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Current Issue - September 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
NC Campus Compact Provides Grants for Vote Initiative For the 2008 election, NC Campus Compact funded eleven $500 voter mini-grants to member campus in order improve voter registration, turnout and education on campuses and their surrounding communities. These mini-grants will help create and supplement a wide range of voter initiatives on campuses throughout North Carolina. Grant recipients are collaborating with local election boards, first-year orientation classes, faculty, staff and students in a wide variety of voter efforts. Grant recipients include: Davidson County Community College, Elon University, Gardner-Webb University, Lees-McRae University, NC A&T University, NC Central University, NC State, UNC-Pembroke, Warren Wilson College, Western Carolina University and Wingate University. To assist member non-member campuses throughout the state, NC Campus Compact is hosting a voter resources website (http://org.elon.edu/nccc/resources/VoteInitiative.html) and will contact campuses to share voter ideas and initiatives that are taking place across the state and nation. NC Campus Compact Welcomes New MLK VISTA This month Kara Brown began serving as the NC Campus Compact MLK Americorps*VISTA. A recent graduate of Appalachian State University, Kara is well acquainted with NC Campus Compact as a former (3 time) presenter at the student conference, winner of a Community Impact Student Award, and member of the student conference Planning Committee. Also, while attending ASU, Kara served with the Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT) program. Through ACT Kara helped to engage students in community service opportunities through her involvement with the impACT team, and also served for two years as student-chair and site development coordinator of ASU’s MLK Challenge event. As a volunteer for the American Cancer Society, Kara helped to found ASU’s first Relay for Life, and spent summer 2007 cycling across the country with the Hopkins 4k for Cancer to raise money for cancer research. As the MLK VISTA, Kara will assist in the promotion and implementation of the NC Campus Compact MLK Day of Service grant, working with colleges and universities across the U.S. Kara can be reached at kbrown37@elon.edu or (336) 278-7125. Nomination Packets Available for 2008 Community Impact Student Awards This award is presented annually to one student from each member campus who has made significant, innovative contributions to campus-based efforts to address community needs. The Community Impact Student Award winner can be a sophomore, junior or senior. All winners must be full-time students at a North Carolina Campus Compact member campus. Graduate students are not eligible for this award. Nominations are due, from primary contacts, by October 3, 2008. Click here to learn more or contact Jamarl Clark, AmeriCorps VISTA, for more information at jclark25@elon.edu. Seeking 1st Generation and/or Minority Students for Facilitated Discussion In 2007, NC Campus Compact launched the Next Generation North Carolina Initiative to explore ways that the Compact can assist member campuses in the success and retention of first generation and/or minority students. During the 2008 Student Conference on Saturday, November 8, 2008, in order to understand some best practices that can be generalized for NC Campus Compact member institutions, the Next Generation NC Task Force will conduct a facilitated discussion to learn about the experiences of these students who are currently civically engaged at their institution. The primary contact from each member campus is asked to identify a student, who is coming to the student conference, that fits the criteria below. The primary contact should invite that individual to participate in the facilitated discussion during the conference. The discussion will be just one session (50 minute), so participants will still be able to attend at least three additional conference sessions. Criteria for Dialogue participation:
E-mail the student’s name and email address by Friday, October 10, 2008 to Jamarl Clark,Project Coordinator AmeriCorps* VISTA. Let Jamarl know of the student’s willingness to be contacted regarding the facilitated discussion and her/his desire to participate. Registration Deadline Approaching for the 2008 Student Conference! “The Power is Yours” is the theme for the 2008 NC Campus Compact Student Conference, November 8 at High Point University. This annual conference brings students together, from across the region, to network, share and learn about best practices and unique innovative ideas in civic engagement. The day will include workshops, presentations and roundtable discussions. The 2007 conference experienced the highest attendance to date with 330 students and staff from 30 campuses hosted by East Carolina University. Registration Deadline: October 10, 2008.
Click here to register and learn more.
We are now accepting proposals from students and VISTAs to present at the Conference. Session topics have included environmental sustainability, community service, leadership, service-learning, advocacy and activism. Visit this link to download a proposal form. Submission Deadline: October 10, 2008. IARSLCE Committee Membership Opportunities IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement) invites its members to help shape the Association by participating in one of the working committees. Each committee is chaired by a Board of Directors member. They are seeking committee members who are eager to participate, can make a reasonable time commitment, and will give energy and creativity to building the Association. The committees are listed here If you are interested in participating in a committee, please complete the Committee Nomination form and submit it to info@researchslce.org by October 3. All nominations will be reviewed and committees appointed to ensure relevant expertise and as much member participation as possible. Committee appointments will be made prior to this year’s Research Conference, and committees will meet during the Conference. If an NC Campus Compact primary contacts has a faculty they believe would be a good addition to the board, we would be pleased to nominate that person. Send information to Lisa Keyne.
On Sept. 11-12, ServiceNation hosted a Summit in New York City which included a Service Nation Candidate Forum where presidential candidates McCain and Obama spoke about their views on the roles of citizenship and service to students at Columbia University in New York City. The forum, commercial free, can be viewed following the link below. It is about a 45 minute commitment to watch. Some campuses are encouraging faculty when/if appropriate to offer extra credit for students who view the program and submit a reflection piece. Service Nation Candidate Forum Learn more about ServiceNation. Gear Up for the Learn & Serve Challenge, October 6-12, 2008! The Challenge is a week-long series of events, October 6-12, designed to build awareness and generate support for service-learning. Following are two ways you can gear up now for October's National Learn & Serve Challenge. 1. This is a great time to start putting together the pieces for securing a proclamation from your mayor, city council members, governor, state superintendent, or board of education.Allow four to six weeks to complete this process.Click here for step-by-step instructions and tips: http://www.learnandservechallenge.org/proclamation.php.For an example, see the resolution passed by the Michigan State Board of Education during the 2007 Challenge at http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mcsc/Learn_and_Serve_Resolution_209604_7.pdf. 2. Sign up as a National Learn & Serve Challenge partner.Email nslp@aed.org with Proud Partner in the subject line of your message to add your campuss name to the list.Visit www.learnandservechallenge.org/participating.php for the full list of partners. 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.
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