Ohio Cam

1. CAMPUS COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR STATE MEETING & WORKSHOP
Featuring a special half-day workshop focused on:
Evaluating & Assessing Service-Learning & Civic Engagement Outcomes
with
Gail Robinson
Director of Service-Learning for the American Association of Community Colleges
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Burton D. Morgan Building Welsh Hills Room
Denison University
Granville, Ohio
AGENDA
MORNING WORKSHOP SESSION
9:00 a.m. Registration, refreshments & networking Welsh Hills Room
9:30 a.m. Welcome, introductory remarks, overview of results of Ohio Campus Compact’s
project tracking trends in civic engagement within higher education
Dick Kinsley & Susan King, Ohio Campus Compact
9:45 A.M. – 12:45 P.M. WORKSHOP: EVALUATING AND ASSESSING SERVICE LEARNING AND CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES with Gail Robinson, Director of Service Learning for the American
Association of Community Colleges
Most colleges and universities offer service learning as a strategy for student success and
local community engagement, but what do they know about the impact of their programs?
This workshop will feature national research studies and hands-on work to help identify
appropriate assessment methods to benefit students, programs, and communities.
In this workshop, participants will:
• Learn about studies on service learning and civic engagement and implications for their use
• Explore the transformational effect of service learning on academic learning outcomes,
retention, workplace readiness, and community needs
• Try some proven assessment tools and resources
• Tailor your institution’s data (along with national data) to tell your story to stakeholders
• Understand how to use outcomes data to prepare for the Carnegie Community Engagement
Classification application process
AFTERNOON SESSION
12:45 – 1:45 P.M. LUNCH & DISCUSSION GROUPS BY REGION

2. 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. FULL SESSION Welsh Hills Room
Food for thought: Strategies for Successful Campus-Community Partnerships
Campus-community initiatives focused on community gardens, nutrition, and physical
activity continue to grow in popularity. Twenty-nine VISTA Summer Associates worked
with campuses and communities as part of a ten-week “healthy food for all” summer service
project to develop and enhance nutrition-related programming. The Summer Associate
panel presentation will highlight best practices and lessons learned from these innovative
partnerships.
2:40 – 3:30 P.M. CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
SESSION A: Financing & funding community engagement Room 219
Lack of sufficient support and resources tops most Community Service Director lists of
challenges to their service-learning and community engagement efforts. During this session,
we’ll learn about two non-traditional financing strategies: Denison University’s endowment
and use of student government funds for the Denison Community Association and Miami
University’s new service-learning student fee structure.
Monica Ways, Director, Office of Community Engagement & Service, Miami University
Representative(s) from Alford Center for Service Learning, Denison University
Facilitated by Dick Kinsley, Executive Director, Ohio Campus Compact
SESSION B: Peer-to-peer community engagement as retention tool Room 218
Many institutions have been charged to improve their student persistence, completion and
graduation rates. One recent report found community engagement can be a powerful tool
in these efforts. Learn about Connect2Complete, a pilot program that utilizes peer
advocates and community engagement activities with developmental education students to
help propel them on a path toward credential completion.
Abby Dohanos, Connect2Complete program manager, Cuyahoga Community College
Representative from Lorain County Community College
Jillian Steingraber, Owens Community College
Facilitated by Lesha Farias, Senior Program Director, Ohio Campus Compact
SESSION C: Campus-based food pantries and Campus Kitchen Initiatives Welsh Hills Room
Hunger is not isolated to poor communities; it is also on our campuses. Learn about three
different institutional approaches to the creation of food pantries for students in need and
the direct service and service-learning opportunities created on campus as a result. Also
learn about Kent State’s innovative and award-winning Campus Kitchen project which
reduces food waste and prepares nourishing meals for local families.
Rebecca Fensler, VISTA alumna & Cathy Sayer, Director Service-Learning & Civic Engagement,
Wright State University
Krista Kiessling, Director of Service-Learning, Owens Community College
Ann Gosky, Senior Special Assistant, Kent State University
Facilitated by Susan King, Program Director for Outreach & Engagement, Ohio Campus Compact
3:40 – 4:15 Networking & Regional Collaboration session Welsh Hills Room
4:15 p.m. Closing remarks
4:30 p.m. Conclude Conference
OPTIONAL: Happy Hour gathering at the Granville Inn patio