‘The Director and staff of California Campus Compact have been extremely accessible and supportive of our needs. They have provided direction on all phases of program development and have proven expert on strategies for program growth and sustainability. The constant stream of information that is shared has proven to be an invaluable resource to our office.’

California State University, Stanislaus

 

‘Networking with Colorado Campus Compact and other colleges/universities has been helpful’¦ These contacts helped me start with a focus and direction.’

Colorado Mountain College

 

‘The most valuable services from Connecticut Campus Compact are faculty training on service-learning course development, VISTA program coordination and support, conference sponsorship for CSDs, and facilitating linkages between campuses and community leaders and organizations.’

Trinity College

 

‘There is no more important organization in this state than Florida Campus Compact when it comes to encouraging and supporting higher education service-learning and civic engagement. Florida Campus Compact has played an invaluable role in helping Miami Dade College expand, improve, and highlight our programs.’

John Young, College-wide Director, Center for Community Involvement, Miami Dade College

 

‘We in the Pacific would not have come this far in the way of formalizing community service had it not been for Hawaii Pacific Islands Campus Compact and its director and staff.’

Kauai Community College, University of Hawaii

 

‘Iowa Campus Compact has been very helpful in providing advice and guidance as well as resources. Their help and contributions in getting our service-learning program started have been invaluable!’

AIB College of Business

 

‘Illinois Campus Compact is a tremendous resource for connecting with people in (and outside of) the state. Having their office located on our campus has been an extra benefit for those of us working on service-learning and civic engagement projects.’

DePaul University

 

‘Indiana Campus Compact has a distinguished record of providing leadership to member campuses. Leadership at its best is influential, engaging, persuasive, understanding, effective, and transformative. ICC has displayed all of these attributes.’

Robert Bringle, Director, Center for Service and Learning, IUPUI

 

‘Kansas Campus Compact is a confirmation of the spirit of community and participation. It commits the colleges and universities that adopt it to teach the importance of civic involvement. I wholeheartedly endorse it and look forward to the leaders it will help produce.’

Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas

 

‘We have valued any and all opportunities from Kentucky Campus Compact to meet and converse with faculty and staff from other colleges working in service-learning and civic engagement.’

Eastern Kentucky University

 

‘Louisiana Campus Compact allows us to institutionalize our efforts more effectively around student development and community service, while interacting with other institutions of higher education across the state and throughout the nation.’

Randall Webb, President, Northwestern State University

 

‘It has been the training I received through Maine Campus Compact in both problem-based service-learning and civic engagement that has helped me become a passionate and effective advocate for tearing down the doors between campus and community.’

Ed Laine, Assoc. Prof. of Geology, Bowdoin College

 

‘Maryland Campus Compact is committed to creating campus-community partnerships through which our institutions will become better community partners and our students will develop as global citizen leaders. We are proud that Maryland’s institutions and presidents have organized to address the public purposes of education at a time when we need to work together to meet community needs both locally and globally. Our Maryland Campus Compact network is a significant resource to support campuses in these commitments.’ 

 Joan Develin Coley, President, McDaniel College 

 

‘Massachusetts Campus Compact is all the things a college needs to have students learn to be citizens.’

Wayne Burton, President, North Shore Community College

 

‘Kalamazoo College is grateful for the myriad ways Michigan Campus Compact has inspired, supported, and celebrated service-learning initiatives on our campus and in our community, deeply rooting civic engagement in our curriculum and our culture.’

Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran, President, Kalamazoo College

 

‘It takes great courage to take on challenges when everything tells you things are hopeless or you don’t have all the answers at the ready. Minnesota Campus Compact embraces the leadership role in these tough times. That’s heroic in my book.’

Cal Larson, Minnesota State Senator

 

‘Our state director has brought enthusiasm and direction to Missouri Campus Compact and her leadership has given me renewed confidence that we are moving in the right direction. I am particularly excited about the new AmeriCorps*VISTA project and the opportunity to work closely with the other institutions to create a better Missouri.’

Donna Halsband, Academic Service-Learning Coordinator, St. Louis Community College at Meramec

 

‘We value Montana Campus Compact for creating an awareness and dialogue in the state among higher education institutions, community partners, our higher education commissioner’s office, and various other entities about the importance of community involvement for college and university students. The AmeriCorps and VISTA programs are also very valuable resources.’

Montana State University

 

‘Campus Compact for New Hampshire offers workshops to address a range of issues, small incentive grants to expand the range and quality of service-learning, access to service-learning resources, encouragement to develop a state vision for service-learning practice and administration.’

Saint Anselm College

 

‘The City College’s membership in New York Campus Compact has been absolutely indispensable to building a movement for service-learning and civic engagement on campus.’

City College of New York

 

‘I once heard a prominent service-learning director say that she couldn’t do her job without North Carolina Campus Compact. I agree. The organization does a fantastic job of enabling networking across the state and disseminating the most cutting-edge information about civic engagement and service-learning pedagogy.’

Meredith College

 

‘Ohio Campus Compact is a very important resource. We have had great access to forms of fundraising, an outstanding VISTA program, and excellent training and professional development programs.’

Bowling Green State University

 

‘Our Oklahoma Campus Compact office has offered guidance and support and has ensured all participating OK colleges and universities receive needed information by mail, in meetings’¦phone conferences, email, and website.’

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

 

‘Oregon Campus Compact is a dynamic and lively organism’¦able to give competent technical assistance at all levels, find answers to all sorts of questions, and help to connect member institutions statewide—it is a pleasure being a member!’

Willamette University

 

‘Our commitment is grounded in the notion that higher education’s purpose is inextricably linked to the public good. That at its best higher education creates an opportunity to develop global citizen leaders. Pennsylvania Campus Compact is a vibrant organization that offers resources and support to campuses who share this commitment.’

Jay Lemons, President, Susquehanna University

 

‘As a student in Rhode Island, Campus Compact has become a valuable asset for me in facilitating my civic engagement. Rhode Island Campus Compact is drawing countless students into service and the many opportunities that can come from it.’

Kim Ahern, student, Providence College

 

‘South Carolina Campus Compact offers valuable research, conferences, and data support.’

Winthrop University

 

‘Tennessee Campus Compact offers valuable information and resources, and has enabled us to begin statewide networking important to the development of service-learning on all our campuses.’

Tennessee State University

 

‘Higher education’s role in preparing citizens and leaders for our communities, this nation, and a global society has never been more important than it is today. The focus of Utah Campus Compact is to facilitate civic engagement by our students through reflective service-learning experiences. The results of that effort are evident in the learning experiences that Utah faculty are designing to engage students in service-learning and community-based research.’

F. Ann Millner, President, Weber State University

 

‘EVERY advance we have made institutionally in service, service-learning, and civic engagement is directly related to the training and leadership we get through membership in Vermont Campus Compact.’

Champlain College

 

‘I want to thank Washington Campus Compact for working so hard throughout our state to support and expand service learning. Just in the last three years, you’ve helped to mobilize over 20,000 college and university students to serve in their communities.’

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)

 

‘Wisconsin Campus Compact has brought more visibility and awareness, more leveraging of resources, and more collaboration with other organizations on multiple levels than would ever have been possible with even the best network of individual, campus-based service-learning and civic engagement programs.’

Don Mowry, Director, Service-Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

 

‘What we value most from West Virginia Campus Compact are grants and support for student service projects, the student action campaign, and resources.’

West Virginia Wesleyan College