Happy 25th Anniversary to Florida Campus Compact! This year’s annual conference, commemorating this important milestone, will be one you won’t want to miss!

A growing body of research continues to show that student learning outcomes and retention rates are significantly enhanced by the high-impact practices and pedagogy of community-based engaged scholarship. To that end, and in a continuing effort to create healthy communities, Florida Campus Compact will celebrate its twenty-

fifth anniversary by convening higher education professionals to showcase best practices and cross sector collaborations while strengthening relationships among stakeholders.

We’ll be exploring the theme: Celebrating Twenty-five Years: Engaging Communities, Educating Citizens, Building Economies. Join us at Saddlebrook, located 30 minutes North of Tampa International Airport, November 16-18, 2016 for the celebration and to acquire information, share best practices, network with colleagues from around

the state and plan for collaboration.Session proposals are now being

accepted. The deadline for proposals is Friday, July 22, 2016 at 5:00 PM (EDT).

Click HERE for the application. The 2016 Florida Campus

Compact Awards Gala will also be held at Saddlebrook. Join us Thursday evening, November 17, 2016 to celebrate the exceptional contributions of Floridians committed to strengthening academic and civic engagement.

Award applications can be found on pages 2 and 3 of this newsletter.

The 25th AnniversaryFlorida Campus Compact Conference

MAY 2016 EDITION

The Newsletter of Florida Campus Compact

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Chronicle

2016 Florida Campus CompactAnnual ConferenceCelebrating Twenty-five Years: Engaging Communities, Educating Citizens, Building EconomiesNovember 16-18, 2016 ~ Saddlebrook (30 Minutes N. of Tampa Airport)

P2-3 / 2016 AWARDS

Applications are now being accept-ed for the 2016 FL|CC Awards

P4-5 / 2016 NEWMAN FELLOWS

Nineteen Florida students named 2016 Newman Civic Fellows

P8 & 10 / TWO DEADLINES

FAST APPROCHING!

P10 / REGIONAL MEETINGS

Information on upcoming FL|CC regional meetings

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AmeriCorps VISTA Member Recognition Award –Application Deadline is June 10, 2016A Florida Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA member will be selected for special recognition. An outstanding member is one who has demonstrated great success in combining both the mission of FL|CC and that of the AmeriCorps program.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

Student Excellence in Service Award –Application Deadline is June 10, 2016The Excellence in Service Award recognizes and honors students, generally one in each of the three higher education sectors (state university system, Florida college system, independent colleges / universities) for outstanding service to Florida’s communities.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

Community Engagement Educator Award –Application Deadline is June 10, 2016The Community Engagement Educator Award recognizes and honors outstanding individuals (staff or faculty who serve as the primary campus contact to Florida Campus Compact) for significant contributions to the institutionalization of community engagement by inspiring a vision for service on the campus and supporting faculty, students, and campus-community partnerships.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

Engaged Scholarship Faculty Award –Application Deadline is June 10, 2016The Engaged Scholarship Faculty Award recognizes and honors one faculty member in each of the three higher education sectors (state university system, state college system, independent colleges and universities) for contributing to the integration of service and/or community-based learning into the curriculum.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

Engaged Scholarship Research Award –Application Deadline is June 10, 2016The Engaged Scholarship Research Award recognizes and honors scholars for outstanding research in the field of service-learning and engaged scholarship. Qualified research includes critical data based analysis of service-learning and its impact on students for community and engaged scholarship or research utilizing community-based inquiry that results in a mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

Award Applications are now aavailable for the 2016 Florida Campus Compact Awards! Below is a brief desciption of each award and a link to the award appliaction.

Please note that the application deadline for the Campus-Community Partnership Award and the Engaged Campus of the Year is July 1, 2016. The application deadline for ALL of the other Awards is June 10, 2016.

2016 FL|CC AW

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Graham-Frey Civic Award –Application Deadline is June 10, 2016The Graham-Frey Civic Award is named in recognition of the extraordinary civic contributions made by Florida Governor and United States Senator Bob Graham and United States Congressman Lou Frey. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of civic learning and engagement in sustaining our participatory democracy.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

Student Affairs Partnering with Academic Affairs Award –Application Deadline is July 1, 2016The Student Affairs Partnering with Academic Affairs Award recognizes at least one Institution of Higher Education for a program or project that reflects outstanding Student and Academic Affairs collaboration. It should be a case for the integrated use of all of your institution’s resources in the education and preparation of the whole student. It can also introduce new ways of understanding and supporting learning and development as inseparable elements of the student experience.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

Campus-Community Partnership Award –Application Deadline is July 1, 2016The Campus-Community Partnership Award recognizes outstanding campus-community partnerships that produce measurable improvements in and demonstrate a commitment to a community while enhancing higher education. This award is designed to help increase the number and effectiveness of other campus-community partnerships. In so doing, we hope to promote cooperation between education, community, government, and business leaders on critical social and economic issues.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

Engaged Campus of the Year Award –Application Deadline is July 1, 2016The Engaged Campus Award recognizes Florida institutions of higher education for exemplary commitment to advancing the civic purposes of higher education. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to improve community life and to educate students for civic and social responsibility.

CLICK HERE FOR THE AWARD APPLICATION

ARD APPLICATIONS

Congratulations 2016 Newman Civic Fellows!

Christian MesaBarry University

Willie WilliamsFlorida A&M University

Christy FolkFlorida Atlantic University

Lauren MorimannoFlorida Gulf Coast University

Corin LoboFlorida Institute of Technology

Maydee MartinezMiami Dade College

Arden BaxterRollins College

Pablo CamposPensacola State College

Alexis MusickUniversity of Miami

19 outstanding Florida students are among the 218 students from across the country honored as 2016 Newman Civic Fellows. These promising student leaders have demonstrated an investment in their community through service, research, and advocacy. Nominated for the award by their college or university President, these Fellows are making the most of their college experiences to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues, and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change.

Click on each Fellow’s name to read more about them.

Robert DownAdventist University of Health Sciences

Julia WeatherspoonEastern Florida State College

Demetrius SmithEdward Waters College

Stephon Green-MonroeFlorida State College at Jacksonville

Isabelle RungePalm Beach Atlantic University

Lizabelt AvilaNew College of Florida

Taylor DuguayStetson University

Rosmery Nerey RodriguezSeminole State College of Florida

Misha SmithTallahassee Community College

Andy GarciaUniversity of Florida

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FL|CC AmeriCorps VISTA members are successfully building bridges between the classrooms and communities by connecting educators, students, and community partners to improve education and strengthen communities through campus-community partnerships. In this newsletter, we’d like to share just a few of the valuable contributions our VISTA members are making:

“This month marked the culmination of a a 2.5 month long project our students took part in this semester. Our office offered a class that taught students how to budget and fundraise and they used their newly found skills to acquire the funds to take part in an alternative spring break trip. March 19-21 we had 4 students who traveled to Apopka, Florida to take part in Hope Community Center’s Immersion Program. Since Hope’s mission focuses on migrants and the working poor, our class discussed the challenge of immigration throughout the semester. We had speakers from the local Community Foundation as well as an immigration attorney as guest speakers for the class. The trip served as a culminating project and I think all of the students learned a lot from their experience. This service learning course marks a change in the direction of the VISTA program here at New College as well.”

~ Lacy Mroz at New College

“It seems that spring break is always on my mind, especially this past year of AmeriCorps VISTA with FL|CC. Planning for spring break begins right after spring break ends. This year the Office of Service-Learning at Eckerd College had 10 trips go out for alternative spring break service trips. There were 6 international trips and 4 domestic trips. Students traveled to Jamaica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Kentucky, and St. Petersburg, FL. Students worked with elderly people, built homes, farmed, educated youth, and assisted various communities in the best way that they could. This photo is from the trip that I lead right here in St. Petersburg, FL. It was a yoga retreat and an environmental service trip. We met with Mayor Kriseman of St. Petersburg and discussed environmental initiatives that the City of St. Petersburg is taking to continue its reputation as an environmental conscious city. This spring break experience took copious amounts of planning and it was all worth it to see the relationships made through service.”

~ Jenna Behnke at Eckerd College

“During the month of March I led a group of students in our Living Learning Community on an Alternative Break (aB) trip to Ft. Lauderdale and we visited an organization called International Children’s Outreach (ICO) who serves at -risk youth. The director, Onica, is a past aB participant at FIU and because of her experience as an aB participant dedicated her career to service and now hosts trips by many universities in the Florida area. We were excited to be able to continue building relationships with her as an Alumni of the program and as a Community Partner to our aB Program. We also sent another trip during spring break to another one of her locations in Montego Bay, Jamaica. ICO hosts many trips each year and they were recognized as our outstanding community partner of the year at our aB Gala last week. We look forward to continuing to work with ICO and sharing experiences that impact her students and ours. If anyone who works with an aB program would like her information please feel free to reach out to me and I would be happy to connect you.”

~ Brian Mannas at FIU

SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: FL|CC VISTA STORIES

IARSLCEReaffirming Our Purpose, Bridging Our Understandings & Broadening Our Collective Impact

New Orleans, LA | The Roosevelt New OrleansSeptember 26-28, 2016

IARSCLE is now accepting nominations and applications for the 2016 recognitions and graduate student scholarships. We also invite members to participate in the review process that determines recipients. Additional details may be found below.

Click HERE for more information and for nomination and application forms.

Nominations for 2016 recognitions and applications for graduate student scholarships are due by May 24, 2016 and should be submitted electronically to info@researchslce.org; self-nominations are welcome. All nominees and scholarship applicants will be notified of their status in July. All nominees and recipients for the four categories of recognitions will be invited to share about their work at the annual conference (September 26-28, 2016, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA). For details about the conference, please visit http://www.researchslce.org/conferences/.

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THE THOMAS EHRHLICH CIVICALLY ENGAGED FACULTY AWARDThe Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member (post-tenure or middle-to-late career at institutions without tenure) each year. Honorees (who must be affiliated with a Campus Compact member institution) are recognized for exemplary engaged scholarship, including leadership in advancing students’ civic learning, conducting community-based research, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, building institutional commitments to service-learning and civic engagement, and other means of enhancing higher education’s contributions to the public good. The award — previously known as the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning — is named in honor of Thomas Ehrlich, former chair of the Campus Compact board of directors and president emeritus of Indiana University.

The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award is made possible through the generous support of the KPMG Foundation.

More about the Ehrlich Award

Eligibility and Requirements Previous Recipients

Campus Compact is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award. A completed nomination must be received no later than 11:59 PM EST Monday, May 16, 2016.

Click HERE to nominate a faculty member.

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by Anne Hartley, FGCU Service-Learning Faculty Coordinator

Florida Gulf Coast University’s Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement and the Office of Undergraduate Scholarship hosted the 2nd Annual Community Engaged Scholarship Symposium on Friday, February 26, 2016.

The keynote speaker, Robin Bachin, is Assistant Provost for Civic and Community Engagement and the Charlton W. Tebeau Associate Professor of History at the University of Miami. Dr. Bachin presented a compelling overview of the role of civic and community engagement in higher education. After Dr. Bachin’s talk, FGCU faculty and students presented three engaged learning projects along with their community partners. One highlighted project was that of Dr. Renee Jeffreys, Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, who founded a campus health and wellness program, “Exercise is Medicine” (EIM), with colleagues in the College of Health Professions and Social Work. Funded through internal and external grants, EIM was supposed to be a 3-year project, but hit all goals by 18 months.

One key to the success of this endeavor is student leadership. FGCU students gave a polished presentation to the Symposium audience. They described many on-going campus health events, including: Footprints on Campus, Adaptive Recreation Day, Great American Smoke-out, AHA Heart Walk, Student Wellness Fair, Weekly Walking Wednesday, Walk to End Darkness, and Dance Marathon.

The service-learning activities associated with EIM include Walking Wednesdays, a referral program, and collaborations with students in the spa lab.

This initiative also features student projects, such as a study of caffeine and delayed onset of muscle soreness, and adaptive recreation day student impact. The latter study will be presented at American College of Medicine conference in Boston.

Another project, “Oral History of Reproductive Rights,” was also featured at the Symposium. This project began 6 or 7 semesters ago, as a collaboration among Drs. Frances Davey (Assistant Professor, Department of History), Kris DeWelde (Associate Professor, Sociology and Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies), Nicola Foote (Professor of Latin American History and Chair, Department of Social Sciences). Developed into a service learning undergraduate project linked to their courses, students interviewed local people about how their lives were impacted by the Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade. Student contributors in this project conduct interviews after significant training (in person, skype and phone interviews). Students gain transferable skills, such as research methods, time management, and organization. Students become better active listeners, and better communicators with stronger sensibilities regarding the meaning and importance of civil liberties.

Initiatives like “Oral History of Reproductive Rights” and “Exercise is Medicine” are inspiring students to take control of their education, gain skills they can transfer to their future careers, and gain them a deeper understanding of the challenges facing society today.

FGCU HOLDS 2ND ANNUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP SYMPOSIUM

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Are you a photography or digital media student engaging in community? Are you looking for an opportunity to collaborate with peers and mentors as part of a national network?

Thanks to a generous grant from the Joy of Giving Something Foundation (JGS), Imagining America (IA) invites publicly engaged students of photography or digital media from our member institutions to apply for a tuition award and to join a national working group of students.The goal of the IA/JGS Fellows Program is to elevate photography and digital media as a pathway for students to pursue their careers and make a difference in their communities.

Criteria includes:• Financial need• Artistic merit• Quality of community-engaged practice

The 2016-17 JGS Fellows will receive tuition scholarships of $2,000 each and will commit to engaging in a yearlong learning exchange that will result in a collaborative media project. Fellows will be invited to participate in the 2016 IA National Conference, October 6-8, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and will be eligible for a limited number of travel stipends to attend the conference.

The submission deadline is May 16, 2016.

Click HERE to learn more.

IMAGINING AMERICA: CALL FOR JGS FELLOWS

CAMPUS COMPACT 30TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT

Over 700 higher education professionals gathered in Boston, MA, March 20-23, 2016 to celebrate thirty years of Campus Compact, take stock of the higher education engagement movement, and identify ways to effectively advance the goals of the Compact. The week began with a Summit of Presidents and Chancellors held at the Edward M Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. Representing Florida at this event were President John Delany (University of North Florida), President Grant Cornwell (Rollins College), Steve Uhlfelder (Co-Chair of Florida Campus Compact), and DeeDee Rasmussen (Florida Campus Compact Executive Director). Ms. Rasmussen introduced one of the keynote speakers, Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami Dade County Public Schools.

Representing Florida at the three day professional development conference were twenty engagement professionals from both academic and student affairs at nine Florida colleges and universities; and three members of the Florida Campus Compact staff. Four persons from Florida presented workshop sessions during the conference.

The conference was an investment in building the movement for the public purposes of higher education – to educate students to graduate with civic and career-ready skills, and a determination to improve the quality of community life.

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FL|CC REGIONAL MEETINGSNORTHEAST FLORIDAWEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016TIME TO BE ANNOUNCEDUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA

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FL|CC held two Engagement Institutes in February, 2016; Level Up, held February 3-5 and and Data Story held February 7-10.

Level Up was an Engagement Institute intended to help institutions broaden and deepen existing engagement efforts while developing an action plan to establish new ones. Level Up featured Gail Robinson as institute faculty. Robinson is the former director of Service-Learning for the American Association of Community Colleges. She directed national data collection, evaluation, and research for Community Engagement work in higher education, and edited a best-selling book, A Practical Guide for Integrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum, and designed the companion online video training modules. She serves on the national advisory panel for the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, and served on the boards for the National Society for Experiential Education and the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and The following institutions were represented at Level Up:

• Flagler College• Palm Beach Atlantic University• Palm Beach State College• Pensacola State College• Pasco-Hernando State College• St. Petersburg College• University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee• Valencia College

The second Institute, Data Story: Power Stories for Powerful Outcomes demonstrated how to collect and analyze engagement data useful to stakeholders and how to craft a compelling story from that data for multiple audiences. Data Story featured several guest experts, notably Dr. Valerie Holton from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Dr. Kyle Peck from Penn State, and Michelle Royal with her team of visual artists.

Forty-two attendees from twelve institutions explored ways to craft a story arc that employs both Quantitative and Qualitative engagement data and which is compelling to a variety of audiences. Dr. Holton is an expert in Community-Engaged Research and demonstrated the ways in which VCU has created digital tools that serve the institution and the community simultaneously.

The following institutions participated in Data Story:

• Adventist University of Health Sciences• Florida A&M University• Florida Atlantic University• Florida Gulf Coast University• The Florida State University• Indian River State College

Each institution worked together as a team to strategize how data is being collected or can be collected to demonstrate the real impact of civic engagement for both student learning outcomes and community impact (economic, job development, etc.) FL|CC will continue to work with each institution on their individual plans as well as collectively to demonstrate the statewide data/impact of member campus civic engagement work.

FL|CC would like to thank all of the presenters, attendees, and sponsors, who made the institutes such a success!

• Miami Dade College• New College• Palm Beach State College• Stetson University• University of Central Florida • University of South Florida

FL|CC ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTES

CENTRAL FLORIDAMONDAY, MAY 239:30 AM – 4:00 PMUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, ORLANDOROOM 121, CAREER SERVICES & EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING BUILDINGREGISTER HERE!

IN MEMORY OF ROGER HENRY, CO-FOUNDER AND FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FLORIDA CAMPUS COMPACT

~ by Lyvier Conss, Director, Grants and Corporate Development District Grants Development and Management Department

For thousands of us Roger was not only our friend and mentor but he gave meaning to why it was critical that we have the passion and devotion to service-learning and civic engagement. Roger Henry was nationally recognized as one of the most influential, inspiring, collegial, and outstanding leaders in the field of service-learning. Roger dedi-cated his professional career to service-learning -- first at Kent State where he was Coordinator of Service-Learning for 14 years beginning in 1972, and later at Brevard Community College (now Eastern Florida State College) where he served as Director of Service-Learning for 20 years. Roger also helped launch the Community College National Center for Community Engagement and served as a Senior Advisor for over 20 years. There was no one in the United States who did more to promote, grow, and strengthen service-learning espe-cially within community colleges than Roger Henry. Roger created, developed, and led Brevard Community College's (BCC) Cen-ter for Service-Learning. Through Roger's leadership, BCC developed one of

the top community college service-learning programs in the nation that is recognized for its institutional support, innovation, scope, and quality. Roger and BCC's work has been disseminated and replicated in hundreds of higher education institutions around the nation and world. Roger helped establish Florida Campus Compact and served as the first executive director from 1991-1998. He organized regular conferences, seminars, and professional development opportunities for faculty and commu-nity service directors, and promoted the pedagogy statewide. There are hundreds of faculty and staff working in Florida and throughout the nation today who got their start and inspiration from FL|CC, BCC, CCNCCE, and most of all, from Roger Henry. Roger was creative, innovative, an inspiring leader, and an icon in the field. He never accepted personal rec-ognition, insisting instead that accolades and credit go to his staff, faculty, and colleagues. He was respected and beloved by all for his good nature, sense of humor, intellect, willingness to help others, the quality and depth of his work, and his incredible generosity. There are few, if any, who have contributed more to the explo-sive growth of service-learning in higher education than Roger Henry. Sympathy cards can be sent to his wife, Mrs. Sally Henry, and his daughter, Ms. Alexis Henry, at 927 N Colonial Court, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937-2613. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Roger Henry Service-Learning scholarship c/o Eastern Florida State College Foundation. EFSC Foundation, Inc.3865 N. Wickham Rd.Melbourne, FL 32955

efscfoundation@easternflorida.edu Donation form: http://www.easternflorida.edu/foundation-alumni/foundation/documents/donation-form.pdf Under OTHER please write in: Roger Henry Service-Learning Scholarship

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