Sodexo Grants Application Deadline: September 16, 2011 YSA will award 25 Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to support youth-led (ages 5-25) service projects in the United States that address the issue of childhood hunger during National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (November 13-20, 2011).   http://www.ysa.org/grants/sodexoyouth    Home Depot Home Improvement Grants Application Deadline: October 31, 2011   Proposals for the following community improvement activities will be considered: repairs, refurbishments, and modifications to low-income and/or transitional housing or community facilities, weatherizing or increasing energy efficiency of low-income and/or transitional housing or community facilities; planting trees or community gardens and/or landscaping community facilities; and development of community parks or green spaces. Grants of up to $5,000 are made in the form of Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services.   http://bit.ly/eIis5T

 

Indiana Campus Compact is delighted to announce this new resource for exploring and charting service-learning on your campus: Charting the Course for Service Learning: From Curriculum Considerations to Advocacy A Faculty Development Workbook. 

Edited by Nancy Marthakis, D.O.; J.R. Jamison, M.A.; Mary Jane Eisenhauer, Ed.D.; and Marifran Mattson, Ph.D., this faculty development workbook will help you or your faculty map the course for service-learning at your institution while providing prompts for exploration and examples and downloadable templates for tangible navigational tools.  From curriculum considerations, choosing the right community partner, budgets and funding, promotion/tenure/faculty rewards, to becoming an advocate at your institution and beyond (plus much, much more), the design of the workbook allows for the flexibility to start at the beginning and work your way through each chapter, or begin with any chapter that may be relevant to you for your journey in service-learning.

Pre-ordering by August 1, 2011 to save $10!

Project Manager - Connect2Complete (Immediate Opening)

 

Connect2Complete (C2C) is a 36-month pilot program funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that seeks to increase community college students' persistence toward their credentials by connecting them to student tutor advocates. These student tutor advocates will address the needs of their fellow first-year students by providing academic support, connections to college life, and a link to services designed to help them complete their credentials. The C2C pilot program will directly benefit students entering developmental education and Pell eligible students who are statistically more likely to struggle to complete college. C2C will support nine campuses in three states to mobilize over 150 student tutor advocates to pilot this approach.

 

Campus Compact has an immediate opening for the Project Manager who will be responsible for the development, coordination and oversight of the C2C pilot program. Reporting directly to the President of Campus Compact, the Project Manager will provide leadership and strategic focus for all project activities and help guide the vision and theory of change. Working collaboratively with a diverse set of stakeholders including senior staff, sub-grantees, state office staff, advisory board members and the funder, the Project Manager will implement and oversee all aspects of the project including the creation of key components of the campus programs, development of the granting process and oversight of sub-grantees, establishment and coordination of a national advisory board, and oversight of consultants and contractors. The Project Manager will also be the primary author of reports, tools, Web content and papers related to the project.

 

This position is based in Boston.

 

Click here  for the full description.  

The Engagement Academy for University Leaders Measuring and Monitoring for Engagement 

September 8-10, 2011, Virginia Tech

 

Registration Deadline: August 26, 2011

 

Are you responsible for communicating the impact of your outreach and engagement programs?  Do you want to position your institution to describe the university's impact on your region or your state?  Are you responsible for assessing engagement programs or effectively linking community engagement to the teaching, research, and service missions of your institution?  Then this event is for you! Learn more here: http://www2.cota.vt.edu/engagementacademy/

 

2011 National College Access Network Conference

Gateway to Opportunity: College Success for All

September 12-14, 2011, St. Louis, MO

Early Registration Rates end on August 11, 2011

Here, college access professionals and policy-makers will network with colleagues, share best practices, and learn more about important issues in college access and success. Sessions will address critical topics such as college access/success, networks and partnerships, equity, policy, financial aid and more.

For more information and to register, visit the NCAN website: Here