Dear Friends,

It is an exciting week at the Compact, with new summer internships and new partnerships forming.  Patricia and Lynn will be visiting Blinn College in Brenham, Texas this Friday to present on the Carnegie Classification.  Please read below to learn about our most recent opportunities!

Texas Campus Compact is proud to announce our registration with JustGive.org, a website committed to making charitable giving easier.  Now you can donate to TxCC conveniently, by clicking on the link below:
http://www.justgive.org/nonprofit/donate.jsp?ein=20-0658745

                   
                       

WHO SHOULD APPLY:If you are a attending
Austin Community College, Concordia University,
St. Edward's University, Southwestern University, Texas State University, or University of Texas at Austin, then you are eligible to apply.

DETAILS:Internship is unpaid. 1 reserved parking space and beautiful office, located in the heart of downtown Austin, and working with a lively, dedicated, passionate state office team.

 

 

By Sara Lipka
Chicago
March 9, 2010

College men participate in campus activities at disproportionately low rates, but deliberate efforts to recruit them can help, according to the findings of a two-year study of 14 institutions that was presented here on Tuesday at the annual conference of Naspa-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.

"We didn't want to find out how to force men to volunteer. We wanted to find out how to get them to willingly volunteer," said Gar E. Kellom, who led the study and directs the Men's Center for Leadership and Service at Saint John's University, an all-male institution in Collegeville, Minn.

Student-affairs officers packed a room to hear initial findings from the study, which was financed by a $600,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment. A full report, "Engaging College Men: Discovering What Works and Why," including case studies from each of the 14 campuses, will be published this summer by Men's Studies Press.

Early on, the colleges participating in the study recognized the benefits of "pied pipers," or peer leaders who could help promote and run service trips and activities, Mr. Kellom said. That kind of encouragement tended to increase participation, as did personal invitations from faculty or staff members, particularly face to face or by letter, he said.
Multiple reminders via e-mail and text message right up to the time of an event also led to better male turnout, Mr. Kellom said. To attract students who would be interested in an activity if only they showed up, he suggested having peers drop by to accompany them to it.

But increasing participation goes beyond advertising and recruiting. "It's how you structure the activities," Mr. Kellom said in an interview. He recommended that colleges form men's groups to support students' reflection and incubate their broader engagement. Several colleges involved in the project focused on religious activities, and some created men's spirituality groups.

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Austin Business Journal -
by Christopher Calnan ABJ Staff
March 26th-31st

Record of achievement in graduating Latino students 

Leadership with demonstrated commitment to accelerating Latino student achievement by measuring progress and implementing practices and policies to achieve the goal 

Strong networks with other stakeholders, including schools and colleges, clinics, other community-based organizations, practitioners, and professionals

Professional staff focused on addressing the needs of Latino students and all students

Services and programs that integrate Latino culture and enhance Latino students' navigation between their homes, community, schools and their professions

Selected programs will receive a financial award of $5,000, recognition at special events, inclusion in the 2010 edition of What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education and in the Growing What Works Database, which allows users to search, and find promising practices accelerating Latino student success in higher education.

April 13-14, 2010

Burlington, Vermont

How can higher education best prepare students to meet the complex challenges of the 21st century? What strategies and innovations are pushing educational and institutional boundaries and helping shape higher education institutions of the future?

Join faculty, staff, administrators, students and community members to explore how engaged learning strategies and practices can enhance academic and civic outcomes, meet important institutional goals and prepare students to become global problem solvers.

April 13 -- Pre-Conference Institutes:

April 14 -- Full Conference, including:

Keynote Address by Sylvia Hurtado, Professor and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA in the Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences.

Please visit: 

http://www.vtcampuscompact.org/necc/RegionalConference.htm to register and for additional information.

For a conference brochure visit:

For questions, please contact:

BonnieRita Hearthstone at bhearths@middlebury.edu or (802) 443-2506 or Cheryl Whitney Lower at clower@middlebury.edu or (802) 443-2507.

The IUPUI Center for Service and Learning and Indiana Campus Compact will be hosting "Connecting Campuses with Communities"