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09/22/2026

🤝 Join Campus Compact and LEAD California for a Campus Action Planning for Civic and Community Engagement (CAP) Call-to-Action symposium designed to support the early phases of the CAP development process.

👥 This event is designed to move beyond abstract commitments, setting engagement administrators and campus leaders on a practical path for integrating civic and community engagement across all institutional functions.

🗓️ Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM Pacific
📍 The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
📍 University of California, Berkeley, California

👉 Click the link in our bio to learn more and register before October 21!

09/08/2026

Applications are now open for the Fiscal Leadership Lab, a national cohort bringing together students from across the country to build fiscal knowledge and policy skills, providing them with:

🏛️ A comprehensive understanding of the fiscal implications of policymaking
🚀 Tangible experience leading initiatives grounded in fiscal impact and navigating policymaking
🤝 Essential skills in policy development, community organizing, and advocacy
👥 Professional relationships and connection to a network of other student civic leaders that will serve them throughout their careers

🗓️ Applications are due by Friday, November 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm

👉 Click the link in our bio to learn more and apply!

09/04/2026

🎉 Campus Compact Announces 2026 Newman Civic Fellows

The Newman Civic Fellowship is a year-long program that recognizes students who stand out for their leadership potential and commitment to creating positive change in communities 👥

This fellowship develops civic leaders through learning and networking to drive personal, professional, and civic growth—empowering students to collaborate and create large-scale change! 🤝

“This group of exceptional students from campuses across the country is such a welcomed addition to the Newman Civic Fellowship,” said Campus Compact President Bobbie Laur. “Now more than ever, it is an honor to recognize student leaders who are applying themselves as changemakers and creating positive impact in their communities. This is just the start of their lifelong journeys as Newman Civic Fellows, and I couldn’t be more excited to watch them continue to grow and pursue their passions.”

💡 Click the link in our bio to learn more about the 2026-2027 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows!

09/03/2026

🌐 Navigating Dynamic Campus-Community Relationships, this volume utilizes conceptual frameworks around anchor institutions and place-based community engagement to explore the paradox of higher education as both rooted in place and responsive to dynamic change.

🤝 Featuring multivocal narratives from institutional and community members, it offers transformative insights and actionable strategies to help community members, administrators, instructors, researchers, and students foster agile, responsive partnerships. 🏫

👉 go to the link in our bio to grab your copy today!

08/27/2026

🍎💡”Engaging Community: A Toolkit for Reciprocal Teaching and Learning Beyond the Campus,” by Nicholas Longo (Rutgers Democracy Lab), Carmine Perrotti, Ph.D. (Feinstein Institute) & Matthew Roy (Leduc Center for Civic Engagement) co-published by Campus Compact and American Association of Colleges and Universities, is a free, open-access resource that helps educators design meaningful community-engaged learning experiences!

Organized into six adaptable modules that support faculty learning communities, professional development, graduate education, and undergraduate courses, the toolkit combines foundational concepts with:

✍️ Lesson plans
▶️ Video interviews with expert community-engaged scholars, educators, and local community practitioners
📚 Curated readings
🎯 Interactive activities
💭 Civic reflection prompts

🔗 Click the link in our bio to access the publication now!

08/19/2026

🗣️ Seeking Applications: 2026 Election Rapid Response Mini-Grants

Campus Compact is now seeking applications for the 2026 Election Rapid Response Mini-Grant Program. This initiative provides funding of $500 to $5,000 per award to support immediate, high-impact, nonpartisan activities that prepare students and campus communities for purposeful engagement around the 2026 midterm elections! 🗳️

🚨 Only 2 days left to apply! Application deadline: August 21, 2026.

🤝 Click the link in our bio to learn more and apply now!

08/18/2026

📣 Announcing the 2026–2027 Cohort of Engaged Scholars!

Campus Compact is excited to welcome 21 faculty and staff from 18 member institutions across 13 states to this year’s Engaged Scholars Initiative. 🎓

Over the next year, this cohort of early-career practitioner-scholars will strengthen their community-engaged scholarship, learn with and from one another, and develop the skills to lead equity-focused change in their institutions and communities.

Congratulations to the 2026–2027 Engaged Scholars! 👏

🔗 Head to the link in our bio to learn more!

08/13/2026

👥 Navigating Dynamic Campus-Community Relationships, published by Campus Compact, officially releases on September 3! A big shoutout to editors Suchitra V. Gururaj and Brianna Davis Johnson.

💡 This volume discusses the paradox of higher education as both rooted in place and also responsive to dynamic change. Featuring multivocal narratives from institutional and community members, it offers transformative insights and actionable strategies to help community members, administrators, instructors, researchers, and students foster agile, responsive partnerships.

🔗 Pre-orders are now available! Head to the link in our bio to reserve your copy!

07/30/2026

💡 For years, practitioners have done remarkable work in parallel. HEDEX gives it one home—where our field can contribute to building shared knowledge, cross-campus connections, and strengthening civic engagement efforts.

🔍 Explore the Resource Hub, Civic Practitioners Directory, Data Dashboard, and Credential Clearinghouse.

🤝 The real power and potential of HEDEX will be realized by each of us engaging with, contributing to, and leveraging the platform. Join HEDEX today and help strengthen democratic engagement!

📍Visit HEDEX: https://hedexchange.org/

▶️ Get a look at all the features and benefits of HEDEX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh7XL3vzdMI

07/28/2026

The CAP Readiness & Pre-Planning Interactive workshop helps individuals and teams assess their readiness for Campus Action Planning by examining current conditions, building relational capital, and strengthening the collective will to advance civic and community engagement. 💡💻

🔎 Campus Compact’s reimagined CAP initiative supports higher education leaders in aligning institutional and community priorities, empowering colleges and universities to serve as community anchors and engines of social change! 🤝

👉 Click the link in our bio to learn more and register now!

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