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July 20, 2012

1- NYCC Spotlight onMembers- Hobart andWilliam Smith Colleges

2- Campus ElectionEngagement Project

3- St. Johns UniversityAmeriCorps VISTA

Recruitment

4- NYCC 2012-2013Membership Renewal

4- Access & Success DigitalToolkit

5- EAP Spotlight from

Buffalo State College

6- Congratulations to NYSNewman Fellows

7- Call for Spotlights andArticles

October 11-12, 2012: TheSecond Annual EasternRegion Campus CompactConference: PromotingClear Pathways to CivicEngagement, hosted byDartmouth College

Submitted by: Katie Flowers, Director of the Center for Community Engagement andService Learning, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=15452

As part of a collaborative effort between Hobart and William Smith Colleges, NYCCAmeriCorps and local organizations, HWS students will provide a historic 3,000hours of service to non-profit agencies in Geneva this summer. Ten students, eachof whom will work 300 hours this summer, will serve at a variety of local agenciessuch as the Rural Migrant Ministries, Boys and Girls Club of Geneva, HappinessHouse and the Smith Opera House.

"This opportunity is mutually beneficial to students and the community. It is anopportunity which allows students to start or build upon relationships they've builtduring the academic year with local non-profit agency leaders, while also furtheringthe capacity and outreach abilities of those agencies," explains Director of the Center

for Community Engagement and Service Learning Katie Flowers.

Participants this year include: Jarrid Blades '12, Michael Brown '12, KatherineBurgos '12, Karah Charrette '14, Chelsea Encababian '14, Rachel Hinnenkamp '13,Jessica Lynn '14, Christian Martinez '13, Allauna Overstreet-Gibson '14 and MeganSoule '15.

Jarrid Blades'12 working at Happiness House

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As many of you know, NYCC is one of several State Compacts partnering with the Campus Election EngagementProject (CEEP) to mobilize the student vote on our campuses. It may seem like the presidential election is off in

the distant future, but the Democratic and Republic Conventions will take place NEXT month. The election is justaround the corner.

What is your campus doing to ensure that students understand how to exercise their rights and responsibilities asdemocratic citizens? NYCC and CEEP can help get that conversation on your campus started!

Go tohttp://www.campuselect.org/to learn how your campus can engage with our non-partisan efforts to mobilizemillennial voters! And heres a cheat sheet to get you started quickly! http://www.campuselect.org/6-ways-to-act-now.html

"I wanted to blend my love of volunteerism and education, and work on the Geneva 2020 initiative with the Geneva

School District. Additionally, this opportunity will provide me with a service-learning experience that will help me get

into Syracuse University law school," says Blades.

While many, like Blades, will embark on new projects, Charette chose to continue her work with disabled childrenthrough Happiness House, where she will work under the supervision of Christine Shultz.

"Having previously worked with disabled girls at a dance studio in my hometown, I have experience working withpeople who have an array of disabilities, and I believe it is a great learning experience in both acceptance andcompassion," explains Charette, a double major in biology and dance. "I hope to grow from this opportunity and allowit to shape who I become later on in life. I feel that it is important for me to give back to the Geneva community and Iwanted to lend a hand, if only for a little while, to those who dedicate their lives to helping others every day."

Some students hope to take the experience garnered through this opportunity and apply it to an internationalcommunity.

"Next summer, I want to work with a non-profit in developing and getting schools running abroad," says Soule, adouble major in sociology and media and society, who will work this summer under the supervision of Robert Smith,assistant principal at Geneva High School. "My experience working in the Geneva School District will give me asubstantial background to build upon."

The other students will work with the Geneva Business Improvement District, the Rural & Migrant Ministry, GenevaCommunity Lakefront Playground, Montezuma Audubon Center and the Geneva Neighborhood Resource Center.

This Hobart and William Smith initiative is part of the national movement called "Students in Service," which began in1997. It has as its goals "to foster civic engagement among higher education students, promote the National Servicemovement, and encourage positive relationships between campuses and communities." The Hobart and William Smithstudents will join approximately 350 other college students from across the country.

The students' housing and salary is paid by Geneva Partnership funding made possible by the Office of the President.In addition, the students will also receive a $1,100 AmeriCorps award which will be matched up to $1,000 by HWS ifapplied towards tuition. Hobart and William Smith Colleges are among only 92 colleges to match AmeriCorps awards.

For more information about the education awards and on-campus community service, visithttp://www.nycampuscompact.org/andhttp://www.hws.edu/academics/service/

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New York Campus Compact has been partnering with the AmeriCorps VISTA Program since 2003 in order to assist

member campuses in developing deep, meaningful campus/community partnerships. VISTAs play pivotal roles inhelping colleges and universities address community needs, develop leadership among their students, and improvecollaborations between the institution and the community.

We are currently recruiting applicants for St. Johns University (see position description below):(start date in October or November, 2012)

Position Description:

Strengthen community partnerships by implementing programs to meet the needs of low-income residents in andaround Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn and homeless individuals in and around Jamaica, Queens.

The 2012-2013 AmeriCorps VISTA project will focus on implementing the project developed during the previous twoVISTA years. The previous VISTAs developed a longitudinal study to assess the needs and outcomes of Project IDat St. Johns Bread and Life, which assists clients in obtaining legal identification. In the third project year, the VISTAwill continue these efforts by administering and analyzing client interviews and surveys at Project ID, and usinggathered information to develop needs-based programs and other necessary improvements to the project. Inaddition, the previous VISTAs developed adult and youth programming at a Homes for the Homeless shelter. Thisyears VISTA will be responsible for continuing the development of youth enrichment programs as well asimplementing the adult programs, and evaluating the effectiveness of both.

The VISTAs efforts will aid the agencies in meeting their missions of alleviating poverty, hunger, health concerns,education deficiencies and homelessness. The position will be primarily housed at St. Johns Universitys Queenscampus although there will be frequent visits to community partner sites in both Queens and Brooklyn to assist withprograms and build strong relationships between the University and community partners. The VISTA will work withthe Director of the Ozanam Scholars Program to implement community programs and with the Assistant Director ofOutcomes Assessment for the evaluations.

The VISTA member will expand Project ID poverty alleviation efforts based on client feedback in surveys from yeartwo and provide tools to homeless and low-income youth and adults that will assist them in obtaining skills andknowledge.

Additional Qualifications:A valid drivers license is required and the position will also require an individual that has strong computer skillsespecially with Microsoft Office applications.

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Membership renewal time is upon us again. Invoices went out in May to campus presidents and our primary contacts.

If you did not receive an invoice or would like to learn more about NYCC membership, please contact us at

nycc@cornell.eduor 607-255-4131, or visit: http://www.nycampuscompact.org/how-to-join.html

Thank you to the following members who have already renewed membership for 2012-2013:

Adelphi University

Berkeley College

Broome Community College

Colgate University

Hofstra University

Jefferson Community College

LeMoyne College

Medaille College

New School

Niagara University

Pace University

Polytechnic University

Purchase College

Queensborough Community College

Rochester Institute of Technology

SUNY Delhi

Ulster Community College

In an effort to provide easier access to valuable access and success resources, Michigan Campus Compact and theLumina Foundation have teamed up to produce theAccess & Success Digital Toolkit. The toolkit is an easy-to-usewebsite that can help guide anyone--whether you're a new College Positive Volunteer or a campus staff member looking

to develop his/her own program--to the information you need about access & success. This tool is certainly the first of itskind and we're excited to announce that it is now LIVE!

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Rediscover Riverside-Jasmine Milton, BuffaloState EAP AmeriCorpsmember leads a group

of students in aneighborhood cleanup.

Community Work StudyVeronica Toeper, Buffalo State

EAP AmeriCorps member isrecognized with the 2011-2012

Outstanding CommunityService Work Study award.

540620 Adza Beda,AmeriCorps EAP volunteer at

Buffalo State, takes a breakwith other volunteers from ahousing renovation projectduring Alternative Spring

Break Buffalo.

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The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated aninvestment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Through service,research, and advocacy, Newman Civic Fellows are making the most of their college experiences to better understandthemselves, the root causes of social issues, and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change. These studentsrepresent the next generation of public problem solvers and civic leaders. They serve as national examples of the role

that higher education canand doesplay in building a better world.

Newman Civic Fellows are recommended by college and university presidents to acknowledge motivationand ability in public leadership. Newman Civic Fellows awards are made in memory ofFrank Newman, whodedicated his life to creating systemic change through education reform. Frank Newmans leadership was selfless,optimistic, and determined, spanning an incredible career of more than five decades. At the core of Dr. Newmansleadership was a belief in the power of individuals to make a difference and in the power of connection with others.Newman Civic Fellows form a unique network of leaders who will inspire and keep hope alive for one another duringcollege and afterward, as the network expands exponentially each year. Frank Newman had a tremendous impact onAmerican education and its role in the development of citizens who want to make a difference. The Newman CivicFellows are reflections and affirmations of his lifes work.

New York Campus Compact is very proud of these students and their continued hard work. We will be highlighting

each of the Fellows in our next few NYCC Weekly Newsletters but you can read more about their work here.

Congratulations to:

Karim Abouelnaga, Cornell University

Akosuah Agyei, The College of New Rochelle

Raphael Durand, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Kevin Ferreira, Wagner College

Anna Graves, Skidmore College

Hallie Greenberg, Bard College

Willa Skeehan, Dominican University

Elizabeth Stoltz, Ithaca College

Kevin Ferreira, a dynamic junior at Wagner College, fearlessly tackleschallenges on- and off-campus by employing effective grassrootscommunity organizing practices. Working with local public officials tomore fully integrate immigrants into the fabric of city life, Kevin hasmentored undocumented students across racial boundaries, and heldcollege readiness workshops. Since his freshman year, Kevin hasbeen working off-campus with El Centro del Inmigrante and the NewYork Immigration Coalitions (NYIC) Education Collaborative to instituteFamily Resource Centers (FRCs), where schools partner withcommunity-based organizations. Kevin also teaches in the We AreNew York Conversational English program. In graduate school, Kevinplans to develop tools to create preventative and restorative responsesto violent conflict in communities

Congratulations Kevin!!

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New York Campus Compact95 Brown Road, Box 1006

Ithaca, NY 14850607-255-2366

www.nycampuscompact.org

Anna Graves, a second-year student at Skidmore College,actively works to build student leadership, capacity, and

empowerment. She has been involved in humanitarian work inGhana, helped organize a group of over eighty students to attenda national youth climate action conference, and co-founded aprogram called S.O.L.E. to engage second-year students inoutdoor learning.

Congratulations Anna!!

Do you want to see your stories and events featured in our newsletter? Everyone involved in the work

of civic engagement and community-based education has a story to tell, and New York Campus

Compact is eager to help you tell yours. Every Friday, we feature the outstanding work of our member

institutions in a Spotlight on Members and news articles in our newsletter. This newsletter is e-mailed to over950 college and university presidents, service learning faculty, community service

directors and civic engagement offices at our member campuses.

The article should be a about a page or less, describing a particular course, program, event, or project

that you want to share with your colleagues. Please indicate if you would like your article featured on

the front page as a Spotlight on Members or if we should include it in the body of our newsletter.

You may e-mail your spotlight or news article entry to:nycc@cornell.edu.

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