This spring North Carolina Campus Compact offered two trainings to develop moderators of deliberative dialogues.  Deliberative dialogue is a technique used by the National Issues Forums Institute (www.nifi.org) to explore diverse views and experiences related to a specific issue. The trainings were offered to member institutions as follow-up to a deliberative dialogue integrated into the February 12 Civic Engagement Institute. … Continue Reading →

Warren Wilson and Sodexo Dining Services have signed the Real Food Challenge Commitment, partnering to become the first college in the Southeast to sign the agreement. The national Real Food Challenge seeks to ensure that by 2020 at least 20 percent of college and university food purchases will be in the category of “real food”: local, sustainable, humane and fair trade. … Continue Reading →

Queens University of Charlotte recently received the 2013 Governor’s Medallion Award, becoming just one of 20 organizations in the state so honored. The award recognizes outstanding volunteer service and stewardship. NC State University’s new Feed the Pack Food Pantry also received two campus-wide honors for its work providing emergency food assistance to needy students. Since 2011, Queens has focused its … Continue Reading →

North Carolina Campus Compact has received the 2013 Service-Learning Award in honor of Ned Brooks given by the APPLES Service-Learning program. APPLES, a student-led, community engagement program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presents the award annually to recognize “the sustained and ongoing commitment of [an individual or organization] who has addressed the concerns and needs of … Continue Reading →

National Volunteer Week celebrates people who build better communities through their volunteer service. Founded in 1974, National Volunteer Week focuses our attention on the power of those who give their time and talents for the benefit of us all. NC Campus Compact member institutions value the power of these students, faculty, staff and community volunteers; and many campuses hold events … Continue Reading →

NC Campus Compact VISTAs shared success stories in their recent VISTA interim reports, including the opening of a new on-campus food pantry at Durham Tech Community College and a growing partnership between UNC-Asheville and a local alternative school. Many VISTAs supported MLK Days of Service and organized alternative breaks during this period as well. Sally Parlier, Durham Technical Community College … Continue Reading →