Regional Opportunities
Spread the Word! The Colorado Service-Learning Council AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates Program seeks host sites!
Applications due by 11:59 MST, February 24th
The Colorado Service-Learning Council and Campus Compact of the Mountain West are pleased to announce the CSLC AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates program. Summer Associates is a national service program that engages volunteers in a 10 week (May 28-August 5, 2017) intensive summer service experience that addresses identified community needs. CSLC Summer Associates will be placed with K-12 schools, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies to design and facilitate service learning activities for K-12 students participating in community-based summer enrichment programs. Associates will work with their host site to co-design activities that support programs and curriculum based on the needs of the organization. To apply to be a host site, click here.
WEBINAR: Facing Our Stories | Strengthening Communities: The Power of Storytelling to Impact Community Change
March 7, 2017, 1pm MST
Though the world is connected more than ever before, empathy for our neighbors is slowly disappearing. Indiana Campus Compact Executive Director J.R. Jamison and New York Times Bestselling author Kelsey Timmerman co-founded The Facing Project as a way to (re)connect people through stories to strengthen communities. Hailed by The Huffington Post, Harlem World Magazine, NPR, and Soul Train as one of three oral history projects to watch, The Facing Project provides a model, tools, and a platform for communities to arm themselves with stories to begin crucial conversations on social justice issues—neighbor to neighbor, community to community—by discussing solutions and exploring healing through their own narratives.For more information or to register, click here.
Elevating Higher Education for the Public Good: Commitment|Action|Impact
2017 Continuums of Service Conference
April 6-8, 2017
Please join the Western Region of Campus Compact for the 19th Continuums of Service Conference in Denver, CO to elevate the commitment, action, and impact of higher education and the public good. The 2017 Continuums of Service Conference will empower students, faculty, administrators, and community partners to embrace a commitment to advance civic and community engagement for a just, equitable, and sustainable future. Click here for the full conference theme statement and goals. Registration is now open!
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National Opportunities
Newman Civic Fellowship
The Newman Civic Fellowship is intended to honor the leadership legacy of Frank Newman by recognizing community-committed students who:
- Engage in collaborative action with others from campus or from surrounding communities in order to create long-term social change
- Take action in addressing issues of inequality and political polarization
- Demonstrate the motivation and potential for effective long-term civic engagement
Institutions may only nominate one student per year. All nominations are due by 11:59 PM EST on March 3, 2017, and the online nomination form can be found here.
Save the Date: 2017 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award Nominations
Applications for the 2017 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award will open on April 3, 2017. he Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member (post-tenure or middle-to-late career at institutions without tenure) each year. Honorees (who must be affiliated with a Campus Compact member institution) are recognized for exemplary engaged scholarship, including leadership in advancing students’ civic learning, conducting community-based research, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, building institutional commitments to service-learning and civic engagement, and other means of enhancing higher education’s contributions to the public good. To see past award recipients (including our own Dr. Anne DePrince from DU!), click here.
Seeking Applications for Summer Intensive on Community Engaged Scholarship
Michigan State University, June 5-9, 2017
MSU's Office of University Outreach and Engagement welcomes faculty, academic staff, and advanced graduate students to five days of workshops, dialogue, and field trips focused on community engaged research and community engaged teaching and learning, including service-learning and community-based research in courses. For more information, see the attached flyer and/or visit https://engage.msu.edu/learn/learning/summer-intensive-on-community-engaged-scholarship. Application deadline: April 7, 2017 Enrollment is limited to 20 participants.
For information on all national and regional Compact conferences, please visit the Upcoming Conferences page on national Campus Compact's website.
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February Spotlight:
Compact Nation Podcast, Episode 6
Tune in this month as we talk with Robin Saha, associate professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Montana and 2016 recipient of the Thomas Ehrlich Award for Civically Engaged Faculty, for his work in environmental and social justice, as well as the importance of community engagement. We also talk with Yaz Najeebi, a student at Green Mountain College and a 2016 Newman Civic Fellow, about their work in the field of environmental justice, and their views on the importance of diversity both inside and outside the classroom.
Catch up with all things #CompactNationPod at compact.org/podcast and listen to this month's episode! Don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes!
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