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1 Collective Impact: Leverage Through Partnership Indiana Campus Compact is a partnership of 35 public, private, and community college higher education institutions in Indiana focused on advocating, implementing, and improving service engagement, so that students graduate as well-informed, engaged and productive members of society, who are fully enabled to provide leadership and service that advances the public good in their communities. Indiana Campus Compact is In the past year we Our programs a partnership of 35 colleges and universities serving 42 campuses, including public, private, two and four-year institutions invested $475,000 in our partner campuses through professional development, resources, and funding opportunities support 10,000+ students involved in service and community engagement projects as they prepare to advance the public good Board of Directors Chair* - William Lowe Chancellor, Indiana University Northwest Past Chair* - Linda Bennett President, University of Southern Indiana Chair Elect* - Mark Heckler President, Valparaiso University Host Campus - Charles Bantz Chancellor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis At Large, Independent - Rob Manuel President, University of Indianapolis At Large, Two Year - David Bathe Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College-Lafayette At Large, Four Year Public - Daniel Bradley President, Indiana State University Indiana Campus Compact Advisory Council Chair - Donald Braid Director, Center for Citizenship and Community, Butler University At Large - Marie Morris Provost, Anderson University At Large - Kay Bales Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Ball State University Advisory Council Chair - Donald Braid Director, Center for Citizenship and Community, Butler University Chair Elect - Laura Weaver Service Learning Coordinator Purdue University North Central Andrew Antonio Executive Director of Diversity, Engagement, and International Programs, Ivy Tech Community College - Lafayette Cynthia Kumfer Interim Chair Early Childhood Education Program and Co-Chair Service-Learning Team, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast Kristin Norris Director of Assessment, Office of Community Engagement, IUPUI Margaret Sass Assistant Director of Service Learning, Purdue University Jessie Scott Coordinator of the Bonner Scholars Program, Hubbard Center for Student Engagement, DePauw University Ellen Szarleta Director, Center for Urban and Regional Excellence Indiana University Northwest Ex Officio* - J.R. Jamison Executive Director, Indiana Campus Compact * Officer of the Organization

2 Indiana Campus Compact 1226 West Michigan Street Suite 026 Indianapolis, IN A Year of Collective Impact Preparing college students to advance the public good in their communities. Photo courtesy of Taylor University

3 Increasing Higher Education s Collective Impact on Communities From Our Board Chair On behalf of the Board of Directors for Indiana Campus Compact, it is a pleasure to share our Annual Report. The contents of this document demonstrate the depth and breadth of the collective efforts of campuses and communities, throughout the state of Indiana, that work together to strengthen and advance the public good. These efforts have ranged from college students and nonprofit staff combining their time and talents to provide food for those who are in need or live in food deserts, faculty coeducating with community partners to develop communitybased course experiences that impact local needs, to senior-level administrators revising policies and practices on college campuses to further embed community engagement as an important component to the higher learning experience. As a university Chancellor, I witness, each day, the impact that these types of experiences have on student learning, faculty development, and the overall role that campuses can play with community partners to make lasting, positive change. Community-based engagement is a strategic priority and commitment for me, which is why I think that it is important to be a partner campus in the Compact and I encourage my fellow presidents and chancellors around the state to do the same. In March 2015, the presidents and chancellors came together to draft a Values Statement on our commitment to communities and affirmed our partnership as the Indiana Campus Compact. To further demonstrate our commitment, we approved the Indiana Campus Compact Strategic Plan that will guide our work, along with our faculty, staff, students and community partners, to advance the public good. The support provided by the Indiana Campus Compact staff through resources, training, conferences, grants, networking opportunities and sharing best practices and program models, pushes us as colleges and universities to stay true to our public commitments and ensures that each of our students, faculty members, and staff have an opportunity to engage with our communities in meaningful ways. And through our Compact, we demonstrate to the future leaders currently enrolled at our institutions that community takes more than one person or one institution. William J. Lowe Chancellor, Indiana University Northwest From Our Executive Director In 1993, six college and university presidents came together in partnership to re-envision the role higher education can play in and with its communities for the public good. Their commitment was appropriately named the Indiana Campus Compact. Or, in other words, a collective agreement among colleges and universities in the state to be dedicated to their communities in meaningful ways. Twenty-two years later, the partnership has grown to include 35 institutions of higher learning across the state, and our overall mission remains the same: to continually work as agents of change to bring all sectors of higher education public, independent, community college together to focus on community-campus collaborations. And the academic year was no different. In the past year, we invested $475,000 in our partner campuses through professional development, resources, and grants to expand their community-campus projects, and we supported over 10,000 college students in Indiana as they became community-based learners and doers. During this time, the Board and I worked with key leaders on our partner campuses to draft what has become our Strategic Plan. Launched in March 2015, the new plan, along with a Values Statement on Community Engagement signed by presidents and chancellors from partner institutions, positions Indiana Campus Compact to continue to be the vehicle to move the dial and help campuses become more engaged in and with their communities to advance the public good. As we move into , our goal is to ensure we include all voices in our partnership and our commitment to communities. It is through our compact that we can continue our collective impact in and with communities in a more strategic and cohesive manner. We are stronger together and continue to be delighted to work with each of you as a partner and friend. J.R. Jamison Indiana Campus Compact Executive Director

4 Collective Impact: Partner Campuses and Indiana Campus Compact Funding To increase the quality and quantity of partnerships between, in and across institutions of higher education and the community, and to enhance the understanding and impact of reciprocal campus-community partnerships, Indiana Campus Compact supports member campuses through grants for administrators, faculty, staff, and students to partner with the community to expand service engagement programs. During the past year, we supported 57 projects - some of the highlights are below. Purdue University North Central used its Engaged Campus grant to work with Purdue University Calumet to take the two institution-wide structures built around service engagement and experiential learning and move them toward a shared system. Purdue University North Central and Purdue University Calumet announced in 2014 that they will unify as one administrative and academic unit and become Purdue University Northwest in July As the project continues, faculty workshops and workshops for area community partners are planned for the fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters. Because of an Indiana Campus Compact Student Community Service grant, students at Calumet College of St. Joseph expanded an on-campus food pantry that was developed a few years ago from an ICC Enhancing Service Engagement Collaboration grant. Students involved in the expansion of the food pantry focused on increased visibility of the service, and during the spring semester they were able to serve 250 additional students who were in need of food. Also, a formal partnership with the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana was established which provided a steady flow of food for the pantry, as well as an additional refrigerator-freezer. Photo courtesy of Calumet College of St. Joseph Through a Scholarship of Engagement grant, faculty in the Psychology Department at Indiana University East developed the Purposeful Parenting Project that provided evidenced-based parenting training for parents within the campus and local community at no cost. In addition, the project provided students in an upper-level child-focused psychology course invaluable experience observing how children interact and behave, and how to interact with their parents. The training program offered participants the ability to learn essential skills to being a more purposeful and effective parent. Each of the 3-hour workshops offered hands-on training, coaching, and feedback for parents of children ages 18 months through 10 years of age. Project organizers have indicated that a second phase of the project is in high demand from the community, and they are in the process of developing that for the academic year. Photo courtesy of Ball State University Environmental Science students at Ball State University used a Student Community Service grant to partner with three community organizations to plan and implement a river clean-up that provided an educational session for children and teens on the importance of ecosystems, and why river clean-ups are so important. The group then set out on canoes and performed a day long collection of trash. Reflecting on the day, one student explained, Overall, the event was a strong success. We were able to educate the children on environmental sustainability while also allowing them to learn hands on through cleaning up the trash on their own. There is really not much that I would change. Through a Scholarship of Engagement grant, construction Technology faculty and their students at Ivy Tech Community College Northeast completed repairs to two 12 ft. buildings in Safety Village, a joint effort of the local Parent Teacher Association, the City of Fort Wayne, the Fort Wayne Fire and Police Departments, and community volunteers that provides a training facility where an estimated 10,000 children a year learn about fire and police safety. Both buildings were successfully re-roofed and re-sided, and new overhead electrical service was installed within the buildings. The project was a win-win for Ivy Tech and Safety Village. The Ivy Tech Construction Technology students received hands-on experience, and Safety Village was able to receive updates that would not have happened without the Ivy Tech students. Because of this project, Safety Village can continue to provide fire and police safety demonstrations in a sound environment. A Scholarship of Engagement grant allowed school of Education and College of Biology faculty and students at the University of Indianapolis partnered with the University Heights United Methodist Children s Center (UHUMCC) to design and implement a children s scientific inquiry program in which young children were trained to utilize the scientific method in exploring their world. Additionally, through a train-the-trainer model, teachers and staff at UHUMCC were certified on how to teach the scientific method to children. Project organizers said the experience allowed UIndy students to share their love and enthusiasm for science while inspiring young people, and those who work with them daily, to have an interest in the field.

5 Collective Impact: Presidential Commitment Indiana Campus Compact presidents and chancellors share a commitment to serving their communities while preparing students as future leaders, and they are coming together to sign a Values Statement and to make a formal compact to prepare college students to advance the public good in their communities. The commitment declaration reads: As a partnership of presidents and chancellors from Indiana s public and private colleges and universities, we agree to be an active collective that challenges all of higher education to continuously re-envision its role in and with the communities that we serve, for the public good. We will work as agents of change to advance citizenship and service as critical components of the higher learning experience, so that our students graduate as well-informed, engaged and productive members of society, who are fully enabled to provide leadership and service that advances the public good in their communities. It is through our compact that we agree to promote, support and advance the work of campus and community engagement in the dynamic environment of 21st-Century society. The eight presidents and chancellors pictured below were the first to sign the document at the 2015 Service Engagement Summit. The remaining presidents and chancellors will sign the Values Statement during the academic year. l-r: Indiana State University President Daniel Bradley, former IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz, Indiana University Northwest Chancellor William Lowe, Valparaiso University President Mark Heckler, Anderson University President John Pistole, Indiana University East Chancellor Kathryn Cruz-Uribe, Purdue University North Central Chancellor James Dworkin, Indiana University Southeast Chancellor Ray Wallace. Photo by John R. Gentry Jr. Indiana Campus Compact Partner Campuses Anderson University Ball State University Butler University Calumet College of St. Joseph DePauw University Franklin College Indiana State University Indiana University Bloomington East Kokomo Northwest South Bend Southeast Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Bloomington Region Central Indiana Region Columbus/Southeast Region East Central/Richmond Region Lafayette/Kokomo Region Northeast Region Northwest/North Central Region Southern Region Southwest Region Marian University Purdue University Calumet Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne North Central West Lafayette Saint Mary s College Taylor University University of Indianapolis University of Notre Dame University of Southern Indiana Valparaiso University Photo courtesy of Beth Huffman

6 Collective Impact: Success Through Shared Investment Donors Foundation: Lilly Endowment Inc. Corporate: Lyon Software Individual Bill and Liza Blomquist Robert G. Bringle Mary Jane Eisenhauer J.R. Jamison and Cory Pippin Nathan Schaumleffel Margaret Stevens Partners Income Partnership Fees $261, % Corporate and Foundation $230, % Conferences & Workshops $ 20, % Contributions $ 13, % Other 1 $ 1, % Total Income for $528, % 1 Publications and Royalties Expenses Partner Services & Partner Training $291, % General & Administrative $ 96, % Grants to Partners $ 51, % Dues to National Campus Compact $ 27, % Total Expenses for $465, % 2 Residual Funds will be rolled over to member services for FY In-kind Dynamark John R. Gentry Photography Impact Venture Center Indiana Humanities Barnes and Noble IUPUI Center for Service and Learning IUPUI Office of Community Engagement The Flagship Enterprise Center The IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy IUPUI Host Institution Collective Impact: Strategic Plan In , Indiana Campus Compact engaged in a strategic planning process that involved interviews and focus groups with faculty, staff and students from partner campuses; leaders from the field; partner organizations; and the Indiana Campus Compact staff, Advisory Council, and Board of Directors. We worked with consultant, Dr. Stephen Hundley, Chair, Professor, and Associate Vice Chancellor at IUPUI, who helped us flesh out the plan and craft it into the goals and strategies that will guide our work over the next five years. Our Strategic Plan to Increase Indiana Higher Education s Collective Impact on Communities will guide us into our 25th anniversary and presents a strategy that ties together a clear mission with clear goals and measurable performance. The Plan envisions Indiana Campus Compact as a national exemplar by equipping every student in every institution with the competence, confidence, humility, and experience to be well-informed, engaged citizens. Indiana Campus Compact Board of Directors Chair Elect and President of Valparaiso University Mark Heckler says, The Plan keeps us rooted in our history, but prepares us for life in a 21st-century society. As our revised mission suggests, we will work as a partnership of campuses throughout the state of Indiana to advocate, implement, and improve service engagement so that our students graduate as well-informed, engaged, and productive members of society who are fully enabled to provide leadership and service that advances the public good in their communities well beyond Our collective impact - the result of the partnership between Indiana Campus Compact, our partner campuses, and the community - is making a difference in thousands of lives in the state of Indiana and will guide the next generation of leaders as they continue that work. The full plan can be accessed on our website: