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February 23, 2005
5:00 P.M. EST
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Sponsored by Campus Compact, North Carolina Campus Compact, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Why do this? The Purpose
Campus Compact believes that student voice is important, particularly about issues, institutions, and actions that directly affect them. The annual national student teleconference provides a valuable and effective forum for engaged students to talk about topics related to civic engagement in higher education.
Where did this come from? The History
On February 19, 2004, Campus Compact and Michigan Campus Compact hosted the 1st Annual National Student Teleconference on Civic Engagement. With the help of technology the Teleconference connected people from all across the country in a conversation linking individual students and campuses to a broader movement of student civic engagement. In the first year seventy-seven higher education institutions dialed in to discuss The New Student Politics, a Wingspread document on student voice and action in service and politics, and nearly all of these institutions held engaging dialogues and forums after the teleconference for students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community members. The teleconference featured six panelists, including the author of The New Student Politics (Sarah Long).
What's up now? The Present
Hosted by Campus Compact, North Carolina Campus Compact, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the 2nd Annual Teleconference focuses on higher education's civic mission and promises to be dynamic and substantive.
About the Teleconference
This year the Teleconference launches the 2005 Raise Your Voice Month of Action! Save the date and start planning your school's dialogue on….
Get a Job or Get a Life? (or both…)
A National Discussion on Higher Education's Civic Mission
February 23, 2005, 5:00-6:00 P.M. EST
Higher education is currently involved in an interesting conversation about its purpose - are colleges and universities intended to develop skills demanded by a profession, or should colleges and universities pursue other goals around civic engagement, such as developing skills for community-building and democratic action? Or does it do both? Our goal is to inject the student perspective and voice into this national conversation. The teleconference will look at specific questions like:
- What should higher education be preparing students for - their profession or civic life?
- What role, if any, should the institutions provide in promoting civic engagement and proactively engaging students in the campus' decision-making processes?
- Should and how do institutions empower civically engaged students to mobilize more of the student body?
- How prepared are students to work and live in a diverse democracy?
Registration
Registration will be held from November 19, 2004 until February 11, 2004. Begin the registration process here. Please read the Step by Step section prior to registering.
Technical Information for organizers
In order to connect to the teleconference you must have a satellite receiver and the ability to broadcast the signal to a large group, depending on how you plan to utilize the Teleconference. It will be necessary for you to have a space or locations that can receive the satellite transmission. As the Teleconference panelists will be taking questions and comments from campuses across the country, locations should have access to the Internet and be able to send email questions/comments to an off-campus account. Please read the Step by Step section.
Panelist & Moderator Information [Click here for bios.]
Moderator:
• John Kobara, President/CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire
Panelists:
• Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Community Programs Officer, Cesar Chavez Foundation and Granddaughter of Cesar Chavez
• Derwin Dubose, Student, UNC-Chapel Hill
• Stephanie Raill, Student, Macalester College (MN) and National Raise Your Voice Fellow
Feeback from / Results of 2004 Teleconference:
"The Teleconference helped me realize that my generation is thought of as apathetic and I am not sure if that is true. But I know I now want to prove that idea wrong and am going to get others, along with myself, involved."
(Student, Otterbein College)
"I take advantage of any opportunities Vermont Campus Compact sends me for my students. The teleconference helped students realize that their work is too superficial, that they need to be more focused on creating deep, responsible and sustained partnerships with our four main community partners." (Nancy Cathcart, Champlain College, VT)
“The teleconference brought people together who usually do not sit down face-to-face and students shared their views on what they want our Volunteer Center to include. As a result of the teleconference we’ll be doing a forum of students to talk about student voice and service-learning on campus.”
(Debby Carlson, Univ. of Nevada-Reno)
"The teleconference will be used as part of our ongoing efforts to affect change on our campus. We would like to show a taped version of the teleconference to the Advisory Board of our Academic Service-Learning Program and use excerpts of the conference at a civic leadership day that we’re hosting. We hope to spark further dialogue among our students, faculty and community partners about student civic engagement."
(Service-Learning Director after 2004 National Student Teleconference)
"Students from my class thought about revamping a business school course to incorporate some of the ideas proposed in the teleconference."
(Faculty participant in 2004 National Student Teleconference)
Contact Us
Please address all questions to:
Sherita Moses, Student Projects Coordinator, Campus Compact
smoses@compact.org, 401.867.3932 Phone, 401.867.3925 Fax
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Raise Your Voice is
an initiative of Campus Compact
Brown University, Box 1975, Providence, RI 02912
2002-2005
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