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Berkshire Institute for Student Activism
November 10-11, 2006
The Berkshire Institute for Student Activism was a meeting of student change agents from around the Berkshires. On November 10 and 11, 2006, participants from Bennington College, Berkshire Community College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Simons Rock College, southern Vermont College, and Williams College worked alongside community advisors to develop regional action campaigns.

The institute revolved around theme-based action groups of students who worked with a local community advisor. At the end of the institute, students shared a regional action plan from which college-community partnerships can be developed, informed, and guided by.

Thirty-three students from Williams participated, along with 35 from Simons Rock, 18 from MCLA, 16 from Berkshire Community College, 8 from Southern Vermont College and one from Bennington College.

Read more about this exciting summit.

The American Association of Community Colleges is pleased to announce the publication of "Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning, 2006-2009."

This new eight-page project brief describes service learning initiatives and highlights at 12 community colleges participating in AACC's current Horizons grant program. The entire text of the brief may be found on AACC's Web site here.

Visit our main Web site at www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning for other publications, resources, curriculum tools, and listings of upcoming conferences and events.

AACC's service learning initiative is supported by the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service.

AACC The Voice of Community Colleges

2007 Funds Awards Announced: Raise Your Voice Annual Presidential Activity Funds

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Campus Compacts are pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Raise Your Voice Presidential Activity Funds. They are:

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Campus Compacts are awarding a $500 mini grant to each Presidents Office to be the catalyst in encouraging collaboration among campus communities around Campus Compact's challenges: Embedding engagement more deeply across all institutions; Bridging the opportunity gap by improving educational access and success; and Educating students for global citizenship.

MACC awarded a grant from Dept of Education

Massachusetts Campus Compact (MACC) is pleased to announce that we have again been awarded a grant from the Department of Education to deliver trainings on service learning to pre-service teacher education majors at six of our member institutions. At these trainings, students will learn the fundamental concepts of service-learning pedagogy and how to implement service-learning in K-12 classes. Students participating in the trainings will have the opportunity to apply for a $75 mini grant to implement the project as part of their student teaching.

Campus Compact Names Maureen F. Curley New National President

After an extensive national search, Campus Compact, a nonprofit association dedicated to building community and civic work into campus life, has named Maureen F. Curley as its new president. Curley, who has more than 20 years of experience in leadership roles in the nonprofit sector, will take the helm as the organization embarks on its third decade of success; since its inception, Campus Compact has grown from 4 founding university presidents to more than 1,000 member colleges and universities.

Curley has dedicated her career to nonprofit and service organizations, most recently as a consultant with Workforce Strategies, which specializes in volunteer resource management. Previously she served as executive director of the Massachusetts Service Alliance and helped launch BRIDGESTAR, a Boston-based network of nonprofit leaders. She has also held high-level positions in the Massachusetts Association of Older Americans and New York's Community Service Society. She is active in the community, serving on the board of directors of YWCA of Boston and as a member of several other community organizations.

Raise Your Voice: Month of Action 2006
February 19 - March 20, 2006 (dates subject to change each year)

Raise Your Voice-A Month of Action is an opportunity for students and campuses to continue the momentum built by the election and speak collectively about the voice and power of college students in public life and the importance of civic engagement in higher education.

10 Campuses in Massachusetts and Rhode Island received mini-grants from the RYV Month of Action Presidential Activity Funds to support events that bring campus communities together around issues of civic engagement. This year, the Month of Action activities will focus on EXPLORING THE STUDENT ROLE IN BUILDING ENGAGED CAMPUSES & UNDERSTANDING & IMPACTING COMMUNITY ISSUES.

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