Monthly Archives: January 2014
Program Manager, National Service Programs, The Bonner Foundation/Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement, the College of New Jersey
The Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement is responsible for mobilizing faculty, students and staff to help sustain and advance the communities in which we live; in other words, to find mission-consistent ways to improve the quality of life for all. It cultivates the common ground that exists between the educational and civic missions of the College and the … Continue Reading
Campus Compact VISTAs mobilize communities to honor MLK
This Monday, January 20th, marked the 21st annual holiday celebrating one of America’s greatest role models, Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King not only fought for racial equality, but also strove against wealth inequality, and believed in the power of education and access to education to create a more just society. For months, North Carolina Campus Compact VISTAs have been … Continue Reading
Associate Director of Community-based Learning, Central College
The Associate Director of Community-based Learning will have primary responsibility for the development, coordination and oversight of academic internships in addition to assisting the director with coordination of service-learning placements and services. As such, the Associate Director serves as primary contact for students, faculty, staff and employers regarding academic internship opportunities; conducts research and contacts local companies and organizations to … Continue Reading
Community-Based Engaged Learning Director, Georgia College
The Community Based Engaged Learning Director is a full-time 12-month position that reports directly to the Associate Provost. This position will serve as the primary operational steward of the university’s upcoming Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) – “Building a Culture of Engaged Learning,” and will be responsible for the day-to-day effectiveness of the QEP project. Georgia College recently submitted its Southern … Continue Reading
Network meetings deliver crash course in economic development, plus campus engagement highlights
In their daily work of managing community engagement programs and service-learning courses, faculty and administrators may not ponder how their work connects to the bigger economic picture in the state. The NC Campus Compact winter network meetings posed this question by bringing two top economic development experts to discuss their work and key role colleges and universities play. Tom White, … Continue Reading
Network Coordinator, Leading Change Network
The Leading Change Network is a nonprofit global community of practice including organizers, researchers and educators. (Visit our website: leadingchangenetwork.com). Initiated by Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School, and others, its purpose is to support its participants in developing the leadership, building the organizational capacity, and improving the ability of democratic organizing to meet the critical challenges of our times. At … Continue Reading
Assistant Provost for Experiential Education, University of New Haven
The University of New Haven (UNH) invites applications and nominations for the position of Assistant Provost for Experiential Education to provide leadership in strategically advancing experiential learning on- and off-campus for both undergraduate and graduate students. The assistant provost will collaborate with college deans, department chairs and faculty & staff members to assess and advance current programming as well as … Continue Reading