Become a Campus Member

Benefits
  • Participate in convening opportunities with higher education administrators, faculty, students, and community partners to network and share resources on a consistent basis.
  • Participate in LeaderShape, a dynamic, challenging, and exciting weeklong event intended to produce a breakthrough in the leadership capacity of students. 
  • Get resources for leadership and advocacy for higher education and service-learning policy.
  • Apply for grant funds to support faculty development, strengthen service-learning programs, and deepen campus/community partnerships.
  • Access technical assistance through site visits, consultations, and trainings.
  • Receive a monthly e-newsletter with information on grants, conferences, state and national activities, and resources related to civic engagement and service-learning.
  • Get a discount to attend the annual Continuums of Service Conference sponsored by the Western Regional Campus Compact Consortium (OR, WA, CA, CO, MT, UT and HI).
  • Apply to host a full-time VISTA and/or Retention Project AmeriCorps Member to help foster campus/community partnerships and to deepen the civic engagement of students on your campus.
  • Participate in the Oregon Service-Learning Roundtable, a statewide network of community service-learning coordinators, faculty, and community partners who convene regularly.
Establishing Membership
There is a three-step process to become a member of ORCC. 
  • The President of your institution submits a letter indicating a desire to join ORCC and expressing his or her commitment to the ORCC mission. 
  • Submit membership dues. Contact us for information on dues for your college or university. Dues are calculated based on the number of full-time equivalent undergraduate students enrolled at your institution. 
  • Complete the Campus Compact Member Information form. This form allows you to identify key contact people from your college or university. These individuals will receive information, publications and any other communications directly from ORCC or National Campus Compact. 
When you join ORCC, you automatically become a member of the National Campus Compact www.compact.org. Email ORCC staff for more information on membership at info@oregoncampuscompact.org.
Community engagement is a core commitment for Southern Oregon University. ORCC provides support, vision, and just plain good ideas that help us foster engagement among faculty, staff, and students.”
– President Mary Cullinan, Southern Oregon University
A true liberal arts education leads inevitably to civic engagement. Thus the measures of a liberally educated person are the ability and inclination to participate in the life of the community at local, national, and global levels.  Linfield asks its students to engage in their community from the moment they begin their programs...”
– President Thomas Hellie, Linfield College
Portland State University (PSU) values its identity as an engaged university that promotes a reciprocal relationship between the community and the University in which knowledge serves the city and the city contributes to the knowledge of the university.”
– President Wim Wiewel, Portland State University