Campus Compact Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Campus Compact is a national leader in the movement on college and university campuses to prepare students for
active citizenship and to improve the quality of community life. Join us as we celebrate many stellar achievements
and look forward to the next 20 years.
Celebrate 20 years of educating citizens and building communities through local, state, national, and international partnerships. Be part of a team to craft a vision for the civic mission of higher education over the next 20 years.
Date: October 16-17
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
REGISTRATION BEGINS APRIL 1
20th Anniversary Briefing Packet
Monday, October 16
Illinois Carter Partnership Awards & Gala Dinner
Rosalynn Carter, former first lady, presenter
Senator John McCain, keynote speaker (invited)
Tuesday, October 17
20/20 Vision Summit
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaker (invited)
Facilitated Roundtable Discussions
Please visit Natonal Campus Compact for more information and read the invitation below from Elizabeth Hollander,
Executive Director of National Campus Compact.
Dear Colleagues,
As Campus Compact turns 20, we want to personally invite you to join us for a two-day celebration of campuses and communities working together for a better society.
The event begins Monday, October 16, at Campus Compact’s 20th Anniversary Gala in Chicago, celebrating two decades of educating citizens and building communities. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will present the Carter Partnership Awards, honoring Illinois colleges and universities along with their community partners for addressing critical areas of public need.
The following day, October 17, we also invite you to be part of our 20/20 Visioning Summit to discuss ways higher education can best help society over the course of the next 20 years.
In addition to Rosalynn Carter (confirmed), invited are Senator John McCain; Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; and higher education, political, philanthropic, corporate, and community leaders from across the country.
The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago -http://mccormickplace.hyatt.com. Formal invitations to this celebration will go out in the near future.
Additional information can be found on the Campus Compact website at http://www.compact.org/20th. Registration begins April 1.
Campus Compact is a national leader in the movement on college and university campuses to prepare students for active citizenship and to improve the quality of community life. We hope that you will join us as we celebrate many stellar achievements and look forward to the next 20 years.
Elizabeth Hollander
Executive Director
National Campus Compact
Kathy Engelken
Executive Director
Illinois Campus Compact
