North Carolina Campus Compact Digest

North Carolina Campus Compact Digest June 2013

In This Issue

Carnegie Classification

Calls for Proosals

Awards & Contests

Grants & Funding

Recommended Reads

Connect2Complete: Linking Student Success with Civic Engagement"

-Diversity & Democracy - Spring 2013 (AAC & U)

Rules Of Engagement: How Students Can Learn Well And Do Good

- Blog post in Forbes Magazine (President David Skorton, Cornell University)

Anchor Institutions: An Interpretive Review Essay assesses the growing body of research and writing on anchor institutions.

Grad Nation Guidebook is a

research-based toolkit for communities working to raise graduation rates and better support children and youth from birth through college. Released by America's Promise Alliance in collaboration with Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University's School of Education.

Community gardens may produce more than vegetables: Study suggests health benefits beyond nutrition

Community College Enrollment a Hindrance to Bachelor's Completion?
This is part of a series of reports tracking Illinois college students' postsecondary outcomes longitudinally from 2003 through 2010. In this study, matched students who transferred from Illinois community colleges were compared to students who entered and matriculated through Illinois four-year institutions to determine if there was a disadvantage for transfer students in terms of bachelor's degree completion. Policy implications with regards to community college transfer students and the Illinois longitudinal data system are presented. (Illinois Education Research Council)

Service-Learning Can Fuel an Interest in STEM fields
Based on a project that examined 19 schools, the National Center for Learning and Citizenship (NCLC) gathered information on the relationship between STEM-focused service-learning and student interest and performance in STEM-related courses and careers. The findings of this evaluation suggest that STEM-related service-learning is a powerful tool for schools to use to drive student performance and interest in STEM fields.

On Measuring Community Participation in Research

Active participation of community partners in research aspects of community academic partnered projects is often assumed to have a positive impact on the outcomes of such projects. This article uses semi-structured interview and survey data to outline two complementary approaches to measuring the level of community participation in research that differentiates between the levels of community participation and a Community Engagement in Research Index (CERI) that offers a multidimensional view of community engagement in the research process. The primary goal of this article is to present and compare these approaches, discuss their strengths and limitations, summarize the lessons learned, and offer directions for future research.

Two NC High Schools Win Project Ignition Grants

Two schools in NC join eight other schools nationwide who will receive continued funding of $2,500 to expand upon their campaigns to reduce risky driving attitudes and behaviors using service-learning. In addition, each will receive $5,000 to participate in the 25th Annual National Service-Learning Conference®, hosted by National Youth Leadership Council in April 2014 in Washington, D.C. Project Ignition - a service-learning teen driver safter program sponsored by State Farm and initially awarded $2,000 to 25 schools nationwide last year but only 10 were selected for continued funding.

Congratulations to E. A. Laney High School, Wilmington, NC and the Early Middle College at Bennett, Greensboro, NC.

Looking for an Innovative Mentoring Model? Learn about Campus Mentors (Free Webinar)

Campus Mentors is a university-school partnership that targets youth at risk. Its pilot site is located on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. This model can provide up to 100 placements with local youth at risk right on your campus. Data indicate that the model is effective, cost-efficient, and low-maintenance.

Free Implementation Webinar
June 25, 2013 at noon ET

Click here for more information and to sign up for the webinar, please see or contact Dr. Leah Wasburn-Moses at wasburlh@miamooh.edu.

Indiana Campus Compact Presents:

Pen to Paper: Writing with, for, and about Service Engagement
August 1-2, 2013, Wooded Glen Retreat and Conference Center, Henryville, IN

This academic writing retreat is designed for faculty and staff to focus on their academic/discipline-based writing, receive peer feedback, and explore outlets for which to submit through 1-on-1 contact with academic journal and publishing representatives.

Learn more and register here.

Related Links

Civic Engagement Jobs

Digest Archive

National Civic Engagement Calendar

NC Campus Compact VISTA blog

Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

Alternative Service Experiences Institute Next Week!

On June 18-19, 2013 at High Point University, faculty, staff, and student leaders from 25 campuses in seven states will join NC Campus Compact to share best practices for facilitating alternative break and short-term service trips. Visit the Institute website for details.

NC Campus Compact to Support 16 AmeriCorps VISTA Programs for 2013-14

Since 2003, NC Campus Compact has sponsored an AmeriCorps VISTA program that places VISTA "volunteers" at member campuses to support community engagement projects that address local, poverty-related needs. In 2013 - 2014, sixteen sites across the state will host NC Campus Compact VISTAs. All of the 16 projects will address one of the priority focus areas identified by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps programs. The focus areas are education, food security, and economic opportunity. Click here to learn more about the project sites.

Mark Your Calendars!

NC Campus Compact Summer Network Meetings

Join civic engagement professionals from the NC Campus Compact network for a professional development session, lunch, and business meeting (in which NC Campus Compact staff share updates about our work), and member campuses share highlights from their past year and announce plans for the new academic year.

Western Network Meeting
August 6, 2013 (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory, NC)

Eastern Network Meeting
August 7, 2013 (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)

Meredith College (Raleigh, NC)

RSVP to Leslie Garvin by July 15th and she will send driving and parking instructions.

NC Campuses Against Hunger Conference
September 6-7 at Wake Forest University

Assign a Team Leader
Deadline: ASAP

All CAOs and CSAOs have been invited to assign a team leader for this next hunger conference. Your assistance in ensuring campus participation is appreciated.

Team leader names should be sent, as soon as possible, to goldsn11@wfu.edu . Thank you!

This conference will engage campuses in North Carolina to end hunger by uniting students, faculty, staff, and professionals in an intellectual, action-focused environment that develops a greater understanding of hunger issues and works towards collaborative, systemic solutions.

Sponsors: Wake Forest University Campus Life and Institute for Public Engagement, NC Campus Compact, Stop Hunger Now, the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics, and Public Service at NC State, and Universities Fighting World Hunger

Visit the 2013 conference website to register and learn more.

2nd Annual Documentary Film Shorts Competition

Hear For Me

NC Campus Compact invites students at member campuses to create a 5-15 minute documentary short that illuminates the theme: Campus-community partnerships positively impact local problems. Assessed by a distinguished panel of judges, one grand prize entry will receive $250 and be featured at the Compact's November 2, 2013, CSNAP student conference to be held at Central Piedmont Community College. Three additional films will be selected as finalists and put to a public vote for the "People's Pick" award.

Entries must be filmed between January 1, 2013 and September 20, 2013, the contest deadline. For more information, including contest rules, review the website. Above is the 2012 grand prize winning entry submitted by Elon student, Sean Dolan. You can view the finalist entries at the competition website.

Questions? Contact Leslie Garvin.

Third Annual Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference "Moving Us Forward: Aligning Civic and Community Engagement with Mission and Institutional Effectiveness"
October 23-25, 2013, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown

Proposal Deadline: June 11th

The mission of this conference is to bring higher education stakeholders together as we seek to align civic and community engagement with campus mission and institutional effectiveness.

Conference goals:

1. Support institutions to stay out in front of emerging trends in higher education, with emphasis on the Carnegie classification for community engagement

2. Work with leaders to advance structural and cultural strategies for rewarding engaged scholarship in promotion and tenure

3. Explore the challenges associated with assessing campus-wide engagement and articulate strategies for shared success

Conference Elements

* · Preconference Institutes
* · Keynote Speaker
* · Presidential Panel
* · Campus-wide Assessment Summit
* · Workshops
* · Poster Sessions

Visit this link for more conference information and registration.

2015 Community Engagement Elective Classification
Deadline to Request an Application is June 30th!

You must request the application and pay $300 fee by June 30, 2013, to participate in the 2015 review process, with applications due April 15, 2014. Campuses will submit a "Request for Application Form" and payment to Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. When both the "Request for Application Form" and payment are received, the institution will receive a web link to access an electronic application.

The Request for Application Form is available here.

Calls for Proposals/Papers

Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research
Call for Submissions
Deadline: June 30, 2013

The editorial team invites submissions in six categories: (1) Reflective Essays; (2) Analytical Essays; (3) Research done in partnership with a community organization in the form given to that organization, accompanied by a short, reflective essay; (4) Research Articles; (5) Open Category; and (6) Responses to previously published articles.