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Parkside students participate in Learn and Serve Challenge Week
SOMERS, WI — The University of Wisconsin-Parkside joined thousands of educational institutions across the country by taking part in Learn and Serve Challenge Week Sept. 17-23. Service-learning is a teaching method incorporating community work into the curriculum, giving students real-world experience in their field while meeting pressing community needs. UW-Parkside serves as the headquarters of Wisconsin Campus Compact, a nationwide student service organization with chapters at 36 colleges and universities around the state. UW-Parkside Chancellor John P. Keating serves as the Wisconsin Campus Compact’s co-chairman. In addition, the university has a long-standing and active Volunteer and Experiential Program directed by…
College and University Presidents Unite to Create South Carolina Campus Compact
16 higher education leaders in South Carolina commit to promoting community engagement and educating students for responsible citizenship.
North Adams Schools Open for Business
…Brayton Elementary held a similar morning program; Greylock Elementary held an ice cream sundae social last week and Conte Middle School an open house with activities on Tuesday night. Drury High School students were returning to a building being set up for wireless Internet access and a new program designed to encourage the pursuit of higher education. The Massachusetts Campus Compact College Access Corps, funded by a $1 million grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, selected Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts as a host site for a full-time college adviser and liaison who will work with MCLA’s partner school…
Long, steady investment in civic leadership pays off
Six weeks after the collapse of the I-35W bridge, Minnesotans have reason to be proud. Citizens leapt to be of service at the onset of the tragedy. Emergency directors and personnel set national records for effectiveness and cooperation. Local and state elected officials expressed compassion and vision, and Minnesota’s members of Congress have led the call to examine and fund rebuilding and maintaining our nation’s roads and bridges…
Montana campuses give a lot back
Montanans don’t typically ask for much, but they give a whole lot back. In a study released in April, the Corporation for National and Community Service reported that Montana ranks seventh among the 50 states in its citizen volunteer rate. While 27 percent of Americans regularly volunteer, an impressive 38 percent of Montanans habitually donate their time to help causes across the state.
Impact of Service-Learning: A Review of Current Research
A research brief from Learn and Serve analyzing the results of service-learning. Download a PDF here: The Impact of Service Learning
Why Community Matters: Connecting Education with Civic Life
Why Community Matters: Connecting Education with Civic Life Nicholas V. Longo Albany: SUNY Press, 2007 Providing a new perspective on the undeniable relationship between education reform and democratic revitalization, Nicholas V. Longo uncovers and examines practical models in which communities play an essential role in teaching the art of democracy. https://www.sunypress.edu/p-4482-why-community-matters.aspx
Student Civic Leaders Receive Honors at National Education Conference
Roslynn Almas of Brookhaven College and Douglas Finley of Georgetown University were awarded Campus Compact’s 2007 Frank Newman Leadership Award at the Education Leadership Colloquium in Philadelphia.
MCLA to work with Drury through Tufts program
North Adams — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts announced yesterday that it has been selected as a host site for the Massachusetts Campus Compact College Access Corps, a collaborative program between Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and Massachusetts Campus Compact, funded by a $1 million grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
Madonna University and All Saints Neighborhood Center Receive $10,000 Carter Partnership Award
The 2007 Carter Partnership Award is awarded to Madonna University and the Partnership for Community Cohesion.
SSRC Guide on Rise of Religion on College Campuses
Understanding students’ engagement with the “big questions” and with religion and spirituality has become a challenge for those who work on today’s college campuses. To help make sense of these new realities, the Social Science Research Council’s Religious Engagements of American Undergraduates project offers a new online guide, which was derived from a series of essays the project commissioned from leading authorities in the field of religion and American higher education.
Campus Compact Elects Five New Board Members to Lead Civic Engagement Efforts
Leaders from the higher education, foundation, and business sector will help guide 1,000-member coalition of college and university presidents dedicated to civic engagement.
Iowa Campus Compact and State Farm Insurance Name 2007-2009 State Farm
Iowa Campus Compact and State Farm have named four teams of State Farm Faculty and Teaching Fellows for 2007-2009.
Louisiana Campus Compact to implement Ready Campus statewide
Hammond, LA — Louisiana Campus Compact will implement the Ready Campus program statewide for 2007-2008. Ready Campus is a partnership that began among Pennsylvania’s colleges and universities and their neighboring communities and is designed to strengthen preparation for and response to emergencies. The Ready Campus model was developed at College Misericordia in Dallas, PA. Staff from the Louisiana Board of Regents, the state’s delegated governing board for higher education, asked staff of the Louisiana Campus Compact to develop a statewide Ready Campus implementation plan in response to the need to have a campus wide approach to prepare for and respond…
Campus Compact honors Brookhaven, Georgetown students for outstanding civic leadership
Roslynn Almas of Brookhaven College and Douglas Finley of Georgetown University have been selected as recipients of Campus Compact’s 2007 Frank Newman Leadership Award.
Professors receive grants to develop new civics courses
Two Notre Dame De Namur University professors recently received grants from the Carnegie Foundation Faculty Fellows Program to develop community-based learning courses that encourage students to be politically engaged. Just 25 faculty members from public and private universities in the state were chosen for this honor. Don Stannard-Friel, professor of sociology and anthropology, and Gretchen Wehrle, chair of NDNU’s Psychology and Sociology Department, were selected as faculty fellows for the California Campus Compact — Carnegie Foundation Faculty Fellows: Service-Learning for Political Engagement Program.
Campus Compact Honors Louisiana State University Engineer for Linking Community Work with Classroom Studies
Dr. Marybeth Lima, Professor of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning. Seven outstanding finalists have also been named.
Alma project up for award
A long-running partnership between Alma College and the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force is a qualifier in competition for The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration. Advertisement The local partnership is one of four Michigan finalists selected after an intense qualifying period… Hosting the Michigan award is the Michigan Campus Compact, a group that promotes student involvement in civic projects.
BSU DVD aimed at Latino families
Muncie — A group of Ball State University students has created an educational DVD to help Latino high school students and their parents better navigate the college application process. The 15-minute video, “¡Sí, puedes! Making college possible,” covers four main issues Latinos encounter when considering a college education: the benefits of going to college, coping with common fears, how to qualify and apply for college and where to find money to pay for it. The class is now distributing copies of the DVD free of charge to Indiana high schools and Hispanic organizations. Class instructor Chin-Sook Pak said students received…