Campus Engagement Fellows
During the 2009-2010 academic year, Michigan Campus Compact (MCC), with the support of the Investing in College Futures (ICF) Learn and Serve grantprogram, will offer an estimated five competitive reimbursement grants of up to $2,000.00 each for MCC member campuses. Each selected campus will select two students to participate in this project as a team. The goal of this program is to provide logistical and programmatic training to develop two new student leaders who can contribute to building a sustainable culture of service-learning and civic engagement on their campus in conjunction with the Community Service Director (CSD)/Service-Learning director (SLD).
The student teams, with the help of their CSD/SLD and MCC staff, will engage the campus and community in a Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day of Service event that addresses the needs of disadvantaged youth, mobilizes college students to become civically engaged citizens, and contributes to building a supportive infrastructure for civic engagement on campus.
Proposals must be received by Friday, May 18, 2009
Click here for the RFP
Application Title Page (word document for download)
Budget Template (word document for download)
Student Benefit:
- Leadership Development
- Program Management Experience
- Grant writing and management experience
- Networking opportunities
- Access to Michigan Campus Compact (MCC)resources
- Tangible Resume experience
- Fun Trips!!
- Massive volunteer hours that can go towards the Michigan Service Scholars $1,000 financial award
- The satisfaction of knowing you made a difference in your community
University Benefit
- Financial resources for your MLK Day of Service Program
- Resources from MCC and the Corporation for National and Community Service
- Two newly engaged students who can contribute to building sustainable service on your campus
- MCC driven media coverage for your Day of Service activities
- Connection to a network of Day of Service project coordinators through the Corporation for National and Community Service
Quotes from 2008-2009 C. E. Fellows
“My most memorable experience was coming together to the meetings in Lansing and using MCC as a spring board to many great ideas. Even though we were all from different schools I felt that we all helped each other out in one way or another with our service projects.” -Charles Pelham UM-Dearborn
“The most memorable part of CE Fellows, for me, was the actual day of service. To see everyone coming together and doing something for others, going through with my plan and making it a success was wonderful.” – Robin Dewey Delta College
Click here to view highlight video from this year’s C. E. Fellows
Click here to view photos from the 2009 MLK Day C. E. Fellow projects
Investing in College Futures will involve more than 3,800 participants in three years, including alumni from the Baby Boom generation, and launch more than 126 service and/or service-learning projects. For more information about Campus Engagement Fellows and Investing in College Futures contact:
Dorthy Beemon
Coordinator of Volunteer Mobilization
1048 Pierpont, Suite 3
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone:517.492.2458
Fax: 517.492.2444
Email: dbeemon@micampuscompact.org