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 2013 Alternative Spring Break Trips

12/19/2012

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Take a look where Oregon's colleges and universities are going for Alternative Spring Break in 2013! Did we miss one? Email mckenzie@oregoncampuscompact.org to update our map!

View Oregon's 2013 Alternative Spring Break Trips in a full screen map

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Responding to Disasters

12/7/2012

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The impact of natural disasters can destroy communities. To repair damages, response efforts must know how to efficiently lend support, resources, time, and energy. Take a look at these resources and learn how to mobilize your campus and community to make responsible contributions to relief efforts. 

Be Patient 
Resist the urge to make quick decisions before truly understanding how to be helpful. As community needs are assessed, volunteer opportunities and partnering organizations will be identified to lead the recovery. Be patient as these assessments are made. Do not self-deploy, this may complicate first responders' efforts and create unnecessary dangers. 

Register Your Interest to Volunteer 
When volunteer needs are identified, organizations will mobilize volunteers in their database. Make sure you’re connected with these organizations to learn more about deployment opportunities.

  • AmeriCorps - do a quick search to find a program involved in disaster relief 
  • American Red Cross - contact your local Red Cross about volunteering 
  • AmeriCorps Alums Disaster Response - fill out the availability form online 
  • Salvation Army - find ways to get involved
  • Serve.gov - locate volunteer opportunities
  • HandsOn Network - fill out your volunteer skills profile to connect your skills with disaster relief needs
Disaster Recovery Course Models 
Rebuilding Vermont; Community Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and ReliefBy: University of Vermont 
Learn how the University of Vermont created a service-learning class (in less than a week) to support recovery from Hurricane Irene in 2011. 

Ready Campus
By: Pennsylvania Campus Compact 
Prepare your campus to respond to disasters by utilizing this resource. The manual covers topics such as emergency management, community partnerships, and service-learning. 

Donate In-kind Donations and Materials 
National Donations Management Network is a virtual portal that allows companies and individuals to offer support during disasters. Access the portal to contribute financially, send in-kind donations, and to give skills and time to organizations active in the disaster response. 

Resources 
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster is a forum where organizations share knowledge and resources throughout the disaster cycle to help disaster survivors and their communities.

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AmeriCorps Teams Kickoff Service

12/7/2012

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Oregon Campus Compact (ORCC) has partnered with 14 Oregon colleges, universities, and community partners to host 24 AmeriCorps Retention Project and VISTA Members across the state. 

Ten AmeriCorps Retention Project Members will develop mentor programs to match college student mentors with at-risk college student and youth mentees. The programs encourage high school completion and degree attainment by utilizing service-learning to provide academic enrichment and college exposure to disadvantaged, at-risk mentees.

Fourteen AmeriCorps VISTA Members will bring together campus and community stakeholders to address issues of poverty. By mobilizing resources, they will generate, develop, and implement ways for the campus and community to reflect on poverty and work toward solutions together. 

ORCC AmeriCorps Members met last week to officially celebrate the start of service. They’re inspired by the work of the 2011-2012 AmeriCorps teams and motivated to make an impact in Oregon. 

Cumulatively, the 2011-2012 teams
  • Created and sustained 537 partnerships with community organizations.
  • Recruited, trained, and coordinated 357 college students to mentor 2,140 at-risk mentees and complete over 12,000 hours of mentoring.
  • Supported faculty from colleges and universities to facilitate over 9,000 hours of service by students in service-learning courses.
  • Inspired more than 5,300 students, faculty, and staff members to volunteer for over 25,000 hours.
  • Generated over $50,500 in monetary and in-kind donations. 
This is the third year of the ORCC Retention Project and the sixth year of the ORCC VISTA program. ORCC has strong partnerships with the Corporation for National and Community Service, higher education institutions, and Washington Campus Compact, which have made the success of these programs possible. 

Motivated by the belief that students have the power to change the world, ORCC activates higher education toward student participation in civic life. As the only statewide organization working with private, public, four-year, and two-year institutions, ORCC embraces its unique position to strengthen Oregon’s narrative of service and leadership. 

ORCC will release the AmeriCorps Retention Project and VISTA program Request for Proposals for the 2013-2014 service year in mid-November 2012. If you’re interested in learning more about ORCC, applying to host an AmeriCorps Member, or becoming an ORCC campus member, contact McKenzie Miller, Communications Coordinator at mckenzie@oregoncampuscompact.org or 503.406.3572.

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Oregon Voter Registration

12/7/2012

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Oregon's voter registration deadline is Tuesday, October 16. Take a look how campuses are mobilizing students, faculty, staff, and community members to register and get informed.

The Buzz on Campuses
Chemeketa Community College

Concordia University 

George Fox University

Lane Community College

Lewis & Clark College

Linfield College 

Linn-Benton Community College

Marylhurst University

Multnomah University 

Oregon State University

Pacific University

Portland Community College

Portland State University

Southern Oregon University

University of Oregon

University of Portland

Warner Pacific College
National Voter Registration Efforts on Campuses
Oregon Secretary of State Online Civics Toolkit
The elections civics curriculum was developed through a collaboration of local professors, teachers and election experts. The goal is to provide a beginners guide to elections civics with an Oregon-centric view that anyone can access and use. The Civics Toolkit includes 10 lesson plans that target students ages 17-24. The lessons cover everything from your rights and responsibilities as a good citizen to the history of voting in Oregon and what you need to know before you register to vote in Oregon.

Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote's mission is to engage and build political power for young people in our country. Founded 21 years ago at the intersection of popular culture and politics, Rock the Vote has registered more than five million young people to vote and has become a trusted source of information for young people about registering to vote and casting a ballot. 

Service Vote
ServiceVote is Youth Service America's US election-year campaign to engage young people, ages 5-25, in the political process by connecting with their peers, voters, and candidates. Designed for both voting age and non-voting age youth, ServiceVote challenges young people to learn more about our government and political system and to think critically about how they can affect the issues that they work to address through service during elections.

Campus Election Engagement Project
Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) is a non-partisan project that helps America's colleges and universities get as many of their 20 million students as possible to register, volunteer in campaigns, educate themselves, and turn out at the polls. Focusing on administrators, faculty, and staff, and ways they can help engage their students, they worked with 500 schools in 2008 and hope to work with even more this round.  

Nonprofit VOTE
Nonprofit VOTE partners with America's nonprofits to help the people they serve participate and vote. They are the leading source of nonpartisan resources to help nonprofits integrate voter engagement into their ongoing activities and services.

Student Vote
The Student PIRG's New Voters Project is a nonpartisan effort to help register young people and get them to the polls on Election Day. They believe the best way to raise the voices of young people and our issues is to register and vote.

Did we miss something?
Email mckenzie@oregoncampuscompact.org if there's any information missing from our list. 
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Make A Difference Day on Oregon Campuses

12/7/2012

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Make A Difference Day is the nation’s largest day of volunteering. Each year, millions of people across the country rally on the fourth Saturday of October to serve their community and to help change the world.
Take a look at the Oregon campuses participating in the day and how they’re mobilizing students, faculty, staff, and community members to make a difference.

Chemeketa Community College*

Concordia University

Lane Community College

Linfield College*

Oregon State University*

Pacific University*

Southern Oregon University*

University of Oregon 

* Indicates that an ORCC AmeriCorps Member is supporting the event.

Did we miss something?
Email mckenzie@oregoncampuscompact.org if there's information missing from our list. 

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Oregon's College Students Step Up For Leadership & Service

12/7/2012

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Portland, Oregon (July 19, 2012)- Oregon Campus Compact (ORCC) announces the 2012-2013 Student Advisory Board. Through competitive nominations, 21 students representing 14 campuses have been selected. 

The board challenges those who believe students are disengaged and apathetic. They’re a testament to the rising generation, who has shown up (in record numbers) to serve and prove through action that they're global citizens. 

Today’s college students exceed the volunteer rate of the adult population (Corporation for National and Community Service) and more than 70% participate in civic engagement activities (Association of American Colleges & Universities). 

 This movement has caught the attention of The White House, who has encouraged higher education to continue inspiring community development by their students, “not just because it’s good for students, but because it’s good for American democracy” (Why College Students Matter). 

Student Advisory Board Member Goldann Salazar from Lewis and Clark College says, “I think historically, college students haven’t been given enough credit for our capabilities. As scholars we are in a unique position to be critical of the world around us and to take action to be leaders. I truly hope that as a member I can help to empower other college students to serve and lead.” 

ORCC is proud to welcome this year’s 21 board members. Together, they will serve by informing the statewide narrative of service and coordinating projects across Oregon to inspire and support more civic engagement on campuses. 

"This year's board has an extremely high level of passion, enthusiasm, and creativity. It's clear that these students are motivated by a desire to further collaboration in civic engagement and are determined to increase statewide student leadership. I'm inspired by our incredible potential and know we will accomplish amazing things!" says Tina Shantz, Student Advisory Board Coordinator. 

ORCC is motivated by the belief that students have the power to change the world, ORCC drives higher education to organize student participation in civic life. As the only statewide organization working with private, public, four-year, and two-year institutions, we embrace our unique position to strengthen Oregon’s narrative of student service and leadership. 

To learn more about ORCC and the Student Advisory Board, contact McKenzie Miller, Communications Coordinator at mckenzie@oregoncampuscompact.org or 503.406.3572.
Concordia University
Tiffany Bigelow (2nd year member)

George Fox University

Quinton Blanton
Abigail (Aby) Cordova
Dyvisha Gordon 

Lewis & Clark College
Goldann Salazar

Linfield College
Alex Lazar

Oregon State University
Katie Doran
Julia Lang 

Pacific University
Shandra Swilling

Portland Community College 
Sean Colebrook
Aaron McKee 
Turi Trotter 

Portland State University
Oran Stainbrook

Southern Oregon University
Megan Ziemer

University of Oregon 
Daryl Mogilewsky
Nicholas O'Neill 

University of Portland 
Andriana Alexis
Lisa Nims 

Warner Pacific 
Bridget Wyatt

Willamette University
Hannah Froiland 

Western Oregon University
Laborrah (Bora) Sims
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College Students Find Professional Experience and Confidence Through Summer Positions Impacting Multnomah County

12/7/2012

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(Portland, Oregon- August 28, 2012) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the summer unemployment rate for those ages 16-24 was 17.1%, more than double the national unemployment rate of 8.3%. To help fight youth unemployment, Oregon Campus Compact (ORCC) recruited students from its statewide membership of colleges and universities to serve as AmeriCorps Summer VISTA members. These positions offered college students the opportunity to build their resume, strengthen leadership skills, and impact the community while earning a living stipend and AmeriCorps education award. 

For over eight weeks, 38 Summer VISTAs served more than 13,500 hours with Ninth Grade Counts, a collaborative of the All Hands Raised Cradle to Career Partnership. Ninth Grade Counts provides a network of summer enrichment programs to academic priority rising ninth graders throughout Multnomah County. Summer VISTAs supported these programs by preparing students for success in high school and beyond. Throughout the summer, they recruited students, created classroom curriculum, provided direct academic support, and facilitated college and career tours. 

"I can't think of any way I would rather have spent my summer. I thoroughly enjoyed our David Douglas Ninth Grade Counts students,” said one Summer VISTA. “I worked with a superbly competent, collegial, totally receptive, and supportive teaching and administrative staff, and best of all, I loved contributing to an effective program to help students in my community enter high school with greater confidence and likelihood to succeed." 

Summer VISTAs finished their positions last week, but gained skills and experiences that will benefit them throughout their academic and professional careers. After serving, 95% of the VISTAs surveyed expressed interest in a future position where they impact social or economic inequity and 95% indicated increased ability to solve problems, take initiative, and work with diverse populations. Reflecting on the experience, one Summer VISTA said, “This summer, I worked with a great team, put in more effort, and gained more experience and confidence than I have at any other job in the past.” 

This was the fourth year of the Summer VISTA program, a partnership between All Hands Raised (formerly the Portland Schools Foundation), the Corporation for National and Community Service, and ORCC. 

Research shows that the program has had a clear, positive effect on high school credit attainment (Student Data Report, 2011). In 2009, rising ninth graders who participated in the program accumulated more high school credits than nonparticipants. Next year, the first cohort of Ninth Grade Counts summer program students will graduate from high school. Partners involved believe it will demonstrate sustained positive impact and will contribute to increases in Multnomah County’s high school graduation rate. 

ORCC is proud to have offered this opportunity to students in its statewide membership of colleges and universities. Motivated by the belief that students have the power to change the world, ORCC activates higher education toward student participation in civic life. As the only statewide organization working with private, public, four-year, and two-year institutions, ORCC embraces its unique position to strengthen Oregon’s narrative of service and leadership. 

To learn more about ORCC, the Summer VISTA Program, and how to become an ORCC member, contact McKenzie Miller, Communications Coordinator at mckenzie@oregoncampuscompact.org or 503.406.3572. 

To learn more about Ninth Grade Counts or the All Hands Raised Cradle to Career partnership, contact Jeanie-Marie Price, Vice President of Communication at All Hands Raised, Jeanie-marie@allhandsraised.org or 503.234.5404.
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