CAMPUS COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR STATE MEETING & WORKSHOP Featuring a special half-day workshop focused on:

Evaluating & Assessing Service-Learning & Civic Engagement Outcomes with

Gail Robinson Director of Service-Learning for the American Association of Community Colleges

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Burton D. Morgan Building Welsh Hills Room

Denison University Granville, Ohio

AGENDA MORNING WORKSHOP SESSION

9:00 a.m. Registration, refreshments & networking Welsh Hills Room 9:30 a.m. Welcome, introductory remarks, overview of results of Ohio Campus Compact’s project tracking trends in civic engagement within higher education Dick Kinsley & Susan King, Ohio Campus Compact 9:45 A.M. – 12:45 P.M. WORKSHOP: EVALUATING AND ASSESSING SERVICE LEARNING AND CIVIC

ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES with Gail Robinson, Director of Service Learning for the American Association of Community Colleges  Most colleges and universities offer service learning as a strategy for student success and local community engagement, but what do they know about the impact of their programs? This workshop will feature national research studies and hands-on work to help identify appropriate assessment methods to benefit students, programs, and communities. In this workshop, participants will:

• Learn about studies on service learning and civic engagement and implications for their use • Explore the transformational effect of service learning on academic learning outcomes,

retention, workplace readiness, and community needs • Try some proven assessment tools and resources • Tailor your institution’s data (along with national data) to tell your story to stakeholders • Understand how to use outcomes data to prepare for the Carnegie Community Engagement

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AFTERNOON SESSION

12:45 – 1:45 P.M. LUNCH & DISCUSSION GROUPS BY REGION

1:45 - 2:30 p.m. FULL SESSION Welsh Hills Room Food for thought: Strategies for Successful Campus-Community Partnerships Campus-community initiatives focused on community gardens, nutrition, and physical activity continue to grow in popularity. Twenty-nine VISTA Summer Associates worked with campuses and communities as part of a ten-week “healthy food for all” summer service project to develop and enhance nutrition-related programming. The Summer Associate panel presentation will highlight best practices and lessons learned from these innovative partnerships. 2:40 – 3:30 P.M. CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS SESSION A: Financing & funding community engagement Room 219 Lack of sufficient support and resources tops most Community Service Director lists of challenges to their service-learning and community engagement efforts. During this session, we’ll learn about two non-traditional financing strategies: Denison University’s endowment and use of student government funds for the Denison Community Association and Miami University’s new service-learning student fee structure. Monica Ways, Director, Office of Community Engagement & Service, Miami University Representative(s) from Alford Center for Service Learning, Denison University Facilitated by Dick Kinsley, Executive Director, Ohio Campus Compact SESSION B: Peer-to-peer community engagement as retention tool Room 218 Many institutions have been charged to improve their student persistence, completion and graduation rates. One recent report found community engagement can be a powerful tool in these efforts. Learn about Connect2Complete, a pilot program that utilizes peer advocates and community engagement activities with developmental education students to help propel them on a path toward credential completion. Abby Dohanos, Connect2Complete program manager, Cuyahoga Community College Representative from Lorain County Community College Jillian Steingraber, Owens Community College Facilitated by Lesha Farias, Senior Program Director, Ohio Campus Compact SESSION C: Campus-based food pantries and Campus Kitchen Initiatives Welsh Hills Room Hunger is not isolated to poor communities; it is also on our campuses. Learn about three different institutional approaches to the creation of food pantries for students in need and the direct service and service-learning opportunities created on campus as a result. Also learn about Kent State’s innovative and award-winning Campus Kitchen project which reduces food waste and prepares nourishing meals for local families. Rebecca Fensler, VISTA alumna & Cathy Sayer, Director Service-Learning & Civic Engagement, Wright State University Krista Kiessling, Director of Service-Learning, Owens Community College Ann Gosky, Senior Special Assistant, Kent State University Facilitated by Susan King, Program Director for Outreach & Engagement, Ohio Campus Compact 3:40 – 4:15 Networking & Regional Collaboration session Welsh Hills Room 4:15 p.m. Closing remarks 4:30 p.m. Conclude Conference OPTIONAL: Happy Hour gathering at the Granville Inn patio