Winter Book Club Selection
Ken Moffett & Laurie Rice, SIUE In a book just released by Lexington Books, Web 2.0 and the Political Mobilization of College Students, we find that simple online political activities (such as liking candidates, and posting one’s thoughts about politics online) yields higher levels of civic activities away from the internet. We also find that differing forms of online participation are connected with higher levels of other routes of civic engagement online. These newer forms of engagement make political participation more accessible to young people. They both draw in a broader swathe of young adults than might ordinarily participate and…
VISTA Host Site Application Form Available
This year’s application will be due January 31st. The application is now an online form. The questions are the same as last year but hopefully this is an easier format to submit. The form does not save your answers until you submit it so you may want to compose your answers in a word document and then copy them into the form. We also completely overhauled our Memorandum of Understanding to better lay out the responsibilities of both ILCC and the host campus. Please contact Natalie if there are any questions at all about the new wording. This is the only…
2017 Midwest Campus Compact Conference: Call for Proposals
Doing Democracy: Asset-Based Engagement and Culture Change Deadline: February 17, 2017 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin Campus Compact invite proposals for the 2017 Midwest Campus Compact Conference, which will take place June 6-7, 2017, at Loyola University Chicago. Whether you are new to civic and community engagement, curious about learning the basics of campus-community partnerships, or a seasoned professional seeking innovative approaches and discussion of important issues, this conference will provide opportunities to learn, explore, connect, and prepare for bold, thoughtful action. Each session proposal should relate to the conference theme: Doing Democracy: Asset-Based Engagement and Culture…
Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards
Serve Illinois is now accepting nominations for the 8th Annual Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards Nominate Your Volunteers! We all know someone that is volunteering their time to make our community better. Nominate them for the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards! We are looking for youth, adult, senior, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and business nominations. Each region of the state will have one winner from each category for a total of 30 awards. Nominations are due February 17th, 2017, and you can submit your nominations online or on paper. Now in its 8th year, the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards highlights the service and impact…
2017 Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education
The Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education aims to advance the status and prospects for publicly engaged teaching and research in the academy by showcasing the new disciplinary and/or pedagogical knowledge generated by engagement with the community. JPSHE provides a venue for higher education faculty and administrative leadership to reflect on the ways that community engagement affects work in higher education – and its outcomes for broad issues such as classroom teaching, the advancement of research and knowledge creation across the disciplines, faculty development, tenure and promotion processes, the preparation of graduate students, etc. JPSHE welcomes diverse manuscripts, from…
Call for Proposals: Chicago Service Learning Research Fellowship
The Irwin W. Steans Center for Community-Based Service Learning and Community Services Studies at DePaul University invites proposals for the Chicago Service Learning Research Fellowship. The application deadline is February 28, 2017. The Center seeks proposals for research focused on the impact of service learning on students, faculty, community partners, and/or one or more higher education institutions in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Proposals will be accepted from tenure-track assistant professors or doctoral-level graduate students enrolled at any accredited institution of higher learning in the United States.
2017 Newman Civic Fellowship Nomination
Campus Compact’s 2017 nomination cycle for the Newman Civic Fellowship is now open. Member campuses are encouraged to nominate community-committed students. An overview of key dates and eligibility requirements along with a link to the nomination form can be found here. The Newman Civic Fellowship is intended to honor the leadership legacy of Frank Newman by recognizing community-committed students who: Engage in collaborative action with others from campus or from surrounding communities in order to create long-term social change Take action in addressing issues of inequality and political polarization Demonstrate the motivation and potential for effective long-term civic engagement 2017 Newman Civic…
Fall Book Club Selection
The next ILCC Book Club selection is “Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery & the Troubled History of American Universities” by Craig Steven Wilder of MIT. Craig spent 10 years in the archives of institutions of higher education in our country and tells a powerful narrative of how colleges were created to promote colonialism and slavery, destruction of native communities, and eventually the science of race that “proved” Africans were innately built for servitude and abuse.
Thirtieth Anniversary Action Statement
Every summer, Campus Compact convenes a National Network Leadership Meeting, bringing together our Board of Directors, the chairs of our state and regional Compact boards, our state and regional executive directors, and our national staff. We take stock of our network and of the national movement for the public purposes of higher education, and we work to identify the steps we can take to increase the scope and impact of our movement. This summer, we met in Minneapolis, where we were hosted by Augsburg College and its president, Paul Pribbenow, a member of our board and one of the most…
Campus Compact’s Thirtieth Anniversary
“In the face of growing complexity and danger in the problems facing American society, there are clear signs that self-interest is undermining public interest. There is todaya dangerous mismatch between the country’s urgent need for civic mindedness and the parochial attitudes of its citizens. The intense demand for economic, social, and political renewal requires a far greater sense of public purpose.” Those are the opening lines of the background information provided to attendees at the first meeting of the Coalition of College Presidents for Civic Responsibility, held at Georgetown University in January of 1986. By the end of that year,…