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KsCC eNews
Volume 1, Issue 3
1) Executive Director Search Update
2) Regional Campus Compact Conference
3) Campus Compact to help with Katrina Rebuilding Efforts
4) National Campus Compact Leadership Search Process Underway
5) Program Updates
1) Executive Director Search Update
The executive director position has been advertised in several national service-learning and higher education venues, as well as major Kansas newspapers and employment list serves. The selection committee includes several educators and service-learning practitioners, both from Kansas and out of state. Resume screening began this week. The final deadline for application packets will be May 11. Interviews are forecasted for early June, with a start date of August 13. For position description, please see http://www.k-state.edu/kscc/employment/executive_director.html.
2) Regional Campus Compact Conference
REGIONAL CAMPUS COMPACT CONFERENCE
“Empowering and Engaging Our Campuses through Service and Learning”
Kansas City, MO- Embassy Suites Hotel-Plaza
June 26-28, 2006
Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma Campus Compacts invite you to join them for this exciting four-state collaborative conference, Empowering and Engaging Our Campuses through Service and Learning. Presenters from all four states will share practical information on service-learning, campus-community partnerships, and the role service-learning and civic engagement can play in accomplishing the public purpose of higher education.
Program:
- Keynote: Dr. Margarita Lenk, Associate Professor in the Departments of Computer Information Systems and Accounting in the College of Business at Colorado State University
- Keynote: Dr. Carol Jeandron, Founding Director of the Office of Service Learning at Loyola University New Orleans
- Keynote: Elizabeth Hollander, National Campus Compact Executive Director
- 20 breakout sessions from which to choose
- Networking with colleagues from your state and region
For more information and to register online, click here .
3) Campus Compact to Help Katrina Rebuilding Efforts
From the national office of Campus Compact:
Hurricane Katrina’s catastrophic effects will be with us for many years to come, we need to be as creative as possible in shaping long-term teaching and learning programs that provide our students with multiple opportunities for deep learning, while simultaneously developing their skills as responsible and engaged citizens.
Campus Compact members have asked how they can help support the re-building efforts. The Compact’s Board is asking the membership to support recovery efforts in Louisiana with a $10.00 contribution, which will be reflected in the membership renewal invoice. This small investment will help strengthen infrastructure for Louisiana colleges and universities and ensure that all member campuses continue to receive programs and services.
4) Campus Compact Leadership search process underway
Liz Hollander to retire; Campus Compact Leadership search process under way.
5) Program Updates
WaterLINK Project
As the spring 2006 semester winds down, several WaterLINK projects are coming to an end. This semester eight water-related service-learning projects were funded spanning more than 12 counties, 15 watersheds and a slough of highly qualified students and faculty. Projects to date have included (1) the execution of a bathymetric study; (2) a student-planned and implemented agricultural producer field day; (3) water quality monitoring project; (4) a student-executed public water education effort; (5) an municipal environmental impairment assessment; (6) the development of an after-school water curriculum; (7) an environmental education program evaluation; (8) and a wetland water monitoring project. The June 1 deadline for summer and fall courses is quickly approaching. Don't miss out on this innovative service-learning opportunity. All disciplines are welcome. More information on past projects can be found at www.ksu.edu/waterlink.
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Kansas Campus Compact is now searching for another Leader to provide continued coordination support to the VISTA program. Eligible VISTA Leaders have completed a term of service as a VISTA member or Peace Corps volunteer.
In addition, Kansas Campus Compact is also searching for qualified VISTA members to serve with six VISTA host sites providing capacity building services to civic engagement projects and programs that address pressing poverty issues. VISTA members will begin their term of service in August of this year. For further information on both the VISTA Leader and VISTA member positions, please contact Chris Lavergne or Lynda Bachelor at Kansas Campus Compact.
To learn more about VISTA click here.
AmeriCorps*State-CC Youth Service Corps
In response to community and youth needs, K-State’s CC Youth Service Corps developed a “Summer of Service” AmeriCorps team which will work with local youth at two sites in the surrounding communities.
K-State is offering a Summer of Service to college students and community members wanting to participate in an intense service opportunity from mid-May-August 2006. Students or community members living in the local area can become AmeriCorps team members and have an opportunity to work with youth in leadership and mentorship roles and earn an Education award of $1000 after completing 300 hours. This Summer of Service will require 20-25 hours of service per week for approximately 10-12 weeks to include implementing a community service project.
AmeriCorps members will be able to work at the City of Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo through their various summer youth programs concerned with the environment and the Ogden Youth Center summer program whose youth are affected by the military activities surrounding troop deployment and long-term absence of parents.
Interested individuals must be 18 years or older, complete the Enrollment Workbook and have prove of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status.
Deadline to Submit Enrollment packets: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
AmeriCorps*State- CC Youth Service Corps- Summer of Service
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