Rural Conversations
See below to register and get more details! We will update this page as more information becomes available.Please join us for Rural Conversations: Convening Northern New England Around Rural Access on May 22nd! We are excited to offer a hybrid experience and hope you can join the event. There is no cost to attendees! This convening will bring together both k12 and higher ed professionals together to learn about and discuss rural issues in the context of Northern New England and that effect many rural areas across the country. From first year programs for rural students, to changing demographics, to…
Instant Admissions Event Opens Doors for GEAR UP NH Students
Prospective college students continually note that the waiting period between applying to a school and receiving an admission decision is one of the more stressful parts of the college experience. Recognizing this, Campus Compact for New Hampshire launched Instant Admissions, events that happen twice a year designed to streamline the application process and foster college readiness among its students. The latest Instant Admissions event, held in mid-February at Lisbon Regional High School, brought together juniors and seniors from four high schools across the state, all of whom are actively engaged in a college access program facilitated by Campus Compact for…
New Hampshire Access Summit
June 12th & 13th Grappone Event Center Concord, New Hampshire Hosted by Campus Compact for New Hampshire.The New Hampshire Access Summit is a two-day, in-person convening of P-20 educators and students to disseminate information, updates, and resources that impact all New Hampshire students and their access to a postsecondary pathway and are critical to increasing high school graduation as well as college & career matriculation rates. At the New Hampshire Access Summit, educators and practitioners will hear from both educators and students on what’s working in our colleges, universities, and K-12 schools and what still needs to be done. The theme of the…
Recap: Civic Learning for an Engaged Democracy Forum 2
Earlier this month, Campus Compact was proud to host the CLDE Coalition’s second Planning and Action Forum for Educators and Policy Leaders, Bridging the Divides, Including All College Students: Diversity, Equity, and High Impact Civic Learning Pathways. Over the course of two days, attendees heard from coalition leaders, policy experts, and higher education professionals who shared thoughts and ideas for how to institutionalize civic learning practices at higher education institutions and build a shared framework for civic learning. Forum sessions were recorded and are now viewable on the Campus Compact YouTube channel. Check them out here!
Save the Date: Second Symposium on Anti-Racist Community Engagement
Join us for the second Campus Compact Symposium on Anti-Racist Community Engagement! Date: March 31, 2023 Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Eastern Location: Virtual and in person at UMass Dartmouth This hybrid event will occur physically at UMass Dartmouth and virtually throughout the world. It will feature panels and workshops led by: Authors from a forthcoming book, Anti-Racist Community Engagement, to be published by Campus Compact in Summer 2023, and Members of the New England Equity and Engagement Consortium on civic learning outcomes grounded in racial equity. The symposium will also feature opportunities for participants from across the country…
Facilitating Conversations for Change: Leading Constructive Dialogues
Drawing on a forthcoming Campus Compact guide for using civic prompts to educate future citizen professionals, this session will help participants facilitate constructive conversations on campus. Participants will engage in a participatory online workshop to explore complex campus controversies and then reflect with peers on how to develop campus capacity for tackling wicked problems. Session participants will leave with ideas and tools for leading these kinds of inclusive dialogues with students, staff, and faculty. Free for Campus Compact members. Date: November 16, 2022 Time: 1:00–2:30 Eastern Location: Virtual Register →
Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement
Campus Compact and the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University have announced a new partnership to expand the reach of the Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement and support its associated Working Group. This academic year, the entities will co-facilitate and support the Working Group, a collaborative effort undertaken by 88 institutions and organizations across the U.S. and abroad to implement, analyze, use, and refine the Pathways framework and survey. Beginning in the 2023–2024 academic year, Campus Compact will assume fiscal and programmatic management and work in partnership with Working Group members to identify rotating leadership co-chairs. Furthermore,…
NEW! Supporting Ukraine: Perspectives from Colleagues Abroad
In this webinar, hear perspectives from colleagues in Europe about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on higher education. Find out more about what is going on on the ground from government, policy, and student perspectives and learn what higher education can do to help locally and globally. Date: April 28, 2022 Time: 12:30–2:00 Eastern Location: Virtual Speakers: Facilitator—Bobbie Laur, Campus Compact President Kateryna Suprun, Acting Head, Digital Transformation of Education and Science Expert Group, Directorate of Digital Transformation, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Jakub Grodecki, Vice-President, The European Students’ Union Sjur Bergan, Former Head of Education…
2022 CCNH Presidents’ Awards Celebration
Join us for the 2022 Campus Compact for New Hampshire Presidents’ Awards Celebration! This annual gathering brings together students, faculty, staff, presidents, and community partners from of our member colleges and universities. We’ll recognize and celebrate the contributions of outstanding campus-community engagement leaders. Date: April 12, 2022 Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern Location: Hosted virtually Those on campus who are scheduled to participate have received invitations with links. If you have any questions contact Larissa Striga for more information, including how to access this event.
Developing Peer Leadership and Support Programs for Student Success
This workshop will explore peer mentoring and peer supervision models as strategies for enhancing student outcomes. Learn how to create or enhance a successful program. Christie Maier, Associate Director of Student Success and Transformative Learning at the University of Kentucky, will lead the workshop. She will share her expertise and provide participants with best practices for creating and expanding peer-led programming. Date: March 17, 2022 Time: 10:00 am Eastern Location: Virtual This workshop is presented by the New Hampshire GEAR UP Alliance, a joint program of CCNH and the New Hampshire College & University Council. REGISTER
See the Full Agenda for Compact22: A Better Way Forward
The full agenda for Campus Compact’s upcoming Compact22 national virtual conference is now available online. Compact22–with the theme “A Better Way Forward: Innovation with Equity at the Center”–will take place over the course of three days, March 29–31, 2022. It will feature engaging, interactive sessions focused on civic engagement, community-engaged research, civic- and service-learning, institutional change, university-community partnerships, and more. Compact22 will offer learning and networking opportunities with faculty, staff, senior administrators, students, and community partners. These higher education stakeholders are dedicated to the common goal of harnessing the power of higher education to achieve a more equitable tomorrow. Conference…
Compact22–A Better Way Forward: Innovation with Equity at the Center
Compact22 is Campus Compact’s all-virtual 2022 national conference. It is the largest and most inclusive national conference focused on the role of higher education in building healthy communities and fostering a just and equal democracy. Dates: March 29–31, 2022 Times: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Eastern time Location: Virtual In the past two years, we have faced a COVID-19 pandemic, an overdue racial justice reckoning, and deep threats to our democracy. The turbulence of our recent history has clearly illustrated our shortcomings—and the possibilities for positive change. It is the responsibility of higher education to seize the opportunity of this…
2022 Engaged Scholarship Symposium
The UMass Dartmouth community and Campus Compact invite you to join the 2022 Engaged Scholarship Symposium. Date: February 25, 2022 Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm Location: The Grand Reading Room of the UMass Dartmouth Clair T. Carney Library. Registration also includes a virtual option. Higher education has been criticized for hiding in the Ivory Tower—isolating ourselves from our communities and producing irrelevant research. The Engaged Scholarship Symposium is designed to celebrate scholarship’s use in shaping policy and enriching our communities. Participants will learn strategies for involving students in active teaching and research, as well as examples of engaged scholarship across…
Peer Mentoring for Student Success
Campus Compact for New Hampshire is pleased to sponsor an upcoming workshop, “Developing Peer Leadership and Support Programs for Student Success.” The workshop will explore peer mentoring and peer supervision models as strategies for enhancing student outcomes. Attendees will learn how to create or enhance a successful student program. Christie Maier, Associate Director of Student Success and Transformative Learning at the University of Kentucky, will lead the workshop. She will share her expertise and provide participants with best practices for creating and expanding peer-led programming. Date: March 17, 2022 Time: 10:00 am Eastern Location: Virtual This workshop is presented by…
Carnegie Community Engagement workshop – Deep Dive
Campus Compact for New Hampshire, with our partners in the Eastern Region Campus Compact, are pleased to offer our members support in preparing your college or university’s application for the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. To help you and your team prepare for a successful application, we are offering two workshops in early 2022: an application overview in January and deeper dive in February. Workshop 2: Application Deep Dive – Learn more and register February 16, 2022 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Virtual via Zoom $50/person, $75/teams of two, $100/teams of three + This 90 minute workshop will include: Discerning your campus’s readiness to…
Carnegie Community Engagement Workshop – Application Overview
Campus Compact for New Hampshire, with our partners in the Eastern Region Campus Compact, are pleased to offer our members support in preparing your college or university’s application for the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. To help you and your team prepare for a successful application, we are offering two workshops in early 2022: an application overview in January and deeper dive in February. Workshop 1: Application Overview – Learn more and register January 26, 2022 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Virtual via Zoom $50/person, $75/teams of two, $100/teams of three + This 90-minute workshop will include guidance on getting ready to apply…
New Workshops: Carnegie Community Engagement Classification
Campus Compact for New Hampshire, with our partners in the Eastern Region Campus Compact, is pleased to offer our members support in preparing your college or university’s application for the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. The Carnegie Community Engagement Classification highlights your institution’s great work in partnering with communities for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources to contribute to the public good. It also provides a structured opportunity for self-assessment and quality improvement. The application process for the 2024 cycle will open January 27, 2022, with applications due in April 2023. To help you and your team prepare for…
Considering Approaches to Faculty Development
The field of community-engaged scholarship continues to evolve as we better understand the nuances of our work. Quality faculty development efforts must address different types of community-engaged scholarship, institutional context, and the transformative nature of this work. This virtual meeting will explore a variety of faculty development models. Date: February 16, 2022 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern time Location: Virtual Cost: Free for Campus Compact members This meeting is one of three “coalition conversations” open only to Campus Compact members. These conversations are designed to foster collective thinking and action focused on common themes in advancing civic and community…
Advancing Institutionalization of Community Engagement in Times of Transition
How can those responsible for overseeing community engagement initiatives sustain momentum through executive leadership transitions and other changes on campus? This virtual meeting will explore ways to organize and collectively build a broader infrastructure that enhances buy-in, support, and shared leadership for engagement activities across campus and community. Date: February 3, 2022 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern time Location: Virtual Cost: Free for Campus Compact members This meeting is one of three “coalition conversations” open only to Campus Compact members. These conversations are designed to foster collective thinking and action focused on common themes in advancing civic and community…
Re-Engaging Students in Community
Most campuses face lower student engagement levels due to pandemic challenges like low motivation, increasing academic demands, increasing mental health concerns, and changes in community practices. Re-Engaging Students in Community will explore how institutions can re-engage their students in meaningful community engagement as we transition back to “normal.” Date: January 19, 2022 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern time Location: Virtual Cost: Free for Campus Compact members This virtual meeting is one of three “coalition conversations” open only to Campus Compact members. These conversations are designed to foster collective thinking and action focused on common themes in advancing civic and…