The Benefits of Membership...
Washington Campus Compact (WACC) provides to member institutions:
- Professional development and training
- Participation in grant programs
- Advocacy to grant- and policy-makers
- Research/assessment tools, data, and support
- Leadership and networking opportunities
The Retention Project
The Retention Project, a college-based mentoring program, utilizes service-learning as a strategy to improve the retention of first-generation college students and the academic advancement of disadvantaged and nontraditional college, high school, and middle school students.
Students in Service
Students in Service is a part-time AmeriCorps program that offers education scholarships to college students who participate in community service. Students serve in many ways as mentors, or service-learning coordinators; through service-learning courses, non-paid internship programs; or in a variety of other ways that help meet the needs in the following focus areas: education, human services, environment, public safety, and community development.
The WACC VISTA Project
The WACC VISTA Project serves poverty-affected populations in Washington state by placing full-time AmeriCorps*VISTA members on campuses to serve faculty, staff and students, and the surrounding community through service-learning projects.
Learn & Serve America
The Learn and Serve program supports colleges and universities serving disadvantaged youth and building stakeholder support for service-learning.
Continuums of Service Conference
WACC partners with Campus Compacts from California, Hawaii, and Oregon to host an annual professional development conference each spring. The conference is a national and international model for professional development among service-learning practitioners, including faculty, community service-learning directors, administrators, students, and community partners.
Dialogue for Democracy
Dialogue for Democracy is a forum for stakeholders to convene, share strategies, and develop action plans to address a critical community issue through service.
Annual Members’ Meeting
The Members’ Meeting is an annual event that convenes service-learning practitioners and partners from around the state. Participants engage in professional development workshops, network with colleagues, and share and exchange campus- and community-based resources.
Websites, Listservs, and E-Newsletter
The WACC website, www.wacampuscompact.org, and the national Campus Compact website, www.compact.org, are resources for current news and program information. WACC also hosts a variety of listservs and distributes a quarterly newsletter to share information, resources, and best practices with the service-learning community.
