Dear Friends,

Many of you will recall the exciting International Conference on Community-University Engagement that the University of Science, Malaysia (USM) organized in November of 2009.  One of the outcomes of that event was the creation of the Asia Pacific University-Community Engagement Network. Dr. Susie See Ching May is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at USM with the responsibility for the further development of this network.  

She is asking for help in establishing contacts with universities in the region.  She has sent the following note to GACER.  I would ask you to pass this message along within your networks.  Please feel free to contact Dr. Susie See Ching May directly.

The GACER philosophy on networks and networking in the field of CUE is that we have a large and diverse world and that the advancement of the Community University Engagement movement benefits from more rather than fewer networks.  Our networks will find their specificity empirically in the real world of policy and practise so do not feel shy to help the APUCEN even though you are already part of another network.  This is not like loyalty to football clubs:)

She says

The Asia Pacific University-Community Engagement Network is an initiative of USM, and I would like to ask for your kind assistance to direct our Executive Summary and membership form to the universities that you know would be interested to join this network.  We need universities from the following countries:

 Brunei
 China
 Japan
 Laos
 Myanmar
 Singapore
 South Korea
 Vietnam
 India
 Mongolia
 New Zealand
 Cook Islands
 Samoa
 Palau
 Soloman Island
 Macau
 North Korea
 Taiwan
 Tokelau
 East Timur
 
Please find below the Executive Summary and Membership Form.  If you can give me the contacts, I will be happy to write to them.

Dr. Susie See Ching May  [email protected]
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, USM

Secretary
Global Alliance on Community-Engaged Research, and
Visiting Professor
Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey
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