Core Membership Benefits and Services
Enhanced Membership Benefits and Services

CORE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND SERVICES
AVAILABLE TO ALL CAMPUS COMPACT MEMBERS

Upon joining Washington Campus Compact (WACC), a president (and by extension, his or her institution) automatically becomes a member of the national Campus Compact (CC) and is eligible for core benefits and services from both the WACC and the CC.

• A Unifying and Common Commitment
  Members join a highly respected state and national coalition of higher education institutions committed to the civic purposes of higher education. Members:
  • promote community service that develops students’ citizenship skills, values, and actions;
  • encourage partnerships between campuses and communities; and
  • assist faculty to integrate public and community engagement into their teaching and research.
• Support and Visibility for Presidents
  Member presidents enjoy opportunities to share their commitment for higher education’s civic purposes and to play key roles in the national movement toward greater civic engagement. Specifically, presidents are encouraged to:
  • sign the “Presidents’ Declaration on the Civic Responsibility of Higher Education”;
  • attend the Presidents’ Leadership Colloquium; and
  • participate on the state and/or national Campus Compact governing boards.

Click here for a copy of the Declaration.
Click here to sign the Declaration.

• Depth of Networking and Training
  Member presidents, faculty, administrators, and students have opportunities to network and receive valuable trainings at all Campus Compact-sponsored conferences, colloquia, institutes, forums, member meetings, and other gatherings—usually at a reduced rate.

• Cutting-Edge Publications / Access to Essential Information
  Members receive:
  • quarterly newsletter to key campus constituents (from WACC)
  • Campus Current, a newsletter highlighting national and state activities (from CC);
  • Campus Compact Reader, with the best writing on civic engagement and service-learning from around the country (from CC);
  • bimonthly presidential update (from CC);
  • free or member-discounted publications; and
  • updates on national policy and legislation affecting the field.

• Recognition Awards
  Member institutions are eligible for national recognition of faculty, students, and their campuses:
  • Campus Spotlight
  • Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award
  • Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning

Click here to visit the Awards and Recognition page >>

• Consulting
  The national Campus Compact offers trained consultants who provide technical assistance and professional development to members. This is offered on a fee-for-service basis at a reduced rate.
  

Click here for lists of “Membership Benefits by Constituency” for presidents, community service directors, faculty and CAOs, students, community college members, and community partners. These lists are provided by the national Campus Compact.

ENHANCED MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND SERVICES
AVAILABLE TO WACC MEMBERS

WACC members are eligible for additional programming, grants, professional development, and networking opportunities. All of the additional benefits and services listed here are or were made possible through grants procured by WACC.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS (2004–2005)

• Campus Connections Program
  Full-time AmeriCorps members are placed on campuses to assist in the recruiting, training, and placing of student community service volunteers and service-learning students. They are available to help support the infrastructure on campuses to build stronger campus/community partnerships. WACC staff provides ongoing grant-specific training and technical assistance to both the campuses and AmeriCorps members.
  

  WACC members participate through a competitive request-for-proposal process.

  Dollar Value to Institution: $10,501 per AmeriCorps member (includes education award, stipend, and benefits)

  Click here for full program description >>

• Students in Service Program (formerly Community Connections)
  Higher education students join AmeriCorps on a part-time basis. They participate in service in the community and on campus. After completing the term of service, a student earns an education award ranging from $1,000 to $2,400. Education award amounts correspond to number of hours served.

Work-study students are eligible to earn the education award in addition to work-study wages if their work-study positions are service oriented.

In the past, some campuses have received more than $50,000 in education awards for their students through participation in this program alone.

Click here for full program description >>

MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO FOSTER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
IN WASHINGTON STATE

• Regional Continuums of Service (COS) Service-Learning Conference
  WACC—in partnership with the California, Hawaii, and Oregon Campus Compacts—hosts an annual service-learning conference each spring.

  This conference—to be held for the eighth time in April 2005—has become a national model for professional development among service-learning practitioners including faculty, administrators, students, and community partners.

  The conference provides practitioners opportunities to publicly present their work and network with service-learning professionals from throughout the Campus Compact western region. Members attend the conference at a reduced rate.

Eighth Annual COS Conference, Portland, April 11–13, 2005

• Membership Meetings
  Each fall, WACC hosts an annual membership meeting to which member presidents are invited to send campus and community representatives. The meeting provides professional development, networking opportunities, and information sharing and exchange. The meeting also solicits feedback from members regarding the future direction of WACC and the services it provides to its members.

• Summer Institutes
  WACC offers summer institutes for member institutions at a reduced rate. WACC has used grant funds to offset the institutes’ expenses. The Community College National Center for Civic Engagement also has offered scholarships to attending community college members.

• Regional Roundtables
  WACC has encouraged—and, when needed, provided seed money to convene— regional roundtables on both the east and west sides of the state. Regional roundtables enable members to convene with fellow higher education and community partners to discuss local initiatives and develop collaborative strategies for addressing regional issues.

• Other Gatherings
  WACC sponsors, co-sponsors, and convenes various gatherings to foster and enhance civic engagement in Washington state. Some future and past events include:
  • Presidents' Meeting (2004)
    The executive board of Washington Campus Compact is hosting an all-presidents meeting on November 2. All presidents who are members of WACC are invited.
  • Dialogue for Democracy (2004)
    On May 6, targeted teams from WACC member institutions (presidents, student leaders, etc.) convened in a statewide dialogue about K-20 civic engagement.
  • Western Washington Service-Learning Colloquium (2003)
    More than 100 higher education service-learning practitioners and community partners convened at Seattle University to discuss campus-community partnerships.
  • Education Leadership Colloquium (2002)
    A delegation of higher education and K-12 leaders and students from Washington state participated in a national colloquium in Los Angeles to discuss the civic and public purposes of education.
    

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