...President Obama spoke directly to the students in the audience (at Texas A&M University) and on other campuses around the nation, reminding them that community service is among the oldest American traditions, an activity that “binds us to each other — and to our communities and our country.” … Organizations such ...

Eighteen Olivet College students and two staff members spent the weekend painting the interior of the River House Domestic Abuse Shelter….The trip was conceived by the two schools' Michigan Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers, Jean Paul Cortes, serving Olivet, and Monica Martinez, … Read the entire article in the Battle Creek Enquirer

The Center for Community Service at Ashland University will sponsor a poverty simulation…"The poverty simulation is an interactive and role-playing activity designed to show participants the realities and ambiguities of living in poverty and to dispel the myths and stereotypes often associated with it," said Erica Phillips, coordinator of the Ohio Campus Compact ...

Get experience. Get out of your comfort zone. Get outside. If you need a change and want be a part of a change larger than yourself, then get involved. Mile High Youth Corps is looking for 19-24 year old motivated candidates for The AmeriCorps Leadership and Conservation Program. The AmeriCorps Leadership ...

Summary Northland College, an environmentally-committed college on the shores of Lake Superior, is currently doing a number of academic searches with special attention to diversifying its faculty. Among these, we invite applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Sustainable Community Development at the Assistant Professor level to begin in the ...

Summary The Bro Professor of Sustainable Regional Development is made possible by an endowment that establishes, to quote the Memorandum of Understanding creating the professorship, "an outreach professorship at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute to assist north country communities to develop sustainably." The holder will be jointly appointed to an academic ...

...Another of this year’s notable topics, CCSSE also found that 77 percent of community college students have never “participated in a community-based project as apart of a regular course,” despite other CCSSE data that show such programs drastically improve student performance.... Read entire article in Inside Higher Ed

The California State University, Fresno American Humanics (AH) Program was awarded a $25,000 grant that will be used to give its students hands-on experience in the Community Benefit Organization (CBO) sector…The project's funding comes from a three-year grant from California Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1000 college and ...

THE POSITION: Associate Vice President for Student Affairs SALARY: Competitive THE ORGANIZATION: The University of Baltimore (UB) invites applications and nominations for the position of Associate Vice President for Student Affairs. UB may consider Vice President level depending upon the candidate’s background and experience. UB is a Carnegie ...

Amherst College seeks a Manager of Internship Programs to join the Career Center and Center for Community Engagement teams. Reporting to the Directors of the Career Center (CC) and Center for Community Engagement (CCE), the Manager will work collaboratively with CC/CCE team members to advise and educate underclass students ...

Eleven students at Simpson College completed 300 hours of community service apiece in one year as part of the federally funded Iowa Campus Compact AmeriCorps Program.…Eight Iowa colleges and universities, including Simpson, participate in the Iowa Campus Compact AmeriCorps Program. Read the entire article in The Des Moines Register

Help run programs that teach young people about leadership, citizenship, and social justice! Work behind the scenes at an innovative nonprofit organization! Northwestern University's Civic Education Project is now hiring a full time Assistant Coordinator! About CEP: The Civic Education Project (CEP), at Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development, ...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Morgridge Center for Public Service, http://www.morgridge.wisc.edu/, invites applications for a newly created Grants Coordinator position (50% appointment). Build a funding program from the ground up and leverage existing matching gift funds. The position is responsible for researching, developing, and submitting proposals, and securing funding from federal, state, ...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Morgridge Center for Public Service, http://www.morgridge.wisc.edu/, invites applications for a newly created Grants Coordinator position (50% appointment). Build a funding program from the ground up and leverage existing matching gift funds. The position is responsible for researching, developing, and submitting proposals, and securing funding from federal, state, ...

Project SHINE (www.projectshine.org) is national service learning organization located at Temple University Intergenerational Center. SHINE creates intergenerational relationships with elderly immigrants and refugees through tutoring English, health literacy, and citizenship. SHINE is now accepting applications for our AmeriCorps Health Literacy Program. These part-time AmeriCorps members will serve 8–10 hours a ...

The New York Campus Compact is an association of college and university presidents and their campuses committed to promoting active citizenship as an aim of higher education. The New York Campus Compact provides statewide leadership in advocating for, supporting, and increasing student involvement in academic and co-curricular based public ...

The Executive Director of Colorado Campus Compact (CCC) is responsible for the overall success of the organization, including fiscal sustainability. CCC is a higher education membership organization comprised of 21 Colorado colleges and universities as well as four regional campuses and two community partners. Believing that social change ...

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), the nation\'s largest anti-sexual assault organization, is seeking volunteers in the D.C. area to assist sexual assault survivors and their friends and family on the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline. The Online Hotline provides live, secure and anonymous help to the growing number of ...

Home Energy Conservation corpsmembers work with a small team to perform the installation of energy and water saving measures, including but not limited to aerators, compact florescent light bulbs, water efficient showerheads, and high-efficiency toilets in low-income households in the Metro Denver area. Corpsmember also educate residents about the environmental ...

Water Conservation Corpsmembers participate in an intensive, 22-week program that focuses on building technical skills and job readiness in a green job industry. Corpsmembers will work both on-site installing high-efficiency toilets (HETs) and in the classroom focusing on teamwork, community service, life skills, job readiness training, leadership development and career ...