Current Issue - October 2007
(Release Date: October 26, 2007)

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.

Announcements

Awards and Contests

Calls for Papers and Requests for Info

Grants and Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities

Internship and Fellowship Opportunities

Calendar:  Conferences and Events

VISTA

Resources

Announcements

• Here We Grow Again!
• Largest Student Conference Coming in November
• Call for Proposals for 2008 Service-Learning Conference
• Next Facilitated Discussion December 4!
• Mars Hill's Dotson Publishes Article
• Campus Compact Annual Survey Now Available
• IARSLCE Conference Highlights!
• Campus Compact Current Available Online
• Recent Study Shows College Students are Politically Charged and Socially Aware

Here We Grow Again!

We celebrate the addition of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte which brings our number to 33 members. We welcome into our network Chancellor Dr. Philip L. DuBois. We look forward to working with our primary contact Denise Smith, Director of the University Career Center. They join the Charlotte/Western region.

Largest Student Conference Coming in November

With 360 individuals registered representing 29 campuses, this is the largest Student Conference we have ever hosted. This number includes 50 high school students from the Project Heart AmeriCorps Program at East Carolina University.  We are excited to welcome them to our gathering. 

Campuses registered: Appalachian State University, Catawba College, Catawba Valley Community College, Central Piedmont Community College, Duke University, East Carolina University, Elon University, Forsyth Technical Community College, Gardner-Webb University, Greensboro College, Guilford College, High Point University, Mars Hill College, Meredith College, NC Central University, NC State, Peace College, Pfeiffer University, Stanly Community College, UNC-Asheville, UNC - Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro, UNC – Pembroke, UNC-Wilmington, Wake Forest University, Warren Wilson College, Western Carolina University and West Virginia University. 

Visit the conference page for information, including a schedule of events.

Call for Proposals for 2008 Service-Learning Conference

NC Campus Compact is now accepting workshop proposals for the 2008 Service-Learning Conference.  Please visit the link below for the detailed Call for Proposals which includes the conference goals and themes, selection criteria, guidelines, and the downloadable Proposal Form.  The proposal deadline is November 16, 2007. Please help us spread the word!  Conference registration opens November 16.  http://org.elon.edu/nccc/events/CallforProposals2008.html

Next Facilitated Discussion December 4!

We are pleased to host our next NC Campus Compact Facilitated Discussion on Tuesday, December 4,    10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Elon University.  "Preparing to facilitate public dialogues: Encouraging community voice” focuses on  furthering community engagement with the campus.  But what if we don't like what we hear if we try to listen to the community? What if controversial topics or attitudes surface?  How do we ensure that student learning is enhanced as community and campus intersect? How do we interpret what is happening in our community? How does our office "spin" the negative stories that the community hears about us? 

Margaret Henderson, Associate Director of the Public Intersection Project at UNC-Chapel Hill will be our facilitator for this challenging and interesting topic.  Henderson joined UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Government in 1999. In her role with the Public Intersection Project, she researches and communicates strategies that strengthen cross-sector working relationships for more effective public problem-solving. In facilitation work, she specializes in the practical implications of managing cross-organizational collaborations, community programs, and nonprofit organizations. Henderson’s 20 years of experience in human services includes work in state and local governments as well as nonprofits. Previously she was executive director of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Her current responsibilities include teaching in the School’s MPA Program, and she has co-authored articles that were published in Popular Government, ICMA's IQ Report and PM Magazine, American Review of Public Administration, PA Times, and the FBI Law Enforcement Journal. Henderson holds a BBA in business administration from Angelo State University and an MPA from UNC-Chapel Hill. 

To learn more about the work of the Public Intersection Project, go to their web site: http://www.publicintersection.unc.edu/index.html.  

We hope you will join us for this stimulating conversation.  As always, you are encouraged to invite others from your campus that you think will benefit from and enjoy the topic.  Please RSVP with the number from your campus to Rosa at rsmith29@elon.edu by November 28.  This facilitated discussion and lunch are provided by a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro.

Mars Hill's Dotson Publishes Article

Stan Dotson, Dean of LifeWorks & Service Learning Director at Mars Hill College had an article published in the AAC&U's journal Liberal Education: Summer 2007, Vol. 93, No. 3 entitled "Alignment for Life."

Campus Compact Annual Survey Is Now Available

It’s time again for our members to complete the annual Campus Compact survey. Is it critical that as many members as possible respond to provide a broad perspective of Campus Compact activities.  In recent years, this annual survey data has been picked up by news outlets and is consistently referenced. If at least 50% of state members respond, the national office will provide us with a report detailing our state's data compared to the national data.  The deadline is Friday, December 7. 

http://www.compact.org/surveys/2007/

As of 10/25/07 NC Campus Compact Members Who Have Completed the Survey:

• Duke University
• Greensboro College
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of North Carolina at Pembroke
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Warren Wilson College
• Western Carolina University

Surveys in Process:

• Appalachian State University
• Catawba College
• Catawba Valley Community College
• Elon University
• Guilford College
• High Point University
• Meredith College
• North Carolina State University
• Stanly Community College

IARSLCE Conference Highlights!

North Carolina had strong representation at the October 6-9 conference of the International Association of Research on Service Learning and Civic Engagement, in Tampa, FL.  Thirty attended from the state, with many serving as presenters.

Presenters included:

• Liz Barber (A&T), Vanessa Duren-Winfield, Wake Forest and Jackie Greenlee, Guilford Technical CC, and Tonya Hargett, UNC-CH = “Teacher, Children, AIDS, Photovoice: Using Personal Narratives to Craft Culturally Comprehensible HIV-AIDS Instructional Materials” (workshop and poster session)
• Liz Barber, Jackie Greenlee from GTCC and Vanessa Duren-Winfield from Wake Forest presented on “Building Capacity for Change Agent Leadership: Carolina Piedmont and Malawi, Southern Africa."
• Patti Clayton, Myra Moses and Sarah Ash from NC State presented a preconference session – “Integrating Reflection and Assessment to Enhance Student Learning.”
• Elon professors Glenda Crawford and April Post participated in the poster session and facilitated the workshop, “Building a Learning Relationship with English Language Learners.”
• Janice Richardson and Ayesha Delphish, also of Elon, participated in the poster session and facilitated the workshop, “Homework Hotline: A Model of Service-Learning in Mathematics.”
• Patti Clayton, Jessica Katz-Jameson and Traci Rowan of NC State won one of three poster session awards for their  poster, “Investigating Student Learning within and across Linked Service-Learning Courses,” which was also presented as a workshop.
• Patti also contributed to the poster and session, “Assessing Student Learning through Structured Critical Reflection.”
• Beth Warner and Judy Esposito, Elon, presented “Immersion Service-Learning: What’s not in the Syllabus.”
• Carolyn Stuart, Pam Kiser and Mary Morrison, Elon, presented “Institutionalizing Academic Service-Learning (ASL): Making ASL part of a University Culture.”
• Glenn Bowen, Western Carolina, and Pam Kiser, Elon, presented “The Impact of Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Programs on Participating Faculty: A Study of Two Universities.”
• Patti Clayton co-presented “Assessing Student Learning through Structured Critical Reflection Assignments.”
• Glenda Crawford and April Post, Elon, presented “Building a Learning Relationship with English Language Learners and Families: Cross-disciplinary Academic Service-Learning.”
• Alexa Darby, Mary Knight-McKenna, Elizabeth Joyce and Chelsea Price, Elon, presented “Teacher Candidates’ Perspectives toward Title I Schools after Academic Service-Learning Experiences.”

A highlight of the conference was a dessert gathering of the majority of NC participants Sunday evening.  Maureen Curley, Executive Director of Campus Compact, and Julie Plaut, the new program director for Campus Compact, shared with the group their interest in and support for the efforts throughout the North Carolina Campus Compact network.  We look forward to hosting Director Curley in North Carolina in February!

Campus Compact Current Available Online

The fall 2007 issue of the Compact Current is now online! http://www.compact.org/current/issues/2007_Fall

Recent Study Shows College Students are Politically Charged and Socially Aware

A recently study by Alloy College Explorer finds that current college students (18-30 years of age) are “heading back to campus in record numbers with mounting concern surrounding the state of the union and the future of their country.” The report finds that 94% of respondents are planning to vote in the 2008 Presidential Election. The study also showed that college students feel that “people their age” have what it takes to impact positive world change, more so than the US Government and Fortune 500 Companies. To read the full report, visit http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/clientnews/2007_alloy2.pdf

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