Indiana Campus Compact A Year of Impact Indiana Campus Compact 1226 West Michigan Street Room 026 Indianapolis, IN 46202

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1 Indiana Campus Compact 1226 West Michigan Street Room 026 Indianapolis, IN Indiana Campus Compact A Year of Impact advancing citizenship and service as critical components of Indiana higher education. Photo courtesy of Indiana University South Bend

2 Creating Community-minded Citizens From Our Board Chair It has been a genuine pleasure to serve as Chair of the Indiana Campus Compact Board during the past year. Every member of our Board is dedicated to the mission of developing well-informed, engaged citizens. The University of Southern Indiana has been a member of ICC for many years and our faculty have come to view the ICC staff as partners in our outreach and engagement efforts. The professional development opportunities for faculty have helped new and established faculty connect their teaching and scholarship to engagement in our region. Our students have appreciated receiving grant support for their engagement projects and enjoyed presenting the results of what they have learned at the Service Engagement Summit. Attendance at the annual Summit allows students and faculty to learn about the exciting work on other two and four-year campuses and they bring back an appreciation for the importance of being an engaged citizen. More specifically for our campus this year, ICC provided guidance as USI applied for renewal of its designation as an engaged university with the Carnegie Foundation. Without question, the capstone event of the year is the Annual Awards Program. It is a privilege to learn about the projects selected as reflecting best practices in engagement, as well as the significant impact those projects have in communities around the state. You cannot leave that event with any pessimism about the future of the great state of Indiana! My thanks to all ICC Board members and their willingness to serve, to the hard work of the ICC staff, and to Maggie Stevens for the leadership that led to a wonderful, productive year for ICC. Linda L.M. Bennett, Ph.D. President, University of Southern Indiana From Our Executive Director Each year Indiana Campus Compact challenges our members to partner with their communities in meaningful, reciprocal ways that will educate students and address some of the most pressing problems in our neighborhoods, across the state and around the globe. And each year, our campuses rise to this challenge - often in ways that exceed what they did just the year before. They respond with innovative programs that create community-minded students and citizens in our state and by developing longstanding, enduring partnerships that break down the perceived boundaries of any campus. Indiana Campus Compact is honored to be a part of these responses and the stories they tell. By supporting our campuses as they grow their programs, increase intention, and develop greater reciprocity in all that they do, Indiana Campus Compact is educating students to be engaged citizens and is building partnerships between institutions of higher education and the communities where they reside. We are able to contribute to that education and those partnerships because of support from individuals like you. Last year we provided over $75,000 in grants and close to 200 hours of training related to community engagement to hundreds of individuals across the state who in turn engaged an additional 3,100 individuals on their own campuses to educate students and partner with our communities. Indiana Campus Compact and over 40 colleges and universities in our state could not have impacted more than 300 community agencies and 13,000 individuals in Indiana without your support and contributions. Whether you gave your time, treasure, or talent to support us and advance our mission in the past year - thank you. Maggie Stevens, Ed.D Indiana Campus Compact Executive Director

3 Researching the Connection Between Service Engagement and Student Impact Taking that course was truly life changing for me, not to mention the reason I changed my major. Franklin College Inner-City Missions course student survey respondent. After deciding to step back and look at what we had done with service-learning as a campus and to determine the true value it provided to our community, our students and our curriculum, we applied for and received the Sponsored Research for Service Engagement Grant from Indiana Campus Compact. We started the research with our most successful and well known service-learning course, Leadership in Inner-City Missions. This immersion course centers on the issue of homelessness and has been taught on our campus since We have always pointed to it as a shining example of the positive impact that servicelearning can have on all key constituencies and it was time to see if that assertion would Photo by Doug Grant prove to be true. With the support of Indiana Campus Compact, we have been able to connect with students, instructors, and community partners involved with the course over its entire 17-year run. The collection and analysis of information has not only been rewarding, but extremely valuable as we make the case for not only the continuation of existing servicelearning offerings, but expansion into new courses and departments. Doug Grant, Director of Civic Engagement, Franklin College Ready to make an impact on students? On your campus? On your community? Visit Board of Directors Advisory Council Photo by Doug Grant * Chair - Linda Bennett President, University of Southern Indiana * Past Chair - Jerrilee Mosier Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast * Chair Elect -William Lowe Chancellor, Indiana University Northwest Host Campus - Charles Bantz Chancellor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis At Large, Independent - Mark Heckler President, Valparaiso University At Large, Two Year - John Whikehart Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington 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 Ex Officio - Maggie Stevens Executive Director, Indiana Campus Compact * Officer of the Organization Chair - Donald Braid Director, Center for Citizenship & Community, Butler University Elizabeth Bennion Associate Professor of Political Science, Indiana University South Bend Katrina Bodeker Director, Center for Service Engagement, University of Saint Francis Thomas Evans Director of Student Life, Development, and Leadership, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Southern Cynthia Kumfer Interim Chair Early Childhood Education Program and Co-Chair Service-Learning Team, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast Margaret Sass Assistant Director of Service Learning, Purdue University Kathy Smith Associate Director, Student Life Ball State University Laura Weaver Service Learning Coordinator Purdue University North Central Photo by John R. Gentry Jr.

4 During the academic year, Indiana Campus Compact invested in its members through grants, trainings, and resources. Take a look at the impact our investment had. Our Mission: Indiana Campus Compact (ICC) supports higher education s efforts to develop students into well-informed, engaged citizens. By providing programs, services, and resources, ICC serves as a catalyst for campuses and communities to improve people s lives through service-learning and civic engagement initiatives.

5 Indiana Campus Compact Supporters Financial Supporters Partners In-Kind Donors Grace College Impact Venture Center Indiana State University Indiana University Indiana University East Institutes on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service Ivy Tech Community College - Central Indiana J.R. Jamison and Cory Pippin Lilly Endowment Inc. Liza Newman Lumina Foundation Lyon Software Margaret Stevens Purdue University North Central University of Indianapolis Wabash College Income Membership Dues $287, % Corporate and Foundation $280, % Conferences and Workshops $ 37, % Contributions $ 4, % *Other $ 2, % Total Income for $613, % Publications and Royalties Speaking Engagement Fees Expenses Member Services & Training $238, % General & Administrative $208, % Grants to Members $ 57, % National Membership Dues $ 27, % Total Expenses for $531, % Echoing Green Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Independent Colleges of Indiana Indiana Commission for Higher Education IUPUI Center for Service and Learning DePauw University Dynamark Graphics Group Indiana Humanities Indiana Government Center Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Central John R. Gentry Photography Marriott Indianapolis North Taylor University Turning Grant Dollars into Community Impact Indiana Campus Compact awarded $3,250 for Growing Green- A Campus- Community Garden at Taylor University. This project promoted a healthy lifestyle among students and community members and provided fresh produce for use in the Taylor kitchens. Faculty, staff, and students from across the disciplines at Taylor collaborated with peers from Indiana Wesleyan University and the Upland Garden Club and Farmer s Market. The purposes of the garden are: 1) training student workers in sustainable vegetable growing practices, 2) engaging the Taylor student body in active stewardship through service - learning opportunities, and 3) fostering relationships with individuals and groups in the Upland and Grant County community. Besides applying their sustainable gardening practices to raise fresh vegetables in the Taylor garden, the students are engaging in research and outreach. The students are studying the variable impact on soil health of four fertilizer treatments under the direction of Professor Rob Reber. They have participated in various workshops at Victory Acres and led a garden presentation for children at the Upland Reading Center. The students are also developing a variety of potential labs and service-learning projects to engage Taylor students in courses across campus this year. - Dr. Michael Guebert, Taylor University Photo by Michael Guebert

6 Indiana Campus Compact Member Campuses Anderson University Ball State University Butler University Calumet College of St. Joseph DePauw University Franklin College Indiana State University Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Kokomo Indiana University East Indiana University Northwest Indiana University South Bend Indiana University Southeast Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Bloomington Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Central Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Columbus Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-East Central Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Kokomo Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Lafayette Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-North Central Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Northeast Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Northwest Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Richmond Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Southeast Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Southern Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Southwest Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Wabash Valley Manchester University Marian University Purdue University Calumet Purdue University West Lafayette Purdue University North Central Saint Mary s College Taylor University Photo courtesy University of Indianapolis of Indiana State University of Notre Dame University University of Saint Francis University of Southern Indiana Valparaiso University Campus Community Connections Delta Sigma Science Club, a science based student organization at Purdue University North Central, applied for and received an Indiana Campus Compact Student Community Service Grant for $1,000 to offset the cost of a science fair for area elementary students. The event provided several interactive booths including one with real human bones, a leaf booth equipped with magnifying glasses and superb ecology knowledge, a chemistry booth with multiple experiments throughout the event, and a science trivia event. Participating parents and grandparents expressed their gratitude for the event, citing lack of science based activities for students in their communities and identifying a need for more events of that nature. Delta Sigma intends on making the Delta Sigma Science Fair an annual event and continuing to tutor children in science and the ways of experimentation. Stephanie Rigg, Purdue North Central Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Bloomington and Indiana University Bloomington collaborated on a Listening to Communities meeting funded by a $1,625 grant from Indiana Campus Compact. They gathered representatives from 24 community agencies in Bloomington and faculty and staff from four schools within their campuses to build connections between community partners, faculty, and IU and Ivy Tech service-learning programs. By bringing people together to strategize about meaningful service, we generated ideas and priorities that form a common language for all stakeholders which the (IU) Service Learning Program and Ivy Tech Center can incorporate into institutional strategy. Inviting select faculty from both institutions gave faculty the opportunity to share their perspective and hear from multiple community partners, reinforcing their commitment to and knowledge of servicelearning practice. - Michael Vallient, IU Bloomington