The International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership and Social Change
Read the Fall 2017 edition here.
A Fearless VISTA Leader Gives Back
As the VISTA Leader with OCC I was encouraged to dig deep into the history and mission of the AmeriCorps VISTA program and to engage with the issues that confront low-income students on campuses across the country. With that fire in my heart, I felt deeply connected to the work and to the VISTA members … Read more
Campus Compact Announces Fund for Positive Engagement Winners
Ohio Campus Compact congratulates our members Marietta College and The College of Wooster for receiving an award. 40 institutions to receive funding from Campus Compact to bridge divides on campuses and in communities.BOSTON, Mass. – September 11, 2017 – Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has … Read more
September Guest Blog: Nonprofit Leadership at Youngstown State University
Greetings from Youngstown State University! I consider this a great honor to serve as a guest blogger for Ohio Campus Compact (OCC), and share some of our great work in the Center for Nonprofit Leadership at YSU. An even greater honor was receiving the 2017 David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service awarded by … Read more
A New Generation of Philanthropists
Ohio Campus Compact’s Pay it Forward (PIF) initiative is developing a new generation of philanthropists through an innovative course-based service-learning program that engages Ohio college students in hands-on philanthropy, grant-making, and volunteer service while providing community nonprofits with much needed assistance during difficult economic times. Each PIF course receives real dollars to award nonprofit agencies. Students typically … Read more
The Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement
With contributions from leading experts across disciplinary fields, this book explores best practices from the field’s most notable researchers, as well as important historically based and politically focused challenges to a field whose impact has reached an important crossroads. The comprehensive and powerfully critical analysis considers the history of community engagement and service learning, best … Read more
The Community Engagement Professional in Higher Education: A Competency Model for an Emerging Field
This book, offered by “practitioner-scholars,” is an exploration and identification of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are central to supporting effective community engagement practices between higher education and communities. The discussion and review of these core competencies are framed within a broader context of the changing landscape of institutional community engagement and the emergence … Read more
Raise Your Voice: A Student Guide to Making Positive Social Change
This hands-on guide speaks directly to student leaders seeking to improve the effectiveness of their engaged work while enhancing their academic and civic learning. Based on three years of activity in Campus Compact’s hugely successful Raise Your Voice civic action campaign, which mobilized hundreds of thousands of students across the country, this book is full … Read more
Nonprofit Professional Certification
The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance offers an online program to earn recognition as a Certified Nonprofit Professional. Details about costs and coursework are available online. AmeriCorps members can use their Segal Education Award towards the cost of the program. For more information, please contact Kaitlyn Hudgins, Director of Strategic Partnerships, kaitlyn.hudgins@nonprofitleadershipalliance.org.
2017 Charles J. Ping Student Service Legacy Award Winners Announced
The Charles J. Ping Student Service Award was designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service or service-learning on their campus and within their community. These students represent the next generation of civic leaders and problem solvers. The award is named in honor of Charles J. Ping, … Read more