In a report of results of a study to the Northern New England Campus Compact, students who participated in service-learning courses scored significantly higher on all measures. The students reported higher community engagement, academic engagement, interpersonal engagement, academic challenge, and likelihood to remain at the university (retention) than students in courses that did not ...
ICP is seeking a Development Fellow interested in community and national service, fundraising, non-profit management, and communications for an appointment of 1 year to begin as soon as possible.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Service Fellow Program is a post-graduate opportunity aimed at developing recent college graduates’ professional skills in the nonprofit arena. The ...
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education. Campus Compact envisions colleges and universities as vital agents and architects of a diverse democracy, committed to educating students for responsible citizenship in ways that ...
University Mission
John Carroll is a Catholic and Jesuit University dedicated to developing women and men with the knowledge and character to lead and serve.
Course Goals
Our incredibly diverse society has changed the expectations for interpersonal competence. Continuing demographic changes in the United States are forcing us to recognize the we must ...
Colorado Campus Compact’s Executive Director of ten years, Theresa Cusimano J.D., is moving to Ann Arbor, MI to lead the endowed Ginsberg Center for Service Learning at the University of Michigan. Cusimano and her Campus Compact team bring more than 10,000 Colorado college students over $25 million in service scholarships ...
Course Description
This class is a survey of pre-Columbian civilization and the impact of the Encounter with Europe, modern-socio-historical, cultural and political events which shape present-day Latin America. This semester the course will focus on cultural resistance to colonization and other forms of social injustice in Latin America. Participants ...
It’s early on a Sunday afternoon in late April 2009, and in a second-floor classroom at Binghamton University’s Down-town Center, a group of graduate students are discussing the issues raised when good intentions meet the bottom line.
“It’s not that any of these organizations aren’t deserving of funding,” asserts Lauren Elick ...
Course Description
Based on the themes of critical reading, logical thinking, effective communication, and service learning, this colloquium will explore social and health issues in public school and community settings. The goal of participation in this colloquium is to assist first-year students in becoming engaged in the intellectual life of the ...
NOTE: This course is designated as a Service-Learning Course. While service-learning is not a new concept, this campus has designated particular courses as means to help the community and benefit students with insightful and reflective teaching methods for the course. In this case, Service-learning is a community-based ...
Course Description
Exploring techniques and strategies used for designing, implementing, and managing health promotion intervention. Trainings are provided in specifying change of objectives, assessing determinants, selecting methods and strategies, pre-testing program materials, specifying adoption and implementation plans, evaluation indicators, etc. Problem-based and community-based learning are emphasized and practiced throughout ...
Send Resume to: cwshr@churchworldservice.org
or mail to: Church World Service
Attention: Karen de Lopez
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
or fax to 574/266-0087
Deadline to Apply: Until Filled
Service Term: 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2010
Primary Purpose:
As an AmeriCorps member, the part-time AmeriCorps Job Developer assists refugees in the process of job search and placement in an effort to assist them ...
Send Resume to:
cwshr@churchworldservice.org
or mail to: Church World Service
Attention: Karen de Lopez
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
or fax to 574/266-0087
Deadline to Apply: Until Filled
Service Term: 09/01/2009 – 08/31/2010
Primary Purpose:
As an AmeriCorps member, the full-time AmeriCorps Community Development Associate will be responsible for 4 primary activities. These are: 1.) Plan and implement ...
Service-Learning Coordinator – Normandale Community College
MnSCU Academic Professional 1 (Unclassified MAPE, 1 year temp position with possibility of renewal)
Responsibilities:
Work with students, staff and faculty of Normandale as well as community partners to further a comprehensive service-learning program
Assist with classroom presentations, faculty development, and student recruitment for service-learning.
Manage, research and initialize ...
Executive Director
Center for Civic Engagement
Provides strategic direction, advocacy, program and resource development and coordination to the rich and varied curricular and co-curricular experiences through which the college connects to its surrounding community. Promotes civic engagement by providing educational opportunities and leadership development to students, faculty, and staff. Works ...
Institution: Suffolk Unversity, Boston Campus
Department: S.O.U.L.S. Community Service and Service Learning Center
Position: Assistant Director of Service Learning
General Statement of Duties: The Assistant Director of Service Learning is an integral member of the S.O.U.L.S. Community Service and Service Learning Center with primary responsibilities for the design, implementation and assessment ...
POSITION SUMMARY:
Recruit mentors trough marketing (such as print ads, billboards and public service announcements), presentations (to, for example, local churches, businesses or service clubs), and awareness events (participate in local parades, volunteer training, etc.)
Assist in mentor retention
Organize group activities for the mentors and children to attend together, form a monthly ...
POSITION SUMMARY:
Complete all necessary case management work related to volunteers, clients and families participating in the program
Perform professional screening for all program participants including interviewing, screening, training and matching mentors with children
Provide professional support to mentor matches in order to help youth develop essential personal assets through monthly and annual ...
In an interview with Inside Higher Ed, Randy Stoecker and Elizabeth Tryon talk about their findings that appear in their book, The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning (Temple University Press). In it, they explore the relationship between college and community, asking whether the latter benefits as much as service-learning ...
College Health Corps (CHC) VISTA Position Description
Minnesota Campus Compact (MNCC) leverages the collective assets of our higher education institutions in partnerships with our communities to expand civic engagement across Minnesota. More than 50 member college and university campuses are committed to promoting and supporting community service, civic engagement, and ...
College Health Corps (CHC) VISTA Leader Position Description
Minnesota Campus Compact (MNCC) leverages the collective assets of our higher education institutions in partnerships with our communities to expand civic engagement across Minnesota. More than 50 member college and university campuses are committed to promoting and supporting community service, civic engagement, ...
