Summary of Membership Benefits
and membership application instructions
The Wisconsin Campus Compact (WiCC) is a statewide organization whose mission is to strengthen civic engagement and service-learning partnerships between Wisconsin's postsecondary institutions and the communities they serve. The Wisconsin Campus Compact (WiCC) was formed in October 2002 and now includes 35 college and university presidents and chancellors. WiCC affords its members a wide range of benefits, both directly to constituents on campuses and indirectly through our work with other organizations. Benefits of membership in Wisconsin Campus Compact include the following:
AMBASSADOR FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
WiCC helps build public trust in postsecondary education by regularly communicating with legislators, corporations, foundations, community-based organizations and the media about higher education's commitment to public and community service.
RELEVANCE TO INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITIES
WiCC assists member campuses in making links between service-learning/civic engagement efforts and larger institutional priorities, such as retention of students, multicultural education, assessment of learning outcomes, community relations, the first-year experience and workforce development.
FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
WiCC provides a variety of professional development and technical assistance services that reach all member campuses. Examples include discipline specific faculty workshops, departmental and chief academic officer institutes, an annual Student Civic Leadership Institute, on-campus consultations, and workshops for faculty, staff, students, and community partners. Campus Compact has also published a wide range of resources that help practitioners strengthen the civic mission of higher education.
GRANT PROGRAMS
During the last several years WiCC developed more than $1.5 million in external resources to initiate or enhance community service projects, integrate service into the curriculum, or to make possible particular service projects throughout Wisconsin. In addition, WiCC is implementing a $379,000/year grant project with colleagues in Minnesota and Iowa - and the majority of these resources go directly to member campuses in the form of sub-grants. Funds are directed to individual institutions, collaborative projects between and among institutions and/or local communities, or may support students, faculty, and/or staff participation in regional and national workshops and conferences.
CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION
WiCC regularly encourages and facilitates inter-institution networking and collaboration among campus leaders, faculty, staff, and students. WiCC membership includes institutions from all sectors of higher education. Building partnerships among these institutions and between these institutions and other sectors (K-12, community-based organizations, foundations, etc.) enhances students' academic learning and practice of democracy; allows for cross-sector communication and learning; and increases the potential for access to shared resources.
STATE AND NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
WiCC dues cover both state and national membership. While the majority of member dues go directly to support WiCC activities in Wisconsin, a small portion is passed on to the national Campus Compact office. Affiliation with the national Campus Compact affords individual campuses and the state network with additional resources, advocacy, and networks to advance our mission and vision. A few highlights include:
- Monitoring national higher education policy
- Comprehensive publications on service learning and civic engagement
- Useful periodicals (e.g., Compact Current, Compact Reader, Presidents' Updates)
- Web-based service-learning syllabus database and faculty institutes
- Collaboration with other national organizations to promote improved educational practice and policy
- National presidential leadership colloquia that stimulate presidential leadership, cultivate discourse on civic engagement, and support the civic development of college students
- Faculty and student award programs
- National listservs for presidents and community service/service-learning directors
- Grants and professional development for state Campus Compacts
How To Join Wisconsin Campus Compact
All Wisconsin college and university presidents and chancellors are invited to join the Wisconsin Campus Compact by submitting the following information to the Executive Director of Wisconsin Campus Compact:
- Letter from the campus chief executive officer expressing his/her commitment
- Appointment of a Primary Institutional Liaison
- Contact information on relevant personnel at the campus (see Institutional Contacts)
- Annual membership dues, which are calculated as follows for FY2010 (WiCC dues cover both state and national membership)
To learn more or become a member please contact:
Dr. Pamela M. Proulx-Curry, Executive Director
Wisconsin Campus Compact
432 N Lake St., Rm B121B Phone: 608-890-3224
Madison, WI 53706-1498 Fax: 262-595-2501
E-mail: Pamela.Proulx-Curry@uwex.edu
Institutional Contacts
Member campuses are asked to submit contact information (name, title, address, phone, email) for individuals in the following roles.
President's Staff Contact
- provides access to the college or university president or chancellor.
- works closely with the president or chancellor to implement programs and policies aimed at increasing the number of students and the quality of student involvement in community service.
- maintains contact with all university staff promoting student public service activities and distributes all resource materials from the state compact office to the appropriate campus offices.
- helps the president respond to the state compact's requests for information or support.
- participates in national and state compact institutes and other events as appropriate.
Community Service Program Contact
- has primary responsibility for working directly with students, staff, faculty and community service agency representatives on community service programming.
- regularly sends information related to campus public service activities to the state compact.
- participates in national and state compact institutes and other events as appropriate.
- prepares material for school’s annual report to national and/or state compacts.
- participates in state and national Compact grant programs.
Faculty Service Learning Contact
- serves as liaison to faculty involved in decision-making regarding service learning and the curriculum.
- provides the Compact with information regarding the institutionalization of service learning in the curriculum: sample course syllabi, faculty development opportunities and research on the effects of service learning on academic development, tenure and promotion policies.
Press Contact
- works with campus, local, and national media to profile student, staff, faculty and alumni public service activities.
- covers national, state, and local public service efforts.
- sends articles, photographs, and videos on student community service to the state compact for its clearinghouse.
Chief Academic Officer
- Responsible for setting academic policy for the institution.
Primary Insitution Liaison
In addition, each campus is asked to identify one of these individuals to serve as the Primary Institution Liaison. This person should have a broad understanding of the institution's mission and programs, and should be willing to take on the following responsibilities:
- Serve as the principal ambassador for Wisconsin Campus Compact on campus and within the local community.
- Coordinate, when necessary, relevant grant applications, nominations, and other activities made available through Wisconsin Campus Compact.
- Coordinate the collection and submission of civic engagement information, including the completion of the annual campus survey.
- Build awareness of Wisconsin Campus Compact activities and opportunities among faculty, staff, students, and community partners.
- Update Wisconsin Campus Compact of civic engagement related events, and of changes in contact information.
- Provide Wisconsin Campus Compact with information regarding the institutionalization of service learning in the curriculum: sample course syllabi, faculty development opportunities and research on the effects of service learning on academic development, tenure and promotion policies.
- Arrange campus visits with Wisconsin Campus Compact staff and assist with coordinating Wisconsin Campus Compact meetings that might be hosted by the campus.