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Announcements:
Academic Year 2009 - 2010
Executive Summary of Campus Compact's Annual Service Statistics
Available Online
October 7, 2009
Campus Compact's executive summary of our 2008 annual community service
statistics is
available online.
The report shows trends in college student civic engagement, support for
faculty involvement, and campus infrastructure for community partnership
and support. These are just some of the findings obtained from our
annual survey of member campuses.
The Jenzabar Foundation's "Best in Class" Conference
Oct. 16-18, 2009 |
Endicott College, Beverly MA
The goal of the conference is to provide a venue for leaders of
service-focus student groups to network with each other and learn about
the experiences of others who have integrated a sense of community into
their scholarship and their lives. A number of conference attendees will
be receiving "Best in Class" awards for their exceptional work in the
areas of community service and humanitarianism.
Learn more >>
President's Honor Roll
The Corporation has announced details about the President's Honor Roll.
President Jack DeGioia has co-signed a letter on behalf of the Compact
along with Secretary Duncan and other higher education leaders.
It will be sent out within the next few weeks. State Compact offices
will also be receiving brochures directly from the Corporation for distribution.
Applications will be accepted in two categories for service
performed during the 2008-2009 academic year:
- General Community Service - recognizing the breadth and
quality of a broad range of service activities
- Special Focus Area - commending service projects that
support the high school graduation and college readiness
of disadvantaged youth
Six institutions - three from each category - will be named as Presidential Award winners.
Click
here for electronic application.
The deadline is 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Thursday, October 29, 2009. The winners will be announced at the ACE annual Meeting in January and presented at the National Conference on Service and Volunteerism in June 2010 in NYC. The Compact will be working with the Corporation regarding the June conference,
Click
here for more information and a short video on the Honor Roll.
September 11 Publicity Opportunities through United We Serve
The Serve America Act officially recognizes September 11 as a
National Day of Service and Remembrance. This year, the President
and CNCS are asking all Americans to remember the Tuesday,
eight years ago and recommit to service in their communities
throughout the year.
This summer, United We Serve built a website featuring
over 250,000 service opportunities, collected thousands of
stories of service from people from all walks of life,
highlighted examples of impact-oriented service activities in
communities across the country, and developed exciting
new partnerships.
The United We Serve Campaign has asked us to pass along
information to the network regarding ways you can showcase
work going on in your state that connects to the themes of
the September 11 Day of Service and Remembrance:
- If any member campuses are holding a service event
connected with September 11 (many schools hold events in
conjunction with the start of the school year and orientation
for students), you can post the story on
www.serve.gov.
The site will be highlighting 9/11 service activities,
especially those occurring between September 7 to September 13.
To ensure your opportunities appear, they recommend that you
select a start and end date within that time period and include
"September 11th" in the title. Keep in mind that opportunities
with more robust descriptions tend to appear first.
- If you know of a particular service event you would like
us them to consider highlighting in the media or on the Serve.gov blog,
share the details with Corporation staff by filling in the
Google form,
click here.
- Inform your members about United We Serve and the
President's call to service. There will be another well-publicized
service event around Martin Luther King Day, and campuses
may wish to plan ahead for it.
Mozilla Service Week
Idealist is partnering with Mozilla (the organization behind the Firefox browser)
on their first annual Mozilla Service Week which will match thousands of
"techie" volunteers around the world with non-profits in need of help with IT,
web design, programming, blogging, and more.
Mozilla Service Week will take place September 14-21, 2009, and
organizations are so eager for volunteers that a couple of thousand of
them have already posted their opportunities. If your organization could
use some help, please go to:
http://mozillaservice.org
And to help spread the word to non-profits and techies around the world, please go to:
http://www.idealist.org/if/mozservice09/en/Spread/default
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