At King s College, an urban campus in Wilkes-Barre, PA, we have engaged in several strategies to promote Civic Engagement. One of these is the president s involvement with a local Civic Group. President O Hara describes the initiative:

“”As a political scientist, I have been involved in a project in conjunction with The League of Women Voters. The League in our area is trying to focus on reasons why local youth eligible to vote, do not. Secondly, the League is hoping to implement local strategies that would encourage voting. To this date, we have sponsored two round tables attempting to ascertain the reason for non voting. The first discussion pulled together political science professors from 4 regional institutions of higher education and history or civics teachers from 6 regional high schools. The 2nd discussion consisted of 20 students from those respective institutions of higher and secondary education. The opportunity for local academicians and students to discuss and share their insights on this matter held value in and of itself. Additionally, as an interest group, The League was able to use these discussions to develop strategies of implementation in order to encourage more voting among young people. Subsequent discussions are scheduled with these and other segments of the local populace.”"