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Look Who is Coming to Ohio!
Dr. Eugene Rice & Dr. David J. Maurrasse
April 20
University of Dayton
Amy Driscoll
Do you know anyone who is coming to Ohio? Email us and let us know!
For more information contact OCC at 740-587-8572
Let us know who is coming or who you might like to come to your campus by emailing us at occinfo@alink.com!
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Special Thanks to Ohio Campus Compact
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 Dear OCC members & friends,
Welcome to the April 2009 issue of the Ohio Campus Compact Newsletter. This month we are spotlighting a recent survey of faculty, "The American College Teacher: National Norms for the 2007-08 HERI Faculty Survey,"
which is issued by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. The results reported are based on the responses of 22,562 full-time college and university faculty members at 372 four-year colleges and universities nationwide. The responses are weighted to provide an accurate profile of the teaching population at four-year colleges. Highlighted in this year's survey report are faculty responses to questions in several categories related to social change. Some of the responses around faculty as social change agents include:
75.2 percent of professors now say that they work to "enhance students'
knowledge of and appreciation for other racial/ethnic groups." That is a
gain of 17.6 percentage points in the three years since the survey was
last done.
55.5 percent of professors consider it "very important" or "essential"
to "instill in students a commitment to community service," an increase of 19.1 percentage points since the last survey.
71.0 percent believe that colleges should be "actively involved" in solving
social problems, up 4.1 percentage points in three years.
Sincerely,
Richard Kinsley
Executive Director, OCC
occdick@alink.com
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Compact Updates:
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Welcome Baby Schaaf!
Executive Board Member and Ashland University CSD, Becky Schaaf and husband Bryan welcomed a new baby boy Wednesday March 11th at 4:55am. Ward Christopher weighed in at 8lbs, 8oz and was 21 inches long. |
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Congratulations New VISTA Leaders!
 
Jenn Scott - North Region
Melissa Jackson - OCC
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2009 Charles J. Ping Award Winners
Kristen Wright - Baldwin Wallace
*Alicia Johnson - Defiance College
Caitlin Fondessy - Denison University
*Jimmy Rudyk - John Carroll University
James Inks - Marietta College
Katherine Gutschalk - Mercy College
Eva D'Intino - Miami University
*Kevin McLaughlin - Miami University - partnered w/Jessica Reading
Marisa Rendina - Miami University
*Jessica Reading - Miami University - partnered w/Kevin McLaughlinAlexandra Ulbricht - Mount Union College
Elissa Nieves - Oberlin College
*Katherine Feldhues - Ohio Northern University
Lea Madry - Ohio State University
*Paola Grullon - Ohio Wesleyan University
*Astra Ng - Shawnee State University
Amy Smith - Shawnee State University*Lisa Hughes - University of Findlay
Betsy Fox - Wilmington College
*Megan Hentges - Wittenberg University
Jennifer Otto - Wright State Univeristy
2009 David Hoch Memorial Award Winners
Winner
Dr. Karen Hutzel - The Ohio State University
Honorable Mention
Dr. Beth Canfield-Simbro - Mount Union College
Kathy Dick - University of Cincinnati
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National Campus Compact has a new website at http://www.compact.org. The new site features a completely new design and structure, including a new content management system that will allow users to navigate the site more easily while allowing us to update information more efficiently.
Featured Article of the Month:
Shifting Faculty Mission
If you have any suggestions for our feature
of the month, please let us know!!
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April : OCC currently accepting applications for 30 VISTA positions
Click here for : How to apply
Job Descriptions
April 20, 2009: Scholar-Practitionership Engagement Conference
University of Dayton
June 12: OCC VISTA Banquet at Denison University |
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Campus Highlights
Mount Union CollegeAmanda Espenschied-Reilly, Director of Service Learning and Community Service at Mt. Union reported: Alliance City Schools were awarded 2 VISTA Summer Associates through Second Harvest Food Bank to help with the summer meal program. While about 2400 kids in Alliance are on free or reduced lunch during the year the number of kids served in the summer is about 400. Alliance City Schools hopes that the VISTAs will be able to find out what causes the drop in numbers and what can be done to better reach the targeted populations. I decided to apply for this position because of my experience with OCC VISTAs, which truly has inspired me. As a 10 month/yr employee I saw the summer program as my opportunity to serve and when an opening came available in my own community I jumped on it. _____________________
UC Clermont CollegeBarbara Wallace, Director, College Success Program at UC Clermont College was awarded the Community College National Center for Community Engagement's 2009 Service Learning and Civic engagement Collaboration Award in the category of Collaboration with Social Agencies. Congrats to Barbara!
Miami UniversityAnn Cashell, a senior interdisciplinary studies major from Oxford, is a top 10 winner of the United Nations Foundation's Climate Crews contest. Cashell worked with Stephanie Louise Mettler, Miami '08, a VISTA in Miami's office of community engagement and service, to submit a sustainability proposal for the contest. Mettler and Cashell's proposal focused on projects that could be initiated by an office of sustainability. An example is "lights out on campus", suggesting that lights could be turned off in classrooms and dorms between noon and 2pm when sunlight is at its peak. Cashell attended a 3-day training seminar at the U.N. Foundation where she accepted the $500 grant. Way to go Ann and Louise!
Denison University
Saturday, March 28 was our biggest volunteer day of the year: Big Red's Big Day! We had over 22 groups working with organizations on and off campus with a total of 350 Denison student volunteers. For example, our physics club and environmental organization did a Nature hike, physics demos, and planetarium show with 25 girl scouts. Our campus improv group and Newman group did interactive acting with and cooked lunch for a teen center in Newark! Among all the activities we also make cookies, dog biscuits, Easter cards, and dolls for various community organizations! Reported by Eryn McGowan, OCC VISTA.
Wilmington College
Tony Staubach, a 23-year-old AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer and Wilmington College graduate, runs a College Access program that was featured in an article by Connie Schultz. Read Tony's Article.
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Grant & Award Resources
Carter-Kellogg Scholarship
presented by Stetson University
Amount: $500
Deadline: Rolling with winners being selected montly. To be included in the February competition, submissions must be completed by February 20.
Description: Full-time college students who have completed or implemented service-learning projects are elibible to compete for $500 scholarships. To apply, students should describe their project activities and results, and a critical reflection on what they learned. Students must be able to articulate clearly the role that academics played in their project and the effects the porject has had on the community. More specific guidelines and the online application can be found at http://www.ServiceBook.org
Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter Parnership Foundation
CASE Grant
Amount: $1,000
Description: Each month JRCPF offers a $1000 CASE grant through our ServiceBook Monthly award. Students wishing to be considered for this award can apply via www.ServiceBook.org. As with our other CASE awards, students must register, log in, then follow the links: Students>Submit Your Project. Within the application, students must be sure to select "ServiceBook Monthly" under the "CASE Competition" drop-down list.
For more information: http://www.ServiceBook.org
Learn and Serve Funds Available
Funding is now available for Learn and Serve America, Great Cities Great Service Mini-Grants. These grants are $5000 and support new service-learning courses that implement the YouthLEAD model of working with urban youth. For more information and to download the application, please visit http://www.ohiocampuscompact.org/page.cfm?ID=5 .
You may also contact Jen Irwin at occirwin@alink.com or at 740-587-8573. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis as funding remains available.
2008-2009 M3C AmeriCorps Education
Award Only Program
Now accepting host site applications!!!
Application Deadline: On a rolling basis until all slots are filled.
Amount: $1,000 Education Award
Description: M3C is a 10-state Campus Compact collaborative program administered by Wisconsin Campus Compact. All fellows must complete 300 community service hours in a calendar year in order to receive a $1,000 education award.
For more information, please log onto the M3C website or contact Brandon Donelson-Sims at occleader@alink.com.
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