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AmeriCorps VISTA Established in 2007 through a partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, the ORCC AmeriCorps VISTA program enables colleges and universities to address issues facing low-income communities through high quality service-learning and community service programs that empower students to be change agents in their communities. VISTA Members are placed on campuses to develop service-learning programs, build relationships and partnerships between their institution and the surrounding community, manage service-related events, coordinate programs that engage students in community service, and increase the level of civic engagement on their campuses. 

Program Goals
  • Cultivate partnerships with community-based organizations that address the needs of low-income individuals.
  • Work with faculty and staff to create and coordinate service-learning courses.
  • Plan and implement campus service days.
  • Conduct presentations and meetings with faculty, students, and community members to increase awareness of service-learning and community engagement.
  • Recruit, train, and place student volunteers.
  • Provide leadership development, training, support, and reflection activities for student volunteers.
  • Build the capacity for campuses to create sustainable service programming and partnerships that address poverty.
VISTA Members
  • Develop service-learning programs. 
  • Build relationships and partnerships between their institution and the surrounding community.
  • Implement campus-wide service days. 
  • Coordinate programs that engage students in community service. 
  • Increase the level of civic engagement on campuses. 
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Questions?
Contact vista@oregoncampuscompact.org.
The campus food pantry project saw great success during the last few months. There has been an outpouring of support from upper administration, various departments, faculty, staff, and students. The ability to collect surveys from more than 10% of the campus population was remarkable and nearly unheard of. The pantry is clearly needed at SOU and, thanks to [the VISTA’s] untiring dedication, a need that will be met."
– AmeriCorps VISTA Supervisor at Southern Oregon University,
2011-2012