JUNE

June 14
How to Recruit Graduate Minority Students
Marriott Courtyard Old Town
10 a.m. - 3 p.m
Pasadena

June 18-20
EduComm
EduComm Conference 2008 at InfoComm
Las Vegas Hilton Convention Center
Las Vegas

June 19

Peace Corps will celebrate the 2008 Franklin H. Williams Awards at Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C.

This award is given in memory of Mr. Franklin H. Williams, a foreign and domestic public servant until his death in 1990. Mr. Williams’ exceptional career included time as the Peace Corps Regional Director for Africa and the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana. Mr. Williams also played an important role in helping Sargent Shriver, the first Peace Corps Director, promote the agency and its programs to the world. In naming this award for Mr. Williams, the Peace Corps pays tribute to his remarkable legacy and recognizes 11 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) of Color, who carry on his spirit of service and have demonstrated a commitment to the Peace Corps’ third goal

June 26, 2008

Asian American and Native American 
Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions 

(AANAPISI) and Native American-Serving 
Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI)Programs; 
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2008

June 27, 2008

The application deadline for HSIs interested in applying for a grant under CCRAA-HSIs

June 27, 2008

Predominantly Black Institutions Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for FY 2008, application deadline.

JULY

AUGUST

Americas Competitiveness Forum

August 17-19, 2008 - Atlanta, Georgia

SEPTEMBER

September 8-10, 2008

National HBCU Week Conference Washington, D.C.

Event: Planning and Strategy Meeting

Purpose: To discuss how Diversity International Television Network (DITN) can best serve the nation's minority communities through programming that supports and enhances existing education, training, outreach, and other economic and social development initiatives. 

Coordinators: White House Initiative for Tribal Colleges and Universities and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium

When: Monday, September 15, 2008

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location: 1990 K St NW

8^th floor, Conference Room A

Contact: Please provide names of your organization’s representatives to Anselm G. Davis, Jr., Ed.D. Executive Director, White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities at Anselm.Davis@ed.gov

September 22-25, 2008 – Creating a Presence

Minority Serving Institutions –Technical Assistance Workshop, Dallas, Texas

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and U.S. Agency for International Development

OCTOBER

October 11-13, 2008

HACU’s 22^nd Annual Conference
“Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: Strengthening the Nation's Prosperity and Opportunity”

Hyatt Regency Denver and Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado

NOVEMBER

November 6, 2008                                                               Presentation on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Office of Civil Rights (WO-720) Alaska Bering Glacier Southern University Research Partnership supporting Executive Order 13256, President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities 10:00a.m.-11:45a.m.   Main Department of the Interior Building, South Penthouse 1849 C. Street NW  Washington, DC RSVP  Steven Shafran  at  steven_shafran@blm.gov  by cob  Oct. 28, 2008.

Planning Grant Competition Opens for the Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative

Higher Education for Development (HED) has launched an open competition for 20 capacity-building partnership awards of $50,000 each to be funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Applications must be received by Feb. 2, 2009. The award competition is open to all types of U.S. higher education institutions to collaborate with African institutions.

Contact:  Dr. Teshome Y. Alemneh (202) 243-7684 talemneh@HEDprogram.org.

Websites: http://www.hedprogram.org/

http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/182/AfricaUS-Higher-Education-Initiative-Planning-G.aspx

International Science and Education Competitive Grants Program (ISE)

The United States Department of Agriculture CSREES’s program supports research, extension, and teaching activities that will enhance the capabilities of American colleges and universities to conduct international collaborative research, extension and teaching. ISE projects are expected to enhance the international content of curricula; ensure that faculty work beyond the U.S. and bring lessons learned back home; promote international research partnerships; enhance the use and application of foreign technologies in the U.S.; and strengthen the role that colleges and universities play in maintaining U.S. competitiveness.

Current Closing Date for Applications:  Jan 16, 2009 

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18539

DECEMBER