2024-2025 Programming & Resources Outlook

We recently shared our plans for the upcoming year during the 2024-2025 Campus Compact Outlook (take a look at the recording for more). Scroll down to find an outline of everything we have planned!

• Engaging members
• Centering student voice & leadership
• Facilitating professional development
• Advancing knowledge creation
• Storytelling and advocacy
• Building institutional capacity

Campus Compact membership can support your work and public mission. Join an upcoming Campus Compact open house to learn more about current member benefits or how Campus Compact membership could benefit your institution.

Communities of Practice provide a unique opportunity for Campus Compact members to join peers across the country to dig deeper into specific areas of engagement practice. Register for one of our upcoming communities of practice:

• BIPOC Community of Care
• Making mentorship meaningful, not minimal
   

TRUCEN, The Research University Engagement Network, convenes R1 Compact members to share knowledge and strategize together.

• Sign up for virtual peer-to-peer coaching sessions
• Join the TRUCEN listserv for peer-to-peer exchange & dialogue
• Register for upcoming lightning sessions on civic engagement minors, certificates, and distinctions, and on faculty fellow and graduate student development programs
• Sign up for the in-person showcase visit in New Orleans on Dec 4-5
• Coming soon:  Registration for the 2025 TRUCEN Annual Meeting at Emory University
   

The Community Colleges Network convenes members at 2-year colleges to discuss topics of mutual interest, ask questions, provide feedback, and help guide Campus Compact's community college work.

• Join the Community Colleges Network listserv for exchange & dialogue with colleagues at community colleges across the country
• New this year: quarterly webinars on topics of interest to community college faculty, staff & administrators
• Coming soon:  in-person meetup at Compact25
   

The Rural Engagement Network will support peer learning and advocacy for community engagement on rural campuses.

• Join the Rural Engagement Network listserv for exchange & dialogue with colleagues at rural serving institutions across the country
• Under development: knowledge hub with resources of interest to rural serving institutions
• Under development:  quarterly webinars on topics ranging from rural anchor institutions to asset-based rural community engagement. 

Student voting resources that can help prepare students to engage in the 2024 US election and be prepared for future civic leadership

• Join our October 8 Coalition conversation, Student Voices on Voting: How Students Are Approaching the Upcoming Election
• Check out our new student voting resource collection for tools that can help you increase electoral engagement on your campus
   

The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports community-committed students at Compact member institutions.

• Join an info session about The Allstate Foundation Newman Impact Grants, which will offer funding for Newman Fellows to implement social-action civic engagement in their communities. Applications open 10/1.
• Coming soon: Nominations for the next cohort of Newman Civic Fellows will open in January
   

The Student Design Fellows Program puts students at the forefront of designing programming that engages and empowers student leaders.  Encourage students on your campus to register for a student design focus group to contribute to student civic leadership efforts.

More you can expect:

• Student Impact Summer Series that highlights Newman Fellow mini-grant projects (check out last year's showcase to learn more!)

Compact25, our 2025 annual conference (March 31-April 2, 2025 in Atlanta, GA) will bring together community-engaged students, faculty, staff, and senior leaders for learning and exchange.

• Submit a session proposal by 9/27 to present at the conference
• Register to attend. Early bird rates expire January 15.
• We are seeking institutions and organizations to sponsor our conference. Contribute to this field-level event and receive special benefits.
   

New! The Intercultural Development Learning Community will run from January to June and offers an opportunity for practitioners to explore their own cultural competence and build their abilities to bridge across difference. Join the learning community to engage in this new curriculum rooted in the tenets of cultural humility. Only 20 slots are available, so register soon.

New! Apply to join the Mid-Career Learning Community specifically crafted for mid-career community engagement professionals. Applications due 11/3.

Attend Coalition Conversations throughout the year for inspiration and learning about cultivating resources and fundraising for civic and community engagement.

• Propose a topic for a future coalition conversation to contribute to our offerings.
• Find recordings of previous sessions on our YouTube channel
   

Applications for the next cohort of the Engaged Scholars Initiative (ESI) will open in the spring. Join an info session to learn more about joining the next cohort.

Applications for next summer's Changemakers Retreat will open in the spring. Register for an upcoming info session to learn more about the program.

More you can expect:

• The relaunch of the Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program with new learning modules to help you grow your knowledge

We're working with partners and field leaders to link research to practice. Register for our upcoming virtual discussion with authors from the latest issue of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning on September 26.

Campus Compact produces field-leading publications that support, engage, and challenge higher education to realize its public purpose to address complex social issues and further equity, justice, and prosperity for all.

• Submit a manuscript for consideration as a future Campus Compact publication. Manuscripts received by 12/31 will get priority review.
• Submit a proposal for a chapter for the upcoming publication, Navigating Campus-Community Relationships: How Colleges and Universities Engage with Demographic Change from Suchitra Gururaj and Brianna Johnson
• Coming fall 2025: Engaging to Survive: A Community-Centric Roadmap to Higher Education’s Future from Byron White
• Coming early 2025: Social Impact Pathways: Higher Education, Careers, and Public Good from Sean Crossland
   

We are proud to support Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement as they host their third Centering Indigenous Knowledge series this fall. Register for the series to learn about Indigenous people's scholarship, academic work, and cultural contributions to higher education. Sessions begin 10/3.

More you can expect:

• New! The Addressing Wicked Issues through Community-Engaged Scholarship series focused on gun violence & youth in partnership with The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship
• Field benchmarking survey to collect data for an in-depth analysis of campus community and civic engagement infrastructure.

Our federal policy agenda aims to raise awareness about the role of higher ed in critical issues facing communities, secure funding opportunities for civic and community engagement, and brief members on important federal issues.

• Subscribe to our mailing list for updates on our advocacy efforts and news about federal legislation, like the Building Civic Bridges Act
• Save the date: our 2nd Annual President’s Policy and Community Engagement Summit on March 3rd and 4th on Capitol Hill.
   

For more policy updates, register for our 10/16 coalition conversation, Freedom to Learn: Updates on Educational Censorship Legislation, led by Jeremy Young from PEN America

More you can expect:

• New! A convening of communications professionals and storytellers to strategize and coordinate how we all can effectively share the story of higher education civic & community engagement

The Scaling Discourse in Higher Education project focuses on assisting colleges and universities in accessing effective and evidence-based bridge-building and dialogue, tools, methods, and practices

• New! Check out the Better Discourse Guide for Bridging Divides in Challenging Times to find a back-to-campus starter kit with strategies for inclusive, constructive dialogue on campus
• Share your unique dialogue or discourse program with us
• Coming soon:  an interactive virtual platform to help you find the best resources to fit their unique bridge-building, dialogue, and discourse needs
   

A new phase of Civic Action Planning that will include updated templates and deep-dive guidance on areas like community-engaged research, anchor strategies, and student participation in civic learning (in partnership with the CLDE coalition)

• New! Register for part 2 of the CLDE Coalition's launch event for the Every Student, Every Degree report (October 1)
• Coming soon:  a call for Civic Action Planning fellows to support the development of this program

The Campus Compact Impact Awards recognize outstanding achievement in higher education civic and community engagement practice

• New! Awards recognizing student leadership, community engagement programming, and campus-community parnterships
• Nominate students, programs, presidents, faculty, or staff for any of our awards by 10/1. Full applications are due 10/31.

AmeriCorps Updates

Meet other higher education-based AmeriCorps sponsors for resource sharing and collaboration at the Higher Ed AmeriCorps Network Quarterly Call on October 18 at 2:00 PM ET

Our AmeriCorps VISTA program provides capacity for Compact members and their community partners to make an impact on poverty in their communities Join our next VISTA Host Site info session to learn more hosting an AmeriCorps VISTA on your campus (next session: 9/24)

Become a Campus Climate Action Corps (CCAC) host site to host a small team of AmeriCorps members to contribute to sustainability efforts on campus and in local communities. To learn more, 

• Join a CCAC Host Site info session to learn more. (Next session: 10/11)
• Join a CCAC member info session to find out more about getting involved with CCAC as an AmeriCorps member (Next session: 11/12)

College Renaissance Corps (CRCorps) is an AmeriCorps program that empowers community college students in high-demand fields to become leaders in the workplace and their communities. This year, the program will continue in Texas and Colorado and expand to Connecticut, North Carolina, and Illinois. Read about the impact of this program.

More you can expect:

• Opportunities to plan and develop Campus Museums of Service, including a new toolkit and webinar to help you implement this work
• A toolkit & regional gatherings focused on leveraging community service federal work-study
• The Higher Education Democracy Inventory project will offer a comprehensive approach for campuses to inventory their existing democratic engagement, civic learning, and democracy-building research and practices.