Maryland-dc Campus compact

We would like to welcome Howard Community College (HCC) as a new member in our network and welcome President Kate Hetherington to our Presidents’ Council! Howard Community College brings a substantial commitment to civic and community engagement. Please visit their website to learn more about their engagement programs.

We are pleased to be able to offer a Service-Learning Workshop on January 8, 2013 by Dr. Barbara Jacoby. The registration fee is $55.00 for members and $95.00 for non-members, which includes lunch. This is a marvelous opportunity! For more information please see the workshop flier [pdf]. Please register here.

Please see our Hurricane Sandy Resources [pdf] for compilation of several national resources.

In addition, Connecticut Campus Compact has created a disaster response resource page and Campus Compact has created a Facebook Response to Hurricane Sandy page.

This video shares the history and relevance of the Maryland-DC Campus Compact to our region. Created by MDCCC AmeriCorps VISTA, Shane Bryan, the thoughts and reflections of those in this video demonstrate the impact the MDCCC network has provided since its creation.

We would like to take a moment to welcome you to our new web address. As a part of adopting the District of Columbia into our network, Maryland-DC Campus Compact has moved from our previous URL, mdcompact.org to mdccc.org. Please be sure to update any links or bookmarks.

Friday, October 26th, Maryland-DC Campus Compact celebrated the Presidents’ Meeting and Inaugural Launch of the Maryland- District of Columbia Campus Compact (MDCCC) at Montgomery Colleges’ Takoma Park Campus. The Maryland Presidents welcomed the District of Columbia Presidents into the organization, signed our new by-laws and the Declaration of Civic Learning & Democratic Engagement, and celebrated the launch of MDCCC at our Presidents’ Reception. For more information about this event please see the overview [PDF]. Visit our Flickr account to see photos from the event.

The MDCCC AmeriCorps VISTA project at Montgomery College allowed for a strengthened partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools through the ESOL department. As a result of the programs put in place, definite arguments for the benefits of service-learning can be made. Successes included higher grades, lower attendance issues, lower rates of in- and out-of-school suspensions, etc. For more information on the accomplishments for this collaboration and study please see this handout [PDF].