Kansas Campus Compact Salutes AmeriCorps Week 2010
Kansas Campus Compact is proud to celebrate AmeriCorps Week 2010 from May 8-15. Kansas Campus Compact is the sponsor for the Careers for the Common Good program, which pushes college students to serve in and explore careers in education, health care, and social services in high need communities in Kansas. Today, more than 200 college students from seven Kansas institutions are student teaching in low-income schools, providing public health, dental, senior, and disability care, and serving as advocates for Kansans in need, making Kansas Campus Compact’s AmeriCorps members part of one of the state’s largest programs.
Five KsCC Members on 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
Kansas Campus Compact congratulates five member institutions for being recognized on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. This year’s awardees from Kansas Campus Compact are Butler Community College, Johnson County Community College, McPherson College, Southwestern College, and the University of Kansas. The five institutions represent more than half of the schools in Kansas to receive the designation this year.
“Congratulations to the Kansas schools and their students for their dedication to service and commitment to improving their local communities,” said Patrick Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. “Our nation’s students are a critical part of the equation and vital to our efforts to tackle the most persistent challenges we face. They have achieved impactful results and demonstrated the value of putting knowledge into practice to help renew America through service.” Click here to learn more about the President's Honor Roll.
Save the Date! Regional Campus Compact Conference
Exciting News! Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma are sponsoring a regional conference at the Tulsa Doubletree at Warren Place September 22-24, 2010. The conference is titled, Energizing Scholarship through Community Collaboration: Connecting Students, Faculty and Neighborhoods. Click here for more information.
Doug Penner joins KsCC Executive Board
Kansas Campus Compact is pleased to announce Doug Penner, President of the Kansas Independent Colleges Association, has joined our Executive Board. Doug's voice will be a valuable one as we take on the next set of strategic challenges. Read here about th KsCC board
Carnegie Endowment opens 2010 Classification for Community Engagement
Interested institutions have until March 31 to download the application here. And be sure to check out the archive of the February 3rd webinar on the Carnegie process with FHSU's Dr. Chris Crawford.
Welcome to Kansas Campus Compact
Kansas Campus Compact is part of a growing national coalition of college and university presidents established to encourage and support campus engagement in the community.
Through innovative student, faculty and institutional participation in service, higher education can meet its public trust
to inspire an active, responsible and committed citizenry while helping to solve society's most pressing needs. Kansas
Campus Compact encourages civic discourse and debate and assists higher education institutions in the creation of partnerships
with the community.
Some of Kansas Campus Compact's most successful programs are AmeriCorps*VISTA, M3C Fellows, Careers for the Common Good, Public Issues Forums, Student Voice, and Kansas Campus Compact Awards.
Founded in 2003, Kansas Campus Compact is one of 35 state chapters of Campus Compact.
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Higher Education in Service to Kansas
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