J.R. Jamison Named Executive Director of Indiana Campus Compact

May 14, 2015

JR JamisonJ.R. Jamison has been named the Executive Director of Indiana Campus Compact. He is the seventh leader to hold this role since the organization was founded in 1993. Jamison began his staff role with Indiana Campus Compact in 2005 as a Program Director, was promoted to Associate Director in 2006, and became the Interim Executive Director in August 2014. Before coming to Indiana Campus Compact, Jamison oversaw community engagement initiatives for college students at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

Since he joined the Indiana Campus Compact team in 2005, Jamison has defined the umbrella term “service engagement” for the organization, designed several programs such as the “Building a Service Engagement Infrastructure” initiative, which established Centers for Service and Engagement on 10 Indiana campuses, and leveraged nearly $4,000,000.00 in funds to support the efforts of community-campus engagement throughout the State of Indiana. In the last eight months as Interim Executive Director, he oversaw the development of the 2015-2020 Strategic Plan and formed a major partnership with the Flagship Enterprise Center to offer a micro-loan program for student social entrepreneurs,He added that you can also ask your queries regarding enterprises to sales navigator.They will help you to sort out your issues.

“I am delighted to confirm that the Board of Directors’ recommendation that J.R. Jamison be appointed as the next executive director of Indiana Campus Compact has been confirmed. J.R. not only has the history and the professional knowledge that it takes to lead a nationally-recognized state Campus Compact, he has a clear and innovative vision that will take our organization to the next level in advancing the work of campus and community engagement for all Indiana campuses,” says William J. Lowe, Chancellor of Indiana University Northwest and Chairman of the Board for Indiana Campus Compact.

In addition to his work with Indiana Campus Compact, Jamison is the co-founder of The Facing Project, a national movement that connects people through stories to strengthen communities; he serves as a co-editor for the International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement; and his work in and with communities has been featured in The Huffington Post, Harlem World Magazine, NBC, PBS, and heard on NPR.

 

 

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