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Current Issue - June 2008 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
Mark your calendars for C.E.A.C. 2009, May 27-28, 2009! We will return to the Embassy Suites in Concord, NC. Elon University Presents 1st Student Initiative Grants Elon University's Kernodle Center for Service Learning recently presented their first Student Initiative Grants Grants to a senior who
wants to combat childhood obesity, and a junior with plans to help disabled people learn to garden. These grants were made possible by Morgan Creek Capitol Management, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Class of 2008. Visit this link to learn more. The 1st National Jimmy and Roslynn Carter Partnership Award Winner Presented in June Portland State University, and 112 community based organizations in Oregon, won the National-Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus Community Collaboration for the Watershed Stewardship Program. The announcement was made at the National Conference of Service and Volunteerism at the World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The award was presented by former President Carter and his wife Roslynn. This program has led over 27,000 community volunteers donating a quarter million hours to install 80,000 plants and restore 50 acres of watershed along two miles of river. Individual projects have been led and supported by 700 students working as part of class projects, resulting in two master’s theses and three research articles. For more information: http://www.oregoncampuscompact.org http://www.portlandonline.com/BES/index.cfm?c=edahh http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/program/award.htm Accept the National Learn & Serve Challenge, October 6-12, 2008! The National Learn & Serve Challenge is the time to shine a spotlight on service-learning. During the week of October 6-12 individuals and programs all across the country will raise awareness of service-learning. Activities might include contacting the media, holding an event that demonstrates or celebrates service-learning, or issuing a proclamation in support of Learn and Serve America. Visit the National Learn & Serve Challenge www.learnandservechallenge.org to learn more about what you can do during the National Learn & Serve Challenge The Learn & Serve Challenge is a signature event of the National Service-Learning Partnership, made possible with support from State Farm® Companies Foundation. Lead Organizing Partners include: SEANet - the State Education Agency K-12 Service-Learning Network, Camp Fire USA, Campus Compact, the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, Youth Service America, and America’s Promise in collaboration with Learn and Serve America and the Corporation for National and Community Service. For more information contact nslp@aed.org or (202) 884-8982. ServiceNation: Join TIME Magazine and Others to Promote Service-Learning and National Service Join thousands of citizens and leaders from every sector of American society in a national campaign to call on the next President and Congress to enact a new era of service and citizenship in America. This is our chance to help others realize how service-learning can contribute to solving our greatest and most persistent societal challenges. ServiceNation is a campaign for a new America that will launch with a national Summit, Sept. 11-12 in New York City, and build with a national grassroots movement aimed at inspiring widespread public support for a new and transformational legislation for national service and service-learning that will encourage all Americans to step forward and take the lead in bridging our divides, strengthening our communities, and building a more vibrant democracy. Learn more about ServiceNation. NC Campus Compact needs new photos for our marketing and publicity materials (i.e. website, brochures etc..). Please send any photos that show civic engagement in action (i.e. volunteering, service-learning, advocacy etc..).to Leslie Garvin with a tagline.
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