Engage in dialogue with other members as well as the NC Campus Compact staff and gain in-depth information on a particular topic. The agenda includes a professional development session, lunch, business meeting (in which NC Campus Compact staff share updates about our work), and an opportunity for member campuses to share highlights. 

August Network Meetings (10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.)

Eastern Region, August 5, 2014
UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Western Region, August 7, 2014
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 

We strongly encourage you to read the book prior to attending. The book is regularly $15 but NC Campus Compact members can receive a 20% discount with a special code. Email Rene Summers to access the special offer. 

The first Hunger Conference was held at Elon University in 2012, the 2013 conference was at Wake Forest University.  The 2014 event is sponsored by Appalachian State University's Watagua Global Community, University College, and the ACT office, NC Campus Compact, WFU Institute for Public Engagement, , NCSU CSLEPS, Stop Hunger Now, and Universities Fighting World Hunger.

Below is an important note from Dr. Clark Maddux, chair of the 2014 Hunger Conference Host Committee. 

Colleagues,

We are planning for this year's NC Campuses Against Hunger conference, to be held on 26 & 27 September at Appalachian State University, but we wanted to give you some advance notice of activities and plans we have for this year.

First, our theme this year is "Hunger and . . ."  We want to examine the factors that contribute to food insecurity, as well as factors that might alleviate and contribute to solving problems of hunger.  So, keynote addresses, activities, and breakout sessions will address issues such as the relationship of hunger to issues of public education, hunger and government policy, hunger and family, hunger and (fill in the blank).

Like last year, we will send a message to your chief academic officers later this summer.  For now, we want to remind you that our aim is to have every campus attending bring a team consisting of administrators, faculty, students and community partners.  Ideally, teams would consist of 5-8 people engaged with hunger issues from your campus.  Your local director of service-learning, civic engagement, or community relations would be good members of your team, as well as students, faculty, and staff interested in these issues.

While you are establishing your teams, below are five ways you are invited to take action this year.

1. Contribute to the blog.  

We are creating a blog (ready by mid-June) to establish an ongoing forum for sharing ideas about what we are doing on our individual campuses and local best practices. We invite every attendee and Campus Compact member institution to contribute.

2. Suggest breakout session workshops.  

We have room and time for 3 to 4 additional workshops, and hope you will consider what your institution might like to facilitate that will complement the theme.

3.Create a poster.

We hope that one student from each institution will bring a poster that outlines a special and unique program on that campus.  We will display these posters during one of our large group sessions and ensure time for participants to ask questions and discuss ideas that these posters inspire.

4. Watch "A Place at the Table" available on Netflix and other streaming services.

We encourage every campus to have at least one member of its team view this film and participate in the guided reflection during one of the breakout sessions.

5. Prepare a "pitch."

During our first group session we invite one member from every campus to briefly (in 3-4 minutes) "pitch" an idea or program of their campus and allow the conference participants (in 4-5 minutes) to ask questions, make suggestions, and, in general, create an atmosphere of collaboration and dialogue. As always, we want this time to be a period during which our students take prominent leadership roles and become invested in these issues that affect us all.

We will continue to keep you informed in the upcoming months and invite you to make suggestions that will contribute to the success of this dialogue. In the meantime, if you have suggestions or questions, please ask Deborah Donnett or myself.  

Sincerely,

Dr. Clark Maddux

Director of Civic Engagement

Adjunct Associate Professor of University College

Appalachian State University
madduxhc@appstate.edu

Independent Sector Releases New Values for Volunteer Time

Each year, Independent Sector crunches the numbers and releases a new estimate for the value of an hour of volunteer time. The amount is based on the hourly earnings (approximated from yearly values) of all production and non-supervisory workers on private non-farm payrolls (based on yearly earnings provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics). Independent Sector indexes this figure to determine state values and increases it by 12 percent to estimate for fringe benefits.

In 2013, the national amount is $22.55 per hour. The NC rate for 2013 is $21.04. Using one or the other for your own calculations of the financial impact of your volunteer program is considered industry standard, as long as you remain consistent throughout the years.  

Pitzer College 50th Anniversary Engaged Faculty Collection: 

Community Engagement and Activist Scholarship

 This Anthology features some of Pitzer College's most beloved and radical professors offering powerful analysis and critical reflections on the scholarship of engagement and community-based education. The chapters in this digital book cover a diverse range of social issues and community partnerships. 

Social Media 2014 Statistics

If you are still not convinced that social media is a worthwhile investment for your civic engagement program, you might want to glance at this infographic. 

June 2014 issue of Academic Matters: The Journal of Higher Education, published by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, is devoted to the topic of "Rethinking Town and Gown." 

CIRCLE Launches 2014 Election Center with New & Updated Research    

CIRCLE's new 2014 Election Center brings together relevant research and analysis about young people's political engagement. Along with our new state-by-state, interactive voting map, the 2014 Election Center includes detailed data about youth participation in the 2010 and 2012 elections, youth demographics, and guides on how to understand youth voting statistics and why the youth vote matters. 

Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research 

Volume 3 
(for undergraduates)
Deadline: June 15th

Learn more

National Center for Science and Civic Engagement
The 2014 Washington Symposium and Capitol Hill Poster Session
September 28-30, 2014

Deadline: July 1st

Learn more

The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE)  

Read.Write.Act Virtual Conference, November 7-8, 2014

Deadline: July 1st 

Learn more 

University Social Responsibility Summit and International Service Learning Conference [New!]

November 19-21, 2014, Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong, China
Deadline: July 15th

Learn more 

eJournal of Public Affairs 

The goals of the regional training center will be to:

1. Develop further the funded university's engagement in its own university-assisted community school initiative, particularly the coordination of the university's resources;
2. Provide training and technical assistance on the university-assisted community school model to interested universities and colleges and their school and community partners in a multi-state area. 
3. Work with other higher eds in the funded university's immediate region to enlist their participation in the local initiative.

Funding is for three years at $50,000 per year.Download the full RFP here.