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Texas Campus Compact Newsletter
www.texascampuscompact.org                                                                         May 08, 2009
In This Issue
TxCC notes from the Executive Director
TxCC Highlights and Accomplishments
Celebrate AmeriCorps Week
EPICS Annual Conference
Quick Links


Texas Campus Compact

state office

Patricia Paredes, M.A.
Executive Director

Jim Conditt
Assistant Director

Lynn Prince
Director of Operations

executive board

Dr. 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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TxCC Notes-From the Executive Director
I'd like to take a moment to tell you about someone who has been an important part of The Compact family.  Amy Kauffman, our Amy Kauffmanformer intern and former Director of PR has opened up her own company - Bluebird PR.  As a partner in Bluebird PR, Amy has been managing public relations for Texas Campus Compact - pro bono - for the past six months.  Amy is a 2008 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and we are delighted that she and Bluebird have chosen to offer their public relations expertise to Texas Campus Compact.  For more information about Bluebird PR go to
www.bluebirdpublicrelations.com

 
Warmly,
Patricia Paredes
Executive Director, M.A.
Texas Campus Compact Highlights and Accomplishments for the year
Your membership enabled us to accomplish so much this year.  Thank you!
 
·         Our Stem in Action Community Impact grant award from the Office of the Governor has enabled us to partner with Austin Community College, to launch our states premier program model for incorporating civic engagement and service    learning components into science, technology, engineering, and math curriculum at the high school, community college, and university levels, recruiting individuals underrepresented within STEM education
·         We have expanded our VISTA slots from 18 to 25; the ROI for a VISTA is $34,000, and as a member your campus has the opportunity to apply to become a VISTA Host Site
·         Our inaugural Advisory Council is formed and positioned with some of our states finest and most knowledgeable service learning educators
·         We established our inaugural Faculty Fellows - a group of faculty leaders who modeled best practices, recruited other faculty, and helped to institutionalized service-learning
·         We held our first Lobby Day at the Capitol and now have our first Rider in Article 11.  If successful in bringing it to Article 3, we will become a line item on the Legislative Budget, reinvesting these monies back to our member campuses
·         We have access to cutting-edge, national syllabi, a speakers bureau, and national resources to share with our members
·         Our first service learning publication - The Compact Impact - is currently being printed - a statewide publication on best practices - an opportunity for faculty engaged in service learning throughout Texas to become published
·         We will be hosting our first Serve.  Learn.  Live.  Membership dinner on November 5, at The Omni Hotel with Honorary Chairs Bernard & Audre Rapoport
·         We hosted our first Student Lyceum on HIV / AIDS Awareness with Prairie View A & M and our Engaging Conversations series with UT Arlington and UT-San Antonio.
·         We developed a new tag line:  Can you spare some social change?
·         We have created the TXCC - AHEC Learn & Serve Consortium, aggregated 6 projects into a single consortium and took the lead on writing the grant which is currently under consideration
·         We have submitted project concept letters to potential grantors to fund member consortiums around issues such agri-business, healthcare, arts, and economics
·         We have implemented our first blog:  www.meetup.com/education-96 and also have a facebook and twitter presence
·         We have secured Bluebird Public Relations to manage our statewide public relations - pro bono

Interested in becoming a member?  email us: lynn@texascampuscompact.org
Celebrate AmeriCorps week and the power of service         

What: Bold Songs that Inspire Change (Sing Along-with a Mission)
 
When: Thursday, May 14th 6:45pm-9:00pm (doors open at 6:15)
 
Where: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar
 
Why: Join us to celebrate AmeriCorps week and the power of service.
 
We have prepared a customized sing-along to motivate and inspire each of us to lead a life of impact and to continue to make a difference in our communities.  Join us to salute volunteers, AmeriCorps members and alumni for their powerful impact, thank the community partners who make national and community service possible, and motivate more Americans to serve their communities.
Join us for an evening that celebrates the change makers of yesterday, today, and tomorrow
 
"Be the change you wish to see in the world"
 
Come outfitted as individuals, images, or icons that symbolize the importance and value of getting things done and inspiring social change.
 
Learn more:
Make a donation to AmeriCorps Alums at www.AmericorpsAlums.org. Specify "Austin AmeriCorps Week" in your donation.
 Learn more about AmeriCorps week at www.americorpsweek.gov
Find a volunteer opportunity with local nonprofits by visiting Hands on Central Texas or www.VolunteerMatch.org.
EPICS Annual Conference on Service-Learning in Engineering and Computing to be held in Austin, August 3-4

Texas Campus Compact members, there is a service-learning in engineering and computing conference being held in your own back yard this August! We hear that everything is better in Texas so we are holding our EPICS Annual Conference on Service-Learning in Engineering and Computing in Austin from August 3-4 at the Austin Convention Center.  National Instruments will be sponsoring the event this year and it will be held in conjunction with National Instruments' NIWeek Activities. (Individuals registered for the EPICS conference are also invited to attend NI week for the EPICS Conference registration fee!)
 
Conference interactive sessions will feature topics related to service-learning such as global outreach, assistive technology, research and assessment, curriculum, first-year experiences, multidisciplinary, and much more.  There are still opportunities to present.  If you're interested, please contact me.
 
Register now! Once you are directed to the NIWeek registration, login or create profile.  After logging in, enter the code EPICS2009.  When asked to pick a session, choose ACADEMIC FORUM.  EPICS registration is complimentary for attendees of the Academic Forum.  Registration is $175 until May 31.
 
Did I mention you can contact me with any questions?  Feel free to call or email me!
 
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Natalie Kubat
EPICS National Coordinator
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering
701 West Stadium
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
(765) 494-3750 - office
(765) 479-4250 - cell
http://epicsnational.ecn.purdue.edu/
Texas Compact Members and Friends, send in your article or newsworthy item!  email it to lynn@texascampuscompact.org
 
Sincerely,                                                     Lynn
 
Lynn Prince,
Director of Operations,
Texas Campus Compact

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