Rural College Access and Success Summit

CCNH is excited to serve as co-host of the 2021 Rural College Access and Success Summit with Partners for Education, an initiative of CCNH member campus Berea College. More than 900 attendees have signed up to participate in the virtual summit, to be held on April 26–30. The summit is one of the few national convenings to focus on education in rural America. This year’s event brings together leaders from higher education, K–12 schools, government, and nonprofits to share strategies for ensuring that rural youth have the opportunity to transition successfully from high school to college and career. Registration and other information is available here.

Virtual Retreat on Leading for the Future

Save the date to join us and community engagement colleagues for an essential retreat, “Leading Community Engagement into the Future.” Date: May 25, 2021 Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 noon EDT Location: Anywhere! Hosted virtually on Zoom Registration: Details to come

Affinity Network: Rural-Serving Institutions

3 sessions, by Zoom
FIND SPACE TO STRATEGIZE TOGETHER, ASK QUESTIONS, FIND ANSWERS, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT.

This affinity network is open to Campus Compact member institutions that primarily serve rural areas (an area that is defined, identified, or otherwise recognized as rural by a governmental agency of the state in which the area is located).

It provides space and structure for community engagement professionals to discuss issues of shared interest and in designing creative approaches to advance community engagement within their institutional and personal contexts.

Affinity Network: Minority-Serving Institutions

3 sessions, by Zoom
FIND SPACE TO STRATEGIZE TOGETHER, ASK QUESTIONS, FIND ANSWERS, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT.

This affinity network is open to Campus Compact member institutions enrolling populations with significant percentages of undergraduate minority students or that serve certain populations of minority students under various programs created by congress.

Includes: Historically Black colleges or universities, Predominantly Black institutions, Hispanic serving institutions, Tribal colleges or universities, Native American serving nontribal institutions, Alaska native serving institutions, Native Hawaiian serving institutions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander serving institutions.

Affinity Network: Mid-Career Community Engagement Professionals

3 sessions, by Zoom
FIND SPACE TO STRATEGIZE TOGETHER, ASK QUESTIONS, FIND ANSWERS, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT.

This affinity network is open to any engaged professionals (faculty or staff) who work at Campus Compact member institutions and who have worked in the field of higher education community engagement for 8 to 15 years).

It provides space and structure for mid-career community engagement professionals to discuss issues of shared interest and in designing creative approaches to advance community engagement within their institutional and personal contexts.

Affinity Network: Community Colleges for Democracy

3 sessions, by Zoom
FIND SPACE TO STRATEGIZE TOGETHER, ASK QUESTIONS, FIND ANSWERS, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT.

This affinity network is open to any Campus Compact member institution with Carnegie Classification of Associate’s College, Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's College, and Special Focus Two Year institution.

It provides space and structure for community engagement professionals to discuss issues of shared interest. These networks support members in designing creative approaches to advance community engagement within their institutional and personal contexts.

Anti-Racist Community-Engaged Learning Symposium

by Zoom

Join in a national dialogue with leading scholars on advancing best practices in anti-racist community-engaged pedagogy. This virtual symposium will feature morning and afternoon sessions addressing principles and practices of anti-racist engaged teaching and learning. What is the agenda? The morning panel will explore a Statement of Principles of Anti-Racist Community-Engaged Pedagogy developed by a four-university team. In afternoon sessions, leading scholars will share how their work relates to these principles. In addition, participants will explore how they can apply the lens of anti-racist community engagement to research and to faculty and staff development. Who should attend? This symposium will provide hands-on information for faculty, civic engagement and DEI staff, graduate students, academic administrators, and community partners. It is appropriate for colleges and universities from across the United States and beyond. The symposium is sponsored by Campus Compact, the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Salem State, Worcester State, and Fitchburg State Universities. Learn more...

Democracy in Action: How Can We Encourage and Safeguard Voting?

This webinar will focus on how students can strengthen their leadership capacity and contribute to civic life by organizing, leading, and participating in nonpartisan, deliberative National Issues Forums about how to encourage and safeguard voting, a hallmark of our democracy.

Free for members, $25/session for non-members

Register

Affinity Network: Mid-Career Community Engagement Professionals

3 sessions, by Zoom
FIND SPACE TO STRATEGIZE TOGETHER, ASK QUESTIONS, FIND ANSWERS, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT.

This affinity network is open to any engaged professionals (faculty or staff) who work at Campus Compact member institutions and who have worked in the field of higher education community engagement for 8 to 15 years).

It provides space and structure for mid-career community engagement professionals to discuss issues of shared interest and in designing creative approaches to advance community engagement within their institutional and personal contexts.

Affinity Network: Community Colleges for Democracy

3 sessions, by Zoom
FIND SPACE TO STRATEGIZE TOGETHER, ASK QUESTIONS, FIND ANSWERS, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT.

This affinity network is open to any Campus Compact member institution with Carnegie Classification of Associate’s College, Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's College, and Special Focus Two Year institution.

It provides space and structure for community engagement professionals to discuss issues of shared interest. These networks support members in designing creative approaches to advance community engagement within their institutional and personal contexts.

Affinity Network: Minority-Serving Institutions

3 sessions, by Zoom
FIND SPACE TO STRATEGIZE TOGETHER, ASK QUESTIONS, FIND ANSWERS, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT.

This affinity network is open to Campus Compact member institutions enrolling populations with significant percentages of undergraduate minority students or that serve certain populations of minority students under various programs created by congress.

Includes: Historically Black colleges or universities, Predominantly Black institutions, Hispanic serving institutions, Tribal colleges or universities, Native American serving nontribal institutions, Alaska native serving institutions, Native Hawaiian serving institutions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander serving institutions.

Affinity Network: Rural-Serving Institutions

3 sessions, by Zoom
FIND SPACE TO STRATEGIZE TOGETHER, ASK QUESTIONS, FIND ANSWERS, AND RECEIVE SUPPORT.

This affinity network is open to Campus Compact member institutions that primarily serve rural areas (an area that is defined, identified, or otherwise recognized as rural by a governmental agency of the state in which the area is located).

It provides space and structure for community engagement professionals to discuss issues of shared interest and in designing creative approaches to advance community engagement within their institutional and personal contexts.

Radical Imagination in Action: Re-Visioning and Co-Creating Community Engagement

When a crisis hits, be it a hurricane or an international pandemic, students want to immediately respond. However, good intentions do not always present themselves as meaningful actions. A large group of untrained volunteers descending upon a community in crisis often creates more harm than good. It is our role to step into these spaces and bridge the gap between community partners and student volunteers. We must help guide our students in finding opportunities that allow them to safely engage, while providing meaningful support to our partners. Come learn from colleagues at Brandeis University’s Department of Community Service and the ways we pivoted our operations to continue providing necessary support to our community and campus amidst a public health crisis. In this session, we will share examples of both new and adapted programs and risk management policies, challenges and successes of remote engagement, takeaways from the shift from direct service to advocacy, and lessons we learned that will change our...