February 15th – Strategic Partnerships in Service-Learning, hosted by Iowa Campus Compact, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Loras College Academic Resource Center, Dubuque, IA
Campus Compact members: Free
Non-members: $25.00
Registration/Information link: http://www.iacampuscompact.org/workshop-building-strategic-partnerships.html

March 1st – Building Access through Service-Learning in P-16 Teacher Education, hosted by Illinois Campus Compact, 8:30am to 3:30pm, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Pre-Teacher Students: Free
Campus Compact members: $25.00
Registration/Information link: http://www.illinoiscampuscompact.org/member-events/

If you are a faculty or staff member interested in developing your understanding of service learning, there are a number of upcoming conferences that might be of interest to you.

Indiana Campus Compact Service Engagement Summit, March 29-30, Indianapolis, Indiana

Greenleaf Center Leadership Institute for Educators, April 5-6, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Upper Midwest Civic Engagement Summit, June 5-6, St. Paul, Minnesota

If you would like to attend one of these events, funding is available for faculty and staff via the minigrants program. Please email monica.rico@lawrence.edu for further information.

If you have students and advisees who are seeking funding to support a summertime volunteer experience or internship with a nonprofit organization, please note that this year, there is a single application form for all of the following grants:

Summer Volunteer Opportunity Grant (SVOG), sponsored by the Volunteer and Community Service Center, provides financial assistance for students participating in service projects as learning experiences during the summer months.

Betty Heistad Barrett Fund for Excellence in Civil Service, sponsored by Career Services, provides Lawrence students internship funding to participate in unique and valuable opportunities to learn, explore, and grow as individuals while serving the non-profit community.

Pieper Family Foundation, supports the Office of Engaged Learning which provides funding for student projects that are academically rich, faculty supported and have the potential to build capacity of the community served.

To obtain an application, students should go to one of these sites and submit an application to Career Services by Friday, March 16 at 4:00p.m

Career Services
LUworks (announcements)
Volunteer and Community Service Center