9th Annual Connecting Campuses with Communities | IUPUI Campus Center | Indianapolis, IN | May 15-19, 2017 CONNECTING CAMPUSES WITH COMMUNITIES is a week-long conference co-sponsored by Indiana Campus Compact and the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning and has hosted over 350 engaged scholars from more than 100 institutions and five countries. Participants may choose to attend the Service Learning Institute or the Research Academy or both as a way of honing their skills as a service learning scholar and community engagement practitioner. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Registration closes May 1, 2017 Faculty/Staff: $300 to attened one event (either the Service Learning Institute or Research Academy) or $550 to attend BOTH Grad Students: $200 to attend one event (either the Service Learning Institute or the Research Academy) or $350 to attend BOTH A discount for groups of 3 or more attendees from a single institution is available. Please contact Laura Weaver at weaverla@iupui.edu or Tom Hahn at tomhahn@iupui.edu for more information. 2017 Schedule at...

Midwest Region Campus Compact Conference: Doing Democracy: Asset-Based Engagement and Culture Change Join us June 6-7, 2017 at Loyola University in Chicago, IL for The 2017 Midwest Campus Compact Conference – Doing Democracy: Asset-Based Engagement and Culture Change. We’re all too aware these days that our nation is wrestling with racial divides, political polarization, and economic inequality that endanger our democracy. As we advance higher education’s public purposes–and gather in Chicago, home of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute–a focus on our campuses’ and communities’ strengths is critical. To sustain ourselves and enhance our impact, we must also go beyond simply adding more community-engaged courses, research projects, programs, and partnerships. We must understand the identities that shape our work, foster inclusive and equitable spaces for collaboration, support multiple forms of change- making, and integrate a sense of civic agency and responsibility into the core of our institutional cultures. Whether you are new to civic and community engagement, curious about learning the...