Getting Started: Campus Partners

We are pleased you are interested in partnering with Campus Compact to encourage students to serve their communities.

The Students in Service (SIS) program can support a variety of engagement efforts, including:

• Most volunteer work, including tutoring, mentoring, stream restoration, volunteer recruitment, and more!
• Campus-based volunteer programs and general community service;
• Academic and co-curricular Service-Learning;
• Federal/State Work Study-funded Community Service positions (the only eligible paid positions);
• Non-paid, academic internships with a service focus;
• Practicum hours, such as nursing, counseling, environmental field work, and more!

One program goal is to make Students in Service accessible to as many students as possible. To that end, Campus Compact staff will work with you to identify the level of support you would like for your campus. If your campus is not yet a member of Campus Compact, the first step is to work with you, and your institution’s President, to enroll as a member of Campus Compact.

The Students in Service program is designed to operate using a train-the-trainer model. We understand campuses have varying resources to promote this program, and we have a structure that can be tailored to meet your campus’s individual needs.

Campus Compact will provide you, the Campus Partner (CP), with marketing materials to support recruitment efforts on your campus. Campus Compact will train you and any additional staff you identify to coordinate SIS locally and to facilitate In-Person Program Orientations. We will give you a “script” for the orientation and a user-friendly website to ensure consistent and complete information is provided to potential members. You will then be able to orient and enroll students on an as-needed basis.

Your state Campus Compact has established a process for recruitment and orientation, and a representative will work with you to adapt it to meet your program/campus’s needs. Campus Compact will provide you the information you need to administer the SIS program successfully on your campus. In addition, best practices will be provided and support offered to tailor best practices to your program/campus.

Students interested in the program must first complete the Online Pre-Service Orientation by going to www.studentsinservice.org. After completing the Online Pre-Service Orientation, students attend the In-Person Program Orientation. Because the In-Person Program Orientation is required, all students must attend a session to receive training for the program and receive program materials.

Once students are oriented and enrolled into the program, they begin their service, accumulate hours, and earn a scholarship!

If your institution is currently a member of Campus Compact and you would like to work with the Students in Service program on your campus, please contact your state Campus Compact for more information.

If your campus is not currently a member of Campus Compact but is interested in the Students in Service program, the first step is to join Campus Compact. Please visit your respective state Campus Compact website for more information.

California:
http://www.cacampuscompact.org

Hawai’i:
http://www.hawaii.edu/servicelearning/hipicc/

Montana:
http://www.mtcompact.org

Oregon:
http://www.oregoncampuscompact.org

Washington (Alaska and Idaho):
http://www.wacampuscompact.org