2012 Campus-Community Partnership Winner

Kirtland Community College (KCC) and River House, Inc. (RHI) Collaborative Partnership

River House, Inc is a one stop resource (and shelter) for victims of domestic and sexual violence and homelessness. The partnership between KCC and RHI helps to provide service learning opportunities for students while enhancing River House services in the region. The partnership, now its fourth year, began with a series of meetings, and today has been recognized nationally as an exemplary model of college/community partnerships.

Honorable Mentions

Madonna University (Madonna) and the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID)

CAID, a community-based non-profit arts organization, fosters and promotes the essential link between contemporary arts and a progressive society through educational programs, exhibitions, performances, and the funding of contemporary arts and art-related activities. The partnership between Madonna University and CAID was established in 2008 by the late Mr. Kevin West and CAID’s Chairperson, Oneita Porter. Inititally a strictly advisory organization, with no student involvement, CAID has provided the opportunity to allow students at Madonna University to implement their skills in multidisciplinary teams to support innovative community programs such as talk shows, workshops, digital clay-animation and exhibitions.  Students have also created web sites, computer programs, documentaries, brochures, marketing campaigns and strategic plans to strengthen the organization.



The Student Leader Fellowship Program at Northern Michigan University and the Community of Marquettte

The Student Leader Fellowship Program at Northern Michigan University is an intensive two-year experience that has developed hundreds of community-centered students who will be tomorrow’s civic leaders.  In the process, hundreds of local citizens have donated their time and talent in a unique collaboration that has benefited both the students involved and the local community.  Follow-up surveys reveal that 80-90% of Student Fellows in the Student Leader Fellowship Program are now playing active roles in their communities.

About the Award

Previously the Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration, the Campus-Community Partnership Award recognizes one outstanding campus-community partnership that produces measurable improvements in people's lives while simultaneously enhancing higher education. The purpose of this award is to honor one partnership that has successfully demonstrated a commitment to higher education and community that has resulted in a tangible community impact. This award is designed to help increase the number and the effectiveness of other campus-community partnerships; it will also increase public awareness of and support for campus-community service programs. We hope to promote cooperation among education, community, government, and business leaders on critical social and economic issues. Click here for the application form. 

Please send your President's letter of recommendation to our new address:
Michigan Campus Compact
330 Marshall Street, Suite 200
Lansing, MI 48912
or
email to Shelley Long.

eligibility

• The Campus-Community Partnership Award is given bi-annually by Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) to one exceptional partnership involving a Michigan college or university and a community group; the monetary prize will be divided equally between campus and community partners.
• For consideration of the award, a project and its partners must be nominated by a participating member campus.
• All campus applicants must be Michigan Campus Compact member institutions in good standing.
• To be eligible for the award, partnerships must have been in operation for two or more years.
• Winning partnerships of the Carter Partnership or the Campus-Community Partnership Award are not eligible to re-apply.
• Submission of this application indicates that the partners will allow the information contained herein to be used in the development of promotional material for the Campus-Community Partnership Award. 
• The contact people identified in the application are expected to attend the award presentation ceremony if their project is selected as a finalist.
• All finalists are required to present their partnerships during a panel session at the Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Institute on January 30th, 2012. 

• The winner of the award will be recognized at an award ceremony held in conjunction with the 15^th Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Institute, which will take place the evening of January 30th, 2012 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, MI.  A congratulatory letter will go out after November 16th to the finalists, inviting them to attend the conference and award ceremony.  

2012 Sponsorship Opportunities

Consider sponsoring the Campus-Community Partnership Award and Institute at one of MCC's various sponsorship levels:

Partnership Award Sponsor	$10,000
Premiere Sponsor	$5,000
Lead Sponsor	$2,500
Welcome Reception Sponsor	$1,500
Service Project Sponsor	$1,500
Bookstore Sponsor	$1,500
Conference Resources Sponsor	$1,500
Network Breaks Sponsor (3 opportunities)	$500

Questions about the award can be directed to: 
Shelley Long
517.492.2432
Email: Shelley

Questions about sponsorship can be directed to:
Renee Zientek
517.492.2428
Email: Renee 

2009 Carter Partnership Award - About the winner 
2009 Carter Partnership Award Winner (Press Release)
2009 Carter Partnership Award Finalists (Press Release)
2009 Carter Parthership Award Sponsors

2008 Carter Partnership Award Winner (Press Release)
2008 Carter Partnership Award Sponsors 

2007 Carter Partnership Award Sponsors 
Letter from Founder & President 
Inaugural Year--2005