2014
February 5, 2014
UNC Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
Reach for the stars.
www.uncw.edu
An EEO/AA Institution.
Contents
2 Welcome
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Schedule
4 Highlights
5 Presidents Forum
6 Plenary Presenters
8 Leo M. Lambert Award
10 Robert L. Sigmon Award
12 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award
14 New Executive Board Chair
15 NC Campus Compact Member Campuses
16 Workshops
24 Workshop Presenter Information
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Welcome from North Carolina Campus Compact
You join today with over 250 community partners, presidents, faculty, and staff from 40 higher education institutions and
organizations, who have traveled to Wilmington from nine states to attend our first Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement
(PACE) conference on North Carolina’s coast. Thank you, Chancellor Miller and staff, for your hospitality and work to host
this event.
National Campus Compact just completed a strategic planning process that resulted in identifying network-wide programmatic
priorities for the next three to five years. The vision of our national network is that each of our 1,200 member campuses will
utilize civic engagement deliberately to address at least one of these goals:
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Improve college access and retention
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Enhance college readiness in K to 12 education
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Better prepare college students for their careers and for society
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Establish meaningful, reciprocal community partnerships
As representatives of anchor institutions, as workforce and community developers, and especially as educators, we are called to
address our communities’ most pressing challenges. Working together ensures greatest success. As A Crucible Moment declares,
civic engagement develops students who “integrate knowledge, skills, and examined values to inform actions” across their
lifetime. Today we will learn how to enhance our own practice of civic engagement, as national experts and local presenters
broaden our understanding with their research and best practices. Thank you to all our presenters for sharing their unique
discoveries along the path to achieving civic engagement.
We are especially pleased to welcome Senator Harris Wofford who continues his lifelong work to create pathways of national
service; President Richard Guarasci whose work demonstrates the power of collaboration; researcher and consultant Barbara
Holland who is deepening our work with students and communities; and Gail Robinson who carves paths for community
college engagement.
Author Rebecca Solnit suggests that, “A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.” For 15 years,
the PACE Conference has been a place for trailblazers in civic engagement to meet, share and learn. Some of us – and some
of our institutions – have trod far down the road and have left signs and guideposts for those who are just starting out. But
all our fellow travelers can find new inspiration and direction at PACE. We all must read the landscape of our institution and
community to find the best way forward, but we can learn from each other as we walk the path together. Today we invest in
this journey, in ourselves, our campuses, and our communities.
We are glad you are here! Onward down the path!
North Carolina Campus Compact
Since 2002, North Carolina Campus Compact has been building the capacity of the state’s higher education institutions to
develop civically-engaged graduates and strengthen communities. Guided by an Executive Board of presidents and chancellors,
the Compact convenes member institutions to share resources and training, to learn from best practices, and to strategize
how to become engaged institutions. Elon University serves as host for the state office which is one of 34 state affiliates that
comprise national Campus Compact. Nearly 1,200 presidents and chancellors are members of the national network.
Staff
Lisa Keyne, Executive Director
Leslie Garvin, Associate Director
Chad Fogleman, Program Director
René Summers, Program Assistant
Carla Davis, AmeriCorps*VISTA Leader
Uniting campuses…Empowering students…Impacting communities
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2014 PACE Conference
7:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Presidents Forum Breakfast, Madeline Suite
9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Opening session, Burney Ballroom
Welcome
Kenneth Peacock, Chancellor, Appalachian State University and
Chair, NC Campus Compact Executive Board
Gary Miller, Chancellor, UNC Wilmington
Plenary Address
Community Engagement, Now More Than Ever: Adding Value to Town and Gown
Harris Wofford, Senator and Senior Policy Advisor,The Franklin Project
Response
Putting the Vision into Practice
Richard Guarasci, President,Wagner College
Presentation of Civic Engagement Awards
Robert L. Sigmon Service-Learning Award
The Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award
Leo M. Lambert Engaged Leader Award
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Workshop session one
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Workshop session two
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch and networking, Burney Ballroom
2:10 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Workshop session three
3:20 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Workshop session four
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closing session, Burney Ballroom
Reflections and Observations
Barbara Holland, Researcher and Consultant
Professional Resource Giveaway
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Highlights
Refreshments (all day)
Visit Burney Center throughout the day for light refreshments.
Recycling
Recycle your name badge at the registration table in the lobby of the Burney Center.
Feedback
Within one week of PACE you will receive an e-mail with a link to a brief online evaluation inviting your feedback on the
overall conference. We thank you in advance for your participation.
Awards Presentations
During the morning session, we are excited to present three civic engagement awards acknowledging the outstanding
contributions of a North Carolina Chancellor, a faculty member and a staff member in furthering higher education civic
engagement. We appreciate the work of all who submitted nominations for the Lambert, Sigmon and Civic Engagement
Professional awards, and to those who helped review nominations including Emily Shields, Executive Director, Iowa Campus
Compact and Dr. Bill Soesbe, Wartburg College, and Dr. Suzanne Hendrich, Iowa State University, members of the inaugural
class of Iowa Civic Scholar Faculty Fellows.
Professional Resource Giveaway
Visit the resource tables to review over 50 publications contributed by the following publishers. During the final session
resources will be distributed to PACE participants.
AAC&U Communications
ABCD Institute
American Association of Community Colleges,
Community College Press
Campus Compact
Chelsea Green Publishing
Guide & Journal Publications
Harvard Education Press
Information Age Publishing
Indiana University Press
Jossey-Bass and John Wiley & Sons Publishing
Kettering Foundation
Michigan State University Press
Oxford University Press
Pearson Professional & Career
Princeton University Press
SUNY Press
Stylus Publishing
Teachers College Press
Temple University Press
Scholarships and Sponsors
We thank the Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service (IPVS), The Fund for American Studies for contributing three
registration scholarships. Thank you to all sponsors: IPVS, the Kettering Foundation, and NobleHour.
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Presidents Forum Breakout and Lunch (Madeline Suite)
Chancellor Gary Miller and the NC Campus Compact Executive Board are hosting the annual Presidents Forum during the
PACE Conference. Please join us in welcoming all presidents and chancellors as they discuss leading and fostering community
engagement on their campuses.
10:40 a.m. -
1:30 p.m.
The Promise and Challenges of Leading an Anchor Institution Deeply Committed to
Community Engagement
Richard Guarasci, President,Wagner College
How to Get a Job with a Philosophy Degree: Transforming Higher Education to Prepare Students for Life
Andy Chan,Vice President, Office of Personal and Career Development,Wake Forest University
The Strategic Value of Engagement: Creating a Culture of Engagement
Barbara Holland, Researcher and Consultant
Summary: Setting our Course for the Future
Leo M. Lambert, President, Elon University
North Carolina Campus Compact Executive Board member
Moderator
William Ingram, President, Durham Technical Community College
North Carolina Campus Compact Executive Board member
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to UNC Wilmington for hosting the 2014 Civic
Engagement Institute. We particularly want to acknowledge
Chancellor Gary Miller, member of the NC Campus
Compact Executive Board, and his staff who ensured all
details of the Institute were in place: Jenni Harris, Assistant
to the Chancellor for Community Partnerships; and Laura
Brogdon, Administrative Assistant, Chancellor’s Office. Thanks
also to Amelie Brogden, Director of Campus Life Facilities
and Services, Elizabeth Overton, University Advancement,
and Kristin Shelton, Catering Sales Manager.
Connect with North Carolina Campus Compact
Website: www.nccampuscompact.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nccampuscompact
Twitter: @NCCampusCompact
Special welcome to Maureen Curley, Christopher Gergen,
Elizabeth Hudson, Gail Robinson, Jody Kretzmann, and
Harris Wofford.
We value the models and work shared by our workshop
presenters – truly inspiring. Barbara Holland and Richard
Guarasci, thank you for leading us in this work.
We gratefully acknowledge Anna Davis, former NC Campus
Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA, who designed the new PACE
logo.
Uniting campuses
Empowering students
Impacting NC communities
#PACE2014
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Plenary Presenters
Gary Miller is the fourth chancellor
and seventh leader of the University of
North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW).
Dr. Miller incorporates his own
learning experiences as a student at
the College of William and Mary (VA)
with his decades of service in higher
education as a faculty member at
Mississippi State University, Weber State
University (UT) and the University of
Mississippi; a dean at the University of
the Pacific (CA); and the provost and
vice president of academic affairs and
research at Wichita State University
(KS).
At UNCW, Dr. Miller is building upon a legacy of nationally
recognized academic and research programs while instituting
a strategic vision around three key values: a love of place, the
journey of learning, and the power of innovation. Dr. Miller
is also promoting diversity, community partnerships, and
entrepreneurship as ways for the university to “invent the
future.”
Dr. Miller, a Virginia native, holds bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in biology from the College of William and Mary
and a Ph.D. in biological sciences from Mississippi State
Harrison L. Wofford is serving as the
Franklin Project Senior Advisor. As a
former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania,
chair of America’s Promise, CEO of
the Corporation for National and
Community Service, and Special
Assistant to President John F. Kennedy,
Harris Wofford played a key role in
passing the trailblazing legislation
that created AmeriCorps, the Learn
and Serve America program and
the Corporation for National and
Community Service. After helping
launch the Peace Corps, Mr. Wofford held the post of special
assistant to President John F. Kennedy, as well as chairman
of the White House Sub-Cabinet Group on Civil Rights
from 1961 to 1962. He also served as counsel to Rev.
Theodore Hesburgh on the first U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights and trustee to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
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University. He is an ecologist who has
written more than 40 articles and essays
about research and higher education,
edited a scientific journal, and coauthored the fourth edition of Ecology,
one of the most widely used scientific
textbooks on the subject.
Dr. Miller serves on the American
Association of State Colleges and
Universities (AASCU) Committee
for Economic and Workforce
Development. He also participated
as a member of the task force that
developed the student learning
outcomes component of the Voluntary
System of Accountability, a joint project of the Association
of Public and Land-grant Universities and AASCU. He is a
member of the National College and University Advisory
Council of the Educational Testing Service. In October
of 2012, Dr. Miller was invited to the White House to
participate in a forum, The Innovative and Entrepreneurial
University: Higher Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in
Focus, hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
He is married to Georgia Nix Miller. They have three grown
children and three grandchildren.
for Non-Violent Social Change. Mr.
Wofford was president of both the State
University of New York’s New College
at Old Westbury (1966-70) and of Bryn
Mawr College (1970-78). Additionally,
Mr. Wofford is a member of the
National Commission on ServiceLearning chaired by Senator John
Glenn. He also serves on the boards of
Youth Service America and the Points
of Light Foundation. He is the author
of numerous publications including Of
Kennedys and Kings: Making Sense of
the Sixties (1980). In 1950, Senator Wofford and his late wife,
Clare, co-authored the book India Afire which reported on
the first year of independence in India and urged the civil
rights movement in America to adopt Gandhi’s strategy of
non-violent direct action.
Plenary Presenters
Richard Guarasci (pronounced Garah-see) has served as President of
Wagner College since June 2002
after serving as Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs for
five years. Guarasci authored the
Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal
Arts, a comprehensive, four-year
undergraduate program required
of all Wagner students that links
interdisciplinary course clusters
with experiential learning and civic
engagement. The Plan was initiated
in 1998, realizing the vision of a
practice-centered liberal arts college,
and has since been acclaimed by Time
Magazine, US News & World Report, Newsweek,The Chronicle
of Higher Education and numerous national higher education
commissions and organizations.
At Wagner, classroom teaching is linked with the school’s
dynamic New York City location through the extensive
use of field based experiential learning. As part of the Plan,
a majority of students engage in over a combined 80,000
hours in professional and public service for Staten Island
Barbara Holland is recognized
internationally for her scholarship and
expertise on organizational change
in higher education with a focus on
the institutionalization of community
engagement. She has been a senior
executive at universities in the United
States and Australia, held an appointed
role in the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development, and was
Executive Director of the National
Service-Learning Clearinghouse
for seven years. Holland has been a
founding board member of many higher
education associations and journals, and
and Manhattan in all areas of the
curriculum. Guarasci helps lead a
major Wagner College initiative on
Staten Island, the Port Richmond
Partnership. Through the Partnership,
the College and its students work with
over 20 neighborhood organizations
and institutions addressing local
challenges in the areas of health
care, K-12 education and economic
development.
Guarasci serves on three national
civic engagement initiatives: Bringing
Theory to Practice Initiative of the
Association of American Colleges and
Universities, The Anchor Institution Steering Committee,
and The National Task Force for Civic Engagement, which
authored A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy’s
Future. He also serves on the boards of NY Campus Compact
and the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
and chairs the board of the New American Colleges and
Universities. He received a B.S. from Fordham University and
an M.A. in economics and Ph.D. in political science from
Indiana University.
she has served as an adviser to more
than 100 academic institutions in five
nations. Her current work includes
designing systems to monitor and
measure the impact of engagement
and developing effective and strategic
leaders for higher education. She
earned her bachelor’s and master’s
of journalism from the University
of Missouri and a Ph.D. in higher
education policy from the University
of Maryland. She lives in Portland,
Oregon.
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2014 LEO M. LAMBERT ENGAGED LEADER AWARD RECIPIENT
Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, The University of North Carolina Charlotte
PHILIP DUBOIS was named UNC
Charlotte’s fourth chancellor in
2005. During his tenure, Dubois
has overseen dramatic growth in
enrollment, capital construction,
and academic programs at North
Carolina’s urban research University.
Dubois has also focused campus
attention upon the importance
of building strong community
partnerships to ensure the institution
is faithful to its mission statement
to address “the cultural, economic,
educational, environmental, health and
social needs of the greater Charlotte
region.”
A native of Oakland, California, Dubois attended the
University of California, Davis, where he graduated in
1972 with highest honors with an undergraduate degree
in political science. He then earned master’s (1974) and
doctoral (1978) degrees in the field from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. His academic career began in 1976 at
the University of California, Davis, eventually holding the
rank of full professor and the administrative post of associate
vice chancellor for academic affairs.
In 1991, Dubois became provost and vice chancellor for
academic affairs at UNC Charlotte. In 1997, he was named
president of the University of Wyoming and was honored
by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education
(CASE) with its District VI Chief Executive Leadership Award
in 2004.
After returning to UNC Charlotte in 2005, Dubois
championed civic responsibility in the education of the
University’s students and curricular changes, including a new
interdisciplinary minor in Urban Youth and Communities
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that is focused on civic engagement
and service learning.
The Levine
Scholars Program, established in 2009,
is a competitive full-ride scholarship
program based on civic engagement,
with students ultimately implementing a
community project of their own design.
Dubois also encourages civic
responsibility amongst faculty and staff.
Volunteerism with local nonprofits is
a central focus during the University’s
annual “Giving Green” campaign.
Throughout the year, other volunteer
engagement is encouraged, including
through the University’s partnership
with Governor’s Village, a group of four local schools serving
a large number of economically disadvantaged students. This
signature initiative includes mentoring and tutoring, campus
visits, and special athletic, academic and cultural activities.
Within the region, Chancellor Dubois promotes the
University as a driver of economic growth and source of
intellectual capital. He serves on several community boards
and has helped establish University/industry partnerships to
support the growth of jobs. One example is UNC Charlotte’s
Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC), which
was conceived in collaboration with the energy industry to
meet the growing demand for power engineers.
Chancellor Dubois’ leadership in the creation of partnerships
and community engagement initiatives has been recognized
with the Belk Innovation in Diversity Award (2013), the
Charlotte Energy Leadership Award (2013), the Charlotte
Cornerstone Award (2012), the Creative Thinker’s Award
(2012), and the Charlotte Regional Partnership “Jerry” Award
(2009).
LEO M. LAMBERT ENGAGED LEADER AWARD
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of North Carolina Campus Compact, the executive board
created this award to honor President Lambert’s significant contributions in educating civicallyengaged graduates and strengthening communities. The Board annually selects a North Carolina
college president or chancellor, nominated by their peers, who is committed to creating and sustaining
engagement that deeply impacts community and campus.
LEO M. LAMBERT has been
widely recognized as a leader
in facilitating deep, sustainable
campus-community partnerships.
Since becoming Elon University’s
eighth president in1999, Lambert
has advanced an ambitious agenda
to establish Elon as a national
leader in engaged teaching and
learning, has contributed to the
creation of a statewide Compact
of engaged leaders, and has
received national recognition for
innovative community-campus
engagement. According to
Campus Compact President Maureen Curley, Lambert’s
leadership will “help us realize the full potential of campuscommunity engagement in the future.”
Lambert was instrumental in creating NC Campus Compact,
serving as founding board chair, and hosts the Compact on
Elon’s campus. He continues to serve as a board member and
has served on the board of the national Campus Compact.
Lambert is chair of the president’s council of Project Pericles,
a national organization that encourages college students to
be civically engaged, and served as a panelist at the White
House launch of President Barack Obama’s Interfaith and
Community Service Campus Challenge.
President Lambert has worked to ensure that
underrepresented students have the opportunity to go to
and succeed in college. His vision for the Elon Academy
has provided a national model of a college access program
for academically promising high school students with
financial need and/or no family history of college. Under his
leadership, Elon also created the nationally
recognized Watson and Odyssey programs,
providing crucial scholarships and academic
support for students with high financial
need, including first-generation college
students from North Carolina.
Lambert fosters an environment in which
students become global citizens committed
to lifelong service and strengthening their
communities. Elon has been named to the
President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll for seven consecutive
years, and was among the first institutions
to earn the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching’s classification
as a university committed to Community Engagement.
Elon received the 2007 Simon Award for Campus
Internationalization and is recognized as the nation’s top
master’s level university in study abroad by the Institute of
International Education.
In 2009, he received the inaugural William M. Burke
Presidential Award for Excellence in Experiential Education
from the National Society for Experiential Education. In
2010, he received the Periclean Service Award from Project
Pericles. As a prominent figure in North Carolina, Lambert
has been named one of the “most influential leaders” for five
consecutive years by the Triad Business Journal. He received
the Thomas Z. Osborne Distinguished Citizen Award, the
highest honor bestowed by the Greensboro Chamber of
Commerce, and was named a “Father of the Year” by the
American Diabetes Association Greater Greensboro Area
Father’s Day Council.
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2014 ROBERT L. SIGMON SERVICE-LEARNING AWARD RECIPIENT
James Cook, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
In 1980, JAMES (JIM) R. COOK
earned his Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology from Indiana University,
and he started his position in
community psychology at UNC
Charlotte. Prof. Cook integrates
student and community engagement
purposefully across his teaching,
research and service aiding those in
need, creating university-community
partnerships that serve the needs
of the community, and engaging
students in those partnerships so they
can learn how to assist others at the
system, neighborhood, agency and
individual levels. One of his students, now working at Yale
University School of Medicine, shared that “In 2 short years I
completed a class requirement with a community agency, was
on the board of directors at another, and became connected
to the UNC Urban Institute . . . I know that Jim provided me
with an excellent foundation in community psychology and
community-engaged work which I still draw upon.” “His
impact is inestimable,” wrote his provost who presented to Dr.
Cook her first Faculty Award for Community Engagement.
Dr. Cook invests the planning and efforts required because he
believes students learn best through efforts to effect change,
and need to learn to work collaboratively to identify issues
and implement interventions. Students become empowered
as change agents. Partnerships have been developed in the
contexts of public housing, education and child welfare. As
a founding member of Mecklenburg County’s Homeless
Services Network which now includes 45 member agencies,
Dr. Cook helped create a Continuum of Care and Ten-Year
Plan to End Homelessness, raising millions of dollars in
supportive housing funds, and building community capacity
to meet the challenges of mental health reform. He worked
through Parent University to engage parents in their children’s
education and insisted on consumer-oriented measures to
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evaluate the clinical impacts of reform.
He also developed MeckCARES, a
partnership among local child-serving
agencies, families and community
stakeholders, and helped write a
SAMHSA grant application which raised
$18 million in federal and community
funds to support multi-systemic services
for families of and children with serious
emotional and behavioral health issues.
Scores of students worked on these
efforts, learning firsthand how to apply
their education, collaborate with the
community and make an impact as both
a professional and citizen.
An active scholar, Dr. Cook has nearly 40 publications, over
$3.4 million from 60 grants/contracts, roughly 120 conference
presentations, and almost 2 dozen professional reports, and
regularly supervises students in applied research efforts
– all involving community and student engagement and
application. Community stakeholders, agency professionals
and university colleagues comment on the preparation,
competence and contribution of “the next generation of
community partners.”
At UNC Charlotte Dr. Cook has lead the development
of cross-unit collaboratives as well as multiple curricular,
programmatic, or infrastructure building efforts. He led the
planning efforts for a Ph.D. program in health psychology,
Community Psychology M.A., and a Community Psychology
Learning Community for undergraduates – each integrates
service-learning. Among the awards Dr. Cook has received
are the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence
in Public Service and the President’s Award of the North
Carolina Mental Health Association. For his entire higher
education career, Dr. Cook has demonstrated the value of
integrating significant service-learning experience for deep
and lasting community, student and institutional impact.
ROBERT L. SIGMON SERVICE-LEARNING AWARD
This award was created in 2006 to recognize a faculty member who has made significant
contributions toward furthering the practice of service-learning. NC Campus Compact
named the award in honor of Robert Sigmon, a native North Carolinian and a pioneer in
service-learning.
ROBERT L. SIGMON was born
in Lincoln County, North Carolina,
grew up in Charlotte, graduated from
Harding High School and received
a B.A. degree from Duke University
in 1957. Following college, he served
in West Pakistan as a lay missionary
with the Methodist Church where he
managed a hostel for 130 Christian
boys, ages 11-16. Mr. Sigmon oversaw
all of the non-classroom life of these
youngsters who came from the
lowest caste families in the Punjab
region of Pakistan. After three years
in Pakistan, he studied at United
Theological College in Bangalore, in southern India. He
returned to the U.S. and completed a M. Div. degree in 1964
at Union Theological Seminary, holding a field assignment as
a convener of a young adult ministry project at The Riverside
Church in New York. During the Civil Rights era (19641966) Bob and his wife co-directed a Quaker Peace Corps
type program in the southeastern region of the U.S. with the
American Friends Service Committee.
Given his work in Pakistan, New York, and the southeast,
with economically and racially oppressed communities, he
became intrigued with the kinds of learning that occur when
young people and adults engage in direct service activities
with oppressed and marginalized people. As a result, for the
next 40 years he worked in positions centered on promoting
public service based experiential learning, primarily in the
southeast. He helped create the North Carolina Internship
Office which promoted service based experiential learning
throughout the state. This effort was a joint project of the
Governor’s Office and the Board of Higher Education which
later became the consolidated UNC system.
Mr. Sigmon helped to form what is now
the National Society for Experiential
Education. He designed and managed
a student initiated community based
practicum for the new School of Public
Health at the University of South
Carolina between 1975 and 1978 and
managed clinical training and continuing
education programs for health care
practitioners in Raleigh from 1978-1991.
Since 1991 he has consulted with
national, state, and local programs
supporting community-based public
service based experiential learning.
In the early 1990s he designed and presented workshops
promoting servant-leadership through the Robert K.
Greenleaf Center. For ten years he served as Senior Associate
with the Engaged Community and Campus Initiative of the
Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) in Washington, DC.
His 1979, article published in Synergist, “Service-Learning:
Three Principles,” has been widely quoted over the years. He
edited and contributed to CIC’s Journey to Service Learning,
highlighting campus service based learning programs at
small, private, liberal arts colleges in the U.S. In 2010, Mr.
Sigmon contributed his original research and papers to
Elon University, creating the Robert L. Sigmon ServiceLearning Collection. This contribution continues his lifelong
commitment to facilitating reciprocal campus-community
engagement and experiential learning.
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2014 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD
EMERGING LEADER RECIPIENT
The Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award for an Emerging Leader recognizes a staff
person at an NC Campus Compact member campus who - for 4 or fewer years - has worked towards
the institutionalization of service, created and strived towards a vision of service on their campus,
supported faculty and students, and formed innovative campus-community partnershi
Joe Blosser, High Point University
As the Robert G. Culp Jr.
Director of Service Learning and
Assistant Professor of Religion
and Philosophy, THE REV. DR.
JOSEPH D. BLOSSER, develops
strategic partnerships between High
Point University (HPU) and the
community to create curricular
opportouniteis for students and
community members to serve and
learn together, . Since stepping into
the new Director position in 2011,
Dr. Blosser has worked tirelessly to
develop a sustainable program of
engaged learning establishing student
and faculty workshops, a lecture series,
a recognition banquet, a service learning showcase, student
and faculty community research awards, student service
and leadership awards, social entrepreneurship projects, and
applied ethics seminars. He has also created a comprehensive
website and a rigorous impact assessment plan to support
service learning.
Dr. Blosser secured funding to create Faculty Course
Development Grants. Faculty receive a $2,000 competitive
grant to prepare a new “SL” designated course, participate in
three workshops, undergo an assessment of the course, and
volunteer at least 10 hours alongside the students in the class.
The goal is to develop the competency of at least 20% of
HPU faculty to teach service learning courses: In fall 2013,
105 students were in eight courses, compared to 65 students
in only three courses in fall 2011.
Dr. Blosser led the charge for HPU to create a Bonner Leader
Program that allows low-income and minority students to
promote social justice through an intern-like experience
with local non-profit and community-based organizations.
Launched in fall 2013, students make a four year commitment
12
to 5-7 hours of direct community
service each week, over 200 hours each
academic year, and receive federal work
study and other university benefits.
Dr. Blosser has secured over $110,000
in funding to support the Service
Learning Program including a $50,000
Think BIG Award in which he was a
principle author and investigator to
conduct the Democracy USA Project,
an interdisciplinary and experiential
learning project, involving over 20
faculty and 300 students researching
the presidential elections. He coauthored an article about the initiative
for the Mid-West Political Science Association. Also in print
is his article Beyond Moral Development: Re-Theorizing
Ethical Practices in Service Learning.
Joe brought to HPU an NC Campus Compact AmeriCorps
VISTA who is strengthening HPU’s relationship with West
End Ministries, helping develop the Bonner Program, and
building the MLK Day of Service which in 2014 mobilized
400 volunteers who served 1690 hours at 13 different
community sites. In addition to serving on numerous
university councils and committees including the Provost’s
Council and the Quality Enhancement Plan committee, Joe
is active in the local community as a member of Achieve
Guilford and the Grants Committee for the High Point
Community Foundation.
He earned a Ph.D. in religious ethics from the University
of Chicago and describes his teaching and research as an
intersection of ethics, civic engagement, Christian theology,
and the US economic context. A nominator shared: “At the
end of the day, our lives ought to transcend beyond success
to significance, beyond earning to serving, beyond caring to
sharing. That is exactly what Dr. Blosser teaches at HPU.”
2014 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD
SUSTAINER RECIPIENT
The Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award recognizes a staff person at an NC Campus
Compact member campus who has - for 5 or more years -worked towards the institutionalization of
service, created and strived towards a vision of service on their campus, supported faculty and students,
and formed innovative campus-community partnerships.
Emily Janke, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
In her six years at UNC Greensboro,
EMILY M. JANKE has been
instrumental in efforts to recognize
the scale and understand the impact of
community and economic engagement.
Now director of the Institute
for Community and Economic
Engagement (ICEE), Janke continues
to promote the institution’s vision of
defining “excellence” in community
engagement as she works to develop
structures that enhance collaboration
and communication across university
units, with community partners, and
throughout the UNC system.
Among her many accomplishments and positions, Dr. Janke:
• Leads design and development of the Collaboratory, a
comprehensive, cross-departmental database containing
community-engaged projects and partnerships at UNCG. A
catalogue, a showcase, and a tool for assessment, the online,
searchable Collaboratory can be edited by UNCG or by
community partners.
In addition to her work at UNCG
and in North Carolina, Dr. Janke
has contributed her energy and
expertise to national organizations.
She is a Visiting Fellow with the Next
Generation Engagement Project at the
New England Resource Center for
Higher Education; she serves on the
board of the International Association
for Research on Service-Learning
and Community Engagement
(IARSLCE) and helped establish their
Graduate Student Network; and she
has published and reviewed numerous
articles on public scholarship, faculty
motivation for public scholarship, and campus-community
partnerships in academic books and journals including the
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement and
Higher Education in Review.
• Supports various UNCG efforts related to community
engagement, including UNCG’s 30-member advisory
committee for community engagement, leading the 2015
Carnegie Community Engagement Elective Classification
application process, and supporting the integration of
community engagement in promotion and tenure guidelines.
Dr. Janke received the IARSCLE Dissertation Award in
2008 and IARSCLE’s Early Career Research Award in
2012. She received the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging
Leaders in Civic Engagement from the American Democracy
Project. Dr. Barbara Holland, international civic engagement
expert says “Wise and competent well beyond her years, Dr.
Janke has not only built a robust record of scholarship and
publications in a few years, but has also assumed and proven
enormously effective in significant national, regional, and
institutional roles in the realm of civic engagement.”
• Leads professional development on community engagement
topics for UNCG faculty and students and teaches as an
Assistant Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies.
Janke is active in the local Greensboro community, working
with many groups including the Global Opportunities Center
and the Guilford Nonprofit Consortium.
• Co-chaired two UNC System task forces on Community
Engagement and on Economic Development charged with
developing and piloting system-wide metrics for community
engagement and economic impact.
Dr. Janke received her Ph.D. in higher education from
Pennsylvania State University.
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NORTH CAROLINA CAMPUS COMPACT EXECUTIVE BOARD
CHAIR ELECT
The Executive Board advocates for higher education community engagement, strategizes about
how to impact broader statewide issues and initiatives compatible with the Compact’s mission, and
collaborates with national Campus Compact. We are pleased to announce that President Nido Qubein
of High Point University, High Point, NC, will serve a three-year term as the chair of the Executive
Board beginning July 1, 2014.
Nido Qubein, High Point University
NIDO R. QUBEIN, became the
seventh president of High Point in
January 2005. He partners with faculty
and staff to forge new opportunities
for HPU. Focusing on experiential
education and holistic, values-based
learning, graduates are prepared to live
a life of both success and significance.
All freshman take his class, “The
President’s Seminar on Life Skills,” in
which Dr. Qubein shares the habits,
skills, values, and practical intelligence
that one must apply to succeed in an
ever-changing world.
An accomplished business leader and
dedicated philanthropist, he has led the university through
an extraordinary transformation including major increases in
undergraduate enrollment (from 1,500 to 4,000 students), the
number of faculty (from 108 to 260), and the construction of
49 new buildings on campus, with a total investment of one
billion dollars. New programs in entrepreneurship, interactive
gaming, and commerce were added, as well as masters and
doctoral programs.
The campus has become widely recognized for its
community engagement. High Point University enjoys a
vibrant Bonner Scholars program, a very active Service
Learning initiative, and a focused emphasis on community
investment of time, energy, and money. President Qubein
is a dedicated servant leader of the High Point community
and High Point University, having served as a director or
chairman of many organizations including YMCA of the
USA, and, in High Point, the Chamber of Commerce, the
United Way, the Economic Development Corp., and the
Community Foundation. He is the founder of the National
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Speakers Association Foundation where
the highest award for Philanthropy is
named for him.
As a business leader, he is chairman of
Great Harvest Bread Company with
220 stores in 43 states. He serves on the
boards of several national organizations
including BB&T (a Fortune 500
company with $185 billion in assets),
the La-Z-Boy Corporation (one of the
largest and most recognized furniture
brands worldwide) and Dots Stores (a
chain of fashion boutiques with more
than 400 locations across the country).
President Qubein came to the United
States as a teenager with limited knowledge of English and
only $50 in his pocket. His inspiring life story is one filled
with adversity and abundance. The Biography Channel aired
his life story titled “A Life of Success and Significance.” He
has been the recipient of many honors including The Ellis
Island Medal of Honor, along with four U.S. presidents; The
Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans, along with
Oprah Winfrey and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas;
the DAR Americanism Medal; the Order of the Long Leaf
Pine, Sales and Marketing International’s Ambassador of Free
Enterprise; Leadership North Carolina Governor’s Award;
the Alexis de’ Tocqueville Award; and Citizen of the Year and
Philanthropist of the Year in his home city of High Point,
North Carolina. Dr. Qubein has received many distinctions
as a professional speaker including the Golden Gavel Medal,
induction into the International Speaker Hall of Fame and
as the founder of the NSA Foundation in Arizona. He has
authored two dozen books and audio programs distributed
worldwide.
North Carolina Campus Compact 2013-2014
Member Campuses
Appalachian State University, Kenneth Peacock, Chancellor**
Bennett College, Rosalind Fuse-Hall, President
Campbell University, Jerry M. Wallace, President
Catawba Valley Community College, Garrett D. Hinshaw, President*
Central Piedmont Community College, Anthony Zeiss, President
Davidson College, Carol Quillen, President*
Davidson County Community College, Mary E. Rittling, President
Duke University, Richard H. Brodhead, President
Durham Technical Community College, William Ingram, President*
East Carolina University, Steven Ballard, Chancellor
Elizabeth City State University, Charles L. Becton, Interim Chancellor
Elon University, Leo M. Lambert, President*
Fayetteville State University, James A. Anderson, Chancellor
Guilford College, Kent John Chabotar, President
High Point University, Nido R. Qubein, President*
Lenoir-Rhyne University, Wayne Powell, President
Meredith College, Jo Allen, President*
Methodist University, Ben E. Hancock, Jr., President
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Harold Martin, Chancellor
North Carolina Central University, Debra Saunders-White, Chancellor
North Carolina Community College System, R. Scott Ralls, President*
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, A. Hope Williams, President
North Carolina State University, Randy Woodson, Chancellor
Pfeiffer University, Michael C. Miller, President
Queens University of Charlotte, Pamela Davies, President
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Carol Spalding, President
University of North Carolina Asheville, Anne Ponder, Chancellor
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Carol L. Folt, Chancellor
University of North Carolina Charlotte, Philip L. Dubois, Chancellor
University of North Carolina Greensboro, Linda P. Brady, Chancellor
University of North Carolina Pembroke, Kyle R. Carter, Chancellor*
University of North Carolina Wilmington, Gary Miller, Chancellor*
Wake Forest University, Nathan O. Hatch, President
Wake Technical Community College, Stephen C. Scott, President
Warren Wilson College, Stephen L. Solnick, President
Western Carolina University, David Belcher, Chancellor
Western Piedmont Community College, Jim W. Burnett, President
* Executive Board
** Chair, Executive Board
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Workshops
Workshop Track: Community Colleges (CC) Location: FSC Bald Head Island Room 1023
NC Campus Compact is pleased to host Gail Robinson for a series of workshops specifically
for community colleges. Ms. Robinson is an education consultant and senior advisor to the
Community College National Center for Community Engagement. She works with colleges,
universities, and organizations around the country to develop service learning and community
engagement programs. She was the director of service learning for the American Association
of Community Colleges from 1994 to 2012, managing federal and nonfederal grant projects;
directing national data collection, evaluation, and research on community college service
learning initiatives; and authoring numerous reports and monographs. She served on the board
of directors of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community
Engagement and currently serves as a member of the Carnegie Community Engagement
Classification national advisory panel.
Curriculum-based Civic Responsibility and
Engagement
Becoming the Engaged Campus: Nuts and Bolts
3:20 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Community engagement and academic learning are
central to the community college mission. Explore ways
to help faculty, staff, and administrators prepare students
for effective involvement in a diverse democratic society
and examine the role and obligation of higher education
to produce good citizens. Hands-on activities will focus on
using service learning to promote democratic engagement;
integrating civic responsibility components into course
syllabi; encouraging student dialogue and critical thinking on
civic issues; and increasing meaningful involvement between
colleges and communities.
Community College Service Learning Research:
What We Know
2:10 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Most community colleges offer service learning but know
little about the impact of their programs. This session presents
a decade of survey research and focus group results from
colleges in a national community college consortium. Learn
about student and faculty experiences with service learning;
how partnerships transformed individuals and communities;
how service learning increases partner capacity to meet local
needs; and the effect of service learning on student learning
outcomes, retention, workplace readiness, and lifelong civic
engagement.
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What does it mean to be an engaged campus? While some
institutions are ready to apply for the Carnegie Classification
on Community Engagement, others need to create the basic
foundation first. Learn how to embed engagement into your
institutional culture; build and maintain support for your
program; tailor your college’s data and outcomes to tell your
story to stakeholders; and create an action plan for service
learning and community engagement for your campus.
Workshop Key Code
Look for the following initials by workshops to focus on one
specific area or issue throughout the day
(CB)= Capacity-building, institutionalization
(CP) = Community Partnerships
(P) = Pedagogy
(RT) = Research & Theory
Key for Workshop Locations
FSC = Fisher Student Center*
FUU = Fisher University Union*
*These buildings are connected by a glass-enclosed walkway
Session One: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Advancing the Conversation about Community
Engaged Scholarship (CB)
Service-Learning 101 for Faculty (CC)
Location: FUU Longleaf Pine Room 1041
Location: FSC Bald Head Island Room 1023
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, Duke University
Patti Clayton, PHC Ventures and UNC Greensboro
Emily Janke, UNC Greensboro
Gail Robinson, Consultant
The majority of two- and four-year colleges and universities
offer academically based service learning as a strategy for
student success. Learn what service learning is, what it isn’t,
and why and how to do it. Hear about student and faculty
experiences with service learning, and how their partnerships
transformed individuals and communities. Participants will
use a curriculum development worksheet to incorporate
service learning into existing courses and will receive
additional tools and resources.
Despite university commitments to community engagement
and the growing acknowledgement of community-engaged
research, there still is significant work to do expanding
definitions of scholarship to include research that engages
the community and has a meaningful impact on it. Gain
strategies for facilitating conversations about communityengaged scholarship on your campus and for working
together across campuses in North Carolina.
Engaged Research to Build the Field (RT)
Asset-Based Community Development (P) (CP)
Location: FUU Azalea Coast Room A
Location: Masonboro Island Room 2011
Elizabeth Hudson, Kettering Foundation
Robert Bringle, Appalachian State University
Jody Kretzmann, Northwestern University
The traditional model of discipline-based research conducted
by an individual researcher is being challenged by new
paradigms that broaden the definitions of scholarship as being
interdisciplinary, epistemologically diverse, collaborative
with internal and external partners, and useful to others.
Attendees will explore their experiences with engaged
scholarship, the promise for translating discipline-based
research and scholarship into engaged scholarship, and
strategies for overcoming obstacles.
What’s Old is New Again: Sustaining ServiceLearning Partnerships (CB) (CP)
Location: FUU Azalea Coast Room B
Spoma Jovanovic, Sarah Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Dam-Regier,
Katie Rachels,Tiffany Greene and Kimberly Miller, UNC
Greensboro
Kayte Farkas, Dudley High School
Strong campus-community partnerships depend on networks
of trust that are built and cultivated over time. Meet new and
old members of a campus-community partnership now in its
seventh year, learn how to invigorate your service-learning
program to bring something new to what’s old and to honor
what’s old with something new, and consider strategies
to cultivate new projects that invite people into strong
partnership.
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) focuses
a community’s energies and strategies not only on the
problems and needs it faces, but on the nature and power of
local and locally controlled resources or assets. Learn where
these approaches originated and how they are leading to
healthier, more vital residents and more successful policies.
Gain practical strategies and tools for implementing ABCD.
Social Entrepreneurship 101 (P)
Location: FSC Wrightsville Beach Room 2017
Christoper Gergen, Forward Impact
What is social entrepreneurship and why is it important to
today’s students? What curricular and co-curricular strategies
might you use to develop students as entrepreneurial leaders
and high-impact change-makers? What do you as a faculty
person need to understand in order to empower social
entrepreneurs who impact society’s challenges - and how
might you embrace this entrepreneurial mindset? Come join
a highly interactive session designed to expand your sense of
the possible.
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Innovation, Online Learning and the Future for
Democratic Engaged Scholarship (RT)
Location: FSC Topsail Island Room 2019
Brandon Kliewer, Florida Gulf Coast University and
Points of Light
While the discourse around change in higher education
is often couched in the language of innovation, critical
reflection often uncovers a dominant discourse that connects
it to cost-savings. This session will problematize the way
higher education generally understands innovation and
broaden understanding of online democratic engagement.
Focus on Faculty: Institutional Support for Engaged
Teaching and Research (CB)
Location: Burney Ballroom A
Lynn Blanchard, UNC Chapel Hill
Norma-May Isakow,Wake Forest University
Support and incentives for faculty wanting to pursue
engaged teaching and research are essential for a truly
engaged campus. Presenters will describe structures, programs
and experiences at two campuses in developing and
implementing faculty programs. They will identify facilitating
factors as well as challenges and barriers. Participants will
explore how some of the methods described might apply to
their campuses’ efforts.
Session Two: 11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
Curriculum-based Civic Responsibility and
Engagement (CC)
Location: FSC Bald Head Island Room 1023
Gail Robinson, Consultant
See description on page 14
Measuring Student and Civic Identity (RT)
Location: FUU Azalea Coast Room A
Elizabeth Wall and Robert Bringle, Appalachian State University
A Civic-Minded Graduate (CMG) pursues an education to
acquire skills and knowledge to engage in a career that can
address issues in society. Learn about research that examined
the correlation between one’s identity as a student with
CMG, one’s civic identity with CMG, and correlations with
past civic engagement and motives for volunteering.
Deepening Service-Learning Partnerships (CB) (CP)
Location: FUU Azalea Coast Room B
Amy L. Anderson, David Malone, and Alissa Griffith,
Duke University
Brianne Starin, Durham Public Schools
Service-learning adds breadth and depth to instruction at
multiple levels: between K-12 learners and teachers; between
university students and faculty; and between universities and
K-12 schools. When done well, community partners are
teachers in and beneficiaries of all these partnerships. This
session will focus on partnership development and how
community engagement can transform campus-community
collaborations.
Project Management Meets the Relational
Leadership Model: High Impact and Reciprocity in
Service Learning (P)
Location: FUU Longleaf Pine Room 1041
Lynn Donahue, St. John Fisher College
Achieving reciprocity and high impact for both the
community and students requires two paths: The scaffolding
and organization of the course and service-learning project
can be enhanced using a project management approach; and
students’ skills, knowledge, and behaviors can be enhanced
using the Relational Leadership model. Prticipants will
have an opportunity to discuss how both can help avoid
roadblocks and enhance practice.
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Using Community-Based Research to Encourage
Student Engagement (P)
Location: FSC Masonboro Island Room 2011
Kimberly McCabe and Timothy Meinke, Lynchburg College
While CBR uses the same methodologies as conventional
research, it is different in its focus on collaborative, changeoriented research that addresses a community-identified
need. This presentation will identify five characteristics
of CBR while answering: What is CBR? How is it
implemented? What is the impact? What further questions
must be answered?
Gendered Dynamics in Community Engagement:
Women Leaders Share Their Experiences (RT)
Location: FSC Wrightsville Beach Room 2017
John Howard, Laura Prividera, and Rebecca Dumlao,
East Carolina University
Presenters will share results of email surveys with women
academic leaders in community engagement, detailing
their leadership practices, challenges, and accomplishments.
Communication practices and processes and advice for
aspiring leaders will be highlighted.
Igniting the Passion Within for
Civic Engagement (P)
Location: FSC Topsail Island Room 2019
Matt Cummings, DePauw University
Session Three: 2:10 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.
Community College Service-Learning Research:
What We Know (RT)(CC)
Location: FSC Bald Head Island Room 1023
Gail Robinson, Consultant
See description on page 14
International Service Learning Through
Disciplinary Lens (P)
Location: FUU Azalea Coast Room A
Robert Bringle, Clark Maddux, Lynn Gregory, Paul Wallace, and
Amy Galloway, Appalachian State University
Panelists from a Faculty Learning Community on
International Service Learning will describe issues related
to curricular redesign from their respective disciplines of
Communication Studies/Cross-Cultural Studies, American
Studies/Literature, Psychology, and Education/Instructional
Technology. The audience will participate in discussing
adapting service learning courses to international settings,
including preparation of students, establishing partnerships,
and assessing outcomes.
National Service: Past, Present and Future (CB)
Location: FUU Azalea Coast Room B
Harris Wofford, Franklin Project Senior Advisor
This session is for those interested in talking to students
about spirituality and seeing students maximize their spiritual
self. Spiritual motivations, triggers, development and
reigniting a passion for civic engagement will be discussed.
Wofford will engage in an open conversation about national
service drawing on his long-time experience --helping to
found the Peace Corps, his role as Senator with the original
AmeriCorps legislation, six years as CEO of the CNCS and
now Senior Advisor to the Franklin Project.
Cultivating Community Engagement through
Applied Learning: A Transformative Campus-Wide
Model (CB)
Building Capacity among all Partners for ServiceLearning as Democratic Engagement (CB)
Location: Burney Ballroom A
Jacquelyn Lee, Diana Ashe, Jimmy Reeves, Jess Boersma, Kristen
DeVall, and Melanie Forehand, UNC Wilmington
This panel will discuss a transformative model for building
institutional capacity to sustain community engagement
through applied learning pedagogy. The history, structure, and
practices of the Applied Learning and Teaching Community
(ALTC) will be explored from the perspectives of ALTC’s
founders, faculty fellows, and graduate students.
Location: FUU Longleaf Pine Room 1041
Patti Clayton, PHC Ventures and UNC Greensboro
Explore professional development to build all partners’
capacity for service-learning as democratic engagement.
Participants in this session will co-create a list of concepts
that need to be understood by all partners; collaboratively
critique excerpts from the draft Service-Learning Guidebook for
all Partners using group-developed criteria; and share current/
brainstorm new approaches to uses of such materials.
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Leveraging Technology for Critical Reflection and
Service-Learning (P)
Location: FSC Masonboro Island Room 2011
Sarah Stanlick, Lehigh University
Service learning is a high-impact experience that explores
issues of citizenship, social justice, and community
engagement. To have maximum transformative impact,
critical reflection is essential to processing and making
meaning for the learner. As technology progresses and
new tools emerge, the ease and depth by which reflection
can be conducted is enhanced. This workshop delves into
technological reflection tools and provides research to
support implementation in service-learning.
University Support of the Nonprofit Sector
Location: FSC Wrightsville Beach Room 2017
Jeffrey Brudney and Natasha Davis, UNC Wilmington
Learn about programs and pedagogies used to integrate
students in the nonprofit community, develop a love of
place, support student commitment to learning, and increase
the capacity of the nonprofit sector. Hear about services
offered to nonprofits including workshops, coaching, and
AmeriCorps VISTA members. Understand the role and
impact of students through service learning, internships, and
other volunteer opportunities.
Monitoring & Measuring Initiative: STAMP
Location: FSC Topsail Island Room 2019
Barbara Holland, Researcher and Consultant
In fall 2013 NC Campus Compact launched a strategy to
assist member campuses in their efforts to monitor and
measure campus-community engagement. This closed
session is for those participating in STAMP.
A Conversation with an Engaged President:
Connecting with your Campus Leaders
Location: Burney Ballroom A
Richard Guarasci, President,Wagner College
Drawing from his experiences as faculty, provost,
senior vice president, community leader, and member
of numerous boards, including the Campus Compact
Executive Board, Guarasci will discuss how to expand
conversations related to building an engaged campus
back home.
Workshop Key Code
Look for the following initials by workshops to focus on one
specific area or issue throughout the day
(CB)= Capacity-building, institutionalization
(CP) = Community Partnerships
(P) = Pedagogy
(RT) = Research & Theory
Key for Workshop Locations
FSC = Fisher Student Center*
FUU = Fisher University Union*
*These buildings are connected by a glass-enclosed walkway
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Session Four: 3:20 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.
The Engaged Campus: Nuts and Bolts (CC)
Location: FSC Bald Head Island Room 1023
Gail Robinson, Consultant
See description on page 14
Empathic Anger, Service Learning, and Civic
Engagement (P)
Location: FUU Azalea Coast Room A
Ashley Hedgepath and Robert Bringle, Appalachian State
University
Patti Clayton, PHC Ventures and UNC Greensboro
“Empathic anger”-anger on behalf of another, can
catalyze altruistic rather than the aggressive responses
usually associated with anger-can arise when we believe
the circumstances that cause others’ suffering are unjust.
Presenters will share theory on empathic anger, explore its
relevance to various types of service-learning activities and
civic learning goals, design reflection activities (including
the use of music) to teach and cultivate it, and consider
implications for future inquiry.
An Adaptive Model of Service-Learning: Evaluation
of Learning Sticking Points (RT)
Location: FUU Azalea Coast Room B
Phillip Motley and Amanda Sturgill, Elon University
Planning a service-learning project means dealing with many
variables that define and impact student learning. As students
begin a placement, both time and place where they work and
what they are asked to do can influence the outcomes. Come
examine a holistic model developed to guide planning,
implementation and evaluation of service-learning.
Tale of Two Paradigms: Qualitative and
Quantitative Research in Service-Learning (RT)
service-learning and student perceptions of civic engagement,
as well as how the institution’s organization – mission,
institutional commitment, leadership, funding – impact the
efficacy of service-learning programs.
The Effects of Service-Learning on Student
Attitudes and Stereotypes (RT)
Location: FUU Longleaf Pine Rm 1041
Kim Buch and Susan Harden, UNC Charlotte
Learn about a study based on a service learning project in
which students and faculty join forces with a local nonprofit to combat the growing problem of homelessness
in Charlotte. The effects of the project on participants’
perceptions of social justice and stereotypes toward the
homeless indicated significant, positive change.
Going Deeper: Enhancing Student Learning (CB)
Location: FSC Wrightsville Beach Room 2017
Cathy Kramer and Brooke Millsaps,Warren Wilson College
Service is an integral part of the education at Warren Wilson
and the developmentally based Community Engagement
Commitment is designed to enhance both student learning
and community impact. Students identify personal
passions, deepen their understanding of issues, and develop
the capacity to make a difference and sustain community
engagement. This workshop will focus on the development,
implementation and assessment of this model with discussion
of applications in other settings.
Monitoring & Measuring Initiative: STOMP
Location: FSC Topsail Island Room 2019
Barbara Holland, Researcher and Consultant
In fall 2013 NC Campus Compact launched a strategy to
assist member campuses in efforts to monitor and measure
campus-community engagement. This closed session is for
those participating in STOMP.
Location: FSC Masonboro Island Room 2011
Jacqueline Flores and Nichelle Shuck, East Carolina University
This workshop advances a model of service-learning
that restores the civic responsibility of higher education
institutions by identifying aspects of service-learning that
create opportunities for justice. Presenters will share findings
from a research project that addresses the need for mixed
methods data-gathering in order to inform administrators
and institutional-assessment processes about service-learning
outcomes. Research methods for determining the impact of
Exploring the Challenges of Campus Engagement
for Community Partners
Location: Burney Ballroom A
Erin O’Donnell and Melissa Rogan, UNCW
As campuses increasingly shift their focus to communitycampus engagement, much emphasis is placed upon best
practices from the perspective of the campus. Student
volunteerism as resource and a burden will be explored from
the perspective of community partners.
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Workshop Presenter Information
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, Ph.D., Director of Outreach,
Thompson Writing Program, Duke University
Jacqueline Flores, M.A. candidate, Counselor Education,
East Carolina University
Amy L. Anderson, Ph.D., Service-Learning Faculty
Consultant, Duke Service-Learning; Instructor, Program in
Education
Melanie Forehand, M.A. candidate, Foreign Language &
Literature; ETEAL Graduate Assistant, UNC Wilmington
Diana Ashe, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English and Assistant
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, UNC Wilmington
Lynn Blanchard, Ph.D., Director, Carolina Center for Public
Service; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Health
Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC
Chapel Hill
Jess Boersma, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Foreign Languages
& Literature; Interim Director, Experiencing Transformative
Education through Applied Learning (ETEAL), UNC
Wilmington
Robert Bringle, Ph.D., Kulynych/Cline Visiting
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Appalachian State
University
Jeffrey Brudney, Ph.D., Betty and Dan Cameron Family
Distinguished Professor for Innovation in the Nonprofit
Sector; Academic Director, Quality Enhancement for
Nonprofit Organizations (QENO)
Kim Buch, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Coordinator
of Psychology Learning Community, UNC Charlotte
Amy Galloway, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology,
Appalachian State University
Christopher Gergen, CEO of Forward Impact; Visiting
Lecturer, Hart Leadership Program, Sanford School of
Public Policy; Social Entrepreneurship Fellow, Innovation &
Entrepreneurship initiative, Duke University
Tiffany Greene, Senior, Communication Studies major,
UNC Greensboro
Lynn Gregory, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Communication
Studies, Appalachian State University
Alissa Griffith, K-12 Service-Learning Partnerships
Consultant & Lecturing Fellow, Program in Education, Duke
University
Richard Guarasci, Ph.D., President, Wagner College
Susan Harden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Secondary
Education, UNC Charlotte
Ashley Hedgepath, Senior, Psychology major, Appalachian
State University
Barbara Holland, Ph.D., Researcher and Consultant
Patti Clayton, Ph.D., Senior Scholar, Center for Service and
Learning, IUPUI;Visiting Scholar, Institute for Community
and Economic Development, UNC Greensboro;Visiting
Fellow, NERCHE
Sarah Hollingsworth, M.A. candidate, Communication
Studies, UNC Greensboro
Matt Cummings, M.A. Candidate, Urban Studies and
Community Development; Coordinator of Community
Service, DePauw University
Elizabeth Hudson, Ph.D., Associate, Kettering Foundation
Elizabeth Dam-Regier, M.A. candidate, Communication
Studies, UNC Greensboro
Emily Janke, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict
Studies; Director, Institute for Community and Economic
Engagement (ICEE), UNC Greensboro
Natasha Davis, M.P.A, Director, Quality Enhancement for
Nonprofit Organizations (QENO)
Kristen DeVall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sociology &
Criminology, UNC Wilmington
John Howard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of
Communication, East Carolina University
Norma-May Isakow, LL.M., Associate Director, Institute for
Public Engagement,Wake Forest University
Spoma Jovanovic, Ph.D., Professor, Communication
Studies; Faculty Senate Chair-Elect, UNC Greensboro
Lynn Donahue, Ed.D., Director, Center for ServiceLearning and Civic Engagement, St. John Fisher College
Brandon W. Kliewer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Civic
Engagement, Florida Gulf Coast University; Associate
Scholar, Points of Light
Rebecca Dumlao, Ph.D., Professor, School of
Communication, East Carolina University
Cathy Kramer, M.A., Dean of Service, Warren Wilson
College
Kayte Farkas, Teacher, Dudley High School
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Jody Kretzmann, Ph.D., Co-Director, Asset-Based
Community Development (ABCD) Institute, School of
Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Jacquelyn Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Social Work, UNC
Wilmington
Elizabeth Wall, Senior, Psychology major, Appalachian State
University
Paul Wallace, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Leadership &
Education Studies, Appalachian State University
Harris Wofford, Senior Policy Advisor, The Franklin Project
Clark Maddux, Ph.D., Director, Office of Civic Engagement,
Appalachian State University
David Malone, Ph.D., Director of Service-Learning;
Associate Professor of the Practice, and Director of
Undergraduate Studies, Program in Education, Duke
University
Kimberly McCabe, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology,
Lynchburg College
Timothy Meinke, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political
Science, Lynchburg College
Kimberly Miller, M.S., Assistant Professor, Community &
Therapeutic Recreation, UNC Greensboro
Brooke Millsaps, M.A., Director of Service-Learning,
Warren Wilson College
Phillip Motley, M.F.A., Assistant Professor, Communications,
Elon University
Erin O’Donnell, AmeriCorps VISTA, NC Campus Compact,
Feast Down East, UNCW
Laura Prividera, Ph.D., Associate Director & Associate
Professor, School of Communication, East Carolina
University
Katie Rachels, Senior, Communication Studies major, UNC
Greensboro
Jimmy Reeves, Ph.D., Professor and Former Chair,
Chemistry and Biology, UNC Wilmington
Gail Robinson, Consultant
Melissa Rogan, M.A., AmeriCorps VISTA, NC Campus
Compact, Feast Down East, UNCW
Nichelle Shuck, M.Ed, Associate Director for Student
Leadership and Educational Programs,Volunteer and ServiceLearning Center, East Carolina University
Sarah Stanlick, Ph.D. candidate, Learning Sciences and
Technology, College of Education, Lehigh University
Brianne Starin, AIG teacher, Durham Public Schools
Amanda Sturgill, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Communications, Elon University
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