California Campus Compact Congratulates Megan Voorhees as the recipient of the 2012 Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence & Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education
California Campus Compact is pleased to announce that Megan Voorhees, Director of the Cal Corps Public Service Center at the University of California, Berkeley is the recipient of the 2012 Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education.

Ms. Voorhees exemplifies the commitment, spirit and integrity that we hope to reward and highlight on an ongoing basis. Ms. Voorhees is honored for her commitment to integrating service-learning at UCB and forging meaningful collaborations with the community surrounding the university.  Ms. Voorhees' leadership and passion for service helped to expand and transform UC Berkeley's ethic of service throughout the student body, faculty and larger Berkeley community.  Please join us in congratulating this outstanding practitioner!

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How to Make the Most of Your California Campus Compact Membership
Not sure if you're making the most of your California Campus Compact membership? During this one hour webinar, you will have the opportunity to hear about the history of Campus Compact and learn about the different California Campus Compact membership benefits and services.

This webinar is designed for you if you are:

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15th Annual Continuums of Service Conference: Creating the New Vision for Higher Education April 11-13, 2012
Higher education is changing. We are rethinking how we do everything on and off the campus.  Colleges and universities across the country are re-structuring, re-branding, cutting degree programs, developing new initiatives, collaborating with new partners, etc. As François de la Rochefoucauld said, "The only thing constant in life is change." Yet so many people are approaching this change from a very fearful resource-poor perspective. Let's change that!

The Continuums of Service Conference has a long-standing history of invigorating participants to explore issues from diverse perspectives. The 2012 Continuums of Service Conference promises to integrate collective ideas into a new vision that participants can take back to their colleges, universities, and communities.  

Please join us in Seattle, Washington on April 11-13, 2012 to share your knowledge, skills, and ideas; and to network with colleagues from across the western region. Visit the COS website for information regarding the proposal submission process.

California Campus Compact Welcomes New Executive Board Members  
Three nationally-recognized university and college presidents who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education have been named to the California Campus Compact Executive Board.

The three new Board members are Dr. Gregory Gray, chancellor of Riverside Community College District, Dr. Dianne Harrison, president of California State University, Monterey Bay; and Dr. Neal King, president of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. They join a distinguished group of leaders from across California representing all sectors of higher education. The Board guides the organization in its mission of building the collective capacity of colleges and universities to advance civic and community engagement throughout the State, recommends programs, plans and budgets that sustain and promote the vision and mission of the organization, and exercises oversight and stewardship of the resources of California Campus Compact.

"We are thrilled to have these dedicated and accomplished leaders join our Board," notes California Campus Compact Executive Director Elaine Ikeda, "Our board represents the different sectors of higher education, and reflects the power of collaboration across private, public and community college lines. We are honored to have these individuals with us." Drs. Gray, Harrison and King are assuming the seats on the Board previously held by Brian Murphy, Ph.D., president of De Anza College and J. Michael Ortiz, Ph.D., of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Both Drs. Murphy and Ortiz served two consecutive three-year terms on the Executive Board - the maximum allowed by the California Campus Compact by-laws.

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Laurie Laird, of Santa Clara University, Named California Campus Compact’s 2011 Richard E. Cone Award Recipient
California Campus Compact has selected Ms. Laurie Laird, Associate Director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education at Santa Clara University, as the recipient of California Campus Compact’s 2011 Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence & Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education.

For more than a decade, Ms. Laird has been a tireless advocate of human rights and community-based learning, building strong and sustainable partnerships between the University and over 50 community organizations in the San Jose and Santa Clara area. Since she joined the University in 2001, she has served as the Program Director of the Sobrato and Loyola Residential Learning Communities and as the Program Director of the Arrupe Center. She has a longstanding commitment to international relations and has for the last seven years, led a delegation of faculty and administrators to El Salvador annually, educating faculty and staff on the current social justice and community issues in El Salvador. Prior to joining the university, Ms. Laird worked for the Global Fund for Women as a grants manager and program coordinator.

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