The University of Connecticut’s Department of Student Activities announces an opening for a full-time Community Outreach Program Coordinator (Student Activities Program Coordinator I – UCP IV) position. This position reflects the University’s commitment to preparing students to be responsible global citizens. Working within the mission of the ...
College students, many of whom spend the little extra cash they have on pizza and laundry, don’t fit the typical profile of a wealthy benefactor. But in a growing national movement, students enrolled in newly created philanthropy courses are steering thousands of dollars to local charities....
The recent efforts on college ...
The Center for Democracy and Citizenship, a program out of the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, will move to Augsburg College in time for classes in the fall....
The center is part of the Politics and Governance area at the Humphrey Institute, and focuses on promoting civic engagement ...
Defiance College has an immediate opening for a Director of Service Leadership Programs in the College’s McMaster School for Advancing Humanity. The School serves as a catalyst for innovative, interdisciplinary, community-based work by creating and supporting opportunities for teams of faculty, students, and staff to use their academic and ...
Everyday Heroes takes a behind-the-headlines look at a diverse group of young adults who give a year of their lives through a San Francisco area AmeriCorps program to tutor and mentor needy kids. While documenting a year both turbulent and exhilarating, the film reveals the hopes and dreams, successes and ...
This project is looking for volunteers to assist locals in building one of the worlds best ecological treks. It will pass by several waterfalls, one of them being 3 times as high as the Eiffel Tower. Each volunteer has the option of being assigned a team of local Andean ...
Organizational Overview: KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) is redefining the notion of what is possible in public education through a partnership among parents, students, and teachers that puts learning first. A national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools with a track record of preparing students in underserved ...
The University of Cincinnati is currently accepting applications for a Program Coordinator. Under supervision of the Director of the Center for Community Engagement, manage the day-to-day office operations including working with and supervising students, managing office financial accounts through SAP, including grants. Work closely with the director, ...
Under supervision of the Director of the Center for Community Engagement, manage the day-to-day office operations including working with and supervising students, managing office financial accounts through SAP, including grants. Work closely with the director, the university, and the community in all stages of program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation. ...
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Our Voice Our Country is pleased to announce a national $1,000 scholarship competition for incoming college freshmen and women, taking place this summer. The competition began on June 15th, and ends on Monday, August 17th.
Participants identify our nation's most urgent problems, and ...
The Burnett Honors College at the University of Central Florida invites applications for the position of FASS VISTA HERO Coordinator.
The Burnett Honors College combines the intimacy of a small liberal arts college with the benefits of a large, research university located in a metropolitan environment. The mission of the ...
Once a month, the Talloires Network hosts an online discussion on topics related to civic engagement and students’ experiences in initiating and managing community outreach projects.
Join Talloires Network staff, Student Peer Advisors, and students from around the world to share challenges and new ideas for creating positive change.
E-mail us to ...
Civic engagement is a cornerstone at Miami Dade College (MDC) with more than 5,000 students participating in academic service-learning projects each year, and thousands more who serve the community through their involvement in student clubs and organizations.
Read the full story in the Miami Herald.
Bayside, NY—The practice of service learning, applying what is learned in the classroom to the needs of the community, has flourished in a wide variety of academic disciplines at Queensborough Community College which held its second regional conference last week, Assessing the Learning Behind the Service, featuring the internationally renowned ...
Lindsey Speed was glad to come back to the United States after a weeklong journey to the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation. But that doesn’t mean she’s not going back. She found something in Haiti, something different. She felt what she is learning through her college major, biosystems engineering, being put into practice.
Read ...
Western Michigan University did something last fall that no other state school had -- hand a free education to 51 former foster youths....
Surveys of former foster youths suggest just one, maybe two, in 20 get a college degree. But WMU's 51 were determined.
Read the full article in the Detroit Free Press.
City of Water Day Festival
***Call for Volunteers***
On Saturday, July 18th thousands from the Tri-State region will float, ferry, paddle, row, splash, canoe, and kayak their way to beautiful Governors Island for the 2nd Annual City of Water Day Festival, presented by the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA).
Last year over seven ...
While some classes just learn about theories, one Lesley University class actually put their learning into action....
With a $15,000 grant obtained through the Campus Compact and Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund sponsored Students4Giving program, the class’ 28 students distributed up to $2,000 to six local charities.
Read the full story in the ...
KALAMAZOO--A five-year, $500,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will help boost the college success rate of former foster care youth who are enrolled in a groundbreaking program launched last fall at Western Michigan University.
The grant, announced at today's WMU Board of Trustees meeting, will support WMU's Foster Care Initiative in ...
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW: Washington Campus Compact (WACC) is a statewide consortium of higher education institutions that have joined together to advance the ...
