Texas Campus Compact
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officePatricia Paredes, M.A. Executive
Director Jim Conditt Assistant Director Lynn Prince Director
of Operations executive boardDr. Charles
Cotrell, Chair President, St. Mary's University Dr. Steve Kinslow,
Vice Chair President, Austin
Community College District Dr. Juliet Garcia, Immediate Past Chair President, The
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Dr. Max
Castillo President, The University of Houston - Downtown Dr. Ana
Guzman President, Palo Alto College Dr. Cary Israel President,
Collin County Community College District James Spaniolo,
J.D. President, The University of Texas at Arlington Dr. George
Wright President, Prairie View A&M University
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Update on The Compact:
By Executive Director, Patricia Paredes M. A.
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 I leave for Texas Tech University shortly but wanted to get you this report prior to my travels.
Since January, my speaking engagements to faculty
about service learning have taken me to UT Brownsville and to Houston Community
College, and I will be traveling to Texas Tech University on the 26 - today -- and 27, to
speak at their first annual Community Engagement Conference. And, I am
scheduled to moderate the UTHSC's first conference on service learning on April
2.
The Compact has created a lot of
buzz during the session this year as we hosted our first Lobby Day at The
Capitol, last March 9. Our team met with 24 members of the Texas Legislature
--- 7 senators and 17 representatives - highlighting TXCC and the importance of
service learning and how it is helping to close our state's gaps of educational
inequity. The result: Representative Jim Pitts offered to put forth a
Ryder for TXCC, in the amount of $100k annually, to become a line item on the
legislative budget. Other states allocate money directly to their Campus
Compact's, for example:
Currently, Florida Campus Compact received $450,000 in funding from
the Florida Legislature; Washington Campus Compact receives $250,000; and
Utah receives
$100,000 from the Utah Legislature...
read more...
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Purdue 'compliment guys' can't give enough of a good thing
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Along a central walkway on Purdue University's
campus, two students are on a crusade to make people happy.
To a passing guy dressed in Purdue sweats they say, "Love your school spirit."
To the woman carrying the trendy black bag: "Very nice purse." "It's very large."
And for the student who ran past them in knee-high leather boots: "I like your hustle." "I like your boots, too."
Tired of people being so down in the dumps amid the worst economy in
decades, sophomores Cameron Brown and Brett Westcott-better known as
the "Compliment Guys"-have taken it upon themselves to cheer up the
campus.
From 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. every Wednesday, they stand outside the
chemistry building in the shadow of the university's Bell Tower with
their "Free Compliments" sign. They're there in the rain. In the snow.
And this week when the windchill made it feel like 10 degrees.
.... read more*source-Chicago Tribune |
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You Can't Handle the Truthiness!
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It appears the grass is still greener on the other side.  A
group of students near Tinseltown think a young movie star lacks the
gravitas to give a commencement speech, while others in Virginia say
their graduation day needs a little more star power. It didn't
take long for students at the University of California at Los Angeles
to raise objections to the selection of James Franco, a 2008 UCLA
graduate and actor in such films as Spiderman, Milk and Pineapple Express. Opposition is also forming at the University of Virginia, where a grassroots movement to recruit Stephen Colbert for "Final Exercises"failed to sway President John Casteen. Casteen went instead with Judge J. Harvey Wilkinson IIII, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge with a résumé that includes a lot of impressive work - just not a show on Comedy Central...
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Texas Campus Compact Issues Call for Presenters for Conference November 12-13, 2009.
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TxCC is soliciting for speakers and trainers for the
Audre & Bernard Rapoport
Civic Renewal and Community Engagement Conference November 12-13, 2009. This
conference is committed to creating social change through open
discussion and exploration of civic education as it pertains to
engagement, service learning, social justice, and leadership. All
college and university faculty, staff, students, as well as educators
and members of the Texas Legislature are invited to examine the
critical role that higher education plays in closing the gaps of
educational inequity. Individuals, from both the private and
public sector, are encouraged to explore their relationships with
institutes of learning to help forge relationships to create active,
emerging leaders and effective change. Non-profits and other
organizations or teams related to community and volunteerism are
invited to expand their knowledge base and network with colleagues.
The conference will consist of three tracks of learning.
Topics should fall in one of these three areas:
Service Learning & Civic
Engagement - Theories, research and models
Cutting Edge Topics - New and unique
topics of interest for our attendees
Non-Profits- Non-profit management,
volunteer administration, and grant writing & fund-raising
Deadline June 1, 2009. Complete the RFP online or
download a printable form
today. email: Texas Campus Compact for more information
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Sincerely,
Lynn Prince
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