2023 Call for Proposals - Western Region Continuums of Service Consortium
Proposal due date: October 7, 2022, 11:59 pm
There are two types of concurrent sessions that we will be hosting at the conference.
Community Conversations – 75-minute concurrent session
Community Conversations provide a venue where presenters bring a question or concept to the table for deliberation. Presenters introduce the question or concept, and participants engage with one another in dialogue around that topic. Community Conversations are highly interactive and allow space to deliberate and discuss field-level issues. Community Conversations will not have AV support, as the intention is to make these sessions true dialogues among participants.
Posters will be thematically grouped with 3-5 posters sharing a common theme or focus and set up in a breakout room. Each poster in a Thematic Poster Session group will be displayed on a poster board (no additional audiovisual aids are permitted). Conference participants will have 15 minutes to view the posters in that session, 3 minutes to hear oral summaries of each poster, 30 minutes for group discussion, and 15 minutes for closing reflections. An invited moderator facilitates discussion and encourages participants to raise questions and share experiences pertinent to themes raised by the posters.
Click here to downloadCall for Proposals & Guidelines.
Click here to downloadProposal Submission Form (due by October 7th for consideration).
AmeriCorps College Coach supports Missoula YMCA Welcoming Week
Thank you to the International Rescue Committee in Missoula for tabling in the [Missoula YMCA] lobby this Welcoming Week! They will be back the rest of the week to answer more questions and help you sign up to get involved!
Welcoming Week is an annual nationwide campaign and celebration to showcase the movement of communities striving to be more welcoming places for all, including immigrants.
The Missoula YMCA is excited to connect with our neighbors and celebrate what unites us as a community! Welcoming Week 2022 ends September 18.
"Way to go, Johan! We appreciate your service." -Montana Campus Compact
AmeriCorps 9/11 Day of Service First Responder care packages
To commemorate the 911 Day of Service and honor first responders across Montana, our AmeriCorps College Coaches delivered care packages to fire and police departments in their local communities. Jonathan and Francine stopped by the University of Montana Police Department last week.
Thank you for everything you do for our community!
#911DayofService #AmeriCorps #UMPD
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On Belonging by Amber Peretz
Montana Campus Compact | September 16, 2022
Last year, I was moving out of my apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida, and preparing to move to Montana, where an AmeriCorps VISTA position was waiting for me at the MSU Billings Native American Achievement Center.
At the time of my move, there were some very big questions on my mind- questions that more truthfully stemmed from my heart. There was this feeling that although Florida would always be my home, it seemed to be pushing me away for the time being.
My family would joke that it didn’t need to push me across the entire country. But as I reflect on this past year, I know that it was precisely in Billings, Montana, where I was meant to find some answers to what I was looking for.
2022-23 George M. Dennison Civic Engagement Scholarship
Now accepting applications | Deadline November 18, 2022
The George M. Dennison Civic Engagement Scholarship honors the legacy of students at MTCC affiliate campuses who have volunteered significant time, energy, and resources – while pursuing a degree or certificate – to projects that make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
Half of the funds for each $1000 scholarship have been donated in memory of George M. Dennison by his family.
The George M. Dennison Civic Engagement Scholarship is a self-nomination application. However, we strongly recommend that staff and faculty encourage students to apply.
Follow the link to download the scholarship flyer.
Retired police officer and army veteran Jim Thomas drove to downtown Helena, the state’s capital, to provide what he considered a community service. On a Saturday in mid-July, he joined a vocal crowd outside a local LGBTQ-owned independent bookstore and began scanning his surroundings...
The new report assesses the state of research on high-impact practices in higher education and synthesizes research on the efficacy of community-based and civic engagement.
The former leader of the National Republican Party, who was also the longtime governor of Montana, spoke to a crowd of businesses leaders downtown in Billings on Monday, warning them without a return to common-sense solutions, respect for government institutions, and fidelity to the state and federal constitutions, regardless of a political party, the country risks losing its democracy.
In the shadows of the Mission Mountains is what is sometimes called 'the best-kept secret. It's a tribal college that continues to forge ahead with innovative programs and updated facilities — a school that's all about helping its student thrive.
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement - The mission of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement is to serve as the premier peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal to advance theory and practice related to all forms of outreach and engagement between higher education institutions and communities.
Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education - The Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education is an online, international, peer-reviewed journal for the dissemination of original research regarding effective institutional-community partnerships. Our primary emphasis is to provide an outlet for sharing the methodologies and pedagogical approaches that lead to effective community-identified outcomes.
Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement - Partnerships recognizes that successful engaged learning depends on effective partnerships between students, faculty, community agencies, administrators, disciplines, and more. The articles in this peer-reviewed journal focus on how theories and practices can inform and improve such partnerships, connections, and collaborations.
🎧 Podcasts
Campus Compact Podcast - Bring higher education community engagement on the go with Compact Nation Podcast! Tune in bi-weekly for conversations with leading community engagement professionals and discussions of new research and innovative work in the field.
Hidden Brain- Hidden Brain explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world.
The Way Forward - The Way Forward features conversations between an array of academic leaders and faculty innovators. The conversations range from visions of engaged, "outside-in" universities committed to their communities, to proposals that center "wicked problems," not disciplinary 101's, at the heart of general education, to stories of successful institutional transformation in the face of fiscal, racial, and health crises.
Stuff You Should Know - If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime, and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Tiny Spark - A podcast that takes a hard look at non-profits, international aid, and philanthropy. Tiny Spark investigates the business of doing good. In-depth interviews and shoe leather reporting from across the globe.
📚Resources and Toolkits
Benefits of Civic and Community Engagement Primer - The Primer on the Benefits and Value of Civic & Community Engagement in Higher Education, was created by the NC Campus Compact Community of Practice, Inquiry & Learning (COPIL). COPIL is comprised of practitioner-scholars interested in being part of the ongoing inquiry that is helping to establish promising practices of civic and community engagement and to build a knowledge base around it.
Campus Compact Knowledge Hub: Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning In the Time of COVID - Campus Compact’s Fusion Course aims to provide critical training and support for faculty as they adapt to online teaching and offers instruction for how to integrate community engagement methodologies into existing curricula to improve the quality of course delivery and foster student engagement.
Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement - The Carnegie Foundation’s Elective Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification, meaning that it is based on voluntary participation by institutions. The elective classification involves data collection and documentation of important aspects of institutional mission, identity, and commitments and requires substantial effort invested by participating institutions.
Civic Action Plan Library - Civic Action Plans from Campus Compact’s 30th Anniversary Action Statement initiative. We are consistently updating the CAP Library as new plans are submitted, so check back often to view the bold approaches our member campuses are taking to further the public purposes of higher education.
Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative - Through a network of educational institutions and community organizations, The Collaborative advances ethical, critical, and aspirationally de-colonial community-based learning and research for more just, inclusive, and sustainable communities. The Collaborative is hosted in the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship at Haverford College, and funded through member contributions.
Daily Chatter World Newsletter - Campus Compact is proud to partner with DailyChatter to provide independent, non-partisan, global news for free to our member institutions. We hope that this daily newsletter provides a deeper understanding of global issues and inspires more nuanced conversations about what’s happening in the world around us.
Virtual Volunteer Resource Collection - To help students, we have compiled a collection of virtual volunteering opportunities – this resource includes non-profits, search engines, news articles, research papers, videos, and software links.
🏫Training
Campus Compact Virtual Dialogue Training - Campus Compact is pleased to share this offering for faculty, community engagement professionals, and others interested in using the deliberative dialogue method as an educational tool for building student capacity to engage in thoughtful, constructive, and critical discussions of public questions.
📺YouTube
Campus Compact Webinar Series - Campus Compact’s webinars take the great and varied work happening on the ground around the country and bring it straight to your desk.
TED Talks - TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment, and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events to help share ideas in communities around the world.
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The MTCC Network Office wants to share your good news! Especially those pieces related to campus-community partnership, civic engagement, service-learning, volunteerism, and democracy.
Email your story ideas, or ready-made pieces to Pete Buchanan at buchanan@mtcompact.org to get them included in the monthly newsletter, regularly seen by education and community leaders across Montana.
