2012-13 McCormick Grant Specifics

2013-2014 McCormick/ILCC GrantIL Campus Compact, with a grant from the McCormick Foundation, provides this opportunity foracademic affairs and student affairs to come together and create a model infrastructure thataugments the impact of civic engagement and student involvement, which can make a difference forthe campus and the community. Co-curricular service, leadership character building initiativesand the curricular development of service-learning contribute to the common good of oursociety.The role of integrating the ways civic engagement and service learning can be institutionalized willbe directed by a team that includes a VP for Academic or Student Affairs, Center Director ofCommunity and Service Learning and a Student Leader. Together they will be the StrategicCivic Leader Fellows. Additional team members may be included in the work as needed. Thisjoint Fellowship will create and implement an action plan to increase civic engagement on theircampuses and within their communitiesTotal Recipients Award Recipients Total Award 2013-14Three (3)Teams 2013 Strategic Civic Leader Fellows consists of a team directed $21,000 by a VP for academic or student affairs and will include the Center Director of Community and Service Learning as well as a student leader (Student Civic Engaged Scholar). 3 Teams will receive $7,000 each to develop and implement their project. (An additional $4,500 will be awarded for year two of the grant project.)Six (6) Students 2013 Student Civic Engaged Scholar: to receive $1,500 during $9,000 the academic school year, 2013-2014.

OBJECTIVES OF THE GRANT:1. To promote a strategic leadership approach to a deeper understanding of civic leadershipand civic education by awarding Fellowships to Vice-Presidents, CSD’s and Students.2. To provide opportunities to empower young people, the campus and at the same timereinvigorate the community and democracy with fresh ideas and thoughtful leadership.3. To expand and develop knowledge about the impact of student leadership and civiceducation at the institution.4. To provide the Fellows and their teams with access to Campus Compact resources,including expert consultation, toolkits, site visitsBasic Activities of the 2013 Strategic Civic Leader Fellows Grant (SCLF):The ILCC/McCormick Strategic Civic Leader Fellows will decide on the institution’s projectdirection and gather the team in the Spring/Summer , 2013. Funding will begin in Summer, 2013.The Fellowship will continue through the Summer, 2014.Throughout the project, leadership teams will conduct research; engage in dialogue; reflect upontheir understanding of civic responsibility and civic engagement; and collectively create andimplement an action plan to increase civic engagement on their campuses and within theircommunities. Participation in this project will reinforce each individual’s personal commitment tocivic engagement; strengthen campus and community support for it; and finally create an importantdocument about the institution’s current and future vision for the infrastructure involving civicengagement.The Fellows and their Leadership Teams will be invited to a winter session of the McCormickFellows to discuss their ideas for work with one another, with ILCC and with the McCormickFoundation. They will be asked to support activities on campus and in Illinois that promote civicengagement by students, faculty and staff. For example: Student Conference, Program meetings,Service Learning and Civic Engagement Institutes for Faculty development and bimonthly CSDmeetings. The Strategic Civic Leader Fellows will highlight their work at the ILCC AnnualPresidents meeting in 2013,and as other opportunities arise on a national level.Three (3) McCormick Strategic Civic Leader Fellowship Grants of $7000 each will beawarded.Probable uses of Fellows grant funding:• On Campus Civic initiative operating costs

• Project and Planning on Campus• Buying some time for a team member to coordinate• Community Partner needs for Participation• Team Travel for ILCC meetings /presentations• Resource Materials for team• Tech support (i.e. website)• PublicationsPROJECT REQUIREMENTS FOR STRATEGIC CIVIC LEADER FELLOWS (SCLF):• Submit a plan with their grant application which describes the steps they will take tostrategically develop a model to review and implement the infrastructure for civic engagement andcommunity-based service and learning on campus and within the community.• Include ways in which service-learning and community service partnerships, community-based research, community economic development, outreach, etc. is integrated in to the institutionalmission and strategic plan or action plans.• Document the work, dialogues and outcomes of the team work for a final report to ILCCand McCormick.• Assess the impact of any service and civic engagement projects involving the campus andcommunity. ILCC will provide training and technical assistance to all sub grantees through on-site visits,access to resources and state/regional sessions.STUDENT CIVIC ENGAGED SCHOLARS (SCES):Student Civic Engaged Scholarship Grants of $1,500 will be awarded to 6 (six) students whoare looking for opportunities to take leadership for a community designated project, be thedeveloper of a community-based research project, try creative solutions to public problems, orexplore ways to participate in the renewal and redesign of American democracy while developingtheir own leadership skills. Grant awards will distributed in two payments, Fall and Spring of theacademic year.

Basic Activities for Student Civic Engaged Scholars (SCES):Students select their project based on personal passion and community need. The projects aregenerally one of these three models:• as leader of a student group or large scale community project,• as a liaison between their campus and a community organization;• as the developer of a community based research project.Student Civic Engaged Scholars (SCES) will be responsible for:• Engaging in public work as a leader of a student service group or large-scale project, as a liaison between their campus and a community partner, as a service learning assistant to a faculty member or an academic department, and/or as the developer of a community-based research project; Developing a working relationship with an on-campus project advisor and community organization representative; Participating in a Fall training organized by Illinois Campus Compact; Developing and presenting at least one workshop, dialogue, or seminar on campus that relates to the project; Participating in a leadership role in at least one statewide Illinois Campus Compact event (organize volunteers, present at ILCC Student Engaged Conference) or/and serve on the ILCC Student Advisory Board;• Supporting campus VISTA Associate or Veterans Affairs Coordinator; and• Developing a portfolio of reflective pieces on their experiences as a scholar, including an essay on how the project has impacted the SCES and the local community, and personal attitudes about future participation in public work and other aspects of civic life for publication on the Illinois Campus Compact website.

Timeline for Strategic Civic Leader Fellows (SCLF) and Student Civic Engaged Scholars(SCES): Activities SCLF SCESRFP Available Jan 1 Jan 1RFP Due March 1 March 5Notification of Recipients March 22 March 29ILCC Training April 2013 April 20131st Project Progress Report Due October 1 October 1Campus Visits January 2014 February 2014with Mid-Project updatesEnd of 1st Year Project March 1, 2014 March 1, 2014Progress ReportsYear TWO: 2013 STRATEGIC CIVIC LEADER FELLOWS (VP’S, CSD.S, RYVFELLOWS)Recipients of the 2013 Strategic Civic Leadership Fellows grant, Dominican University, North ParkUniversity, and Truman College will be funded at $4,500 each to continue the work begun on theircampus strategic initiatives.TIMELINE for 2nd yr McCormick Strategic Civic Leader Fellows:June 1, 2013 Ongoing Action Plan submitted to ILCCSummer, 2013 Teams meet with ILCC for Project UpdateMarch, 2014 Complete Project and Reports

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