Kentucky Campus Compact Receives $1M Volunteer Generation Fund Grant to Support Volunteerism on College Campuses
Highland Heights, Kentucky, September 15, 2023 – Kentucky Campus Compact (KyCC), a membership organization of Kentucky colleges and universities whose purpose is to support, promote, and find resources for community and civic engagement in Kentucky higher education, has received a three-year Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) grant to support volunteerism on Kentucky college campuses. KyCC has received a grant of $999,534 to fund their EngageKY+ program, the largest award of the 23 VGF and 25 Days of Service grantees across the nation. AmeriCorps has invested more than $13 million in federal funding to support 45 organizations focused on engaging community members…
College Access and Financial Literacy Press Release
90 Campbell Drive, Campbell Hall | Highland Heights, KY 41099 859-572-7634 | www.kycompact.org Date As Needed For Immediate Release Contact: Tori Vogelgesang | (859) 468-8362 Kentucky College Coaches Teaching Financial Literacy Merging college access and financial literacy for Kentucky’s next generation of citizens Highland Heights, KY. – TBD 2021 – Kentucky Campus Compact is excited to announce a new partnership between the Kentucky College Coaches program and the Northern Kentucky University Center for Economic Education. This collaboration strengthens Kentucky Campus Compact’s commitment to promoting college access, college success, and community impact across the Commonwealth Kentucky College Coaches are AmeriCorps members…
Campus Compact Announces 2021 Cohort of Newman Civic Fellows
BOSTON, Mass. – March 1, 2021 – Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the students who will make up the organization’s 2021 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. The 2021 cohort comprises 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico. The 2021-2022 cohort of Fellows includes students from three institutions across Kentucky. Kentucky Campus Compact is excited to congratulate the following students who have been named Newman Civic Fellows public problem solvers: Marcus Stubbs- Bellarmine University Autumn Harvey- Berea College Ashley Smith- Lindsey Wilson College The Newman Civic Fellowship…
Executive Director Gayle Hilleke Teaches at Midwest Conference
An Intentional Dialogue for Campus-Community Partnerships: A Framework for Transformation Highland Heights, KY—May 31, 2019—Executive Director of the Kentucky Campus Compact, Gayle Hilleke, spoke at the 2019 Midwest Campus Compact Conference: Dispatches from the Midwest: Community, Collaboration and Critical Perspective on May 29, 2019 with Dan Joyner, a Facilitation Consultant. The conference was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the University of Minnesota. Her presentation was titled “An Intentional Dialogue for Campus-Community Partnerships: A Framework for Transformation”. Attendees learned several asset-based social technologies based upon the Art of Hosting, Asset Based Community Development, and Six Conversations that Matter. The…
Eight Kentucky University Students Awarded the Newman Civic Fellowship
March 05, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Tori Vogelgesang (859) 572-7634 Eight Kentucky University Students Awarded the Newman Civic Fellowship Students from around the Commonwealth selected to join a national cohort of fellows Highland Heights, KY. – May 31, 2019 – Kentucky Campus Compact is excited to congratulate the following public problem solvers from the 2019-2020 Newman Civic Fellowship cohort sponsored by institutions within the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Shyelia “Shy” Bowers (Berea College), Becca Broda (Bellarmine University), Katherine Diaz Garcia (Centre College), Alexus Loyd (Kentucky State University), Jessica Shelton (Kentucky Wesleyan College), Kennedy Selbe (Lindsey Wilson College), Jarett…