Pay it Forward: Students Philanthropy

The Pay it Forward initiative is developing a new generation of philanthropists through an innovative service-learning program that engages college students in hands-on philanthropy, grant-making, and service while providing community nonprofits with much needed assistance during the economic downturn. Since 2010, Pay it Forward has engaged over 2,200 college students in 108 courses across 33 campuses, dedicated more than 41,000 total volunteer hours, and invested $486,000 to 300 community-based nonprofit organizations. Students develop many leadership skills in service learning/philanthropy courses.  The
Executive Director of Ohio Campus Compact will present an overview of the program as well as results from the multi-year program.  An English instructor will share course materials as she showcases her highly successful service learning/philanthropy courses. (Level: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All)

Presenter(s):  Barbara Wallace, Director of College Success and Service Learning, UC Clermont College; Richard Kinsley, Executive Director, Ohio Campus Compact

Room: San Carlos

Educating the HEART through Service Learning!

The SLED Office at New Mexico State University, located in the College of Education has developed and implemented programs that meet course goals, as well as Service learning outcomes for graduate, undergraduate, and Doctoral students. Areas of focus: Technology, tutoring, mentoring, technical writing projects, including starting a non-profit that focuses on providing Pk-12 children holiday meals. The director of SLED and the students will discuss the process, struggles, and successes of each focus area, as well as the benefits of his or her involvement/participation in service learning programs. The expansion of the SLED Office and new projects were funded in part by State Farm Youth Advisory Board. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Denise Rodriguez-Strawn, Field Experience, Co-op, and Service Learning Programs Coordinator, New Mexico State University; Dr. Julia L. Parra, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Extended Learning, New Mexico State University; Monica Bernal, Student, New Mexico State University; Lauren Gaylord, Student, New Mexico State University; Samantha Lujan, Student, New Mexico State University

Room: Chaparral

Practical Approach to Assessment in Service-Learning

Service-Learning has demonstrated its value to higher education in supporting classroom learning outcomes by providing opportunities for students to use their skills and knowledge to meet the needs of the community.  This session addresses the approaches and results of a comprehensive assessment of a service-learning program, including student feedback, motivation and persistence of faculty, and reactions of community based partners.  The presentation will include a discussion of the data and its impact in terms of informing and improving the program. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Cate Kaluzny, Service-Learning Coordinator, North Shore Community College

Room: Sonoran

The Importance of the Recommendation

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program, now in its 9th year, honors excellence by supporting outstanding community college students with significant financial need to transfer to and complete their bachelor’s degrees at the nation’s top four-year colleges and universities. To date, the Foundation's commitment to higher education has awarded $16.7 million dollars to support 427 community college students to have the privilege of attending a four-year college.  Our focus today will be to familiarize you with the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, to hear from some of our Scholars and to give you tips on what makes a successful candidate.  In addition, we will explore the role of the Fac. Rep and give suggestions on how to present your candidate(s) most effectively through your letter of recommendation. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Cheryl Scott-Mouzon, Program Manager for Outreach and Scholar Selection, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation; Beth Conrad, Outreach & Selection Associate, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Room: Coronado

Lessons in Leadership: An Exploration through the Curriculum of SOW 2054 (Community Involvement)

This informative and interactive workshop is an exploration of Community Involvement (SOW 2054) - a “stand alone,” three credit hour Service-Learning course at Brevard Community College.  Academically, Service-Learners tend to do well.  Most, but not all, students who take SOW 2054 are already dedicated Service-Learners.  This course has a mandatory 32 hour volunteer requirement.  SOW 2054 allows students to delve into the many facets that make up the SOW 2054 pedagogy: history, culture, current trends, and critical application.  SOW 2054 has been a “fertile field” for student leadership development; most of BCC’s Citizen Scholars take and excel in SOW 2054. During this interactive workshop, participants will discover the triumphs and challenges that come with teaching and facilitating SOW 2054 through the experiences of two faculty members and a project specialist.  There will be hands-on activities from the SOW 2054 curriculum.  Course syllabi and other documents and sources will be provided. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Karyn Ott, Professional, Brevard Community College; Debbie Sanders, Service-Learning Project Specialist, Brevard Community College; Erin Baird, Regional Coordinator for Service-Learning, Brevard Community College

Room: Sedona

The FELINE Advantage:  Cultivating Mentor/Mentee Communication and Understanding

Come and experience the newest tool for mentor training developed by Edmond's Community College Retention Project Coordinators.

One of the greatest challenges of teaching effective leadership and mentoring skills is translating theory into practice.  FELINE, an interactive mentor training activity developed by Edmond’s Community College Retention Project Coordinators, is designed to allow participants to do just that. FELINE (First Experience Leading Individuals Needing Expertise) has become the cornerstone to EDCC's campus wide Mentor Leadership Training. FELINE is highly effective in building a strong community of mentors and developing communication skills, empathy, and understanding. This activity is easily adaptable to peer-to-peer and peer-to-youth  mentor training programs. By allowing the student to make their own connections between leadership and mentoring they realize that they have the resources within themselves to become a successful peer advocate.

FELINE introduces mentors-in-training to the challenges of mentoring and the assumptions that we all make when we communicate. What are our barriers to communication and how can we overcome them? How does communication impact our success in guiding others? This activity will make you think twice about your own leadership skills.

Attendees will be expected to participate, as a student would, in this highly interactive exercise that involves blindfolds, physical obstacles, puzzles and, of course, as the acronym implies, cats.

This presentation is part of the Connect2Complete pilot program which utilizes peer to peer advocacy and community engagement as strategies to increase retention and student engagement. The project is funded by Campus Compact with funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Level: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All)

Presenter(s):  Erin Ryan, Retention Project Coordinator, Edmonds Community College; Anna Michel, Retention Project Coordinator, Edmond's Community College

Room: Palomas

Accelerated Learning, College Transition, Retention & Tracking Results While Using Technology: A Unique Pathway to Student Success

For over 30 years, Aztec Software has been providing individualized, targeted, computer-based solutions, assisting in workplace readiness skills, mastering educational foundations, GED/TABE preparation, and even financial literacy. With Aztec Software, we help our learners achieve success in preparing for their post-secondary experience!

Join this workshop and see how Aztec Software is a perfect companion to the service learning and civic engagement projects you are implementing on your campuses.

Presenter(s): Adriane Fajnor, Marketing Communications Manager, Aztec Software – Educate – Empower - Elevate

Room: Rio Verde

A Crucible Moment: Higher Education and Democratic Engagement

As the U.S. Department of Education and several national associations take a renewed interest in the civic mission of higher education, this workshop provides a platform for discussion and action on the role of civic and democratic engagement at community colleges. Presenters will use "A Crucible Moment: College Learning & Democracy’s Future," a 2012 report of the National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, to lay the groundwork for why and how colleges should apply for the Carnegie community engagement classification to bolster their work.  Since 2006, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected 311 colleges and universities of all institutional types for its elective classification on community engagement. The classification provides a measure of legitimacy, accountability, public recognition, and visibility. It can be a catalyst for efforts to improve teaching and learning through curricular connections to community-based problem-solving, as well as a tool for institutional benchmarking, self-assessment, and self-study.  However, of the 311 classified institutions, only 20 are community colleges. Carnegie is especially eager for more community colleges to apply for the 2015 classification period.  Learn how the classification process will help your overall engagement efforts. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Gail Robinson, Director of Service Learning, American Association of Community Colleges; Lori Moog, Director of Service Learning and Community Outreach, Raritan Valley Community College; Cathy Burack, Senior Research Associate for Higher Education, Brandeis University

Room: Center Ballroom

Creating Student Leadership Synergy

This workshop is designed to provide the attendee with a "hands on" opportunity to learn how to create exciting and innovative leadership opportunities for students. Attendees will learn how to create partnerships and student organizations that can focus on civic engagement leadership initiatives. The workshop will provide a "Leadership Development" toolkit for attendees to use at their own campuses. They will also receive a leadership toy for attending. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Rudy Garcia, Dean of Students, Central New Mexico Community College

Room: Sedona

Applying Indigenous Leadership and Knowledge through Mentoring and Service-Learning

Indigenous communities have millennia of leadership experience and intimate knowledge of sustainable practices within particular places. Translating that knowledge and experience into college curriculum in ways that respect the integrity of indigenous ways of knowing is both challenging and richly rewarding. Service-learning and mentoring are practical tools that facilitate the translation of indigenous experience into higher education. Service-learning, when done properly, is inherently reciprocal. Tribal leaders are more willing to share their knowledge and expertise when collaborations reflect indigenous values of reciprocity. Mentoring is an ancient way of learning that can be replicated when you engage tribal elders as mentors to college faculty, faculty as guides for student learning and students as peer advocates. This interactive session will feature successful partnerships between Coast Salish tribes and community colleges in Washington State and share indigenous leadership activities that can be applied at other campuses. (Level: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All)

Presenter(s):  Thomas Murphy, Department Chair, Edmonds Community College; Kerrie Murphy, Director, Edmonds CC & Pierce College

Room: Chaparral

Building Grade 6 to Sophomore STEM Pipelines as a Public Good

For more than a generation America has been losing ground in preparing students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Over this same period high school dropout rates have increased to more than 35%. American higher education's higher purpose is to develop innovative strategies to reduce the severity of these problems. Kapiolani Service-Learning, with support from CNCS Learn and Serve, HUD, and the Hawaii NSF EPSCoR Program, is building a grade 6 to sophomore STEM pipeline, with detailed student tracking, designed to accelerate math learning and stimulate interest in alternative energy, sustainable food production, and "making things"  for underrepresented students in Palolo Housing. Two faculty and two student leaders will share their collaborative work in developing this STEM Pipeline as a  public good. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Robert Franco, Director, Kapiolani CC; Ulla Hasager, Professor, Coordinator of Civic Engagement, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Claudia Martinez, VISTA, Kapiolani CC; Nicole Ito, Student Information Technology, Kapiolani CC

Room: Sonoran

Cultivating Future Leaders through Service Learning, Classroom Discussion, and Cooperative Learning

Three faculty get students interested in course material, active in their own learning, and committed to completion through student engagement practices such as Service Learning, Conversational Moves and classroom discussions, and Cooperative Learning. All three classroom formats pay close attention to student and faculty leadership development, reflection, and mentoring along with providing students a holistic education to prepare them for life during and after college. This session will describe classroom practices, provide interactive activities, and offer evidence that students are not only developing all the necessary skill sets but also applying these skills beyond the college experience. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Kjirsten Goeller, Associate Professor, Sinclair Community College; David Bodary, Professor, Sinclair Community College; Dr. Derek Petrey, Honors Program Director and Modern Languages Coordinator, Sinclair Community College

Room: San Carlos

Project DEgree:  A Catalyst for Change in Developmental Education

Project DEgree, a grant program funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, bundles evidence-based teaching and support practices with professional development into one comprehensive package to ensure student success. Participants will learn about the Project DEgree model, a learning community based on collaborative and problem-based learning strategies supported by a dedicated resource specialist,  and how it has increased significantly developmental student success at Phoenix College, the flagship institution of the Maricopa Community Colleges. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Robin Ozz, Director of Developmental Education, Phoenix College; Jimmy Berlin, Resource Specialist, Phoenix College; Sharon Halford, Dean, Phoenix College;  Diana Mitchell, Success Center Director, Phoenix College; Barbara Mendez, Completion Advisor, Phoenix College

Room: Palomas

Lights, Camera, Action! The Spotlight on Students Leading Students

Participants will walk the red carpet as we show them the stars of the show! We will showcase students and their role in service-learning. Come check out how students become the ambassadors, leaders, and advocates for service-learning and civic engagement. We will highlight our Service-Learning Assistant model, student driven service projects, and how we utilize the federal work-study program to support service-learning at our college. The focus will be students leading students and our role in developing servant leaders. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Duane Oakes, Faculty Director, Mesa Community College; Dawn Rhodes, Program Specialist, Mesa Community College

Room: Coronado

Connecting to Complete: Coming Together to Develop a Peer Advocacy Leadership Program

This workshop will provide information on how one community college is working to leverage existing partnerships, create new partnerships and work together as a campus team on a new civic engagement peer mentoring program initiated by a grant from the National Campus Compact. It will be an interactive discussion of the successes and challenges found along the road and present ideas and suggestions for developing an effective program. Learn through demonstration how to engage stakeholders, work with existing campus initiatives like Completion by Design and Achieving the Dream, and ensuring that the voices of students, faculty and staff are found in the chorus. There will be something for everyone and this workshop will be particularly helpful to those who want to find creative ways to develop or strengthen peer mentor and student leadership programs at their schools.

This presentation is part of the Connect2Complete pilot program which utilizes peer to peer advocacy and community engagement as strategies to increase retention and student engagement. The project is funded by Campus Compact with funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Erin Corwin, Career Development and Experiential Education Specialist, Lorain County Community College; Sarah Crockett, Coordinator of Academic Support C2C Program, Tallahassee Community College; Lindsey Smitherman-Brown, Coordinator of Volunteer and Peer Support Programs, Tallahassee Community College

Room: Rio Verde

Assessing Service Learning Outcomes and Telling the Story

Two-thirds of all community colleges offer service learning as a strategy for student success and local community engagement, but what do they know about the impact of their programs? This session presents survey research and focus group results from colleges in an American Association of Community Colleges / Learn and Serve America consortium. Learn about student and faculty experiences with service learning, how partnerships transformed individuals and communities, how service learning increased partners' capacity to meet local needs, and the effect of service learning on student learning outcomes, retention, and workplace readiness.  Take home assessment tools and resources, and learn how to use data to gauge the impact of service learning and tell your story. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Gail Robinson, Director of Service Learning, American Association of Community Colleges; Mary Prentice, Associate Professor, New Mexico State University

Room: Center Ballroom

Networking in Leading Service Learning Projects

The experience leading service-learning projects in Spain highlights the importance of networking in and for the community. Technology-based networks have made their way to other natural and social networks that already existed in the communities, transferring actions and behaviors to new long term electronic formats, able to generate shared knowledge in a more effective and efficient manner.

The workshop aims to analyze the positive and negative aspects of networking, the challenges that arise in schools, families and community workers and provide useful tools for this type of networking.

Presenter(s): Esther Luna, Lecturer, University of Barcelona

Room: Chaparral

Students Promoting Awareness, Change and Empowerment on Domestic Violence through Service Learning

Domestic violence remains one of the most pervasive social problems since the inception of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act in 1982. Participants will learn how students can raise awareness of domestic violence and make it easier to report and ultimately reduce incidences.  Raritan Valley Community College’s SPACE project - - Students Promoting Awareness, Change, and Empowerment is a student service learning project that addresses the need for greater awareness of and education about domestic violence issues. RVCC nursing and cosmetology students are utilizing technologies such as Web pages, YouTube, Facebook, videos and power point presentations to promote and leverage resources most efficiently within the College and in the surrounding community to help victims find the appropriate resources that can assist them, and also support members of the community, who can help prevent individuals from becoming victimized.  Handouts, sample syllabi, interactive discussion, and visual aids will be included.  The SPACE service learning projectis beingsponsored by Investor’s Bank.   (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Lori Moog, Director of Service Learning and Community Outreach, Raritan Valley Community College

Room: Sedona

A Gateway to Developing Leaders through Meaningful Service

This workshop will show the steps and best practices KCC's service- learning program has taken to create a meaningful service project for the college community. We will share how, as the project evolved leaders were developed and became mentors for new students who later became leaders themselves. We will also share a number of ideas we have used to help our students make connections within their community, stay connected with community partners and fellow service- learners through a number of media and technology mediums. We will also touch on reflections, reflection being a time for personal growth allowing our students to look within, and process the knowledge and skills they have acquired through service. We will discuss the importance of technology, allowing us to connect with our students, through social media, blog formats, and AV components; using these mediums to help our students stay connected and grow as leaders.   (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Mandy Fraley, Service Learning Counselor, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY; Brian Mitra, Director, Career Development/Transfer, Kingsborough Community College

Room: Sonoran

Using Social Media to Connect Students to Campus, Peers, and the Global Community

This presentation will demonstrate effective use of social media in a peer to peer mentoring program.  Peer Advocates at Big Bend Community College serve as Peer Advocates to students enrolled in first term College Survival Skills classes that are required for students testing in to developmental college classes.  Through the use of class visits and Facebook, the Peer Advocates are successfully connecting students to campus activities, support services, and service learning projects.

This presentation is part of the Connect2Complete pilot program which utilizes peer to peer advocacy and community engagement as strategies to increase retention and student engagement. The project is funded by Campus Compact with funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Terry Kinzel, Director of Title V Grants, Big Bend Community College; Jenny Ratigan, Transfer Services Coordinator, Big Bend Community College

Room: Rio Verde

Overburdened by data!? Using technology to track student success and demonstrate the impact of service learning.

This workshop will provide resources to help institutions utilize free technology to promote and sustain quality service learning programs and enhance student success. Through a mix of presentation, visual aid, and interactive activity, participants will explore the importance of tracking project data and how it relates to student success through the utilization of technology. Presenters will offer ideas on how to streamline the data reporting process, easing the administrative burden felt by faculty and staff. Discussion groups will identify the benefits of tracking student projects as it relates to national initiatives (such as Completion By Design, Community Service Honor Roll, Carnegie) as well as unique benefits related to individual institutions. Participants will walk away with creative strategies that will help their institution make the most of limited resources while maximizing these benefits. This session will be particularly helpful for programs where budgets are shrinking but the need for program growth and expansion remains. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Julia Provoznik, Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA – Community Engagement Coordinator, Lorain County Community College; Ruby Beil, Assistant Professor, Lorain County Community College; Marcia Jones, Manager of Career Services, Lorain County Community College

Room: Palomas

The Democracy Commitment: Ensuring Every Community College Student Receives an Education in Democracy

The Democracy Commitment (TDC) founders and coordinator will discuss civic learning and engagement in community college courses. After giving a brief overview of the mission and work of TDC, there will be an opportunity to talk about the ways in which faculty and administrators can create a democratic environment for their students, the difficulties of immersing civic engagement into curricula, and the importance of a democratic education. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Bernie Ronan, Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs, Maricopa Community Colleges; Brian Murphy, President, De Anza College; Amee Bearne, National Coordinator, The Democracy Commitment

Room: Coronado

Civic Engagement, Learning and Technology – It’s All About Connections

Follow-up to Keynote.

Presenter(s): John Hamerlinck, Associate Director of Minnesota Campus Compact

Room: Center Ballroom

Precious Knowledge:  Arizona's Battle Over Ethnic Studies

Students from the award winning PBS film PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE will show clips of the film and discuss their role in social justice and  activism.  Precious Knowledge provides an insider’s perspective to a historic battle over civil rights as student leaders in Tucson High fight to save their Ethnic Studies classes.   In this workshop, you will learn how the students were able to mobilize rapidly with texting, facebooking, optimism, and a megaphone.

Presenter(s): Eren McGinnis, Filmmaker; Crystal Terriquez, Student, Pima Community College

Room: San Carlos

Please join the presenters in the viewing in its entirety the film Precious Knowledge

The documentary Precious Knowledge illustrates what motivates Tucson High School students and teachers to form the front line of an epic civil rights battle.  While 48 percent of Mexican American students currently drop out of high school, Tucson High’s Mexican American Studies Program has become a national model of educational success, with 93 percent, on average, of enrolled students graduating from high school and 85 percent going on to attend college.  However, Arizona lawmakers have shut the program down because they believe the students are being indoctrinated with dangerous ideology and embracing destructive ethnic chauvinism. The filmmakers spent an entire year in the classroom filming this innovative social justice curriculum, documenting the transformative impact on students who become engaged, informed, and active in their communities.

Presenter(s): Eren McGinnis, Filmmaker; Crystal Terriquez, Student, Pima Community College

Room: San Carlos

Building and Sustaining a Higher Education Service-Learning Program:  The Journey of One Community College

Our college president wants a service-learning program…where on earth do we begin?  Learn the steps that one community college took to design and build a sustainable program with a limited budget and staff. We will share how we networked with service-learning colleagues, designed a service-learning program infrastructure, wrote grants, recruited and trained faculty, developed community partnerships, and recruited students.  Learn about challenges faced, strategies employed, and lessons learned in our journey. (Level: Novice, Intermediate)

Presenter(s):  Susan Webb-Curtis, Associate Professor/Director of Cooperative Education & Service-Learning, Cleveland State Community College; Sherry Holloway, Service-Learning Coordinator, Cleveland State Community College

Room: Sedona

Faculty Advisory Council: A Tree Bearing Fruit

Find out how St. Louis Community College-Meramec’s three-pronged approach to deepening service through a Faculty Advisory Council, The Student Philanthropy Project and the online Service Learning Journal have led to more deeply rooted and more fruitful service learning experiences in just a few years. (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Donna Halsband, Coordinator of Service Learning/Civic Engagement, St. Louis Community College at Meramec; Richard Long, Associate Professor, St. Louis Community College; Pamela Garvey, Associate Professor, St. Louis Community College

Room: Rio Verde

Maximizing Community Engagement Effectiveness through Strategic Internal and External Partnerships

St. Bonaventure University recently revamped the programs within its Center for Community Engagement to better integrate academic and experiential learning with the the University's core values of service, community, and individual worth.  By improving academic linkages, forging strong community partnerships, and establishing accountability protocols, the Center has succeeded in attracting more community supporters, substantially improving external fundraising, and increasing student involvement in community-engagement programming. (Level: Novice, Intermediate)

Presenter(s):  Lawrence Sorokes, Associate Vice President, St. Bonaventure University; Nicholas Goodell, Program Manager, St. Bonaventure University

Room: San Carlos

Developing Leaders through Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Opportunities

Many students, staff, and faculty often find it difficult to make that initial “leap” into service-learning for a myriad of reasons, including fear of the unknown, lack of extra time, or a lack of convenient transportation. At Edmonds CC, the Center for Service-Learning has developed a "Sponsored Projects" Model that addresses many of those concerns, while increasing the access to a diverse set of service-learning opportunities for students, staff, and faculty from across all disciplines. At the session, participants will learn about how this model works, and how it can be used to foster leadership skills in service-learning.  Participants will also get an opportunity to network and brainstorm with other service-learning practitioners about how to increase access to a diversity of service-learning opportunities on your campus. (Level: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All)

Presenter(s):  Amy Johnson, Service-Learning Coordinator, Edmonds Community College; Anna Michel, AmeriCorps Student Engagement Specialist, Edmonds Community College

Room: Sonoran

Make It Personal: College Completion

Why should you care about your students' sex lives? Because 61% of women who have children while enrolled in community colleges drop out and do not return. Learn from colleges involved in AACC's national initiative, Make It Personal: College Completion, about how they are using course-based service learning to help students avoid unplanned pregnancy and complete their college goals. Presenters will share up-to-the-minute national survey data on student retention, knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intent. Learn why and how pregnancy planning and prevention can affect student retention and persistence; how peer-to-peer service learning can be an effective intervention; challenges involved in implementing the interventions and how to overcome them; and how to use replicable curricular materials and innovative online resources at your own institution. (Level: Intermediate, Advanced)

Presenter(s):  Gail Robinson, Director of Service Learning, American Association of Community Colleges; Tamra Ortgies-Young, Director of Adult Learning Initiatives and Political Science Faculty, Georgia Perimeter College; Leigh Keever, Instructor of Sociology, Chattahoochee Technical College

Room: Coronado

Launching New Leaders through Service-Learning

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to attend this informative and interactive workshop of galactic proportions, as service-learning blasts off into the final frontier!   Approaching our 25th year as a successful program with continued recognition as a national leader in service-learning and as a Campus Compact Engaged Campus, Brevard Community College wants to show you how to shoot for the moon!

Join our cosmic crew as we:

•Investigate the key components of stellar service-learning and how to suffuse service-learning throughout the institution.   

•Explore how an institutionalized service-learning program cultivates effective leadership skills for students, particularly through student-led clubs and service projects, a Citizen Scholar recognition program, and stand-alone service-learning courses that address topics like service-leadership, active citizenship and democracy.  Hear from student service stars directly about how service-learning has shaped their character, choices and career aspirations. 

•Probe vast resources from Brevard Community College’s out-of-this-world program, including: processes, forms, resources and publications. Heavenly handouts will be available, from packets and forms to DVD’s and sample syllabi!

•Learn strategies for navigating treacherous asteroid fields on the journey toward stakeholder development. 

•Contribute to workshop learning through discussion and group interaction! 
 (Level: All)

Presenter(s):  Erin Baird, Regional Coordinator for Service-Learning, Brevard Community College; Phil Simpson, Provost, Titusville Campus, Brevard Community College; Karen Cuda, Assistant Professor, Brevard Community College

Room: Palomas

Inspiring Leadership: A Musical Journey

Follow-up to Keynote.

Coming Soon.

Presenter(s):Paul Chou, Senior Client Partner and Co-Managing Director of Korn/Ferry International's Global Education Practice

Room: Center Ballroom