This Spring NC Campus Compact launched the Engaged Faculty Scholars Fellowship Program to support the integration of service-learning and community engagement in teaching, research, and service. 

1. Promote and deepen the scholarship of engagement at his/her own institution
2. Assist in building the infrastructure for faculty engagement on another NC Campus Compact member institution

Each Scholar is expected to work toward these two goals. At the end of the program year each Scholar will share resources and materials with North Carolina Campus Compact to assist others in the network.

We will announce the partner institutions for Goal Two in August. If your institution would like to be considered, please contact Leslie Garvin.

From an outstanding pool of applicants, we are pleased to introduce the inaugural Engaged Faculty Scholars.

Dr. Annie Jonas

Chair of the Department of Education

Faculty Liaison to Service-Learning
Warren Wilson College

Dr. Jonas will explore how the First Year Seminar (FYS) at Warren Wilson College can optimally address civic identity. She will explore the developmental qualities and needs of first year students in relation to civic identity and then connect this understanding to the community engagement component of FYS courses. Dr. Jonas will develop a conceptual framework for the FYS that lays the groundwork for a developmental model ultimately spanning the 4-year college experience. This new understanding will assist faculty who teach FYS courses and also support the launch of the college's new general education program that emphasizes community engagement.

Dr. Ashley Oliphant

Associate Professor of English 

Faculty Fellow for the Francis Center for Servant Leadership  

Pfeiffer University  

Dr. Oliphant will assist Pfeiffer in restructuring the first course of the first-year writing sequence (Introduction to College Writing) to include a significant service-learning component requiring real-world writing grounded in sustained direct service. The Journey program-designed to help students navigate the transition to college life and all its expectations-offers access to the tools they need to manage their four-year Pfeiffer experience. With a focus on addressing the "whole student," Journey offers a level of coaching and mentoring rarely found in an undergraduate setting and unique programming specific to each year. 

Click here to read their full bios. 

The semi-annual Network Meetings offer community engagement administrators the opportunity to engage in dialogue with other member institutions as well as the NC Campus Compact staff and to gain professional development. Lunch is provided.

Special thanks to CPCC and Methodist for hosting. You can attend whichever meeting is most convenient. 
 

Eastern Region
Tuesday, August 4 at Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC
 

Western Region
Thursday, August 6 at Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC

RSVP by July 28: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NCnetworkAug2015

Agenda:

10:00 a.m.  Welcome

10:15 a.m. - Professional Development Session "Becoming an Engaged Campus: Best Practices and Lessons Learned"  

12:00 p.m. - Lunch

12: 45 p.m. - NC Campus Compact Updates

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.  Campus Sharing - opportunity for campuses to highlight one-two innovative/exciting events, projects, programs, or initiatives. Please bring handouts/fliers to share.

On July 1, we welcomed Carolyn Byrne as our new VISTA Program Coordinator. A former two-term NC Campus Compact VISTA placed at UNC Chapel Hill, Byrne brings to the position intimate knowledge about VISTA and NC Campus Compact as well as higher education community engagement experience. You can learn more about Carolyn here.

Chad Fogleman, who has served as Program Coordinator since 2012, where he primarily managed the VISTA Program, has been promoted to Assistant Director where he will oversee communications, network events, awards, and other programs.

Please join us in welcoming and congratulating Carolyn and Chad.

Assistant Director for Leader Development, UNC Greensboro

Assistant Director for Service-Learning, UNC Greensboro

Student Services Coordinator, DukeEngage, Duke University 

Assistant Director for Finance and Administration, DukeEngage, Duke University

Program Coordinator, National Campus Compact (Boston)

Campus Compact re-organized the syllabus database on the new Compact.org. You can now search for syllabi using a variety of fields including type of instruction, institution type and more. The easily searchable database contains more than 400 syllabi of courses using service-learning and other community-engagement approaches. Visit the new resource library and look for the syllabi database on the left.

Campus Compact is also seeking new syllabi, please send them directly to Maggie Grove.

NC Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP)
Leadership & Learning Community Professional Development
Application deadline: July 17 

The NC CAP Leadership and Learning Community is a collaborative professional development opportunity created by the NC Center for Afterschool Programs in collaboration with North Carolina State University's Department of Youth, Family, and Community Sciences graduate program. The Leadership and Learning Community brings together directors or members from diverse programs in afterschool and expanded learning space, faith-based, local government, community and university outreach, as well as K-12 educators, to build a robust network that addresses leadership and programmatic issues. 

This professional development will use a blended approach (face-to-face and virtual) to engage participants over the course of 7 months.  Topics to be discussed during the professional development include staffing, communication, community collaboration, program design, program delivery, and evaluation. The blended learning professional development begins in September 2015. Apply here. 

The cost to participate is $200.00 and space is limited. For questions, contact Tracey Greggs.

Virtual Graduate School Fair  featuring top graduate schools in international affairs and public policy 
The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)
July 21, 2015 (10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)

International Youth Day

"Youth Civic Engagement"

 August 12, 2015

The Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development, led by the co-chairs, DESA and UNDP, is running an online campaign in the lead up to International Youth Day. Young people will be able to share their message by submitting a photograph that relates to the theme, by tweeting ideas and opinions on the theme using #YouthDay, or by organizing an International Youth Day Event.  

NonProfitReady.org

Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, North Carolina Campus Compact's peer-reviewed, online journal hosted by UNCG is now accepting submissions for the 2016 spring/summer issue. 

Manuscripts will be sent out for peer review upon receipt, pending the editor's initial review. Our multi-disciplinary, open access periodical provides scholars a forum for publishing research surrounding campus-community partnerships and collaborations in service-learning and community engagement projects. Research articles reflect diverse methodologies and theoretical perspectives. Essays that contribute new knowledge, address current issues, or highlight unique perspectives, anchored in a literature base, are also accepted for publication consideration. All work submitted to Partnerships should be original material not under review elsewhere, with a recommended length of 8-13 single spaced pages excluding abstract and references. 

More information about the journal and submission guidelines here.
 

Read the recent special edition devoted to a critical examination of teaching democratic thinking. Volume 6 Number 1 (2015) here.