Summary of Campus Compact State-by-State
Student Programming
Compiled by NC Campus Compact based on website reviews and network
feedback (May 2013)
Conferences/Retreats
Awards
AmeriCorps Programs *
only included are programs
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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Montana
North Carolina
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Utah
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Iowa
Oregon
West Virginia
Florida
Hawaii/Pacific Islands
Indiana
Iowa
Maine
Michigan
Missouri
Minnesota
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Additional Student Programs
Including Student Funding
Opportunities
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California
Colorado
Florida
Indiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
Ohio
West Virginia
Washington
that engage current students –
Summer Associates include but
not regular VISTA
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Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland/D.C.
Massachusetts
Michigan
Montana
Nebraska
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Utah
Contests
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Colorado
Florida
North Carolina
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CONFERENCES/RETREATS
State
Florida
Student Conference/Retreat
AmeriCorps and
Connect2Complete Service Retreat
Description
AmeriCorps and Connect2Complete members attend
workshops that highlight campus-community
partnerships, student civic engagement, college access
mentoring and FL|CC programming. Attendees also
participate in local service projects.
Student Scholars' Institute
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Illinois
Student Veterans Conference
(Proposed)
Indiana
Statewide Civic Leadership
Conference (Fall)
3-day event
limited number of students are competitively
selected to participate in a unique civic learning
experience filled with interactive dialogue
between students and public officials.
Held in the capital, Tallahassee, FL, and includes
sessions with officials from legislative, executive
and judicial branches of state and local
governments. One highlight includes a "mock trial"
in the Florida Supreme Court.
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For Student Veteran Coordinators from the
administration of each of our member campuses
and the heads of the student Veteran student
organizations (if they exist) on those campuses.
- Round tables will explore transitional issues
experienced by student Veterans in orienting to
the campus environment from military service,
and any issues experienced by the administrations
in identifying and providing services needed by
their student Veteran population.
- Workshops in which ILCC will present guidelines
and "best practices" to the administrators in
hopes of solving their identified issues or bettering
their existing processes and procedures.
Students will hear from state leaders in education and
government; engage in meaningful conversations that
focus on the issues affecting higher education in
Indiana; and have the opportunity to come together –
around a shared commitment to action – creating a
strengthened network of informed, civic leaders in
Indiana higher education. Moreover, participants will
bolster their civic competence – preparing them to
become lifelong civic leaders.
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State
Indiana
Student Conference/Retreat
Student Track – Regional
Networking Meetings (Fall) and
Service Engagement Summit
(Spring)
Description
During our fall regional networking meetings and
spring conference, ICC offers specific programming
geared toward student participants. The purpose is to
involve student participants in networking and
connections with students from across the state;
enhance their leadership development skills; and
engage them in meaningful reflection. Past sessions
include: Maximizing Your Leadership through Service,
Work on Purpose with Echoing Green, Working with
Your State Legislators and Local Government Leaders,
and Engaging Your Campus Administrators.
Iowa
IUGO Student Leadership
Conference
Kansas
Hunger Dialogue
IUGO: (pronounced "you-go") from the Latin meaning
"to connect, or bind together" brings together student
leaders from across the state to learn and grow.
Students and organizations can earn valuable
leadership and public speaking experience by
presenting on a topic they are particularly passionate
about. Presenters go for FREE!
IUGO Relevant Topics:
• Advanced Leadership
• Social Networking/Technology
• Character of Leadership
• Social Justice
• Leading Change
The goal is to develop a statewide consensus among
institutions of higher learning to impact hunger with
the state of Kansas and ultimately, the world.
Attendees gain the tools, networks, and inspiration to
ensure that action on hunger continues to be a
hallmark of Kansas higher education.
5 tracks: Greek Life, Residential Life, Student
Government, Community Service/Volunteerism,
General Leadership
Kentucky
Kentucky Collegiate Leadership
Conference (KCLC)
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State
Michigan
Student Conference/Retreat
Active Leaders Student Conference
Montana
Building Engaged Citizens (BEC)
North
Carolina
CSNAP (Citizenship, Service,
Networking & Partnerships)
Student Conference
Description
Designed to prepare college students to be change
agents for the issues in which they are passionate, this
day-long collaborative environment involves college
students from across Michigan and leaders in the
fields of service, advocacy, and philanthropy. It allows
student leaders the opportunity to seek out successful
models in leading community service initiatives, gain
valuable skills in mobilizing efforts to maximize impact
and network with other student leaders and nonprofit
professionals.
- provides training and professional development to
students and national service members, and
examines the public purposes of higher education
from a student perspective
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Oregon
Student Leadership Conference
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Oregon LeaderShape
This annual conference brings students together,
from across the region, to network, dialogue and
develop skills towards becoming more effective
civic engagement participants and leaders.
Topics include volunteerism, leadership, servicelearning, advocacy and activism.
The Community Impact Student Award is
presented.
A different member campus hosts the conference
each year.
weekend retreat for service-minded student
leaders, visionaries, and activists
Workshops offer a unique view on leadership,
intercultural communication, technology and
social media, visioning, and more.
Sessions designed for students new to these areas
as well as those quite familiar with the topics.
Opportunities for networking and collaboration
LeaderShape is a dynamic, challenging, and exciting
weeklong event intended to produce a breakthrough in the
leadership capacity of participants — benefiting them
individually, as well as their respective communities and the
organizations they will go on to lead and serve in the future.
Students from colleges and universities across Oregon will
explore not only what they want to do, but who they want
to be.
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State
Rhode
Island
Student Conference/Retreat
Rhode Island Statewide Student
Service Summit (RISSS)
South
Carolina
Student Leadership & Diversity
Conference
SCCC is the co-sponsor
Utah
Utah Engaged Citizenship Retreat
Description
- opportunities for networking, exchanging ideas
and learning new skills
- The goal is for students to inspire and learn from
each other and community members and to
realize the power of working together towards
positive goals for community achievement and
change.
- Held each February at the University of South
Carolina
one day regional conference for faculty, staff, and
students to interact with individuals from other
schools in the region
- SLDC trains and educates student leaders in
essential leadership skills, developing their
leadership identity, working and leading in a
diverse society, and initiatives and methods to
create sustainable positive change.
- interactive event for students, AmeriCorps
members, and VISTA members
- Attendees participate in a series of activities and
discussions designed to deepen their
understanding of civic responsibility and how they
can make an impact in their communities.
- Experienced facilitators provide participants with a
safe environment to respectfully discuss
potentially controversial issues and teach them
effective advocacy strategies.
- Facilitators guide participants through a projectplanning process that helps them analyze the
issues underlying their humanitarian activities so
that these service activities are more meaningful.
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AWARDS
State
Florida
Title of Award
AmeriCorps Member
Recognition
Excellence in Service Award
Hawaii
Pacific
Islands
Indiana
Iowa
Maine
Description
- recognizes outstanding AmeriCorps members who have
demonstrated great success in addressing the needs of lowincome or underserved individuals or communities while
advancing the mission of FLCC
- Given to 3 student service scholars for outstanding service
to Florida's communities.
- any full-time college student at an accredited Florida higher
education institution eligible to apply
Community Student Impact
Award
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ICC Richard J. Wood Student
Community Commitment
Award
ICC Anniversary Student
Engagement Award
Heart and Soul Student Award
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Michigan
Heart and Soul Award
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Commitment to Service
Award
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Outstanding Community
Impact Award
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Minnesota
Presidents’ Student
Leadership Award
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recognizes one student per member institution who
exhibits outstanding leadership and innovative approaches
in their community service or service-learning endeavors
both on their campus and within their community
recognizes students at member campuses who have
demonstrated an outstanding commitment to community
engagement
recognizes leadership in engaging students as active
citizens
recognizes six undergraduate students who have been
actively involved in turning their campuses and
communities into places of democracy
recipients have raised their voices on issues of local and
global importance through civic engagement efforts.
recognizes undergraduate and graduate students for their
time, effort and personal commitment to their community
through service
recognizes two students per member campus for either the
breadth or the depth of community involvement or service
experience(s) and the demonstration of meaningful
reflection
honors up to five undergraduate and one graduate student
who have made service an integral part of their college
experience by their significant contribution to community
resources
recipient’s efforts build partnerships between their
campuses and communities, and demonstrate personal
reflection and a commitment to lifelong engagement
for an individual student or a student organization that
models a deep commitment to civic responsibility and
leadership, evidenced by initiative, innovative and
collaborative approaches to addressing public issues,
effective community building, and integration of civic
engagement into the college experience.
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State
Missouri
Title of Award
Description
The Semester of Service
Award
When students provide service (through volunteering, servicelearning, or a combination of service opportunities) to
neighborhood organizations or government agencies over the
course of a single semester, they track their hours with the
Semester of Service Passport. At the end of the semester,
students who have provided 45 hours or more of service will be
eligible to receive the following:
•A Certificate of Service = Community Contributor (45 hrs),
Community Changer (70 hrs), Community Catalyst(100 hrs)
•Missouri Campus Compact website recognition
•A letter of recognition to the student
•A letter to the president of the student’s institution
•Two letters to people (parents, employers, coaches,
instructors, etc.) identified by student
- recognizes an individual student or student organization
that has made outstanding contributions to community
service, service learning, and/or civic engagement efforts
on their campus
- for a student or student organization that has made service
an integral part of their college experience as evidenced
through their contribution to the community
- recognizes one student per member institution who
exhibits outstanding leadership and innovative approaches
in their civic engagement efforts.
- awarded annually to one student who demonstrates
innovation in civic engagement, creating foundations that
expand partnerships amongst communities, campuses, and
individuals
- granted annually to one undergraduate per member
institution to recognize undergraduate students for their
outstanding leadership and contributions to community
service or service-learning on their campus and within their
community. Students nominated will compete with other
nominees from across the state for a $500 mini grant, to be
given to a nonprofit organization of the winner’s choice.
- Presented to a student or a student organization who has
exhibited outstanding leadership and innovative
approaches in their community service or service learning
endeavors both on their campus and within their
community, that addresses public issues, effective
community building, and integration of civic engagement
into the college experience.
New
Hampshire
Presidents’ Leadership Award
North
Carolina
Community Impact Student
Award
John H. Barnhill Civic
Trailblazer Award
Ohio
The Charles J. Ping Student
Service Award
South
Carolina
South Carolina Student
Service Achievement Award
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State
Utah
Vermont
Title of Award
Civically Engaged Student
Award (name change coming:
Community Engaged Student)
Engaged Student Award
Madeleine M. Kunin Award -
Wisconsin
The Jack Keating Student Civic
Leadership Award
Description
This award recognizes a student or a student group that:
- Demonstrates commitment to building or enhancing
campus-based efforts to address community needs
- Leads, inspires, and engages other students, members of
the institution, or community
- Demonstrates efforts to sustain their work through
developing strategies for institutional and community
commitment
- Each member campus can select one student
- given to one student per member campus whose college
career is characterized at least in part by their extensive
community involvement, demonstrated with breadth
and/or depth.
- Each campus may select one student for this award.
- recognizes one student from a member institution for
his/her outstanding public service and civic leadership,
demonstrated through sustained involvement and strategic
initiative
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recognizes up to three students or teams of students that
has taken a leadership role in creating change in their
community
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AMERICORPS PROGRAMS (engaging current students)
State
Name of Program
Description
Colorado &
Montana
Compact Service Corps
AmeriCorps Program
Students serve with local nonprofit and
government agencies throughout Arizona,
Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and
South Dakota. Members serve in positions that
focus on increasing academic engagement in K-12
schools; providing primary and preventive
healthcare to those living in designated
underserved areas; and recruiting, training and
managing volunteers for nonprofit and
government agencies to build capacity and
infrastructure for volunteer management.
Engages college students, in Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Puerto Rico, in direct service to
community organizations. Through their service,
students build the capacity of campuscommunity partnerships for long-term
sustainability through volunteer recruitment and
coordination, service program management and
development, and by improving community
knowledge of partnership-building resources.
College students serve as mentors to at-risk
youth, with the goal of helping their mentees
gain skills and knowledge needed for their
eventual college access and success. Members
provide mentoring, one-on-one or in a smallgroup setting, to students in grades 6-12, in,
before, during, and after school hours hosted by
school districts and community agencies.
Members provide capacity building services to
local community organizations. Activities include:
• Recruiting volunteers to meet the needs of local
community organizations and/or managing
recruited volunteers
• Assisting community organizations in
implementing effective volunteer management
practices
• Providing direct service** to constituents of
local community organizations
• Developing projects for and/or participating in
Days of Service
Connecticut & AmeriCorps Student
Massachusetts Leaders in Service
(ASLIS)
Florida
College Access &
Success AmeriCorps
Program
Iowa
The Iowa College
AmeriCorps Program
(ICAP)
Terms of
Service
•300, 450, 675
& 900 Service
Hours In year
•1700 Service
Hours (FullTime)
300 service
hours in year
300, 450, 675,
& 900 Service
Hours In year
300 & 450
Service Hours
In year
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State
Name of Program
Description
Kansas
Serve 2 Succeed Corps
AmeriCorps program
(S2S)
Kentucky
Kentucky Service Corps
(KSC) AmeriCorps
Members serve primarily through direct peer
mentoring of between one and four first-year
students who the university has identified as at
risk of withdrawing from the university before
their second year.
Members provide needed services through
placements at non-profits, local or regional
government agencies, or educational settings.
College students can serve through an internship,
practicum, student teaching or other program
provided by their college/university. Examples of
placements include student teaching in a
distressed school; working with veterans to
access services; leading support groups on
various health issues; teaching job skills to people
with developmental disabilities.
- a near peer program for individuals with a
Bachelor’s degree (can include current
graduate students) to help high school
students navigate the steps from high school
into college.
Kentucky College
Coaches (KCC)
Terms of
Service
Available
300 service
hours in year
300 & 450
service Hours
In year
900 & 1700
service hours in
year
Maryland D.C.
Students of Service
(SOS)
College students serve as mentors to increase the
engagement of K-12 students in their community.
300 service
hours in year
Michigan
The Michigan Success
Scholars (MSS)
AmeriCorps program
300 & 900
Service Hours
In year
Nebraska
AmeriCorps Service
Scholars
Members serve as success coaches at colleges
and universities to increase rates of persistence
and degree attainment for 1000+ Michigan
college students.
Members to address the educational, economic
opportunity and health education needs across
the state including tutoring, financial literacy
and/or tax preparation, and health and health
care education
college students to serve community partner
organizations, helping to increase the capacity of
local nonprofits, schools, and faith-based
organizations to meet critical needs
The Summer VISTA Program places Members in
high schools and community organizations during
the summer to address the low high school
completion rate in Multnomah County, Oregon
where just 65% of students graduate high school
on time.
New York
New York Campus
Compact Education
Award Program
Oregon
ORCC AmeriCorps
Summer VISTA
300 & 450
Service Hours
In year
300 service
hours in year
300 hours in a
summer
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State
Name of Program
Description
Pennsylvania
Community Fellows
AmeriCorps Program
- purpose is to address compelling community
needs in the areas of college access and success,
while developing college students as active
citizens
Rhode Island
Scholarships for Service
Utah
Utah Campus Compact
AmeriCorps Program
Students volunteer at local non-profits/
community organizations in the fields of
Education or Human Services.
Students serve at nonprofits in the areas of
education, healthy futures, and capacity building.
Terms of
Service
Available
300 & 450
Service Hours
In year
300 service
hours in year
300, 450 & 675
service hours in
year
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STUDENT BOARDS/LEADERSHIP
State
Iowa
Oregon
Student
Boards/Leadership
Civic Ambassadors
Network
Student Advisory
Board
West Virginia Student Advisory
Board
Description
Each member institution can nominate two students.
Duties:
•Required to attend Civic Ambassador meetings
•Fall meeting at IACC Headquarters, Spring meeting at IUGO
Student Leadership Conference in March (location changes
annually)
•Required to participate in ongoing monthly calls/online
meetings
•Can participate in other optional opportunities in IACC events
•Civic Ambassadors will take a leadership role in planning a civic
engagement/community service event or opportunity for their
campus, this can include day of service projects, ongoing
partnership with community organizations, election awareness
projects, alternative break trips and other opportunities
•Civic Ambassadors will provide input and guidance on IACC's
programs
Team of students, (1-3 per member campus) who have each
been nominated by their schools as outstanding leaders, gain
additional leadership experience to move beyond their campus
and make a powerful statewide impact.
Goals:
 Board Members will provide input and guidance on ORCC's
programming.
 Students will spread the word about great opportunities to
serve, lead, or advocate around important community issues
statewide. Particularly, board members will recruit their
peers to participate in the events and programs they help
plan.
 Board Members will also take on leadership roles in the
initiatives they plan and recruit for by serving as presenters,
project leaders, and facilitators.
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selected by their campus presidents to represent their
schools
complete service projects, attend special events, and
provide information to their campuses about West Virginia
Campus Compact programming
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ADDITIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMS INCLUDING STUDENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
State
California
Program
Community Engagement
Student Fellowship (CESF)
Colorado &
Montana
Careers in the Common
Good Scholarships
(connected to Compact
Service Corps AmeriCorps
program)
Connect2Complete
Florida, Ohio &
Washington
Description
- designed to support student leaders advancing service,
service-learning and community engagement at
member campuses throughout the state.
- Students are engaged in providing 50 hours of direct
service to the community or supporting a servicelearning program, or both.
- Students receive a $500 scholarship upon completion
Scholarships, up to $250 per member, support professional
development opportunities including conferences, sitespecific trainings, personal development workshops, and
topic-specific forums addressing critical community needs.
Connect2Complete, a program of Campus Compact
supported by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, works
with nine community colleges in Florida, Ohio and
Washington to utilize peer mentoring and communityengaged learning as strategies for retention of low-income,
developmental education students.
– for individual student or student group projects with the
community, such as plunge experiences or national Days of
Service events (ex: 9/11, MLK Day, Cesar Chavez Day, Earth
Day)
Minigrants to students for setting up voter education
programs
Indiana
Service Community
Service Grants
Massachusetts
Voter engagement minigrants
Minnesota
CLIO (the Civic Leadership Institute Online)
coming this fall
Ohio
Pay It Forward
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engages college students in hands-on philanthropy,
grant-making, and volunteer service while providing
community nonprofits with much needed assistance
during difficult economic times
participating faculty infuse the study of philanthropy as
a core component of the coursework and each course
receives real dollars to award non-profit agencies
Students provide at least 15 hours of volunteer service
to local non-profit agencies while simultaneously
identifying community needs, establishing funding
criteria, and engaging in group decision-making as part
of the course.
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State
Program
Description
West Virginia
College Foundation of
West Virginia Fellows
Program
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increases college access among adult
learners/nontraditional students and improves college
success and retention among all first-generation/lowincome students.
To participate, campuses form a 4 year/2 year
institutional partnership.
Funding provides graduate assistants to each four
year/two year partner pair.
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CONTESTS
State
Colorado
Florida
Name
Service in
Action Photo
Contest
Photo Contest
"Why do you
Serve?"
Democracy
Cup
North
Carolina
Documentary
Film Shorts
Competition
Description
 Open to civically-engaged students at member and partner institutions,
including Compact Service Corps AmeriCorps members
 First Prize: $500 - Second Prize: $300 - Third Prize: $200
Themes for photo entries
•Bridging Economic & Social Divides – Inspired by MLK Day, these photos
could include MLK Day projects, or projects that address capacity building,
economic development, immigrant rights/advocacy, or any service that
focuses on bridging economic and social divides.
•Youth Changing the World – Inspired by Global Youth Service Day, these
photos could include international service, youth programs outside of
academics, or Public Achievement.
•Creating Healthy Futures – Based on an AmeriCorps focus area, these
photos could include service provided through healthcare programs or
environmental programs.
•Educating the Next Generation – Based on an AmeriCorps focus area,
these photos could include tutoring, mentoring, teacher education, or any
service that addresses academic engagement.
 Connected to AmeriCorps and Connect2Complete Service Retreat
 Prize - $100 gift card .
 Winner based on how many votes received through the PostEvaluation Survey of the service retreat. Only attendees of the event
may vote.
 Sponsored during presidential election cycles
 student produced video highlighting student civic engagement and election
related activities
 recognizes a Florida institution of higher education for outstanding
efforts to increase civic engagement through campus-wide student civic
involvement, education and awareness initiatives
 recognizes initiatives that increase civic dialogue on candidates and
issues, promote student voter initiatives, and encourage student voter
participation on Election Day
 Open to undergraduate and graduate students across North Carolina
 asks filmmakers to depict how their campus educates civically-engaged
students and strengthens the community
 panel of judges screens entries and selects a grand prize winner
 judges select up to three finalist entries who compete for the People's
Pick online vote prior to the CSNAP student conference
 Winners announced at conference
 Grand prize winner receives $250 plus conference registration
 People’s pick winner receives $50 plus conference registration
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