It’s Wednesday. November 7. The day after. The dust has not yet settled on the midterm elections. There are recounts to complete and runoffs to be held. Many of you have done an enormous amount of work to encourage students to vote. You have held events, organized registration drives, gotten people to the polls. So you might think I am going to suggest that you take a moment to step back, recover, reflect. You would be wrong. Instead, I am going to suggest that you look ahead and get right back to work. There are two reasons why now is the time not to slow down but to accelerate. First, if you really want to maximize student voting participation, the work needs to happen way in advance. You can certainly increase turnout by doing a lot of things in the month or two before the election. But the evidence shows that student voting participation is increased the most when we…

Check out this guest post from ReThink Orphanages to find out how you can be part of the upcoming campaign to end orphanage volunteering in favor of holistic child, family, and community development. Individuals unfamiliar with the reasons for this campaign should consult these summary resources on vulnerable children and orphan volunteering: A report from a breadth of international development organizations is here, a 3-minute video appears here, and a faith-based effort to stop orphanage volunteering while encouraging healthy and holistic approaches to supporting family and child development – Faith to Action – is here. Introduction On November 20th 2018, a social change campaign to end orphanage volunteering will be launched in the USA and UK. This behavioral, insight-driven campaign is targeted at young (18-22-year old) gap year travelers and short-term missionaries. The campaign has been developed by the Better Care Network – a member of the cross-sectoral global coalition ReThink Orphanages*. We are inviting support from educational institutions, and organizations with a…

Campus Compact is now accepting nominations for the 2019-2020 Newman Civic Fellowship. The Newman Civic Fellowship is a yearlong program that recognizes and supports community-committed students at Campus Compact member institutions. The fellowship is named for the late Frank Newman, one of Campus Compact’s founders and a tireless advocate for civic engagement in higher education. In the spirit of Dr. Newman’s leadership, the fellowship provides student leaders with training and resources that nurture their assets and passions to help them develop strategies for social change. Campus Compact member presidents and chancellors may each nominate one student from his or her institution for the fellowship. The fellowship runs for a full academic year and provides students with access to learning opportunities focused on building the skills students need to serve as effective agents of change in addressing public problems and in building equitable communities. Learn more about nominating a fellow at compact.org/newman-nomination. Nominations will be accepted until February 1, 2019. Have questions about…