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New York Campus Compact Weekly

March 23, 2012

In This Issue:1- Spotlight on Members- St. John Fisher

College3- NYCC Welcomes New Staff Member3- Summer Service Scholars Internship3- Manhattan College Receives Grant to

Mentor Disadvantaged HS Students

4- NYMAPS Symposium5- Social Work Advocacy Research

Conference6- Ehrlich Award6- Ernest A. Lynton Award

Upcoming Events:March 29, 2012:Civic Engagement andDiversity Working Together forGreater Impact,Cornell University

March 30, 2012, 12:00 5:00 pm: 4th

Annual New York Metro AreaPartnership for Service-Learning(NYMAPS) Symposium,St. JohnsUniversity Manhattan Campus

May 31- June 1, 2012: The Fifth AnnualInstitute on Global Service-Learning,

hosted by Cornell University

October 11-12, 2012: The SecondAnnual Eastern Region CampusCompact Conference: Promoting ClearPathways to Civic Engagement, hosted byDartmouth College

Spotlight on Members-St. John Fisher CollegeSubmitted by: Kate Torok, Senior Communication Specialist,

St. John Fisher College

The music could be heard from outside of the Student Life Center onFriday and Saturday, and the love poured out from inside as over 350students, faculty, alumni, staff, and Camp Good Days and SpecialTimes campers and families kept their feet moving during the 30

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Annual Teddi Dance for Love.

The dance, which is the longest-standing student tradition at theCollege, raised a total of $45,330.30 for Camp Good Days. Thisyears event was led by Kayla Valentino, chair, and DanielleAllington, co-chair, along with a full committee.

From One Hit Wonder Hour to Bieber Fever Hour, the 24 hours werepacked with a mix of live performances, Jazzercise, Karaoke, andmore to keep the crowd on their feet. The event also included anotherLocks of Love donation, with a big reveal session. In total, studentsdonated over 1,305 inches of hair to the organization.

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Towards the end of the 24 hours, Valentino welcomed the family of JLon Woody, for whom the dance was dedicatedthis year. He passed away last November at the young age of 11, but left indelible impressions on so many at CampGood Days, and on so many Fisher students who had the chance to meet him. His sister, Ashley, made some briefremarks on behalf of his family.

As we all know, cancer can be a struggle. We found out that it not only affects the person, but it can affect the family,she said. We went on the journey with my brother, and he taught us all that no matter what, stay strong and keep yourfaith in God. For those of you who knew Jlon, when you think of him, please remember that no matter what you are

going through, no matter what the situation may be, nothing is ever too tough for God. Keep your head up and keeppraying.

After a brief video presentation, his family led dance participants outside to hold a silent balloon launch before comingback for the final hour.

During the closing ceremony, students were joined by Dr. Donald Bain and Gary Mervis, the founder of Camp GoodDays and Special Times. And as a special treat, Lou Buttino, former professor and author of For The Love of Teddi:The Story Behind Camp Good Days and Special Times, joined the closing ceremony. It was Buttino who started thedance marathon at Fisher 30 years ago.

This is one of the most spectacular events Ive ever seen in my life, he said. This event has been going on for 30

years, and the Teddi light has scattered all over the country. Remember that light you have inside of you, and expandit throughout your life, take it with you wherever you go.

Dr. Bain reflected on his conversations with alumni all over the country about their fondest memories of Fisher. He saidthe Teddi Dance always rises to the top of their lists.

What youve done for these remarkable boys and girls of Camp Good Days is a wonderful and noble thing, he said.To me, all of you represent whats noble. You are a selfless g roup of young men and women. You have my profoundgratitude, and my sincere respect.

Mervis addressed the dancers right before the final total was announced.

When you get to be my age, you realize that the most important things in the world are not always titles, the kind of

car you drive, what type of house you live in, or the size of your paycheck, he said. You realize its the memories thatyou make in your life. And I promise you, the memories you made over these past 24 hours - what you did for love -will be something that you carry with you for the rest of your lives.

The Locks for Love reveal!

All dancers participated in the balloon launch to remember J'lonWoody- for whom the dance was dedicated this year

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3New York Campus Compact Welcomes New Staff Member!Last week, Kimberly Bunker joined the NYCC team as a Program Assistant. Kims mix of experience, from being aprogram facilitator to an AmeriCorps VISTA member in Rochester, will greatly help with our programming here atNYCC.

Welcome Kim!!

Manhattan College and KingsbridgeHeights Community Center ReceiveGrant To Continue MentoringDisadvantaged High School StudentsThe Teagle Foundations board of directors recentlyapproved a $270,000 grant to Manhattan College and theKingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) tocontinue their joint Young Scholars Immersion Program.The Teagle Foundation, a national advocate of change inhigher education through undergraduate opportunities inthe arts and sciences, is supplying the grant through itsCollege-Community Connections program.

The grant will fund the Young Scholars ImmersionProgram, a partnership coordinated by ManhattanCollege and KHCC, that provides year-round personalmentoring and enrichment opportunities to motivated but

disadvantaged students in the community, encouragingthem to work toward college. Now in its fourth year, theprogram has expanded to include on-campus visits forhigh school students, writing and study workshops atKHCC, as well as constant support from trained studenttutors at the Colleges Center for Academic Successavailable through email, social media and Skype.

In addition, students in 10th grade and above can earn aninvitation to apply for the Summer Literacy Institute, anon-campus clinic where students live in university dorms,attend simulated university-level classes, take exams andlearn about university social and learning environments.

We are grateful for the opportunity to further integrateour collaborative partnership, help Bronx youth toenvision themselves as college students, and provideaccess to the skills for success, said authors of the grantproposal Daniel Collins, Ph.D., associate professor ofEnglish at Manhattan, and Neill Bogan, director ofdevelopment at KHCC.

With the reception of the new three-year grant, it isexpected that 50 students will take part in the full programannually, and a cohort of 30 students will attend theSummer Literacy Institute at Manhattan College.

Summer Service Scholars InternshipProgramJune 4th August 10thSiena College in Albany NYPriority deadline April 1st

Website:http://www.siena.edu/ace(click on SummerService Scholars)contact: Ruth Kassel ([email protected])518-782-6951

*All internships are with local nonprofits in New York'sstate capital

*Most interns qualify to receive one of two AmeriCorpsawards used towards current tuition or existing studentloans

*Students participate in a seminar series that examinesbest practices in community development, the role ofnonprofits in this process and focused reflection on theinternship work that they are doing.3-6 credits "ADTV480: Internship in SustainableCommunity Change"

*Priority Deadline is April 1st athttp://www.siena.edu/aceclick on Summer ServiceScholars

For internship placement descriptions, FAQ,s and toapply visithttp://www.siena.edu/ACE(click on SummerService Scholars) or contact Ruth Scipione-Kassel [email protected].
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Ethics and Service-Learning: Best Practices for EmpoweringCommunity Partners and Educating StudentsFriday, March 30, 2012

12:005:00 p.m.

St. Johns University Manhattan Campus

101 Murray Street

New York, NY 10007

Cost: $35 registration for NYMAPS/NYCC members and $50 for non-members

Each year NYMAPS holds a Spring Symposium to bring together campus and communitystakeholders to present on activities and outcomes. The Annual Symposium features concurrent

workshops/presentations led by faculty members, community organization representatives, and

students (individually or collaborating to present). Presentations are approximately 75 minutes

long and may be organized as formal presentations, panels, or interactive workshops. Allpresentations will include time for discussion and questions from Symposium participants. Other

general goals of this annual event:

Explore ethical dimensions in community-based work locally, nationally and globallyShowcase higher education faculty members, community organization representatives,

service-learning program administrators and students sharing service-learning outcomes

and program models

Inspire participants to learn from best practices and examples of service-learning

innovation

Engage people at all levels of experience to increase their knowledge of service-learning

in higher educationBuild connections among campus and community representatives interested in working

together

Encourage multiple institutions of higher education and community organizations to

collaborate on Symposium presentations and community projects

Click here to REGISTER

New York Metro Area Partnership for Service-Learning4 th Annual Symposium
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Social Work Student Advocacy Research Conference 2012Theme: Student Advocacy From Main Street to Wall StreetApril 12, 20129:30am-4:30pm

Dominican College of BlauveltPurpose: Promoting student-involved forum for regional BSW and MSW students to developcommitment to advocacy research and contribute to social justice discourse, locally and globally.Social justice here encompasses matters relevant to the environment, economic or humancondition. Examples include universal health care, equal wages for women and men, natural-disaster recovery for families and communities, school funding, or chronic unemployment.

Format: Oral and poster presentations:Advocacy research includes: all forms of systematic inquiry or method including experimentaldesign, survey research, ethnographic interviewing, qualitative, observational, policy analysis,

meta-analysis, news-content analysis. Oral presentation will have 20 minutes for presentationand 10 for discussion.

For more information, please visit:http://www.wix.com/paulduongtran/advocacyresearchconfer

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Call for Spotlights, News Articles, and Event ListingsDo you want to see your stories and events featured in our newsletter? Everyone involved in the work ofcivic engagement and community-based education has a story to tell, and New York Campus Compact iseager to help you tell yours. Every Friday, we feature the outstanding work of our member institutions in aSpotlight on Members and news articles in our newsletter. This newsletter is e-mailed to over 950college and university presidents, service learning faculty, community service directors and civicengagement offices at our member campuses.

The article should be about 1 page or less, describing a particular course, program, event, or project thatyou want to share with your colleagues. Please indicate if you would like your article featured on thefront page as a Spotlight on Members or if we should include it in the body of our newsletter.

You may e-mail your spotlight or news article entry to:[email protected].
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Educating Citizens, Building CommunitiesNew York Campus Compact

95 Brown Road, Box 1006Ithaca, NY 14850

607-255-2366www.nycampuscompact.org

2012 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement forEarly Career Faculty

Sponsored by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE), The annual Ernest A. LyntonAward for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty recognizes a faculty member who is pre-tenure attenure-granting campuses or early career (i.e., within the first six years) at campuses with long-term contracts and whoconnects his or her teaching, research, and service to community engagement.

The award will be presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities(CUMU) which will be held from October 13-16, 2012, at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. CUMU is a co-sponsor of the Award.

Nominators will submit nominations via an online application. To submit an application, please see the ApplicationInstructions:Here.

Deadline: Frida , A ril 27, 2012.

Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty AwardThe Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member each year. Honorees arerecognized for exemplary engaged scholarship, including leadership in advancing students' civic learning, conductingcommunity-based research, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, building institutional commitments to service-learning and civic engagement, and other means of enhancing higher education's contributions to the public good. Theaward is named in honor of Thomas Ehrlich, former chair of the Campus Compact board of directors and president

emeritus of Indiana University.

The award winner is granted $2,000 and the opportunity to conduct a session at the Association of American Collegesand Universities (AAC&U) Annual Conference 2013. Four finalists will also be featured in a panel presentation at theconference. Nominations will be accepted from colleagues, community partners, college presidents, provosts, orthrough self-nomination.

For more information about the 2012 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award and to access the NominationForm, pleasego here.

Deadline: March 30, 2012
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