and Urban Forestry Educator’s Symposium and Summit</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">happening <b class="">May 19-22, 2019 at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois </b>and hosted by the Morton and the International Society of Arboriculture.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">All are welcome to contribute! </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">We’re interested in receiving contributions not only from individuals at academic institutions, but also from the many other types of educators we know contribute toward teaching urban forestry and arboriculture in all types of settings to all types of people.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Topic areas of contributions might include (but are not limited to):</span></p><ul type="disc" class="" style="margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Curriculum or program design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Course/syllabus design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Classroom activities, assignments, and assessment<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Teaching outside the academic setting (e.g., to community members)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Student recruitment into undergraduate academic programs<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Recruitment and mentoring of underrepresented students<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Career mentoring and advising<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Student placement in internships<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Accreditation of academic programs<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Networking and partnering with industry<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Networking and partnering with peer educators<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Continuing education of educators<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Involving undergraduates in research<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Service-learning on campus and in the community<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Cross-disciplinary education with allied disciplines on campus<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Graduate education/post-professional education<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Balancing research, teaching, and/or service responsibilities <o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">…and anything else related to teaching, learning, education, or development in the urban forestry and arboriculture fields.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Proposals are being accepted for the following types of contributions:</span></b></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul class="MailOutline"><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u class="">Short talks</u> – 15-minute talks on “best practices” related to teaching. These might be related to the process of course/syllabus design, a specific activity or unit in your course, a type of classroom or lab/field trip experience, an assignment that has been particularly successful, the results of an assessment of learning outcomes, a research project or “experiment” (published or un-published) conducted in the classroom, or any other type of short talk related to teaching, learning, and/or education in arboriculture and urban forestry.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u class="">Workshop</u> – A proposal for a 90-minute interactive workshop for participants to engage in. Should propose a clear objective and learning outcomes that participants will gain by attending the proposed workshop. Topic or objective can be anything related to teaching, learning, and/or education in arboriculture and urban forestry.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11pt;">“<u class="">Stories</u>” – Apply to tell a 6-8-minute story of a particular teaching experience in a session entitled “Stories from the classroom: The most out-of-the-box thing I’ve done that worked (or didn’t”</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u class="">Poster</u> – A poster on anything related to education, teaching, learning, curriculum or program development, etc., within the field of arboriculture, urban forestry, or a closely related field. These do not have to be (and most will not be) the typical scientific research poster, but rather a poster that describes a particular insight you have re: teaching/learning, etc. (See also “Short talks” description for more ideas.)</span></li></ul><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">How to submit: DEADLINE January 7, 2019<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Please have the following information ready to submit via the online form available here: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9oxwLm9d1vopjIF" class="">https://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9oxwLm9d1vopjIF</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">You may submit to more than one of the categories, but please submit separately for each. Authors of accepted contributions will be notified via email by January 31, 2019.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Your Name<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Email<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Position <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Department/Institution/Organization<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Location</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> (City, [State/Province], Country)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Type of Contribution </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">(Short Talk, Workshop, Story, or Poster)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Title<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Contributors </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">(i.e., coauthors; designate presenter and, if applicable, co-presenters by *)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Description </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">(Max. 300 words for all types of contribution)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">[For Workshops only] <b class="">Workshop</b> <b class="">Objective &</b> <b class="">Learning Outcomes</b> (a clear objective for the workshop + 2-5 learning outcomes for participants at the workshop)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Questions? Contact the Educators’ Summit Program Chair Jess Vogt: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span class=""><a href="mailto:jessica.m.vogt@gmail.com" class="">jessica.m.vogt@gmail.com</a></span></span></span></b></p></div><br class="" style="font-family: Calibri-Light;"><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri-Light;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="">— — — </span></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Jess Vogt</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Calibri-Light" class=""><a href="tel:+1%20920%20850%202016" class="">+1 920 850 2016</a> | @jessvogt</font></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Asst Prof, Env Science & Studies, </font>DePaul University</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Principal,</font> LUFA: Lab for Urban Forestry in the Anthropocene<font face="Calibri-Light" class=""> | </font><a href="http://www.lufa-depaul.org" class="">www.lufa-depaul.org</a></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Associate Editor,</font> <i class="">Urban Forestry & Urban Greening </i></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Calibri-Light" class=""></font></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Vice Chair, </font>Science & Research Committee, International Society of Arboriculture<font face="Calibri-Light" class=""></font></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Calibri-Light" class="">Dir. of Research, </font>Illinois Arborist Association</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Calibri-Light" class=""><a href="mailto:jessica.m.vogt@gmail.com" class="">jessica.m.vogt@gmail.com</a> | <a href="mailto:jess.vogt@depaul.edu" class="">jess.vogt@depaul.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>