Citizens willing to partake in productive bi-partisan discourse is essential for a vibrant democracy, but it is becoming increasingly complex to engage in difficult or contentious conversations across partisan lines.  Campus professionals are looking for the best ways to engage students who may not agree with one another.  Join us on July 18th at 10 AM CST as we team up with Wisconsin Campus Compact to host a webinar presented by Eric Giordano, founding director of the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service and Todd Price, Director of Policy Studies at National Louis University.  Together, we will explore the best strategies for introducing bi-partisan dialogue in and out of the classroom. Click here to register! This webinar is the second part of our three-part Summer Webinar series. Our third and final webinar will take place in August and cover the topic of Working with Development / Fundraising Offices to Support Community Engagement. Stay tuned for more info.

Developing Relationships for Growth This Campus Compact webinar is designed to introduce civic engagement professionals at Universities to the fundraising world. Civic engagement projects within universities have become accustomed to applying for grants, but there is room to grow by developing on-going relationships with donors. We hope that this webinar will spur outreach strategies in civic engagement offices that tap into the skills of the many development professionals on campuses across the country. Hear from two seasoned development professionals from two institutions in this strategy-building webinar: Lynette Green, Associate Vice President for College Advancement, St. Norbert College Jennifer McFarland, Associate Vice President of Development, Office of Gift Planning, Wisconsin Alumni and Research Foundation The webinar will take place on September 11 at 2pm CST. To register for this webinar, click here.

The CUMU Annual Conference is the largest nationwide meeting of leaders from urban and metropolitan universities and colleges. We are a diverse community filled with people who are focused on working in partnership to create vibrant, safe, thriving, and equitable neighborhoods, communities, and cities to work, live, and learn. The Urban Advantage Just as urban and metropolitan universities and colleges serve an important role in their communities, cities serve important roles in students' academic and personal growth. Urban institutions provide them with the resources to grow and thrive in a fast-paced environment. With better opportunities for experiential learning, research and development, creative activity, and partnerships that create immediate and substantive impact on communities, this urban advantage is on display in Denver, the setting of this year's conference. From a mile above sea level, learn about the ways administrators and scholars are changing the face of urban institutions, and the way these colleges and universities are contributing to the city they...

If your organization needs technical assistance in regards to the application process for the Tyson Summer Community Internship Program, consider attending this webinar! Click here to register for the webinar!  

Transformational Opportunity for Compact Members APPLICATION: Due March 21, 2017 Institute Description: Colleges and universities must play a leadership role in promoting racial and social justice.  Despite well-meaning intentions, both the systems we work in as well as our own fears and resulting biases limit our capacity to work, communicate and build relationships in ways that uphold equity and inclusion.  For most, the impacts on us and others are as invisible as our biases: from whom we choose to collaborate with to how we interact with our colleagues and students.  Early and persistent experiences of institutional oppression left their residue on us. The intention of this institute is to come together in community to understand the impacts of and heal from the effects of institutional and internalized oppressions in order to create a more just and connected present and future.  We will do this by deepening our understanding of who we are, where we come from and why equity and justice...

The Campus Compact National Conference will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 25th 2018. Full details can be found at the Campus Compact website.

In partnership with Wisconsin Campus Compact, we welcome Sally Thompson and Crow Tribal member Shane Doyle, EdD, to walk us through some protocols for interacting with tribal members. This is the second in our webinar series, Creating Respectful Partnerships with Native and Indigenous Populations.