GREAT STORIES FROM OCC’S AMERICORPS STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER – BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY
Meet Alaina Giovengo, AmeriCorps member at Baldwin Wallace University, and read about how the Student Resource Center is bringing awareness to the stigmas associated with student food insecurity and making basic supplies more accessible for students through Pop-Up pantries across campus. Earlier this month, Baldwin Wallace hosted our 2nd Pop Up Pantry of the semester. These Pop-Up events are intended to make food and household products available to our students, as well as break down the stigma for the need of these products. With approximately 1 in 3 college students struggling with food insecurity in the US, this program…
Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities of 2022
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2021 Newman Civic Fellows Announced
Campus Compact Announces 2021 Newman Civic Fellows 212 students honored for their commitment to solving public problems BOSTON, Mass. – March 1, 2021 – Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the students who will make up the organization’s 2021 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. The 2021 cohort comprises 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico. The 2021-2022 cohort of Fellows includes students from 14 institutions across Ohio. Ohio Campus Compact is excited to congratulate the following students who have been named Newman Civic Fellows public problem solvers:…
2021 Charles J. Ping Student Service Awards
Ohio Campus Compact is excited to announce 12 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Recipients for 2021! OCC’s Charles J. Ping Student Service Award is designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service or service-learning on their campus and within their community. These students represent the next generation of civic leaders and problem solvers. The award is named in honor of Charles J. Ping, who served as President of Ohio University from 1975 – 1994. An early supporter and Board Member of Ohio Campus Compact, Ping has been a tireless advocate for…
Service Scholarships
(In development) List of scholarships/service scholarships in Ohio, by campus: Ashland University Bluffton University Ohio University
Real Change’s Volunteer and Internship Opportunities
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Campus Compact’s Dialogue Resource Hub
Click below to visit the Compact’s Dialogue Resources Hub. https://compact.org/resource-posts/dialogue-resources-for-higher-education/
New opportunity: Institutional Partners for A Deliberation of Young People Across the United States
Shaping Our Future: A Deliberation of Young People Across the United States Call for institutional partners The Haas Center for Public Service and Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University and the Berggruen Institute seeks 50 campus partners to collaborate on a joint Deliberative Polling experiment with 18-29 year-olds across the country. Modeled on the America in One Room event in 2019, this two-day event, to be held May 15-16, 2021, will involve 1,000 college students across diverse regions and postsecondary institutions, engaging them in deliberations on some of the most pressing challenges facing the country. Over two days, participants will deliberate…
Social media toolkit for November 2020
This Election Season, we’ll likely see a wave of digital communication like never before. This semester, CEEP wants you to feel prepared to release educational and empowering social media. Our Digital Engagement Division created a Partner Schools Media Toolkit. Here’s what you’ll find inside: – Eleven weeks of strategic, calendared content from August 23 – November 8 – Graphics for Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter – Matching captions for every graphic Easy as can be. Just click the link here, read the Start Here letter, make a Google shortcut or bookmark to this toolkit, and you’re all set! The toolkit has been verified as…
Upcoming webinars and events
Find upcoming webinars and trainings around DEI, COVID-19 and more here: https://ohiocampuscompact.org/events/
2020 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Recipients
Ohio Campus Compact is excited to announce nine Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Recipients for 2020! OCC’s Charles J. Ping Student Service Award is designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service or service-learning on their campus and within their community. These students represent the next generation of civic leaders and problem solvers. The award is named in honor of Charles J. Ping, who served as President of Ohio University from 1975 – 1994. An early supporter and Board Member of Ohio Campus Compact, Ping has been a tireless advocate for…
AmeriCorps Student Resource Center Member Snapshot: Amber Smreck, Marietta College
Amber Smreck, Marietta College’s OCC AmeriCorps member I thought I had life figured out. In 2015, I graduated from Marietta College with a BFA in Theatre. Acting was my life, my passion, my everything. I was going to move to Hollywood. I was going to make it. I moved to Columbus, Ohio and started my path to Hollywood. I auditioned for everything in the area. I was told no every time. I felt like I failed. I had hit rock bottom hard, and didn’t know where to go from there. I took a hard look at my life. Theatre was…
OCC’s AmeriCorps Student Resource Center program Addressing Barriers to Success
Farrah Chrstos joined Ohio Campus Compact in the summer of 2019 to help lead Ohio Campus Compact’s AmeriCorps Student Resource Center program. In this blog, Farrah provides an introduction to the program and how it is providing assistance to Ohio’s college students. The Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps Student Resource Center (SRC) program is in its inaugural year on ten college campuses in the state of Ohio. Developed by Ohio Campus Compact, the AmeriCorps SRC program helps students address non-academic barriers to their college success. Research has shown that the reason a student will most likely drop out of college is…
CEEP’s Student Voter Guide for 2020 Presidential Primary
Student Voter Guide for Ohio 2020 Presidential Primary
Merrimack College Master’s degree in Community Engagement Online Courses Fall ’19
The Merrimack College Master’s degree in Community Engagement is offering three four-credit courses, delivered online, this fall. For more information and to register for a course, please contact Alex Harrigan at harrigana {at} merrimack(.)edu. CME 506G Community Organizing & Development; Online; Thurs 8:30-9:50 required weekly virtual session; This course examines place-based community organizing and development from a social justice perspective. Through case studies, students learn about current issues and approaches to community change. The course emphasizes organizing in low-income communities and provides an assets-based approach. The course will address key issues such as housing, economic development, neighborhood revitalization, and sustainability, with a…
2019 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Winners Announced
The Charles J. Ping Student Service Award, sponsored by Ohio Campus Compact (OCC), is designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service or service-learning on their campus and within their community. These students represent the next generation of civic leaders and problem solvers. The award is named in honor of Charles J. Ping, who served as President of Ohio University from 1975 – 1994. An early supporter and Board Member of Ohio Campus Compact, Ping has been a tireless advocate for campus-community partnerships and increased opportunities for students to become active and…
Annual Meeting
The 2023 Annual Meeting took place on August 11th, 2023. 2024 Annual Meeting information will be released in Spring ’24 so stay tuned. We hope to see you in 2024! Stay up-to-date by signing up for our e-newsletter and other special announcements! This year’s theme is Community-Engaged Higher Education: Better & Stronger Together Ohio Campus Compact’s 2023 Annual Meeting will take place August 10th & 11th, 2023 at Ohio Wesleyan University! Keynote Announced! Marisol Morales, Ed.D OCC is excited to welcome Dr. Marisol Morales, Executive Director of the Carnegie Elective Classifications, for the August 11th keynote address. Join us for…
2018 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Recipients Announced
2018 Charles J. Ping Student Service Award Winners The Charles J. Ping Student Service Award, sponsored by Ohio Campus Compact (OCC), was designed to recognize and honor undergraduate students for their outstanding leadership and contributions to community service or service-learning on their campus and within their community. These students represent the next generation of civic leaders and problem solvers. The award is named in honor of Charles J. Ping, who served as President of Ohio University from 1975 – 1994. An early supporter and Board Member of Ohio Campus Compact, Ping has been a tireless advocate for campus-community partnerships and…
March Member Feature: Kent State University at Stark Connect2Complete
Two Peer Advocates at KSU Stark, Caya Smarr (Left) and Demi Edwards (right) promote Connect2Complete at a Student Resource Fair. Hi! I’m Rylie Woods, the AmeriCorps VISTA Connect2Complete Coordinator at Kent State University at Stark in North Canton, Ohio. I am from Massillon, Ohio and I also attended Kent State University at Stark as a student and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in interpersonal communication. I love this campus and I am so excited to be here during my service year as a VISTA. As the Connect2Complete Coordinator, I work with a team of Peer…
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