Welcome!
to the
12th Annual Western Region Campus Compact Consortium's
Continuums of Service Conference

Building a Global Community through Collaborative Engaged Scholarship

It has never been more important to bring students, faculty, service-learning and civic engagement practitioners, and community members together to address the critical issues we are facing locally and globally. Given the current global economic climate, and the enormous changes in our world, it is imperative that we use engagement to support and enable our fellow citizens to live, work, access higher education, and improve the health of our society. The exceptional work being done in service-learning and civic engagement, and the partnerships that have been built between campuses and communities, must be nurtured and sustained in order to continue affecting society for the better.

The 12th Annual Continuums of Service Conference aims to highlight ways in which engagement can address critical community issues we are facing locally, nationally, and globally. By sharing insights and experiences, and by discussing key questions, participants will build knowledge and form new alliances in order to strengthen our campuses, our communities, and our shared world.

Photo courtesy of the Learn-n-Serve Environmental Anthropology Field School (LEAF School) Program at Edmonds Community College © Thomas Murphy

This work matters not only to the quality and sustainability of higher education, but also to the health of our global society. We are more interconnected than ever before, and using engagement to address critical community issues will not be a luxury but a necessity in order to learn and thrive in the coming months and years. Service-learning and civic engagement are key to addressing complex global social and economic issues; the 12th Annual Continuums of Service Conference will examine the role higher education and communities play in addressing them.

We welcome you to the 2009 Continuums of Service conference and look forward to meeting you in Seattle, Washington.

On behalf of the Western Region Campus Compact Consortium,

Jennifer Dorr
Executive Director
Washington Campus Compact