Calendar of Events

2008
January| February| March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November

For the archive of events, click here.

For more information on any of these programs, contact the VCC Office.

Click here for the National Campus Compact calendar.


VCC Annual Events

November Annual Statewide Student Conference: "Ideas Into Action"

January Problem-Based Service-Learning Institute

March Gala and Awards Ceremony


2008

January

3rd-4th (snow dates, Jan. 10-11): Engaged Department Institute, Bates College

10th-11th: Problem-Based Service-Learning Institute, Middlebury College

21st: MLK Day of Service

23rd-26th: Intentional Learning, Unscripted Challenges, AACU's Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

29th-31st: 6th International Conference on Imagination and Education, Rydges Hotel by the Lake, Canberra, Australia

31st: "Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America, A national Teach-in."

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February

1st-29th: National Campus Energy Challenge

7th-8th: 12th Annual Institute: Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan

8th: FREE Results Based Accountability Training Seminar

16th-17th: Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont's (NOFA-VT's) 2008 Annual Winter Conference

21st-23rd: AAC&U Integrative Designs for General Education and Assessment, Boston, MA.

25th: Achieving Recognition for Community Engagement: A Workshop for New England Higher Education Institutions on Applying for the Carnegie Foundation Classification on Community Engagement, Worcester, MA.

26th: Networking Meeting: Imagining America ~ Artists and Scholars in Public Life, Bowling Green, OH

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March

7th-9th: IMPACT: National Student Conference on Service, Advocacy, and Social Action, Boston MA

11th (snow date 3/12): Maine State AmeriCorps Member Conference

13th-15th: 6th Annual Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning, Nashville, TN

18th: Vermont Campus Compact Gala and Awards Ceremony, Davis Student Center, University of Vermont, Burlington

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April

2nd (snow date 4/3): Maine Campus Compact Day at the State House

2nd-5th: 9th Annual White Privilege Conference, Springfield, MA

4th: RICC & MACC Learn and Serve America Showcase Active Citizenship: School to College to Public Leadership

9th-12th: National Service Learning Conference, Minneapolis

10th-11th: 2008 Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference, Northeastern State University

12th-13th: Unite For Sight 5th Annual International Health Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT

13th-15th: SENCER Washington Symposium and Capitol Hill Poster Session

17th-19th: 11th Annual Western Region Campus Compact Continuums of Service Conference, Portland, OR

25th-27th: 20th Annual Global Youth Service Day

25th-26th: New York Campus Compact presents The Institute on Global Service-Learning, Ithaca, NY

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May

April 30th-May 3rd: Best Out Of School Time Conference (BOOST) Palm Springs, CA

15th: American Association of Community Colleges Workshop on Service Learning, Holyoke, MA

20th-22nd: Conference on Engineering Service-Learning, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

28th-30th: Community-Engaged Scholarship Faculty Development Charrette, Chapel Hill, NC

28th-30th: PACC/NYCC Spring Retreat: Renewing Our Civic Imagination, Honesdale, PA

28th-30th: Creating a Culture of Sustainability Conference, Denver, CO

30th-June 1st: The Fifth Biennial National Conference on Faith-Based Service-Learning, Messiah College, Grantham, PA

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June

2nd-5th: A Conference entitled: Enriching the Academic Experience of College Science Students, Univ. of Michigan

4th-5th (tentative): Engaged Department Initiative, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (tentative location)

4th-5th: 2008 Summit on Political Engagement and Bonner Summer Leadership Institute, Allegheny College, PA

15th-17th: Emerging Scholars in Service-Learning Works in Progress Seminar, Brandeis Univ., MA

23rd-25th: Summer Institute on Resilience and Service-Learning

26th-27th: National Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

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July

9th-11th: Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance National Conference

10th-11th: Beyond the Academy, Arlington Campus of George Mason University

18th-19th: Tri-State Campus Compact VISTA Retreat

19th-25th: Wye Faculty Seminar

21st-25th: Community Works Summer Institute on Service-Learning at Shelburne Farms, Vermont

25th-28th: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 11th Summer Service-Learning Institute, Cascade Mountains of Washington State

28th-August 1st: 2008 Professional Development Institute on Service Learning, Atlanta, GA

30th-31st: Sustainability Conference for Business School Professionals, Salt Lake City, UT

31st: MAA's MathFest: "Teaching Mathematics and Statistics through Current Civic Issues." Madison, Wisconsin

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August

1st: AASHE Student Sustainability Leadership Awards Deadline

July 28th- August 1st: The 2008 Campus Compact Professional Development Institute, Atlanta GA

8th-11th: SENCER Summer Institute 2008

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September

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October

2nd-3rd: 2008 International Conference on Service-Learning, Orem, Utah

16th-18th: Knowledge in Motion '08 Newfoundland, Canada

23rd-26th: Annual Conference of the Association for Integrative Studies Planned

30th: Partnering for Success: K-12 & Higher Education Inspiring Students to Reach Their Dreams. October 30, 2008

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November

8th: Building the Future: Connecting Student Service, Activism, and Policy Work in the Wake of the 2008 Elections

9th-11th: AASHE's 2nd Biennial Conference: Working Together for Sustainability, Raleigh, NC

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