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April 17-19, 2008 11th Annual Continuums of Service Conference

Learn and Serve Grant Activities

Dialogue for Democracy Evaluation Summary

Continuums of Service Conference
April 17-19, 2008

11th Annual Continuums of Service Conference
April 17-19, 2008
The Engagement Imperative: Academia, Students, and Communities in Partnership
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel
Portland, Oregon

Registration Is Now Open!

Please join your colleagues from across the country (and beyond) and register today at http://www.wacampuscompact.org/conference/register.shtml.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008

HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE: MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008

To receive the conference room rate, be sure to provide the following Group Code:

Group Code:  WWU

Additional hotel information at http://www.wacampuscompact.org/conference/lodging.shtml

Please contact COS.Info@wwu.edu or call Raeann Schurter at (360) 650-2044 if you have questions about the conference or registration.

KEYNOTE SESSIONS

Participate in provocative and interactive keynote sessions:

• Helen Astin, Professor Emeritus of Higher Education and Senior Scholar of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, and Jennifer A Lindholm, Associate Director for the Office of Undergraduate Education and Research in the College of Letters and Science of UCLA, will present the latest research, “Spirituality in Higher Education:  A National Study of College Students’ Search for Meaning and Purpose.”

• Raj Jayadev won a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, founded a nonprofit in Silicon Valley called De-Bug, and been named by Utne Reader as one of “Thirty Visionaries Under Thirty.”

• Neal Keny-Guyer is a social entrepreneur committed to creating a better and more just world. Keny-Guyer joined Mercy Corps in 1994 as Chief Executive Officer. Under his aegis, Mercy Corps has emerged as a leading international relief and development organization with ongoing operations in nearly 40 countries, a staff of more than 3,400, and an annual operating budget of $229 million.

See more information about the keynote speakers at http://www.wacampuscompact.org/conference/speakers.shtml

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE ADDRESS

Kim Dae Jung, former president of South Korea and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
April 17, 2008
7 pm
Chiles Center, University of Portland

The University of Portland and Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C. will present this address.

Kim Dae Jung, former president of South Korea, received the Nobel Peace prize in 2000.

Continuums of Service conference attendees may buy a ticket when registering (one ticket per registration). A block of 100 tickets is reserved for conference registrants on a first-come basis. Public transportation is free and available for this event.

This event begins after the Conference Reception and Plenary Session on April 17, 2008.

http://www.wacampuscompact.org/conference/nobel.shtml

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

There are nine pre-conference workshops this year; learn more at http://www.wacampuscompact.org/conference/sessions.shtml

We look forward to seeing you in Portland!

Washington Campus Compact

www.wacampuscompact.org

(t) 360-650-2044

(f) 360-650-6895

 The Continuums of Service conference is hosted by Washington Campus Compact and presented in collaboration with the California, Hawaii, and Oregon Campus Compacts.

Learn and Serve Grant Activities

Clark College, March 3, 2008

Read Across America is a reading campaign of the National Education Association (NEA) that encourages communities around the nation to organize reading events among school-age children. The reading events are conducted annually on Dr. Seuss’s Birthday. Join us on Monday, March 3 to read books to all K-5 classrooms at Washington Elementary School. This event is open to the public but requires a completed and cleared Criminal Background Check.

Gonzaga University, March 28 and April 28, 2008

Workshops:
A Road to Resilience:
Gonzaga University's Mentoring Programs to Engage College Students with Youth At Risk

• March 28, 1 pm - 5 pm
  Foley Teleconference Center
  Gonzaga University

• April 28, 1pm - 5 pm
  Seattle University

Workshop Description

Workshop Registration Form

Information Sheet

These events are free, and open to Washington Campus Compact members.

Dialogue for Democracy Evaluation Summary

Click this link to view attendees' responses about the Dialogue for Democracy event in November 2007. The forum was designed to convene higher education, K-12 and community leaders, and policy makers to dialogue on the critical issues facing communities and education today.

While at the event, teams worked together and with their colleagues from around the state to share ideas and strategies for addressing these issues. Following the event, teams were invited to develop action plans to further formulate local teams and put into action some of the ideas generated during the Dialogue.

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