continuums of service the 16th annual conference

Welcome 2

Conference Overview 3

Schedule at a Glance 4

Sponsors 6

Advisors and Reviewers 7

Conference Speakers 8

Keynote Presentations 12

Pre-Conference Sessions 13

Conference Schedule 14

Poster Sessions 18

Conference Map 45

The Engaged Campus Higher Education for the Public Good

Continuums of ServiceCONFERENCE

The 16th Annual

April 24-26, 2013 • Portland, Oregon

Full Participant List and Digital Program copy available online at http://www.wacampuscompact.org

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The Engaged Campus: Higher Education for the Public Good

Civic engagement upholds the historical promise of post-secondary institutions: a quality education for the public good. An engaged campus shares its greatest strengths with the community through service-learning, direct economic support, and applied scholarship that tackle both local and global problems. Community partnerships provide opportunities for learning and compel college campuses to ensure that education does indeed serve the public interest. By aligning collaboration and resources, communities and colleges could create the collective impact necessary to effectively address community and educational needs. Yet in periods of economic hardship and amidst the intense pressures facing higher education today, sustaining an engaged campus can be especially challenging.

Participants at the 2013 Continuums of Service Conference will discuss the role community engagement plays in how we educate for the public good. We will hear from leading thinkers, both inside and outside the academy, regarding the necessity of civic engagement in educational success. Further, this conference will help define frameworks for how higher education and its partners develop students into effective leaders who advance the public good.

OPENING RECEPTION AND PLENARY ADDRESS

Join your colleagues at the opening reception and poster session, held in the Ballroom Lobby at 4:00 pm, Wednesday, April 24th. Light appetizers will be served, accompanied by a no host bar. This is immediately followed by our opening Keynote Speaker, Milenko Matanovic, at 5:00 pm in the ballroom.

POSTER SESSION

The poster session begins at 4:00 pm, Wednesday, in the Ballroom Lobby. The posters visually display diverse service-learning courses, projects, research and program initiatives. Poster representatives will present until 5:00 pm. (Posters are available for viewing for the duration of the conference.)

CONCuRRENT SESSIONS

There are six groups of concurrent sessions over the duation of the conference. Each session is 75 minutes and will be either Interactive or Roundtable style. Interactive sessions are comprised of 50% active learning and 50% presentation/lecture. Roundtable discussions will provide an opportunity for in-depth conversations. Concurrent sessions are designated by audience level. At least one Advanced Practitioner presentation is offered during each concurrent session.

Conference OverviewThemes, Goals, and Structure

SERVLANDIA

Oregon Campus Compact (ORCC) is hosting a fundraiser to support Oregon students and ensure they graduate as engaged, global citizens. Join us at the Picnic House (a short .6 mile walk from COS) for drinks, snacks, music, and amusements and to raise much needed funds for the work of ORCC.

The night will tip its hat to the big-hearted campuses, communities, and individuals who are working to make this corner of the country a better place—the communities that share as much passion for volunteering as they do for mustaches and microbrews. Whether you’re visiting from out of town or calling this kooky place home, purchase your ticket, don your favorite college t-shirt, and get ready for A Night in Serve-Landia!

Where: Picnic House, 723 SW Salmon St. (SW Salmon and Broadway)When: Wednesday, April 24 from 7:00-9:00pmHow: Tickets are available online or at the door, learn more at:

http://anightinservelandia.eventbrite.com/.

All proceeds will benefit ORCC.

Welcome!

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the 16th Annual Continuums of Service Conference, The Engaged Campus: Higher Education for the Public Good. We are particularly excited about this year’s conference as it continues to build on last year’s theme “Creating the New Vision for Higher Education”. We will deepen the dialogue of how higher education is reclaiming its civic mission, as described in the nationally acclaimed publication, A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy’s Future, released in 2012 by the National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement.

Higher education has its roots in serving the public good. Over the years, however, emphasis has shifted to the personal gain a college/university degree can provide. The service-learning and civic engagement fields are leading the efforts to combine both, as institutions transform the way they educate their students. Through service-learning and civic engagement, students are more likely to graduate, are better equipped for the work force, and are prepared to serve as civic leaders with the knowledge, skills, and passion to solve critical community issues.

Campuses across the country are strategically re-thinking their institutional policies and practices to support sustainable partnerships with communities. Likewise, colleges and universities are committing resources and leadership necessary to the goal of becoming a more “Engaged Campus.”

As participants of the 16th Annual Continuums of Service Conference, we will explore what it means to be part of an “Engaged Campus” as well as share strategies on how higher education is responding to the changing needs of our communities. These are critical and exciting times as we work to promote positive change to benefit both the institutions of higher education and the communities they call home.

Thank you for joining us at the 16th Annual Continuums of Service Conference. We hope you enjoy the conference and beautiful Portland, Oregon!

Sincerely,

Jennifer Hine Joshua Todd Executive Director Executive DirectorWashington Campus Compact Oregon Campus Compact

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Schedule at a GlanceConcurrent Sessions

7:30 am CONFERENCE CHECK-IN

7:30 am - 8:15 am BREAKFAST

8:15 am - 9:00 am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Collective Impact Panel

9:00 am - 9:30 am BREAK

9:30 am - 10:45 am CONCURRENT SESSION 5 See p.32 for locations

10:45 am - 11:00 am BREAK

11:00 am - 12:15 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 6 See p.36 for locations

12:15 pm - 12:30 pm CLOSING REFLECTIONS

7:30 am - 5:00 pm CONFERENCE CHECK-IN

8:30 am - 12:00 pm PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS, COMMUNITY VISITS See p.13 for locations and times

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm BREAK Lunch is on your own

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm WELCOME: Josh Todd, Oregon Campus Compact CONFERENCE FRAMING: Dean McGovern, Montana Campus Compact

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm BREAK

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 1 See p.14 for locations

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm BREAK

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm POSTER SESSION / RECEPTION Appetizers served and no-host bar available

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm KEYNOTE: Milenko Matanovic - Building Social Capital Through Creativity & Action

Dinner is on your own

Schedule at a GlanceWednesday, April 24, 2013

7:30 am - 5:00 pm CONFERENCE CHECK-IN

7:30 am - 8:30 am BREAKFAST

8:30 am - 9:30 am KEYNOTE: Barbara Holland - The Growing Strategic Importance of Community Engagement

9:30 am - 10:00 am BREAK

10:00 am - 11:15 am CONCURRENT SESSION 2 See p.20 for locations

11:15 am - 11:45 am BREAK

11:45 am - 1:30 pm LUNCH / B.O.B. TALKS (Modeled after TED Talks and Ignite Speeches)

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm BREAK


3:15 pm - 3:45 pm BREAK


Dinner is on your own

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Friday, April 26, 2013

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Advisors and ReviewersSpecial Thanks

Adonica De VaultLewis & Clark

Alexis BucknamUtah Campus Compact

Andrea WiseUniversity of San Fransisco

Angela Mischaikov Washington Campus Compact

Anne CrossMetropolitan State University

Atina PascuaHawaii Pacific Iss. Campus Compact

Chris McCombCarnegie Mellon

Chrisanne Christensen Southern Arkansas University

Dean McGovernMontana Campus Compact

Earl MulderinkSouthern Utah University

Elaine Alma DraperCalifornia State University– LA

Erin McIlraithWashington State University

Elaine IkedaCalifornia Campus Compact

Emily GuillilandOregon Campus Compact

Eric CardellaMontana Campus Compact

Farrin FossWashington Campus Compact

Fawn Livingston-GrayReed College

Gail BuckBiola University

Heather Wilson-AshworthUtah Valley University

Jackie Schmidt-PosnerStanford University

Jacob PetersUSC Joint Educational Project

Jennifer HineWashington Campus Compact Johanna Phelps-HillenUtah Campus Compact

Josh ToddOregon Campus Compact

Judith Owens-ManleyUniversity of Alaska

Katie JensenWhatcom Community College

Kathryn PurschUniversity of Washington

Kim FreierWashington Campus Compact

Kristen FixLewis & Clark

Kyle RyanPeru State College

Laura GobleUniversity of Portland

Laurel HammondWhatcom Community College

Lianne NaganoHonolulu Community College

Linnea BrokerWashington Campus Compact

Luke ShipstadWashington Campus Compact

Marc OommenWashington Campus Compact

Maribel MartinezSan Jose State University

Michael ValenteWashington Campus Compact

Michelle Harper KowalczykUniversity of Washington

Mike MoonWeber State University

Mitzi LoweCSU Fresno

Monica KowalUniversity of New Mexico

Nancy Winemiller BasingerUniversity of Utah

Pam DaGrossaWinward Community College

Patrick McGintyWashington Campus Compact

Peter ThompsonPepperdine Volunteer Center

Sarah TilleryPortland Community College

Sarah WeinbergerClark College

Sandra Sgoutas-EmchUniversity of San Diego

Stephanie SchooleyColorado Campus Compact

Stephanie StokamerPacific University

Susan C. HarrisUSC Joint Educational Project

Suzan S. AkinUniversity of California, Berkeley

Terry KinzelBig Bend Community College

Theodore NathanTulane University

Tracey JetteMontana State University

Vernette DotyUniversity of California, Merced

The success of the Continuums of Service Conference is due to the generous contributions of time, creative energy, and scholarly work from our colleagues around the region and beyond. Please join us in thanking the following:

The 16th Annual Continuums of Service Conference is hosted by the Campus Compacts of California, Hawaii and Pacific Islands, Oregon, Utah, Montana, Colorado and Washington. We thank our sponsors for their continued support and commitment to service, professional development, and the public purpose of higher education, all of which serve to advance service-learning and community engagement throughout the Western Region and beyond.

Sponsors

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Conference Speakers

THOMAS WINSTON MORGAN - B.O.B. TALK PRESENTERThomas Winston Morgan brings twenty years’ experience in intercultural, experiential education and international management for profit-based and non-profit companies and organizations.Thomas has held leadership positions in intercultural educational operations and initiatives for AFS Intercultural Programs, headquartered in New York, and at AHA Study Abroad/University of Oregon in Portland, Oregon. Since 2008, Thomas has served as President of IPSL, a leader in international service-learning programming for graduate and undergraduate students. His educational background includes masters and doctoral (ABD) degrees in Germanic Languages, Literature and International Business. He speaks fluent German, Spanish, French and is studying Thai and Italian. Thomas is also an AFS Returnee (Honduras 1980-1981).

JOSH TODD - KEYNOTE PANEL FACILITATORJosh Todd is the Interim Executive Director for Oregon | Campus Compact where he brings a deep value in equity and the power of civic engagement, especially of those most impacted by disparities, to transform communities and campuses. Josh served Multnomah County for over ten years most recently in his role as Director of the Multnomah County Commission on Children, Families and Community. He joined the county in 2002 as the Youth Development Coordinator, developing and implementing meaningful ways for young people to engage with government. Josh received his Bachelor of Social Work from Aurora University and Masters of Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Bay Area Youth Agency Consortium AmeriCorps Alum and avid runner.

DR. ALGIE GATEWOOD - KEYNOTE PANELISTDr. Algie Gatewood became President of Portland Community College’s (PCC) Cascade Campus in 2004. One of the most diverse higher education campuses in Oregon, the Campus enrolled more than 24,000 students in 2011-12. Prior to joining PCC, Gatewood served for seven years with the University of North Carolina-State Education Assistance Authority as Director of the Health, Education and Welfare division; and for 23 years with Anson Community College (N.C.), where he spent 16 years as Dean of Students and also held other administrative positions.

GARY WITHERS - KEYNOTE PANELISTSince May 2005, Gary Withers has served as Executive Vice President for External Affairs at Concordia University (CU), Portland Oregon. He is also a member of the faculty of the University’s School of Management, the President’s Cabinet and the University’s Budget Council. Gary leads Concordia University’s highly successful community engagement strategy, which has garnered national recognition, “The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.” Gary’s leadership is instrumental in the integration of Concordia’s “service learning” ethic into the curriculum and co-curriculum activities for Concordia students and faculty, and development of the “3 to PhD” model of collaboration with CU and Portland Public School’s Faubion School. Gary’s numerous additional achievements include: founding President of the Children’s Institute; Vice President for University Relations at Portland State University; Executive Director of Metropolitan Family Services; co-founder of the Center for Management of Nonprofit Organizations at Concordia University; co-founder of the Oregon Ethics Commons and former General Counsel for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation. Gary was graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a B.S. in Political Science in 1975 and a J.D. from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in 1979.

NATE WASS SHuLL - KEYNOTE PANELISTNate Waas Shull works as Vice President of Partnerships at All Hands Raised where he helps manage a communitywide effort to ensure educational equity and excellence for all Portland and Multnomah County youth from cradle to career. Nate previously served as a policy advisor to two Portland mayors with a focus on youth engagement and education policy. Prior to that, he directed a non-profit mentoring program for Latino youth in Portland Public Schools. Nate serves on the Board of Directors of Latino Network.

DR. WIM WIEWEL - KEYNOTE PANELISTWim Wiewel has served as president of Portland State University since 2008. Under his leadership, the University has developed five guiding themes: Provide civic leadership through partnerships, improve student success, achieve global excellence, enhance educational opportunity, and expand resources and improve effectiveness. This has brought a renewed focus on expanding the university’s civic partnerships in the region and achieving a new degree of excellence through strategic investments. He holds degrees in sociology and urban planning from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University.

Conference Speakers

DR. DEAN MCGOVERN - CONFERENCE FACILITATORDean serves as executive director of the Montana Campus Compact and is an assistant professor at The University of Montana. For more than 15 years, Dean has worked to create value by encouraging colleges and universities to invigorate and revive their public purposes. Dean has written, co-authored, and contributed to several articles and book chapters including: Handbook of Engaged Scholarship: The Contemporary Landscape (H. Fitzgerald, D.L. Zimmerman, C. Burack & S. Seifer, Eds); A Praxis Brief: Campus Compact’s Response to ‘A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy’s Future’ (C. Gray, Ed.); and One with the Community: Indicators of Engagement at Minority-Serving Institutions (E. Zlotkowski, R.J. Jones, M.M. Lenk, J. Meeropol, S.B. Gelmon, & K. Norvell, Eds). Dean earned his doctoral degree in higher education administration and master’s degree in community health from The University of Montana. His baccalaureate degree in physiology is from Colorado State University. Dean and his wife, Amy, reside in Missoula, Montana, where they live, love and learn with their five children.

MILENKO MATANOVIC - KEYNOTE SPEAKERMilenko is a thinker, teacher and an artist preparing communities for the future. In 1986, Milenko founded Pomegranate Center to explore how to use creativity in ways to improve society. He believes that working with communities is the most efficient, foundational way to improve society. He teaches that when it comes to community, together we always know more. He has worked with hundreds of communities across the country and abroad, built over 40 gathering places, spoken at universities and community gatherings and conferences, and trained community leaders in the Pomegranate Center model of community building. He has been honored with many awards.

DR. BARBARA HOLLAND - KEYNOTE SPEAKERBarbara is recognized internationally for her expertise on organizational change in higher education, community engagement, service-learning and partnerships. Acting both in academic and government-related leadership roles, Barbara has served at Portland State University and as Director of the Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. Among her accomplishments, she was a founding board member and Chair of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE), a founding member of the National Review Board for the Scholarship of Education, and a founding member of the Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance (now called Engagement Australia) which in 2008 named her one of their first two Honorary Fellows. She is Executive Editor of Metropolitan Universities journal and serves in editorial roles for six other refereed journals. Her current research and practice interests include the development of leaders for community engagement, the integration of community engagement into institutional strategic priorities and policies, and the development of approaches to measuring the impacts of engagement from the perspective of communities, institutions, students and faculty. Barbara’s Bachelor and Master’s degrees are in Journalism from the University of Missouri, and her Ph.D. is in higher education policy from University of Maryland. She resides in Portland, Oregon.

ERIC BRAMAN - B.O.B. TALK PRESENTEREric is an Oregon Campus Compact, Retention Project AmeriCorps volunteer serving with Chemeketa Community College. Here he coordinates the Peer Mentor Program and teaches two service learning and leadership development classes. He also spent a year serving with AmeriCorps SAGA in Anchorage, Alaska with Camp Fire, USA planning and coordinating a summer camp program. Here he got to travel to remote areas of Alaska including St. Paul Island and Tuntutuliak. Eric graduated from Western Michigan University with a dual degree in Theatre Performance and Creative Writing. His favorite place is the stage, he loves clear blue skies on cool days, and is obsessed with corgis. Fun facts: Eric is the middle of 7 children, is red-green color blind, and was born in a car! He is thrilled to be a part of the B.O.B. talks and is energized by the challenge!

DR. STEPHANIE STOKAMER - B.O.B. TALK PRESENTERStephanie is the Director of the Center for Civic Engagement and an Assistant Professor in the Peace and Social Justice program at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. She has taught and administered community-based learning courses in both undergraduate and graduate programs since 2005. She has a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Portland State University, and master’s degrees in Postsecondary Education and Social Science. Her areas of scholarship include service-learning, civic engagement, and faculty development. She received the 2011 Dissertation of the Year award from the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement for her work, “Pedagogical Catalysts of Civic Competence: The Development of a Critical Epistemological Model for Community-Based Learning” and was honored with the Hands On Greater Portland Volunteer Award in 2009. Stephanie is an AmeriCorps*VISTA alum and was a National Service Fellow for the Corporation for National and Community Service. She is also a published author and owns a small business with her husband.

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FLETCHER BEAuDOIN - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERFletcher develops interdisciplinary and cross-sector partnerships that provide Portland State University faculty and students opportunities to connect with sustainability issues in the community. He assists with strategic planning for sustainability research and funding, manages a regional partnership of organizations focused on ecosystem services, and advises for a variety of campus-level sustainability initiatives. He holds a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy and Energy Policy from Columbia University. When he’s not collaborating on how to make the Northwest even greener, Fletcher can be found brewing beer, sprinting on the soccer field, or biking around Portland.

JEAN MACGREGOR - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERJean directs the Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative at The Evergreen State College, a project whose mission is to prepare undergraduates to live in a world where questions of sustainability - the complex issues of environmental quality, community health and wellbeing and environmental justice, and sustainability - are paramount.” Curriculum for the Bioregion involves faculty members primarily from colleges and universities in Washington State, supporting them as they integrate sustainability content into a broad array of courses and disciplines. Jean has lifelong interests in place-based and service-learning and the creation of academic communities for students. For her leadership in advancing the idea of academic learning communities, in 1998 Change magazine named MacGregor one of eleven “Agenda-Setters” among its eighty “past, present and future leaders of higher education.” Jean also teaches in the Graduate Program on the Environment at Evergreen.

DR. TESSA HICKS PETERSON - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERTessa Hicks Peterson, Ph.D, is the Assistant Vice President for Community Engagement and Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Pitzer College, where she has been teaching since 2006. Her masters and doctoral degrees are in Cultural Studies and her research interests revolve around social movements, indigenous studies, community-based teaching, learning and research, and the links between individual well-being and community building / social change. Tessa has conducted community-based research projects around issues of poverty and economic success with families in Los Angeles, notions of cultural affirmation and de-colonization of native practices in the Andes of Peru, the links between spirituality and social justice for activist professionals in Los Angeles, and the impact of engaged scholarship and service-learning on students, faculty, staff, and community partners at Pitzer College. She lives in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains of Los Angeles with her husband, John, and baby, Isaiah.

KAREN HARDING - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERKaren recently retired from a career teaching Chemistry at Pierce College in Lakewood, WA. Since retiring she has been working part time for the College managing a service learning project. Karen is working with Jean MacGregor on Washington Campus Compact’s “Sustainability and Service-Learning project” and is particularly interested in working with faculty to design appropriate reflective experiences for students.

Conference Speakers

BILL BASL - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERBill Basl moved to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) headquarters in 2012 as AmeriCorps Director following an 18-year tenure as the Executive Director of the Washington Commission for National and Community Service where his responsibilities included AmeriCorps programs in the state. Basl has a reputation for excellence, innovation and results in high-impact national service programming. He began his career as a VISTA member serving migrant farm workers in Eastern Washington before moving on to a successful career in state government where he founded the Washington Service Corps in 1983. Basl has been involved in helping to develop national service legislation since the 1980s. He also founded the nation’s first veterans’ corps and is noted for establishing a collaborative regional network to provide AmeriCorps training across the Pacific Northwest. In June 2011 Basl was selected by the White House as a Champion of Change-Service Innovator. “Believe in something; stand for something; act on something.” These ideas epitomize the career of Bill Basl as he continues his impressive work in public and national service.

TIMM LOVITT - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERTimm is a veteran of the United States Army and has deployed to the frontlines in both Afghanistan (‘03-‘04) and Iraq (‘05-‘06). During these deployments he faced numerous enemy engagements - including ambushes, firefights, road-side explosions, and suicide bombings - and became intimately familiar with the ‘invisible wounds of war.’ In 2006 Timm returned to the Seattle area, where he decided to use these experiences to help others. He created the Veterans Empowerment Team (V.E.T.) a consulting group that: (1) helps train service providers on veteran-related issues, and (2) helps organizations design outcome-driven and client-informed programs and services.

DR. PETER G. SCHMIDT - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERPeter G. Schmidt, Psy. D., is currently the Project Director at the Veterans Training Support Center of the Center for Learning Connections at Edmonds Community College. In the past, he has served as a consultant to Higher Education through Schmidt Services L.L.C. He has also served as the Dean of Student Success and Retention at Edmonds Community College and as a Psychology Instructor and Counselor at Everett Community College. Peter strongly believes in education and the development of all people.

DR. ELAINE IKEDA - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERElaine has been the Executive Director of California Campus Compact since 2000. Prior to joining California Campus Compact, Elaine served as the Director of the Higher Education National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Project. For the last 15 years, Elaine has contributed to the production of research knowledge related to service-learning and has co-authored several journal articles and book chapters on service-learning and student development, including a chapter in Looking In/Reaching Out: A Reflective Guide for Community Service-Learning Professionals (B. Jacoby and P. Mutascio, Eds.) and a chapter in Service-Learning and the First-Year Experience (E. Zlotkowski, Ed.). Elaine also has organized numerous conferences, institutes and forums addressing service-learning and civic engagement in education, including the Symposium on Civic Engagement and Graduate Education and The Artful Partnership: Advancement and Community Service Learning. From 2005 to 2007, she directed the largest community partner research study in the nation, resulting in the research report Community Voices: A California Campus Compact Study on Partnerships. Elaine holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science and a Master of Public Health degree from California State University, Long Beach and a Ph.D. in Higher Education & Organizational Change from the University of California, Los Angeles.

JACOB SHERMAN - PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKERJacob works with the Institute for Sustainable Solutions at Portland State University (PSU) to support the development of engaged sustainability teaching and curricula, and to foster strategic partnerships between PSU faculty, students, and the local community. Jacob has been advancing sustainability at Portland State since 2009, working across campus in leadership and professional roles with PSU’s nationally recognized Take Back the Tap campaign, President Wiewel’s Sustainable Drinking Water Task Force, and the University Studies Peer Mentor Program. In 2011, Jacob was honored with both the Portland State University and the Oregon State Student Employee of the Year awards. In 2012, he was a student speaker at PSU’s commencement ceremony. He holds a Master of Educational Leadership and Policy with a concentration in Leadership for Sustainability Education from Portland State’s Graduate School of Education, and graduated with a B.A. in English from PSU as well. An avid believer in the idea that a small group of dedicated people can indeed change the world, Jacob actively involves himself in efforts to enhance the community. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the PSU Alumni Association and is the vice-chair of his neighborhood association. Jacob calls Portland home with his wife and son and, as a fifth generation Oregonian, he enjoys hiking, backpacking, and gardening.

Conference Speakers

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SuSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMuNITY-BASED LEARNING FIELD TRIPAs part of Washington Campus Compact’s ongoing initiative on “Sustainability and Service-Learning,” this day-long field trip will feature ways that Portland State University has engaged students in community-based and service-learning projects. The day will feature PSU’s campus sustainability work as well as path-breaking projects in nearby neighborhoods ranging from “waste sorts” in the dense, university district to creek restoration in southeast Portland and urban farming in the Foster Green “EcoDistrict”. We will emphasize the promise of Eco-Districts—a concept that Portland is pioneering—both for sustainability and student engagement. Your registration fee will cover the tour, lunch, and transportation to and from the conference hotel.

PRESENTERS:Fletcher Beaudoin, Partnerships Director for the Institute for Sustainable Solutions at Portland State University Jacob Sherman, Coordinator of Undergraduate Research, Engagement, and Creative Activities at Portland State UniversityJean MacGregor, Curriculum for the Bioregion, The Evergreen State CollegeKaren Harding, Pierce College

WASHINGTON STATE’S VET CORPS - HELPING VETERANS NAVIGATE HIGHER EDuCATIONWashington State’s Vet Corps engages veterans in AmeriCorps national service positions that help them make a positive difference in communities across the state and aid in their reintegration into the community after military service. Vet Corps members focus on community-based efforts, vet clubs on college campuses and the Warrior Transition Battalion. Learn tips for how to start your own initiative for re-engaging former service men and women through the transformative power of national service and how to support veterans and their families on your campus and in your communities.

PRESENTERS:William Basl, Director of AmeriCorpsPeter G. Schmidt, Project Director, Veterans Training Support Center, Edmonds Community CollegeTimm Lovitt, TBI Project Coordinator, Veterans Empowerment Team (V.E.T.)

THE ENGAGED CAMPuS: PREPARING FOR THE 2015 CARNEGIE COMMuNITY ENGAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONPresenters will share information about the 2015 application for the “Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Elective Community Engagement Classification”, discuss the ways it advances institutional engagement and offer “on the ground” perspectives from four-year institutions. Participants will engage in collaborative dialogue to support their application process, share strategies to successfully collect data, gather input, complete the application, and identify longer-term impacts for their campuses.

PRESENTERS:Elaine Ikeda, California Campus CompactVernette Doty, University of California, MercedMelanie Brown, Washington State UniversityTessa Hicks Peterson, Pitzer College

Pre-Conference SessionsWednesday, April 24, 2013

8:45 am – 3:30 pm Conference Registration Desk

8:30 am – 12:00 pm Salon A

8:30 am – 12:00 pm Portland

Keynote Presentations

“Building Social Capital through Creativity & Action”-Milenko MatanovicAs Executive Director of the Pomegranate Center, Milenko Matanovic has built over 40 gathering places, facilitated hundreds of community-based planning processes, and elicited thousands of volunteer hours of support. During this keynote address, Milenko will share the specific methods he has garnered from his more than 25 years of experience in planning and implementation of successful projects that meet the goals of both the college/university and adjacent communities.

“The Growing Strategic Importance of Community Engagement” -Barbara HollandAlthough budgetary pressures on higher education persist, the evidence suggests that many institutions are learning to cope and reinvent themselves in the context of the “New Normal.” This keynote explores how important, large-scale trends in higher education are leading some institutional leaders to pay greater attention to community engagement as a core strategic action to build institutional strengths and develop new capacities. Nationally and internationally, attention to the integration of community engagement into institutional strategic goals and directions is growing, and new models of organizational support, partnerships, leadership and implementation are emerging. Higher education appears to be entering a new era that will redefine both our understanding and our expectations of how and why community engagement is more strategically important than ever to institutional success, and to our role in answering the ‘big questions’ that challenge our globe.

Bursts of Brilliance! B.O.B. TalksThis session will include a variety of short B.O.B Talks followed by a question and answer session and audience participation. B.O.B. Talks are modeled from TED Talks and Ignite Speeches, which have gained popularity around the world. It is a fun, interesting, and lively format in which to share information. All topics will be tied to the conference theme and be informative, humorous, engaging, challenging, and moving.

PRESENTERS:-Dean McGovern; Stephanie Stokamer; Eric Braman; Thomas Morgan

“Collective Impact: Cradle to Career” Presenters will explore, a “Cradle to Career” partnership. This partnership works with communities to help create civic infrastructure uniting stakeholders around shared goals, measures, and results in education, supporting the success of every child, “cradle to career”.

PRESENTERS:-Josh Todd; Nate Wass Shull; Algie Gatewood; Wim Wiewel; Gary Withers

Wednesday, April 24th

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Ballroom

Thursday, April 25th

8:30 am – 9:30 am Ballroom

Thursday, April 26th

12:30 am – 1:30 pm Ballroom

Friday, April 26th

8:15 am – 9:00 am Ballroom

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

A 20-YEAR PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE AN IMMERSIVE COMMuNITY BASED LEARNING COuRSE AND STuDY IT’S LONG-TERM IMPACTThis presentation concerns the impact of an immersive community-based learning course completed by 2,500 students and sustained by a 20-year university-community partnership. The partners have studied the short and long term impact of the course on students. Graduates have described the transformational learning that began during the course and how it continued to impact their lives years later. Using examples from these studies, participants will reflect on their own course development and evaluation and explore the applicability to their own program of the approaches presented. Methods for deepening student reflection, studying student learning through interviews, and analyzing written reflections are discussed.

PRESENTERS:Ann Fullerton, Portland State UniversitySeanna Kerrigan, Portland State UniversityVickie Reitenauer, Portland State UniversityPaul Prociv, Mt. Hood Kiwanis CampJon Stark, Mt. Hood Kiwanis CampLindsay Lowe, Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp

EMPHASIS AREA: Applied Scholarship: Community-Based Teaching, Research, and AssessmentAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate

ENGAGING SERVICE-LEARNING FACuLTY IN DEVELOPING STuDENT LEADER TA’SThis presentation highlights the applied research of a support program designed to enhance the campus - community partnerships through community engaged learning on our campus. At the University of Utah, the Bennion Community Service Center has developed a service-learning TA’s program to enhance community engaged learning outcomes for students, faculty and community partners. These service-learning TA’s are trained and paired with faculty to serve as liaisons between students and community partners. This presentation highlights our outcome assessments from the perspectives of the service-learning TA, focusing on how these TA’s benefit from their service.

PRESENTERS:Nancy Basinger, University of UtahBryan K. Hotchkins, University of Utah

EMPHASIS AREA: Applied Scholarship: Community-Based Teaching, Research, and AssessmentAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning

3 To PH.D. REVITALIzING EDuCATIONAL SuCCESS THROuGH INNOVATIVE K-12/INSTITuTIONAL COMMuNITY PARTNERSHIPS The 3 to Ph.D. K-12/University partnership model redefines education and seeks to use a unique programmatic and facilities collaboration to form the center of an emerging Northeast Portland educational corridor that fully realizes the university mission and closes the achievement gap at Faubion School (where academic achievement is low: only 59% and 44% of 3rd graders met reading and math benchmarks respectively and achievement declines through graduation). The initiative leverages the power of collaborative partners to model an economically viable, high impact, and high quality educational gateway that will dramatically enhance the “Concordia Experience” with life changing, campus-based servant leadership for every Concordia University student. With few other public /private faith-based partnerships like this nationally, the collaboration is significant for both Concordia University/Portland Public Schools and contains nation-wide implications for educational success.

PRESENTER:Scott Ferguson, Concordia University, Portland

EMPHASIS AREA: Generative Campus-Community Collaboration: Collective Impact for the Public Good AuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Advanced

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmSalon AInteractive Session

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmSalon DInteractive Session

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmSalon G Advanced Track

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“DIGITAL BADGE SYSTEMS” AS SITES FOR CIVIC LEARNING AND DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENTResearch on service-learning consistently finds that students develop key skills related to civic engagement, such as critical thinking, tolerance and leadership. However, rarely do courses assess or award credit for these important outcomes. In addition, little research examines the impact of the pedagogy on non-university participants. “Digital badge systems” have been proposed to help learners develop skills for “life-long learning” and to connect outcomes across informal and formal contexts. This session will introduce participants to digital badge systems and examine their potential for assessing, supporting, and directly encouraging learning outcomes for a wide range of service-learning participants.

PRESENTERS:Susan Harris, USC Joint Educational ProjectAlex Fairman, USC Joint Educational ProjectYujung Nam, USC Joint Educational ProjectSabie Manson, USC Joint Educational ProjectLaurel Felt, USC Joint Educational Poject EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational SuccessAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

THE MILLENNIAL MESSAGE: PROMOTING ACTIVE CITIzENSHIP THROuGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL STORYTELLINGResearch on service-learning consistently finds that students develop key skills related to civic engagement, such as critical thinking, tolerance and leadership. However, rarely do courses assess or award credit for these important outcomes. In addition, little research examines the impact of the pedagogy on non-university participants. “Digital badge systems” have been proposed to help learners develop skills for “life-long learning” and to connect outcomes across informal and formal contexts. This session will introduce participants to digital badge systems and examine their potential for assessing, supporting, and directly encouraging learning outcomes for a wide range of service-learning participants.

PRESENTERS:Erin McIlraith, Center for Civic Engagement at Washington State UniversityJonelle McCoy, Center for Civic Engagement at Washington State University EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

Conference ScheduleWednesday, April 24, 2013

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmSalon IInteractive Session

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmColumbiaInteractive Session

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MENTORING SOCIAL JuSTICE EDuCATORS CON CARIñO: DESIGNING A “BLuES-PRINT” FOR TEACHING CONSCIOuS RHYMESThis workshop is a two-tiered look at the development of university students into K-12 social justice educators. The first tier, life before the classroom, presents the movement of two educators from being “punks” to “scholars” cariño—a mentorship relationship built around five elements (vision, belief, the “truth,” hard work, and a consistent presence). The second tier, life inside the classroom, is a curriculum that brings light to the “power” of hip-hop music and urban literature as transformative pedagogy and curriculum. Participants will listen in on a “dialogue” about the importance of a mentorship relationship for social justice educators who are taking their “first steps” to “make a difference” in the lives of K-12 youth.

PRESENTERS:Miguel G. López, California State University, Monterey BayTessa Spurlock, Seaside High SchoolTomas Sailnas, Seaside Middle School

EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational SuccessAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate, Advanced

PLACE BASED COMMuNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP - A DOMESTIC IMMERSION ExPERIENCEGlobal Leadership for Social Change: A Cedar-Riverside Immersion program offered a unique immersion experience similar to study abroad without leaving Minneapolis. Using concepts of leadership and community engagement as a focus, the course gives students an opportunity to identify the international and diverse qualities of neighborhoods connected to our urban institution. This session will discuss the course development and design, teaching and learning objectives, evaluation and assessment outcomes, and lessons learned. Participants will be asked to reflect on their own university’s global-local nexus and generate their own asset maps and personal geographies of place.

PRESENTER:Katie Peacock, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

EMPHASIS AREA: Generative Campus-Community Collaboration: Collective Impact for the Public Good AuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmPortlandInteractive Session

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmSalon CInteractive Session


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STRATEGIC SYNERGIES: DEVELOPING STEM PIPELINES INTEGRATING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WITH EPSCORP OuTREACHThis session proposal will discuss how nine Campus Compact States, along with their Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoRP), are collaborating to build state and regional STEM pipeline partnerships in efforts to raise the achievement of our young people in the sciences. Through the use of engaging methods such as service-learning in combination with research opportunities, the paired representatives of our initiative are answering the national call to reclaim the civic mission of higher education as well as contribute to our intellectual and civic capital. We will be sharing State Plans and specifically designed efforts in these initial states to build research capacity, competitiveness and success in the sciences.

PRESENTERS:Atina Pascua, Hawaii Pacific Islands Campus CompactDr. Robert Franco - Professor of Pacific Anthropology, Kapi’olani CC/UHGina Wekke, Oklahoma Campus CompactDean McGovern, Montana Campus Compact

EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

INNOVATIVE EDuCATION PARTNERSHIP MODEL: A GRANT-FREE APPROACH TO COMMuNITY SCHOOL ENGAGEMENTUSD’s Center for Community Service-Learning envisions an engaged campus as one that consistently sits at the table with community partners and local schools to come up with innovative solutions for the needs expressed by the community, while honoring community assets and wisdom. Through generative partnerships, we provide students with meaningful learning, while also committing to a shared community responsibility with local families and educators. Session participants will learn about USD’s partnership with a local Title One school, where we collaboratively run a homework club, a counseling program, an intersession academy, and provide in-class support. Participants will engage in discussion and program planning for their own communities.

PRESENTERS:Brenna Hughes, University of San Diego, Center for Community Service-LearningIlana Lopez, University of San Diego, Center for Community Service-LearningLeslie Kehl, University of San DiegoMichelle Padilla, University of San Diego, Center for Community Service-Learning

EMPHASIS AREA: Generative Campus-Community Collaboration: Collective Impact for the Public GoodAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate, Advanced

PEER EDuCATION ROuDTABLE: MODELS, PRACTICES, AND CHALLENGES FOR SERVICE-LEARNINGPeer-education is best known for its use in health education and wellness programs—and it works because of a peer’s unique ability to reach and relate to a peer group. In the case of service-learning, it works because it is a learner centered approach (everyone involved acknowledges their role as a learner) that is designed to develop a critical consciousness of how education works. How do peer-education based service-learning programs work? How can peer-education models “scale up?” What are the limits of peer-education models? How can we best empower peer-educators? Join us for this roundtable to share your experiences, challenges, and successes with peer-education or if you are curious about how peer-education works.

PRESENTER:Jake Peters, USC Joint Educational Program


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2:30 pm – 3:45 pmSalon BInteractive Session

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmSalon HInteractive Session

2:30 pm – 3:45 pmEugeneRoundtable Session


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VISTA PROGRAM, WASHINGTON CAMPuS COMPACTPRESENTER:Michael Valente, VISTA Leader

RETENTION PROJECT, WASHINGTON CAMPuS COMPACTPRESENTER:Farrin Foss, Retention Project AmeriCorps Leader

GRADuATION PROJECT, WASHINGTON CAMPuS COMPACTPRESENTER:Linnea Broker, Program Director - Community Engagement Programs

COLLEGE ACCESS CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM, WASHINGTON CAMPuS COMPACTPRESENTER:Patrick McGinty, Director of Programs and Operations

CONNECT2COMPLETE PROJECT, WASHINGTON CAMPuS COMPACTPRESENTER:Washington Campus Compact Staff

4:00 pm – 5:00 pmBallroom Lobby


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THE uTAH VALLEY uNIVERSITY FOOD PANTRY: A MODEL FOR ADDRESSING THE CRISIS OF FOOD INSECuRITY AMONG STuDENTSPRESENTERS: Natasha Carlton, Utah Valley UniversityJacqueline Carlton, Utah Valley University

THE FuSION PROJECT: ENABLING MAINE CAMPuSES TO RECLAIM THEIR CIVIC MISSION THROuGH ONLINE SERVICE-LEARNINGPRESENTERS:Craig DeForest, Maine Campus CompactEd Laine, Bowdoin CollegeLois-Ann Kuntz, University of Maine at MachiasMarilyn Hudzina, University of Maine at Augusta

SERVICE IN THE HANDS OF STuDENTSPRESENTERS:Sasha Bassett, Cesar Chavez Community Action CenterChristian Gutierrez, Cesar Chavez Community Action CenterTierney Yates, Cesar Chavez Community Action Center

A DEBATE AND DIALOGuE PROJECT - CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN PRISON? PRESENTERS:Kristen Koenig, Washington State University Center for Civic EngagementMelanie Brown, Washington State University Center for Civic EngagementMichael Schwartz-Oscar, Washington State University Center for Civic Engagement

A LEARNING COMMuNITY ON SERVICE-LEARNING IN ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCYPRESENTER:Yupeng Luo, California State University, Fresno

SERVICE-LEARNING COuRSES: THE CHANGES IN PERSPECTIVE AND PERSONAL GROWTH OF STuDENTSPRESENTER:Max Seiler, Pacific University

ExAMINING THE INITIAL PHASES OF A LONGITuDINAL SERVICE-LEARNING STuDY: THE CHANCE INITIATIVEPRESENTERS:Kyle Ryan, Peru State CollegeSheri Grotrian-Ryan, Peru State College

CESAR CHAVEz COMMuNITY ACTION CENTER: GOING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AT SAN JOSE STATE uNIVERSITYPRESENTERS:Christian Gutierrez, Cesar Chavez Community Action CenterSasha Bassett, Cesar Chavez Community Action CenterBenjamin Vargas, Cesar Chavez Community Action Center

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4:00 pm – 5:00 pmBallroom Lobby


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10:00 am – 11:15 amSalon DInteractive Session

10:00 am – 11:15 amSalon GAdvanced Track

10:00 am – 11:15 amSalon BInteractive Session

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CASCADING MENTORSHIP: BuILDING THE PATHWAY TO HIGHER EDuCATION THROuGH CuLTuRALLY SuSTAINING PEDAGOGYThis workshop illustrates the concepts of cascading mentorship and culturally sustaining pedagogy through student narratives and case studies of the Bridges project, a program designed to support students from migrant backgrounds to access higher education. The session presents research and principles of practice that underlie this culturally affirming, collaborative, cross-age, community engagement approach. Participants will be asked to extend these constructs by applying design principles to the contexts in which they work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. The session will provide research and resources that argue for community engagement and multicultural education as essential elements of academic development.

PRESENTERS:Maria Timmons Flores, Western Washington UniversityEmmanuel Cmarillo, Bridges Project - Western Washington UniversityAlleen Mata, Western Washington UniversityLeeann Briscoe, Bridges Project - Western Washington UniversityJazz Espirtu, Bridges Project - Western Washington University

EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate

DESIGNING FOR ENGAGEMENT: THE uNIVERSALITY OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM A STuDENT/COMMuNITY FARMOver the past 15 years the University of Montana’s PEAS farm has proven to be transformational for hundreds of students. The specific design of the experience leads students to a deep sense of ownership of the place and a powerful connection to one another. The high degree of student investment facilitates curricular goals and inspires further service work. This presentation will detail the nature this type of student engagement, describe the intentionality of the structure of the experience and distill lessons applicable in other contexts.

PRESENTER:Josh Slotnick, University of Montana

EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational SuccessAuDIENCE LEVEL: Advanced

CONNECT 2 COMPLETE: LEADING SERVICE-LEARNING AND PEER ADVOCACY REFORMCampus Compact’s Connect 2 Complete (C2C), with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, offers a model for regional and national collaboration for student success and completion through service-learning and peer mentoring. Big Bend CC is an Achieve the Dream (ATD) Leader college collaborating with Edmonds CC, a new ATD campus with a robust service-learning and peer mentoring program. Each is one of nine C2C campuses in three states: WA, FL & OH. Through Campus Compact, the two colleges are securing leadership support, improving service-learning opportunities, developing peer mentor trainings, and assessing the impact to increase student success and equity in student retention and graduation rates. This workshop introduces participants to reform opportunities via Campus Compact. Big Bend and Edmonds CC will share examples of collaboration and lead focus groups to connect participants with their regional reform allies.

PRESENTERSTerry Kinzel, Big Bend Community CollegeThomas Murphy, Edmonds Community College

EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate, Advanced


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SESSION 3SESSION 4

SESSION 5SESSION 6

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10:00 am – 11:15 amSalon IInteractive Session

10:00 am – 11:15 amColumbiaInteractive Session

10:00 am – 11:15 amSalon AInteractive Session


BuILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL THROuGH CREATIVITY & ACTIONJoin us for an interactive workshop that will expand upon Milenko’s keynote presentation. As Executive Director of the Pomegranate Center, Milenko has built over 40 gathering places, facilitated hundreds of community-based planning processes and elicited thousands of volunteer hours of support. During this workshop, Milenko will share the specific methods he has garnered from his 25+ years of experience. Participants will learn about the Pomegranate Center’s unique process of building a gathering space, from idea generation and outreach through building and celebrating. Participants will leave with the tools they need to envision, plan and implement successful projects that meet the goals of both the college/university and adjacent communities.

PRESENTER:Milenko Matanovic, Founder - Pomegranate Center

EMPHASIS AREA: Generative Campus-Community Collaboration: Collective Impact for the Public GoodAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate

EDuCATING CITIzENS AS AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGEPortland State University is beginning implementation of a program to empower students and alumni to become lifelong participants in community-based social change efforts. The program builds upon the PSU Capstone Program, within which “communities of practice” are formed. These offer spaces for critical reflection, skill-building, group formation and further engagement of social change. Additionally, space is created to connect students and alumni to relevant community organizations and resources and provide social change trainings. Initial lessons, challenges and opportunities will be presented in this paradigm-shifting approach to student engagement in social change that attempts to bridge the university and post-university worlds.

PRESENTERS:David Osborn, Portland State UniversitySeanna Kerrigan, Portland State University


ENGAGED REFLECTION & LEARNING: TOOLS, TIPS, AND TECHNIquESReflection is a critical and powerful tool for connecting serving and learning. Understanding which activities are most likely to realize classroom and community engagement is premised upon knowledge of pedagogical research, but also assessment of strategies most applicable to actual course and community context. This session will highlight engaged reflection research on best practices and allow participants to actively and humorously test out potential tools, tips, and techniques for their own settings. While dozens of ideas will be offered, 3 primary topics will be covered: community/team-building, intercultural competence, and academic alignment.

PRESENTERS:Christine Cress, Portland State University

EMPHASIS AREA: Applied Scholarship: Community-Based Teaching, Research, and AssessmentAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced


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DEVELOPING ENGAGED STuDENT LEADERS FOR THE PuBLIC GOODHow do you engage your students? Explore how Washington State University utilizes the Social Change Model of Leadership Development to empower students to discover their sense of self and their sense of purpose. Through a demonstration of innovative activities, participants will learn how they can incorporate the Social Change Model with their students. Additionally, we will illustrate how our program utilizes a team of student staff to lead over 700 one-time service projects each academic year to provide intentional service-learning opportunities and reflections. These projects serve as a gateway for students as they realize their own leadership potential and how they can impact social change.

PRESENTERS:Tiffanie Braun, Washington State University Center for Civic Engagement Ben Calabretta, Washington State University Center for Civic Engagement Kassi Rolin, Washington State University Center for Civic Engagement

EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational Success AuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate, Advanced

10:00 am – 11:15 amSalon CInteractive Session


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TELL ME YOuR STORY: STORYTELLING AS A MEANS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND RENEWALFor several decades, scholars have been concerned about the decline of political and civic participation among United States citizens (Harriger & McMillan, 2007). Declining voter participation, cynicism about the political landscape of the nation, and a lack of knowledge among citizens confirm a decline in American democracy. Civic engagement is vital to the future of the country, and I recognize the important use of narrative to cultivate awareness and promote the use of storytelling. I believe a student’s development during the college years is vital to the growth of his/her sense of civic responsibility and awareness, and I contend that universities are the place where students learn citizenship and develop the skills necessary to be active citizens.

PRESENTER:Patty Ann Bogue, Texas A&M University

EMPHASIS AREA: Applied Scholarship: Community-Based Teaching, Research, and AssessmentAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginner, Intermediate

GuIDING SERVICE-LEARNING STuDENTS: EFFECTIVE TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO SuPPORT THE CIVICALLY ENGAGEDThis session will introduce participants to tools that have helped USC’s Joint Educational Project guide and support students in their service-learning/civic engagement experiences. The information and tools presented will serve as a springboard for further small group sharing of ‘ways that work’ by other universities and programs. All participants will be invited to share their own best practices and problem-solve issues with which they may be struggling. Participants will leave the session with a renewed purpose for their work guiding students in service-learning and civic engagement, and will be equipped with new ideas and approaches for their work through sharing of effective tools/techniques with their peers.

PRESENTER:Tina Koneazny, USC Joint Educational Project

EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational SuccessAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

PATHWAYS TO PuBLIC SERVICE: PROGRAMS AND RESOuRCES FOR STuDENTS TO WORK FOR THE PuBLIC GOOD AFTER GRADuATIONAre your students looking for a first job in service to build on transformative higher education experiences? Do they seek a high impact gap experience before graduate school? This interactive presentation showcases the strategies and challenges of Stanford’s Postgraduate Public Service Program. The presenter will facilitate discussion that allows participants to consider how to build or enhance their programs including: assessing student interests, building strategic community partnerships, and coordinating inspirational events that feature alumni. The presenter and participants will share best practices and resources including online tools, examples of existing programs and wanted resources to assist students interested in working for the public good.

PRESENTER:Jim Murray, Haas Center for Public Service - Stanford University


Conference Schedule

10:00 am – 11:15 amSalon HRoundtable Session

10:00 am – 11:15 amEugeneInteractive Session

10:00 am – 11:15 amPortlandInteractive Session


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Conference ScheduleThursday, April 25, 2013

BEYOND SERVICE-LEARNING: TAKING PROGRAMS AND MENTORING TO THE NExT LEVEL FOR DEEPLY ENGAGED STuDENTSDevelopmentally appropriate expectations are essential as we focus on “expanding students’ capacities to be civic problem-solvers using all their powers of intellect and inventiveness.” We will examine three distinct Civic Fellowship programs through the lens of Student Development Theory. Each fellowship provides a transformative service experience integrating academic study and experiential workforce training, yet differs in commitment level and mentoring expectations. Assessment methods and success stories will be highlighted, along with interactive dialogue regarding the role of stakeholders and methods of support across different institution types.

PRESENTERS:Matt Wojciakowski, Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center - University of WashingtonAllison Moran, Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center - University of Washington


ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS IN SERVICE-LEARNING AND SuSTAINABILITYThis facilitated session will bring together advanced practitioners in service-learning and sustainability to share what they consider their best practices in curriculum, pedagogy, and partnerships, as these support sustainability in all its dimensions - cultural, social, economic, environmental, civic, ethical, and moral. While the Hawaii participants will briefly discuss their “advanced practices,” the primary goal of the workshop is to learn from each other and build a community of practice around the critical sustainability issues of our time, and the generations to follow.

PRESENTERS:Dr. Robert Franco - Professor of Pacific Anthropology, Kapi’olani CC/UHDr. Krista Hiser - Associate Professor, English, Kapiolani CC/UHDr. Ulla Hasager, Coordinator of Civic Engagement, Instructor/Ethnic Studies, UH Manoa Ms. Kathleen Quiambao, Kapi’olani Student Coordinator, NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation and Service-Learning Health Pathway Leader

EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational SuccessAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Advanced

BY THE COMMuNITY, FOR THE COMMuNITY: A COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH IN THE PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODSGeared towards individuals with all levels of service-learning experience, this session focuses on how we’ve built up a program based on strong community partnerships rather than a large budget. The University of Oregon’s Service-Learning Program and United Way of Lane County have created a collective impact approach in the Promise Neighborhoods, which are two local areas that have been identified as high needs. With the support of Oregon Campus Compact and the local schools, our program facilitates UO student volunteer efforts in the local Promise Neighborhood schools. Participants will hear from five individuals of diverse backgrounds and will learn about building and sustaining community partnerships and the collective impact approach.

PRESENTERS:Deanna Chappell Belcher, University of OregonHolly Mar Conte, United Way of Lane CountyJulia Sherman, Oregon Campus CompactJenny Sink, Fairfield Elementary



2:00 pm – 3:15 pmSalon GAdvanced Track


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INNOVATIVE PRACTICES FOR BuILDING SuPPORT FOR COMMuNITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN YOuR INSTITuTIONAdvocates for greater institutional commitment to community and civic engagement as a core institutional strategy often feel frustrated by persistent levels of resisitance to and confusion about these concepts within their own institutional cultures. In this session, participants will learn why change in postsecondary institutions is so difficult and develop specific ideas for focusing the agenda for engagement in the context of their own institution. Working together, we will practice developing new communication strategies and messages that will use change management techniques to help build support and overcome resistance. Using role play and small group work, participants will leave feeling confident and empowered to use new communication techniques.

PRESENTER:Barbara Holland, Speaker/Author/Consultant

EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

BEYOND RECIPROCITY: REFRAMING THE uNIVERSITY AS NEIGHBORService-learning professionals routinely describe their approach to, and outcomes of, community-based learning in terms such as “reciprocity.” While this can demonstrate an institution’s commitment to honoring community voice in its work, it also can perpetuate real/perceived distance between the institution and its neighbors. During this roundtable discussion, we will use the example of Loyola’s Center for Experiential Learning and its practical commitment to Asset-Based Community Development, to spark a conversation about the implications of reframing higher education institutions’ approach to community-based learning as an effort for the academy and community to understand themselves as neighbors mutually invested in shared place.

PRESENTERS:Christopher Skrable, Loyola University Chicago, Center for Experiential LearningTravis Proffitt, Loyola University Chicago, Center for Experiential Learning


BuILDING CAMPuS SERVICE-LEARNING CAPACITY WITHIN A COMMuNITY ORGANIzING FRAMEWORKCommunity organizing is an innovative approach to building campus capacity for service-learning. We will share examples from a four-year university and Colorado Campus Compact. Attendees will work interactively to apply concepts of self-interest, power mapping, and the iron rule (never do for others what they can do for themselves) to developing a plan for building service-learning capacity on their campus. Attendees will identify key players, create a map of institutional and relational power, and determine who to approach to accomplish their goals. Participants will be provided tools for understanding and deriving the collective self-interests of multiple campus and community stakeholders in service-learning capacity building work.

PRESENTERS:Anne DePrince, University of DenverCara DiEnno, University of DenverKatie Kleinhesselink, Colorado Campus Compact

EMPHASIS AREA: Applied Scholarship: Community-Based Teaching, Research, and AssessmentAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

Conference ScheduleThursday, April 25, 2013

2:00 pm – 3:15 pmSalon IInteractive Session

2:00 pm – 3:15 pmColumbiaRoundtable Session

2:00 pm – 3:15 pmSalon AInteractive Session

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PuBLIC NARRATIVE: EMPOWERING SuCCESSMerced County Project 10% (MCP10%) is a collaborative program developed as a result of an identified community need and a student leadership initiative to address the high school dropout crisis. MCP10% has received overwhelming positive response from middle school students, teachers, administrators and community leaders. Following training and practice in the use of public narrative, teams of UC Merced students go into eighth grade classrooms county-wide to share their story and to encourage persistence and success. Attendees will be introduced to the MCP10% model from training through classroom presentation, experience the power of public narrative, and receive all materials used to take back to their own community.

PRESENTER:Vernette Doty, University of California, Merced




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SESSION 2SESSION 4

SESSION 5SESSION 6

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ExPLORING INTERNATIONAL STuDENTS’ ExPERIENCE OF SERVICE-LEARNING: AN ORIENTATION MODELMany international students come from countries in which higher education institutions do not promote civic and democratic learning. This session will explore how educators can support the civic development of international students through being aware of the unique assets international students bring, and the challenges they encounter while participating in service-learning. We will draw upon interviews conducted with Seattle University international students, as well as provide an example of how to prepare international students for service-learning through a new orientation developed by the University of Washington Carlson Center.

PRESENTERS:Kara Adams, Seattle UniversityDavid Hiebain, Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center for Experiential Learning & Diversity, UWLan Ho, Seattle University


MEASuRING AND IMPROVING CAMPuS AND COMMuNITY CIVIC HEALTHIn 2012, the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), a Congressionally-chartered nonprofit, and AASCU’s American Democracy Project launched a two-year Campus & Community Civic Health Initiative. This two-year initiative is designed to identify and develop campus and community civic health assessments and tools, as well as action plans that respond to the findings. There are 25 participating colleges and universities who are working together to study the civic health of their campuses and communities and develop a set of tools, resources and models that can be shared with the field. This session will provide context on this initiative, tools and resources developed in year one, and include discussion on its direction in year two.

PRESENTERS:Kristi Tate, USC Joint Educational ProjectJennifer Domagal-Goldman, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

TENDERLOIN u AND COMMuNITY PSYCHOLOGY: INSPIRING STuDENTS AND OuRSELVES TO BE LIFELONG ADVOCATES FOR THE COMMON GOODNDNU has a long history of community engagement, shown in its mission statement, GE requirements, scholars program, and curriculum. Two early entrants into this commitment were “Tenderloin U” courses and Community Psychology. In these courses, two models of student leadership are central to students’ civic development, preparation for professional work, and educational success: Social Change Model of Student Leadership and Transcendence Theory. Both are effective in supporting our students and ourselves in becoming compassionate, civic-minded leaders. Faculty and students will share their experiences, facilitate discussion, and explore case studies. Participants will gain knowledge of innovative and student-centered strategies.

PRESENTERS:Don Stannard-Friel, Ph.D, Notre Dame de Namur UniversityGretchen Wehrle, Notre Dame de Namur UniversityRebecca Flores, Notre Dame de Namur UniversitySofia Lozano, Notre Dame de Namur University


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2:00 pm – 3:15 pmEugeneInteractive Session



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FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STuDENTS AND COMMuNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PuBLIC GOODThis session will explore first-generation college student experiences in service-learning and community engagement activities. As first-generation college students increase in higher education, our field must pay particular attention to how we can effectively integrate them into our work, as well as how our initiatives can be enhanced from their perspectives. Participants will learn about recent research findings on this topic, as well as contribute their research, knowledge and experiences with first-generation college students. As a group, we will collectively develop strategies to engage and enhance first-generation college students’ participation in service-learning activities that translate into long-term civic engagement for the public good.

PRESENTERS:Jessica Friedrichs, Carlow UniversityStephanie Wilsey, Carlow UniversityRachel (Ting-ting) Chung, Carlow UniversityChrys Gabrich, Carlow UniversityJocelyn Inlay, Carlow University


SERVICE-LEARNING ONLINE: THE TRuTH ABOuT HOW TO BuILD REAL COMMuNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CuLTuRE IN VIRTuAL SPACESThis session will cover the many ways that Service Learning can be successfully incorporated into an online course; we can engage students online to fulfill their civic duties through a wide variety of assignments. Join two Portland Community College Service Learning Faculty Coordinators who also teach online to discuss Service Learning in an online class. As the number of online courses increases, so must the amount of Service Learning increase to provide more opportunities for application of learning in real-world scenarios.

PRESENTERS:Kathleen Doss, Portland Community CollegeZapoura Newton-Calvert, Portland Community College

EMPHASIS AREA: Generative Campus-Community Collaboration: Collective Impact for the Public GoodAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Advanced

THAT HAPPENED TO ME, TOO! LET’S COMPARE NOTESThis advanced practitioner workshop offers participants the chance to network with others who have wrestled with service-learning challenges, and compare notes on approaches to evaluating successes and using feedback to creatively improve our practice and advocate for our institutions. We will describe 4 orienting “lessons” that will be used to frame both discussions and interactive problem-solving activities. Working together, participants will be challenged to develop and describe effective and innovative service-learning practices that maximize (and facilitate measurement of ) the benefits for all stakeholders, including community partners and service recipients, students and instructors.

PRESENTERS:Anne DePrince, Ph.D, University of DenverTanya Renner, Ph.D, Kapi’olani Community College

EMPHASIS AREA: Applied Scholarship: Community-Based Teaching, Research, and AssessmentAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Advanced

3:45 pm – 5:00 pmSalon ARoundtable Session


3:45 pm – 5:00 pmSalon GAdvanced Track


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THE COMMuNITY ENGAGEMENT CENTER: HISTORICAL, CONTEMPORARY AND FuTuRISTIC PERSPECTIVESThis session will illuminate the historical, contemporary and emerging practices of community engagement centers (CECs). Through the comparative case study analysis of four well-established CECs, presenters explore CEC development, the CEC and institutional mission, community partnership development, fundraising, changes in institutional direction, and projected future developments given trends in higher education. The session will be interactive with participants contributing knowledge from their own institutions. Participants will engage in a critical self-assessment of their institution’s CEC, comparing and contrasting it with the cases presented. Following the session, results will be consolidated, analyzed and shared electronically with participants.

PRESENTERS:Howard Rosing, Steans Center, DePaul University Vinvent Ilustre, Haas Center for Public Service Thomas Schnaubelt, Haas Center for Public Service Rachel Vaughn, Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center - University of Washington


STuDENT LED ASSESSMENT: FIVE YEARS OF STuDENT LEADERSHIP AT PEPPERDINE uNIVERSITYThe Pepperdine Volunteer Center (PVC) recently completed five years of assessment data generated by student leaders. The PVC model utilizes students to research relevant literature, the community, and campus demographics. This research is synthesized and presented to make recommendations to professional staff and administration. The goal is to deepen the student learning and the community engagement. Utilizing five years of data, this session will discuss the successes and challenges of this student leadership model to engage all participants in the conversation about the role of students in assessment. How does this impact your program and students? What is the role of students in assessment? Participants will leave with tangible next steps.

PRESENTERS:Peter Thompson, Pepperdine UniversityAmanda McLaughlin, Pepperdine University

EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational SuccessAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning

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3:45 pm – 5:00 pmSalon IRoundtable Session

3:45 pm – 5:00 pmColumbiaInteractive Session


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ASSET-BASED COMMuNITY DEVELOPMENT REFLECTION TECHNIquESThis session explores asset-based community development (ABCD) theory and how it can be used as a reflection tool for students. Participants in this session will walk away with an understanding of ABCD basics as well as two reflection tools that push students to understand the importance of identifying assets in marginalized communities. This session will challenge participants to recognize a more in-depth way of creating social change in their community by exploring their own assets and then identifying larger community-based assets. When service-learning students are able to identify assets in a community, it benefits community partners as it greatly affects how students view and interact with community members and within diverse communities.

PRESENTERS:Carly Smith, Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good, University of San FranciscoLara Sidhu, Leo T. McCarthy Center for public Service and the Common Good, University of San Francisco


ANSWERING THE CALL: INCORPORATING CIVIC VALuES WITH CAMPuS-BASED MENTORING PROGRAMSThe National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (2012) asserts “a high-quality education, workforce preparation, and civic engagement are inextricably linked” and it is incumbent upon teachers and student affairs professionals to “bring two national priorities – career preparation and increased access and completion rates – together …with a third national priority: fostering informed, engaged, responsible citizens.” This session will provide participants with a comprehensive explanation of college student to youth mentoring as a vehicle for incorporating civic values into secondary and postsecondary student experiences and a plan for replication of this service-learning initiative at their own institution.

PRESENTER:Jonelle McCoy, Center for Civic Engagement at Washington State University/ WACC AmeriCorps Retention Project

EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational SuccessAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate

DEVELOPING A LEGACY OF SERVICE THROuGH SuSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS AND COuRSES AT PORTLAND STATE uNIVERSITYSustainability and service-learning can synthesize to facilitate transformational learning experiences and support student success, leadership, and civic engagement. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of cross-university sustainability partnerships and initiatives at Portland State University. Through this interconnected web of opportunities, students find their unique niche in order to become change agents, with a lens that considers the interdependence of social, environmental and economic systems. Participants will leave the session with a stronger understanding of the higher education sustainability movement, ideas for connecting sustainability with service-learning, and resources for further exploring opportunities on their campuses.

PRESENTERS:Angela Hamilton, Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State UniversityHeather Spalding, Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University Jacob Sherman, Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University


3:45 pm – 5:00 pmEugeneInteractive Session




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THE RICHTER CENTER AMBASSADORS: A FRAMEWORK FOR RECRuITING AND RETAINING STuDENT LEADERSThe Richter Center Ambassador team, comprised of fourteen student leaders from a variety of academic majors, extra-curricular involvements, and backgrounds in service, is a key player in the overall community engagement and service-learning efforts at Fresno State. The beauty of the Ambassador team is the range of campus organizations that are represented. In this session, the Ambassadors will lead a facilitated discussion on the best ways to recruit service-minded student leaders from numerous groups on campus and how they, in turn, will help realize higher education’s responsibility of developing students into leaders who advance the public good. Student perspective and case studies will elucidate the value of such a group.

PRESENTERS:Daniel Ward, California State University, FresnoPaulina Flores-Jimenez, California State University, FresnoSong Vang, California State University, FresnoAmanda de Lima, California State University, FresnoEmily Hentschke, California State University, FresnoAlexi Kimura, California State University, Fresno


DEVELOPING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND CIVIC COMPETENCE THROuGH MENTORING: THE YOuTH4REAL! MODELYouth4REAL (Relationships, Exploration, Action and Leadership) is an after-school mentoring program designed to help middle school youth connect with caring and supportive adults. Through the year, college students and middle school youth engage in self exploration activities, team-building, community exploration, and community action. In this session we will provide an overview of the program, including detailed descriptions of both program elements and mentor training components. We will provide copies of our program handbook and will engage participants in discussion about how to foster social, emotional and civic development through mentoring.

PRESENTERS:Angela Harwood, Woodring College, Western Washington UniversityAiden Walcon, Western Washington University, Bellingham Public SchoolsArianna Todd, Western Washington University

EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning

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u-WE FOR SOCIAL CHANGEThe U-WE for Social Change session employs several game-based, interactive activities that allow participants to reflect on their own educational backgrounds and experiences and also showcases university students’ education-focused social change multimedia presentations. Learn first-hand about the challenges and the successes of a service-learning outreach course involving undergraduate students’ literacy work in K-12 urban schools. This session facilitates U-WE scenarios to raise awareness about diversity in teaching literacy education, civic engagement, and student development as social change agents.

PRESENTER:Nancy Hill-McClary, The Ohio State University

EMPHASIS AREA: Applied Scholarship: Community-Based Teaching, Research, and AssessmentAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate, Advanced

COLLECTIVE IMPACT: “CRADLE TO CAREER”Presenters will explore, in-depth, the aspects of the “Cradle to Career” partnership highlighted in the keynote panel session. This partnership works with communities to help create civic infrastructure uniting stakeholders around shared goals, measures, and results in education, supporting the success of every child, “cradle to career”.

PRESENTERS:Josh Todd, Oregon Campus CompactAlgie Gatewood, Portland Community College, CascadeNate Wass Shull, All Hands RaisedGabe Hunter-Bernstein, Program Manager, Special Initiatives Damon Hickok, Middle College CoordinatorMargaret Calvert, Principal, Jefferson High School - Middle College for Advanced Studies

EMPHASIS AREA: Generative Campus-Community Collaboration: Collective Impact for the Public GoodAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Advanced

CuLTIVATING RECIPROCITY IN uNIVERSITY-COMMuNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH BI-DIRECTIONAL IMPACT DESIGNThe bi-directional impact (equally beneficial outcomes for colleges and community organizations) design for university-community partnerships is a reciprocal approach that is intended to help universities and colleges develop more balanced collaboration, whereby college students’ service achieves learning outcomes and civic engagement as well as provides direct and real impact on communities. This presentation will outline the design - which integrates communication, collaboration and evaluation strategies - and substantiates the design with evidence from a mixed-methods pilot evaluation study. Participants will reflect on how some part or all of the design can be adapted to their own programs.

PRESENTER:Christina Chavez-Reyes, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona


9:30 am – 10:45 amSalon DRoundtable Session

9:30 am – 10:45 amSalon GAdvanced Track

9:30 am – 10:45 amSalon BInteractive Session


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TOWARD A CRITICAL SERVICE-LEARNING: APPLYING A SOCIAL JuSTICE EquITY FRAMEWORKAdvancing the public good through higher education is not implied, it is the result of very specific and intentional work. We believe, and research supports, that applying an equity framework ensures that the engagement work being done in higher education is meaningful, transformative and ultimately utilizes service-learning to advance the public good. This interactive session will employ theory, multiple program designs, and draw on participant experience to ensure participants gain an understanding of what critical service-learning is, how it is applied and strategies for adoption.

PRESENTERS:Harold McNaron, Central Washington UniversityAlma Trinidad, Portland State University


DOuBLE IMPACT - THE CROSSROADS OF COMMuNITY ENGAGEMENT AND uNDERGRADuATE RESEARCHThis roundtable highlights three exemplary projects at Whittier College that incorporate undergraduate research and community engagement to address a compelling community need. In each, the students work under faculty supervision with a community-based organization to research a particular problem or issue, analyze results, and present the results to the organization with conclusions and suggestions as to how to address that issue. The project allows students to apply classroom knowledge of research methods, while also supporting the community organization by addressing an issue that the organization has identified, but does not have the expertise and/or staffing to address. Each of these models could be replicated by other institutions.

PRESENTERS:Joyce P. Kaufman, Whittier College, Center for Engagement with Communities Anne Sebanc, Whittier College, Department for Education and Child DevelopmentKathy Barlow, Whittier college, Department of Kinesiology & Nutrition Schience


INCREASING AWARENESS OF MuLTICuLTuRAL PERSPECTIVES AND DIVERSITY: TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR CONFRONTING COMPLEx ISSuES OF RACISM AND OPPRESSION IN A uNIVERSITY SERVICE-LEARNING COuRSEAlthough we have all experienced adolescence, there are different pressures and challenges for teenagers nowadays. In my Adolescent Development course, students mentor or tutor an adolescent in the community to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be an adolescent growing up in today’s diverse society. This work connects students’ civic development with their educational and career goals, teaching them to develop a greater cultural sensitivity and helping them mentor adolescents to confront and combat racism. In this Interactive Session, we will examine various models of ethnic/cultural identity and acculturation, and explore teaching tools and strategies to enlighten students on issues of racism, discrimination, tolerance and justice.

PRESENTER:Christy Teranishi Martinez, California State University, Channel Islands


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9:30 am – 10:45 amSalon IInteractive Session

9:30 am – 10:45 amColumbiaRoundtable Session

9:30 am – 10:45 amSalon AInteractive Session


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“AuNT HELEN’S BIRTHDAY PARTY”: COMMuNITY BuILDING THROuGH COLLABORATIVE PLANNINGService-learning maintains a balanced approach between theoretical discussion and practical application in civic engagement; however, when it is implemented apart from the community voice, the potential for generative campus-community partnerships becomes limited. This session will provide a simple, yet comprehensive model, known as the Plan of Action (POA), for facilitating genuine collaboration between campuses and communities to foster greater reciprocity and sustainability. Participants will engage in a fun, hands-on activity as they plan “Aunt Helen’s Birthday Party” in order to experience each step of the POA creation process. Additionally, group discussion will focus on how POA can be implemented within community engagement efforts.

PRESENTERS:Cindy Montgomery, Azusa Pacific UniversityStacey Kim, Azusa Pacific UniversityKristine Cody, Azusa Pacific University


AN INTEGRATED MODEL FOR COMMuNITY PARTNERSHIPS, STuDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENTIn this interactive session, you will be introduced to three models for campus and community-wide student service-leadership integration. Participants will leave with practical tools to incorporate a cohesive student service-leadership program on their campuses and in their communities. Participants will learn the benefits and drawbacks to a tiered partnership model, a student-training program that mentors students and prepares them to serve in the community and an assessment rubric that, if accepted institution-wide, can help assess all civic engagement on the same field and with the same language. This interactive session will be presented with administration, campus service director, faculty, community partner and student perspectives.

PRESENTERS:Mike Moon, Weber State UniversityBrenda Kowalewski, Weber State UniversityJulia Saxton, Weber State University

EMPHASIS AREA: Generative Campus-Community Collaboration: Collective Impact for the Public GoodAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate

9:30 am – 10:45 amPortlandInteractive Session

9:30 am – 10:45 amSalon CInteractive Session


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ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROuGH ACADEMIC REquIREMENTS & CAMPuS CuLTuREThis session will explore strategies for advancing civic engagement on college campuses through academic requirements and campus culture. A panel including a student, faculty member, center director, and community partner will describe an effort to institutionalize civic engagement at Pacific University (which has both liberal arts and professional colleges) and discuss the challenges and opportunities of these initiatives. The facilitator will then guide the participants in an interactive discussion of strategies used at their institutions and why they have or have not been successful. Participants will leave the session with a collection of ideas for advancing civic engagement on college campuses through multiple approaches.

PRESENTERS:Stephanie Stokamer, Pacific UniversityMegan Ujakovich-Gometz, Pacific UniversityRamona Ilea, Pacific UniversityNancy Christoph, Pacific UniversityKaely Summers, Adelante MujeresVanessa Gray, Forrest Grove Community School

EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate

POWER MAPPING: A TOOL FOR REFLECTION, RELATIONSHIP BuILDING AND PROJECT SuCCESS IN CAPSTONE COMMuNITY ENGAGEMENT COuRSECreating change for the public good requires identifying and engaging as many stakeholders as possible. In the capstone course for the University of Minnesota’s Community Engagement Scholars Program, students create “power maps” that depict the interest and influence of, and relationships between, the various stakeholders in their capstone projects. Rather than just sharing a sample assignment, we will engage participants in this session in creating a power map around our shared work of fostering students’ civic development on our campuses. This will help us reflect on and develop new strategies for advancing our own work while adding to our toolkits for enhancing our students’ abilities to do the same.

PRESENTER:Monica Siems McKay, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

EMPHASIS AREA: Student Development: Civic Learning and Educational SuccessAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Intermediate

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9:30 am – 10:45 amSalon HInteractive Session

9:30 am – 10:45 amEugeneInteractive Session


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ENGAGING ALL LEARNERS IN SERVICE-LEARNING: TEACHER EDuCATION MODELS FOR CIVIC LEARNING AND EDuCATIONAL SuCCESSJoin us for an engaging session focused on service-learning models for teacher education programs. The Engaging All Learners in Service-Learning (EASL) project is a consortium of colleges and universities developing strategies for incorporating service-learning pedagogy into education coursework and civic fieldwork. Service-learning is a high impact practice that has the potential to engage disenfranchised learners, deepen understanding of academic content, and develop civic and leadership competencies for all ages. Workshop participants will learn about our challenges and solutions and will leave with a packet of resources, contact information for all panelists and sample college/P-16 collaborative service projects.

PRESENTERS:Kathy Sikes, Duke UniversityTeresa Davis, California State University, ChicoAmy Anderson, Duke UniversityJulie Lawson, Duke UniversityMichelle Cepello, California State University, ChicoJoseph Erickson, Augsburg College


BuILDING AND SuSTAINING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMSThis session will explore strategies, challenges, and opportunities to advance a culture of civic engagement at colleges and universities during difficult and opportune times. As budgets are cut and the value of higher education is questioned, as the needs of students and our communities grow, how will we respond? Join two seasoned directors, with more than 30 combined years of experience leading civic engagement programs (we began this work as children!), for an interactive discussion about creating the conditions necessary for program growth and institutionalization. Sample topics include strategic planning, building alliances, campus and community partnerships, student leadership, and office operations. Participants will have the opportunity to interact and problem-solve with fellow practitioners about issues that hinder and enhance program success in various institutional contexts. Structured conversation circles, guided by critical questions, will result in shared strategies and steps forward for represented programs. Facilitators will share their own stories and lessons learned.

PRESENTERS:Melanie Brown, Washington State UniversityKara Brascia, Boise State University

EMPHASIS AREA: Engaged Campus: Civic-Minded Culture and InitiativesAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Advanced

11:00 am – 12:15 pmSalon DInteractive Session

11:00 am – 12:15 pmSalon GAdvanced Track


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DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOuT IT: THE INTEGRAL ROLE OF PRE-DEPARTuRE PREPARATION IN GLOBAL SERVICE-LEARNING ExPERIENCESGlobal service-learning(GSL) is being touted as an educational experience that substantively impacts both students’ civic identity and communities around the world. While GSL is becoming more popular on North American campuses, faculty and program staff have few resources regarding pedagogical strategies in any portion of a GSL experience, including the integral pre-departure orientation. Using service-learning, study abroad, curriculum design and adult learning literature - with data drawn using qualitative inquiry methods from GSL faculty members - this session will provide theoretical justification for the importance of pre-departure orientations, as well as practical techniques that can significantly impact all stakeholders in the GSL experience.

PRESENTERS:Thomas J. Van Cleave, Portland State UniversityCorin Bauman, Portland State University


CREATING A SuSTAINABLE VOLuNTEER MODEL uTILIzING CAMPuS RESOuRCESThis is a roundtable discussion focusing on generating sustainable volunteer models for engaged campuses. Participants will explore best practices, unique partnerships and lasting relationships between colleges and communities for a common good. The facilitated discussion will allow opportunities for campuses at all levels of engagement to share their unique experiences and will promote networking among college professionals beyond the conference.

PRESENTERS:Arthur Montejano, Fresno StateMellissa Ellis, Fresno State


GATEWAYS FOR INCARCERATED YOuTH AND POPuLAR EDuCATIONThe Evergreen State College is a public Liberal Arts college that is committed to campus community partnerships through the Center for Community Based Learning and Action. 16 years ago a local juvenile incarceration facility contacted a faculty member to ask for programming support for youth. This collaboration resulted in the creation of Gateways for Incarcerated Youth, an innovative model of college to youth peer learning behind bars. This workshop invites participants to hear the story of the deep reciprocity involved in commitment to public good. Gateways for Incarcerated Youth involves partnerships between higher education and the state agency that runs juvenile detention. Hear how faculty teach interactive seminars with youth and college students.

PRESENTERS:Ellen Shortt Sanchez, Center for Community Based Learning and Action, The Evergreen State CollegeSavvina Chowhury, The Evergreen State College


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11:00 am – 12:15 pmSalon IInteractive Session

11:00 am – 12:15 pmColumbiaRoundtable Session

11:00 am – 12:15 pmSalon AInteractive Session


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FOOD CARTS AND FOOD JuSTICE: CAN PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING COMMuNITIES SuCCESSFuLLY ENGAGE STuDENTS, THE COMMuNITY AND LIBERAL ARTS LEARNING?Warner Pacific College has developed a new initiative whereby all first-year students will participate in learning communities that pair courses around a particular theme that relates to the city of Portland and uses community-based learning strategies. By learning about the initiative and the specific objectives, methods, and outcomes of one particular learning community centered on the exploration of Food and Ethics, participants will have the opportunity to examine the tensions that arise when trying to engage students with meaningful pedagogy within a liberal arts tradition that also seeks to directly engage the community according to the college’s mission.

PRESENTERS:Dr. Luke Goble, Warner Pacific CollegeDerek Moyer, Warner Pacific College Dr. Timothy Peterson, Warner Pacific College Jessie Thompson, Warner Pacific College Eli Ritchie, Warner Pacific College


ExPERIENTIAL CIVICS WITH INTERNATIONAL STuDENTSToday’s college campuses have large numbers of international students. Unfortunately, international students may experience segregation while their English fluency is improving. Experiential civics in the form of service-learning provides opportunities for international students to practice their English, to learn more about American society and the local community in which they reside in a real setting. For those in the community who work with them, it has proven to be rich in terms of cross-cultural awareness, sharing and understanding. Service-learning can be a rigorous but achievable assignment that replaces another form of academic assignment, while students are developing greater academic English proficiency.

PRESENTERS:Patti Gorman, Seattle Centeral Community CollegeTracy Lai, Seattle Centeral Community College


11:00 am – 12:15 pmPortlandInteractive Session

11:00 am – 12:15 pmSalon CRoundtable Session


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PRACTICING COLLECTIVE IMPACT TO IMPROVE EDuCATION FOR LATIN@S: SERVICE-LEARNING AND THE LATIN@ ACTION TEAMWe will describe the process and programs of the “Latin@ and Social Action Team”—a work group of school district employees, community partners, and university faculty and students. LAST has been working together for five years to consider how Latin@ students and families could be better supported in our community. We will explain how the group started and continues to work together. We will highlight and describe program elements such as tutoring and mentoring programs for students, family outreach and engagement strategies, and a professional learning community approach. We will also work with session participants to help them outline a potential collective impact approach for their own community, about an issue of their choice.

PRESENTERS:Angela Harwood, Western Washington UniversityLindsey Karas, Sterling Meadows Housing Complex/Mercy HousingIsabel Meaker, Bellingham Public SchoolsCedilia Guzmann, Woodring College of Education, Western Washington UniversityAmy Hockenberry, Whatcom Community and Family Network

EMPHASIS AREA: Generative Campus-Community Collaboration: Collective Impact for the Public GoodAuDIENCE LEVEL(S): Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

JAPANESE GuLCH ARCHAEOLOGY: A CASE STuDY ON GOVERNMENT AND HIGHER EDuCATION PARTNERSHIPSThis case study features key steps in building successful government and higher education partnerships for the public good. We use an archaeology field school in Japanese Gulch to examine how the City of Mukilteo, Snohomish County Airport, and Edmonds and Everett Community Colleges worked collaboratively to complete a fish passage project stalled by an unanticipated unearthing of significant cultural artifacts from an early twentieth century lumber town housing a Japanese workforce. Highlighted steps include building relationships of trust, formalizing relationships through inter-local agreements, integrating students in the political process and celebrating accomplishments with elected officials. Participants will learn to identify artifacts & wildlife.

PRESENTERS:Thomas Murphy, Edmonds Community CollegeErin Ryan-Penuela, Edmonds Community College


ASSESSING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: uSE OF A RuBRIC TO MEASuRE ENGAGEMENT IN ONLINE AND FACE TO FACE COuRSESThis presentation will demonstrate the use of a university-wide adopted civic engagement rubric as an assessment tool of reflection in both online and face to face courses. We will flesh out the possibilities of doing community-based learning in an online environment as well as explicating how to use a rubric to assess the work. Participants in this session will learn about the use of a civic engagement rubric for assessment as well as the potential for online work.

PRESENTERS:Leah A Murray, Weber State UniversityBecky Jo McShane, Weber State University


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11:00 am – 12:15 pmSalon BInteractive Session

11:00 am – 12:15 pmSalon HInteractive Session

11:00 am – 12:15 pmEugeneRoundtable Session


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