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Current Issue - February 2009 Welcome to the Current issue of the monthly NC Campus Compact Digest E-Newsletter. Announcements are posted on this page. Please click on the headings below to link to another section. Calls for Papers and Requests for Info Grants and Funding Opportunities Internship and Fellowship Opportunities Calendar: Conferences and Events
NC Campus Compact is working with Triad campuses to offer a pilot Summer Associate Americorps*VISTA program that will offer first generation college students an opportunity to serve on campuses, particularly within their programs and summer offerings that target disadvantaged youth and first generation students. Students will receive a stipend and will benefit from collaboration and professional development with the other VISTAs. Professional development will help them build on their early college success, as well as develop leadership skills. If you have first generation students who will be living in the Triad during the summer, we ask you to encourage them to apply for this opportunity. They can start the application process by contacting Jonathan Romm at jromm@elon.edu, or 336.278.7197.
NC Campus Compact is recruiting applicants for 2009-2010 AmeriCorps*VISTAs. As we search nationally, we are also looking for some of North Carolina’s best. If you know of highly motivated, civically-minded students graduating this spring who may want to spend a year serving in this capacity on your campus or on another campus in the state, please contact Jonathan Romm, VISTA Director, at jromm@elon.edu.
Attend the Building the University's Capacity for Community Engagement @ UNCG The Office of Leadership and Service-Learning, with the support of the Office for Undergraduate Research, at UNCG is pleased to invite you to this event on March 5, 2009. This year's guest speakers, John Saltmarsh and John Mehaffy, are important scholars and leaders in the area of community-campus engagement. They will offer their experience and expertise on strategies for building the university's capacity for community engagement. The second seminar is especially relevant to individuals who are working to foster support for engaged scholarship within their departments. Click here for a flier. For planning purposes, please RSVP to emjanke@uncg.edu by March 2, 2009.
NC State's Clayton Contributes to "Democratic Engagement White Paper” Read this recently released paper, written by John Saltmarsh, Matt Hartley, and Patti Clayton (NCSU), that captures the cumulative “learnings” from a meeting held at the Kettering Foundation on February 26-27, 2008 on “Higher Education and the Future of Engagement" at http://futureofengagement.wordpress.com/. You are invited to provide responses to this White Paper directly on the website. The goal is to use the meeting at Kettering and the White Paper to continue the discussion on higher education and the future of civic engagement. Applications Now Available for IUPUI Research Academy The IUPUI Research Academy, May 14 - 16, 2009, at Indiana University - Perdue University (Indianapolis, IN), is an interactive summer workshop to develop skills, learn about methods and literature, develop a research project and advance research related to service learning in higher education. Sponsored by: IUPUI Center for Service and Learning and National Service Learning Clearinghouse Targeted Audience: Service learning researchers; well-suited for faculty developing research projects, as well as graduate students Purpose: * Improve and strengthen research on service learning * Provide consultation and feedback on research proposal development * Support faculty development by advancing scholarship of teaching and learning * Build a network of service learning scholars * Identify resources and expertise to research projects Topics: * Research Design * Measurement and questionnaire development * Research Methodology * Proposal Development * Statistical analyses * Ethical Issues * Theory * Writing research proposals (e.g., grants) and research manuscripts Faculty and Facilitators will include: * Dr. Robert Bringle – IUPUI Center for Service and Learning * Dr. Julie Hatcher – IUPUI Center for Service and Learning * Dr. Kathryn Steinberg – IUPUI Center for Service and Learning * Dr. Patti Clayton – NC State University * Dr. Liberty Smith – National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Costs: $80.00; in addition each attendee will cover their own cost of travel, food, and accommodations Application: Applications can be found at http://surveycentral.uc.iupui.edu/ira09.aspx and are due by March 27, 2009. All applications will be reviewed by the Conference Committee, and those that are accepted will be notified by April 3, 2009. Charges for attending will be assessed after one has received notification of application acceptance. Please see the event website at: http://csl.iupui.edu/ira.asp for further information, including suggested travel options and hotel accommodations. This has been a busy period in Washington, DC for the service movement. During the week of February 23, there was a press conference, a congressional hearing, and a mention in President Obama's address to Congress. In addition, the new budget includes increases for national service. Fiscal Year 2010 Budget On February 26, President Obama released his budget request for Fiscal Year 2010. The budget proposes $1.13 billion for the Corporation and its programs, an increase of $241 million from the 2009 likely enacted level. The budget request would: · Expand AmeriCorps and set it on the path to expand from its current level of 75,000 positions to 250,000, and increase the amount of the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award. · Create a new Social Innovation Fund to test promising new approaches to major challenges, leverage private and foundation capital, and scale up research-proven programs. · Expand and improve Senior Corps to engage more Baby Boomers and retiring Americans in service to help meet needs in their communities. · Increase support for Learn and Serve America to expand service-learning in the nation’s schools and college campuses. · Strengthen the capacity of the Corporation to manage its programs, measure performance, and conduct rigorous evaluations to support growth and excellence in service. You can read the text of the President’s budget relating to the Corporation and its programs by clicking here, or visiting the Corporation’s budget page. As is customary when a new President takes office, and similar to all agencies across the government, today’s release is only a top line summary. The full budget, including the Congressional Budget Justification with in-depth descriptions of all our programs and initiatives, will be released later this spring. You can get the latest developments on the budget page on our website at www.NationalService.gov.
Service and the Economic Stimulus Package The Corporation for National and Community Service has created a webpage where individuals can hear recordings of calls and access other information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding that will engage citizens through service to address unmet needs and strengthen communities. http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/recovery/index.asp
Do you host the NC-ACTS!* AmeriCorps Program or AmeriCorps VISTA? If so, you understand the benefit and powerful impact of the AmeriCorps program. Please consider hosting an event during AmeriCorps Week to spread the word about national service! What Is AmeriCorps Week? AmeriCorps Week is a recruitment and recognition event designed to bring more Americans into service, salute AmeriCorps members and alums for their powerful impact, and thank the community partners who make AmeriCorps possible. AmeriCorps Week provides an opportunity for AmeriCorps members, alums, grantees, program partners, and friends to shine a spotlight on the work done by members in communities across the country—and to motivate more Americans to join AmeriCorps or volunteer in their communities. When is AmeriCorps Week? The third annual AmeriCorps Week will take place May 9-16, 2009. What Activities are Planned? AmeriCorps Week events happen across the country. They include statewide AmeriCorps gatherings, award ceremonies, “AmeriCorps for a Day” events with local VIPs, community service projects, recruitment fairs, and more. What Can I Do During AmeriCorps Week? Those with a special interest in AmeriCorps are encouraged to use their creativity to mark the week in any way they see fit. For example, members and alumni could make presentations to students or community groups. Grantees could stage an open house, service project, or volunteer fair. Local officials and leaders could be asked to serve as an AmeriCorps member for a day. And members and programs could “spread the word” about the power of service by writing letters to the editor or blogging about their AmeriCorps service online. Visit this link for the AmeriCorps Week website.
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