http://www.wacampuscompact.org/conference
The Western Region Campus Compact Consortium (WRCCC) is pleased to invite you to participate in the 11th Annual Continuums of Service Conference, The Engagement Imperative: Academia, Students, and Communities in Partnership.
Proposals are Due: Friday, November 30, 2007
Conference Date: April 17-19, 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Conference Website: www.wacampuscompact.org/conference
The Engagement Imperative: Academia, Students, and Communities in Partnership
Are college students academically and civically prepared to meet the challenges facing our local and global communities? Colleges and universities across the region, with varied missions and contexts, share many common goals as they strive to achieve academic excellence and prepare students to be transformative leaders in the 21st century. Common foci of the academy today include:
- increasing access, enrollment, and retention of a diverse student body
- achieving and documenting student learning and development outcomes
- preparing students to lead
- cultivating safe, supportive campus cultures
- promoting and awarding tenure to quality faculty
- building and sustaining campus-community partnerships
- building and sustaining “engaged campuses” that are responsive to the changing needs of our society
Outstanding community engagement and service-learning programs; campus-community partnerships; and other forms of civic engagement offer effective strategies for addressing these, and other critical issues facing our colleges and universities; our students; and our local and global communities.
The 11th Annual Continuums of Service Conference, The Engagement Imperative: Academia, Students, and Communities in Partnership, will demonstrate how engagement initiatives can advance institutional priorities and strategic partnerships, while building and sustaining healthy local and global communities. The “Engaged Campus” is the future of higher education and imperative to preparing students for the 21st century!
We welcome you to the 2008 Continuums of Service conference and look forward to meeting you in Portland, Oregon.
