Cool Links
The following links are just plain cool. Check them out! Use them as resources or for inspiration or to spread the word about the power of service-learning. Do you have a cool link? Send your suggestions to
Debbie Curry. Make sure to put "Cool Links" in your subject line.
- AmeriCorps Retention Project Featured in Shoreline Community College's Ebbtide
- 1,000 to Take AmeriCorps Pledge
- Big Bend Community College Wins Campus Compact Funding for Connect2Complete
- Green River Community College Wins Campus Compact Funding for Connect2Complete
- Edmonds Community College Wins Campus Compact Funding for Connect2Complete
- Anthropology instructor Tom Murphy of Edmonds Community College named Conservation Teacher of the Year
- Wisconsin Campus Compact Announces Mini-grant RFP for the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service
- Lewis and Clark State College engineering students work with Interlink to build a wheelchair ramp for a local Lewiston family as part of a Service-Learning project
- A Nudge for the Neediest
- National Service Blog, Veterans and Military Families: A Win for Our Warriors Is a Win for Us All
- Bellingham Technical College, Western Washington University, and Whatcom Community College AmeriCorps Retention Project Members Recognized
- Window, the Magazine of Western Washington University, Features Article on Service-learning
- National Service Budget Cuts Could Devastate Nonprofits, Communities
- 15 Kids Teaching Us About Service
- Interview with Jennifer Dorr about the Students in Service Awards Winners
- Opinion Editorial on the National Service Programs in Bellingham Herald
- WACC Board Member and Washington State University President Elson Floyd Addresses Tuition Sustainability
- Getting out of College Classrooms and Helping People
- Message from Jennifer Dorr Regarding CNCS Budget
- KGMI Morning Show Highlights Whatcom Community College's MLK Day of Service
- Carnegie Selects Colleges and Universities for 2010 Community Engagement Classification
- Seattle University Wins State Farm Companies Foundation Award for Service-Learning Excellence in Teacher Education
- The Dream Project at University of Washington, Bothell
- AmeriCorps Retention Project members featured on Spokane Public Schools ‘School Talk’ program
- Outreach of the Month - Make a Difference Day at Spokane Community College
- Western Washington University's Center for Service-Learning Online Newsletter
- AmeriCorps Retention Project featured in Whatcom Community College Horizon
- WACC VISTA Project coordinates 40 Whatcom Community College Students participation on Make A Difference Day, Saturday, October 23, 2010
- Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership at the University of Washington
- What UW means to the state? $9.1 billion
- Service-Learning at Edmonds Community College and the Retention Project Recognized
- Washington Campus Compact receives $500,000 Learn and Serve grant
- Washington Campus Compact affiliate member Lewis-Clark State College was awarded a $5,000 grant for their community partner First Book which provides books to children. VISTA member Breanne Durham produced the video that won the award
- The Weight of Visibility: The Impact of Identity
- Recent estimates of the value of donated time by University of Idaho Americorps students have come in at more than 200 thousand dollars
- New National Service Grads Face Dim Job Market
- Mixed Picture One Year After Serve America Act
-
A Cry for Help from Higher Ed
- A Culture of Giving: The Seattle Mariners, Bonneville Broadcasting and Governor Gregoire salute volunteers in Washington state
- Dr. Gerald Pumphrey at Dialogue for Democracy
- State Cuts Are Pushing Public Colleges Into Peril
- Senate Commends VISTA for 45 Years of Fighting Poverty
- Six Colleges and Universities Receive Presidential Recognition for Community Service
- Honored to Serve: Patrick Corvington's First Day
- WACC VISTA Project and Shoreline Community College MLK JR Day 2010 Video
- National Challenges Addressed on MLK Day
- Avoid Catastrophe: Don't Cut Washington's Higher-Education Funding Any More
- Washington Campus Compact Announces Results of Faculty Engagement Survey
- Washington Campus Compact Retention Project Members Service Aids Youth 4 R.E.A.L Program
- Washington Campus Compact Member Campuses Announce Faculty Engagement Survey
- i participate
- More than 90 shows on all four major TV networks and several cable channels will feature volunteerism themes next week as part of one of the biggest public-service efforts in broadcasting history, USA Today reports. The article is part of a package of USA Today stories on volunteerism. A link to the listing of the programs participating in the campaign is included within the article. For more information on “I Participate”, visit: http://www.iparticipate.org/
- WACC Alumnus participates in National Day of Service
- Washington State Service Summit
- At 5:00 p.m. today, TVW will replay the opening plenary session of the Washington State Service Summit. The segment includes the welcome by Adam Cornell, Chair of the Washington Commission for National and Community Service; remarks by Governor Chris Gregoire on "Service as a Strategy to Address Critical Community Issues"; a plenary panel on "Service as a Strategy for Meeting Community Needs"; and a presentation on the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act by Kristin McSwain, Chief of Program Operations for the Corporation for National and Community Service. You may also watch or listen on-line by visiting the following links:
- Lewis-Clark State College-produced video on service-learning made possible with funding from Washington Campus Compact and Learn & Serve America
- United We Serve Logo
- Youth for REAL
- Derence Walk from Washington State University's Retention Project is Finalist in the AmeriCorps "Get Things Done" Video Contest
- The First Lady Kicks Off United We Serve
- United We Serve
