Adult students interested in receiving TELL credit must enroll in a TELL seminar designed to assist them to apply for and to maximize the amount of credit or recognition that they might receive from Trinity. The TELL Seminar (INT 300) is designed for Trinity's School of Professional Studies students.
The course is a critical reading, writing and thinking course that allows students to conceptualize the relationship between who they are and what they have learned, and will organize materials through the development of a portfolio reflecting the acquisition of expertise in a recognized liberal arts discipline.

About the TELL Program: Trinity is one of a growing number of colleges and universities receptive to the idea of awarding credit for the learning acquired through non-college experience prior to entering or returning to the pursuit of a college degree. Such learning, frequently called prior experiential learning, may result from such activities as work experience, volunteer work, community service, travel abroad or internationally, military or Peace Corps experience, independent reading or conversations with experts.

If you are interested in teaching this course, please contact Dr. Cynthia Chance - Associate Dean, School of Professional Studies - Trinity University 125 Michigan Ave. NE - Washington, DC 20017 or email chancec@trinitydc.edu or call (202) 884-9247

Child and Adolescent Mentoring Program and Support Services (CHAMPS) would like to invite you to an orientation session for new CHAMPS mentors. (Attending a session is a requirement for new mentors before volunteering with the Center.)

The purpose of this program is to promote a healthy transition into adolescence and adulthood for at least 25 cultural, racial and language minority children of incarcerated parents in Northern Virginia annually.

As a mental health agency with a focus on cross- cultural issues, CMHS is working to provide disadvantaged minority children and families of the DC Metropolitan Area with a wide range of services to improve general functioning of individual adults, children, and families. CMHS has partnered with Opportunities, Alternatives, and Resources (OAR) to leverage our resources and core competencies to meet the special needs of children of prisoners.

Schedule for August 5

10-11:30AM - Cross-Cultural
11:30AM-1PM - Incarceration Issues
1:15- 2:45PM - Working with At-Risk Youth and Mentoring Guidelines

If your organization is interested in applying for the 2nd annual Technology Innovation Award, sponsored by Accenture, but would like more information or some helpful tips on how to do so, come join in on the breakfast workshop. This short workshop is free of charge and will include a brief presentation on past applicants and winners and NPower staff will answer any questions.

NPower is now accepting applications for the 2006 NPower Technology Innovation Award. The deadline for submitting an application is September 15, but they encourage nonprofits to apply as early as possible for consideration.

The 2006 NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award will honor nonprofits in the metro Washington, DC area whose innovative use of technology has helped them improve key aspects of their operations and more effectively fulfill their missions

Please call Megan Larkin to register for workshop at 202-234-9670.

List of available opportunities on the project finder:

Resource Guide for Prospective Parents
Evaluating Mental Health Policies in the US
NSP Data Assessment
Collaboration DC "Mapping South of Washington"

If you would like to share any announcements from your organization or campus with the CoRAL Network community, send a brief blurb to kcarter@coralnetwork.org by close of business each Thursday for inclusion in the following Monday's Newsbits.

Please note that submissions MUST be about local events, news, opportunities and activities that are related to community affairs in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Northern Virginia.