UAB is proud to be a member of Campus Compact.
Campus Compact is a coalition of nearly 1,100 college and university presidents - representing some 6 million students - who are committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education. As the only national association dedicated to this mission, Campus Compact is a leader in building civic engagement into campus and academic life. Through our national office and network of 31 state offices, member institutions receive the training, resources, and advocacy they need to build strong surrounding communities and teach students the skills and values of democracy.
Campus Compact's membership includes public, private, two- and four-year institutions across the spectrum of higher education. These institutions put into practice the ideal of civic engagement by sharing knowledge and resources with their communities, creating economic development initiatives, and supporting service and service-learning efforts in key areas such as literacy, health care, hunger, homelessness, the environment, and senior services.
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Campus Compact Awards:
President's Honor Roll
The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced details about the President's Honor Roll. President Jack DeGioia has co-signed a letter on behalf of Campus Compact along with Secretary Arne Duncan and other higher education leaders. It will be sent out within the next few weeks.
Applications will be accepted in two categories for service performed during the 2008-2009 academic year:
- General Community Service - recognizing the breadth and quality of a broad range of service activities
- Special Focus Area - commending service projects that support the high school graduation and college readiness of disadvantaged youth
Six institutions - three from each category - will be named as Presidential Award winners.
The electronic application is available at http://myproject.nationalservice.gov/honorroll/. The deadline is 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Thursday, October 29, 2009. The winners will be announced at the ACE annual Meeting in January and presented at the National Conference on Service and Volunteerism in June 2010 in NYC. The Compact will be working with the Corporation regarding the June conference,
There is more information and a short video on the Honor Roll, at www.NationalService.gov/HonorRoll
Spencer Foundation Research Fellowships
The Spencer Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2010 Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education. Approximately 20 Fellowships of $25,000 are awarded each year by the Spencer Foundation to support doctoral candidates in a variety of fields whose dissertations promise to contribute fresh perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of education.
Please note that although the dissertation topic must concern education, graduate study may be in any academic discipline. In addition, although applicants must be candidates for a doctoral degree at a graduate school in the United States, they need not be citizens of the United States.
The Foundation would appreciate it if you would forward this email to any qualified graduate student(s) you might know and/or to any office which might publicize the fellowship to likely candidates. Applications must be submitted by Wednesday, October 21, 2009. You can visit their website http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/dissertation-fellowship-program for more information about the Fellowship as well as to apply online.
2009 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award
The deadline is March 20, 2009.
The Ehrlich Award recognizes faculty for exemplary leadership in advancing students' civic learning and higher education's contributions to the public good, including teaching with engaged pedagogies, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, building institutional support for service-learning and civic engagement, conducting community-based research, and other means of acting on individual and institutional civic commitments. One award of $2,000 will be granted to a faculty member from a Campus Compact member institution. Up to ten finalists will also be selected and recognized.
Please note that for faculty committed to civic and community engagement, there are two major national awards: the Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award, from Campus Compact, and the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, from the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE). Both awards value community collaboration as well as institutional impact and honor engaged work across the faculty roles of teaching, research, and service. We encourage nominations for junior faculty (pre-tenure or early career at institutions with renewable contracts) for the Lynton Award and nominations for senior faculty (post-tenure or middle-to-late career at institutions without tenure) for the Ehrlich Award.
Please share information about these awards with your colleagues and consider applying or nominating someone else. For more information about the Ehrlich Award and a link to the online application form, see www.compact.org/awards/ehrlich. More information about the Lynton Award can be found at www.nerche.org.
2009 Frank Newman Leadership Award
The deadline is March 20, 2009.
The Frank Newman Leadership Award provides financial support and mentorship to assist students with financial need and civic leadership potential to help them achieve their academic and civic goals. Two $5,000 awards are available to undergraduate students at Campus Compact member colleges and universities.
The Frank Newman Leadership Award honors the unique legacy of Frank Newman, co-founder of Campus Compact, by recognizing presidential leadership for civic engagement and exceptional students who have shown potential for civic leadership through community service and scholastic achievement.
For more information about the Newman Award and a link to the online application form, see www.compact.org/awards/newman. With questions regarding the award, please contact us at awards@compact.org and include "Newman Award" in the subject line or call (617) 357-1881.
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