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West, DiSpirito earn Maine Campus Compact awards Bailey West, the University of Maine’s 2021 valedictorian from Stockton Springs, and Dominique DiSpirito, a junior from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, both earned the Maine Campus Compact’s 2021 Heart and Soul Student award.  The award, one of five administered by the Maine Campus Compact, recognizes six Maine undergraduate students who are actively involved in transforming their campuses and communities into environments of civic engagemen...

Communication major named Newman Civic Fellow UNG junior Justin Bray, who is pursuing a degree in communication with a concentration in public relations, was selected by Campus Compact as UNGs Newman Civic Fellow. He is one of 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico in the 2021-22 academic cohort. After working for eight months on the application for the nationally competitive Harry S. Truman Scholarship, University of North Georgia (UNG) student Justin Bray wasnt ready to app...

SOM Detroit Service Learning Academy Celebrates Learn & Serve Challenge Kick Off Contact: Chawn Greene-Farmer Detroit, Michigan - Today, Michigan Community Service Commission Executive Director, Paula Kaiser VanDam, was on hand to recognize the 3 rd Annual 2009 National Learn & Serve Challenge at Detroits Service Learning Academy (DLSA).  VanDam will join 250 students in a kick off celebration at the DLSA at 3:00 p.m.  During the celebration, she will present a proclamation from Governor Jenn...

Fri, 03/12/2021 - 3:30pm Celena Zacchai. (Photo courtesy University of Maine at Augusta) Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 212 students who will make up the organization’s 2021-2022 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows, including the University of Maine at Augusta’s own Celena Zacchai. This year’s cohort includes students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico. Celena Zacchai is a�...

Ohio University junior Micaela Beatham-García has been named as a member of the prestigious 2021 Newman Civic Fellowship Cohort. A political science pre-law major, Beatham-García is also pursuing an undergraduate certificate in law, justice & culture. She was nominated to the fellowship due to her dedication to effecting social change and promoting civic engagement and dialogue.  Larry Hayman, Center for Law, Justice & Culture pre-law advisor and mentor in the Newman Fellowship, said that h...

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Politics major Kaitlynne Jensen, a sophomore from Milton-Freewater, has received the prestigious Newman Civic Fellowship from Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit working to advance the public purposes of higher education. She joins just 212 college students from across the country to form the 2021-22 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. “I am looking forward to getting to work alongside people who share the same passion and love for social change and service that ...

Refugee Advocate Irene Soteriou Named 2021 UConn Newman Civic Fellow Irene Soteriou ’23 (CLAS) was nominated by UConn President Thomas Katsouleas for her investment in collaborative changemaking. Irene Soteriou 23 (CLAS) is UConns 2021-22 Newman Civic Fellow. Photo courtesy of Irene Soteriou. Copy Link Irene Soteriou, ’23 (CLAS), a cognitive science and statistics double major at the University of Connecticut, has been honored with The Newman Civic Fellows Award for ...

About 70% of respondees said they believe their peers are not acting responsibly and over 71% said they know someone who has attended a gathering of over 10 people this semester.

Academics Campus & Community March 4, 2021 Two students from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University have been named Newman Civic Fellows by Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization working to advance the public purpose of higher education. CSB’s Faith Gronda and SJU’s Fabian Venegas-Ramos are part of the organization’s 2021-22 cohort of 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C. and Mexico. The Newman Civic Fellowship is a year-long program...

The Campus Compact Violation Data Dashboard, which will be updated monthly and was released on Friday, shows that 52% of violations resulted in disciplinary sanctions, 33% in educational interventions, and 14% in campus restrictions.