Decolonizing Service Learning
In this workshop, the presenters situate the practice of service-learning in higher education within what Anibal Quijano calls “the coloniality of power.” The coloniality of power refers to social and economic structures of power and control constitutive of modern, liberal societies. What then shifts in how we might understand and craft experiential learning when actively troubling existing service narratives? How can this positively alter our praxis? Service-learning must be investigated through its various power structures: the structure of professor and student, academic institutions and the communities in which they are located, urban and suburban, and the binary of the intellectual…
2020 David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service
Ohio Campus Compact is pleased to announce the two David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service Recipients for 2020! The David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service is designed to recognize and honor the outstanding work in service-learning and/or civic engagement performed by a faculty or staff member at an Ohio Campus Compact member institution. This award is named for the late David Hoch, the Dean of Honors at The University of Toledo, who served as the Director of Service Learning from 1999 – 2005. Hoch was instrumental in initiating and nurturing the role of civic engagement at The University of…
Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference 2019 Call for Proposals
*This is an external event – please see links in this post. Welcome to the 20th Annual Conference of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium Deepening Our Roots: Advancing Community Engagement in Higher Education Deadline for proposals is Friday March 15 Learn more
Annual Meeting
Ohio Campus Compact’s Annual Meeting was held on Thursday, August 4th, 2022. Our theme was “Cultivating Change and Sense of Belonging on Campus: The Future of Community and Civic Engagement.” We started the day with Cultivating Change and Sense of Belonging on Campus: Reuniting the Beloved Community and Ivory Tower Amid New Horizons, a keynote address by Dr. Terrell Strayhorn, Professor of Higher Education at Illinois State University Attendees were able to attend three concurrent sessions with experts in the field from around the state. The program also included a plenary luncheon.
2018 David Hoch Memorial Award for Service in Excellence Recipients Announced
The David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service was designed to recognize and honor the outstanding work in service-learning and/or civic engagement done by a faculty or staff member at an Ohio Campus Compact member institution. This award is named for the late David Hoch, the Dean of Honors at The University of Toledo, who served as the Director of Service Learning from 1999 – 2005. Hoch was instrumental in initiating and nurturing the role of civic engagement at The University of Toledo, not only in the Honors Program, but in residence life and other departments as well. His guidance helped grow…
September Guest Blog: Nonprofit Leadership at Youngstown State University
Our most recent Pay It Forward Award Ceremony in May 2017 with the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley. This photo includes United Way staff, YSU students, myself, and also representatives from the Kool Boiz Foundation, who serve as mentors in the Promising Men Mentorship Program. Greetings from Youngstown State University! I consider this a great honor to serve as a guest blogger for Ohio Campus Compact (OCC), and share some of our great work in the Center for Nonprofit Leadership at YSU. An even greater honor was receiving the 2017 David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in…
Related Content
News
2023 Student Ping Award Recipients Annou
News
2023 David Hoch Memorial Award Recipient
Blog
GREAT STORIES FROM OCC’S STUDENT R
Blog
GREAT STORIES FROM OCC’S AMERICORP
Blog
GREAT STORIES FROM OCC’S AMERICORPS ST
Blog
GREAT STORIES FROM OCC’S AMERICORPS ST
Blog
GREAT STORIES FROM OCC’S AMERICORPS ST
News
Meet Our 2022-2023 AmeriCorps Members
Blog
A New Leader for Ohio Campus Compact
Blog
GREAT STORIES FROM OCC’S AMERICORPS ST