In the News
ILCC VISTA Amber Berman, of Lincoln Land Community College, organized a volunteer fair for the Martin Luther King Day of Service. Check her out on NBC News!
Garden Hills Homework Club, which is coordinated by ILCC VISTA Marsha Reardon of Parkland College, was dosomething.org's Project of the Day on January 11th! Read about her awesome work. The Garden Hills Homework Club also won a collaboration award from the Community College National Center for Community Engagement!
Joanna Randazzo, ILCC VISTA at the University of St Francis, launched a program called St Francis Serves. Residents of Joliet's Daybreak Shelter come to the University for a delicious meal, which is served to them by students. You can read about the program's successful launch here.
ILCC VISTA Laura Masko of Illinois College launched two projects in Jacksonville in honor of the September 11th Day of Service and Rememberance. You can read about them in the State-Journal Register and the Jacksonville Journal-Courier.
DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, and McKendree College all win Jimmy and Roselyn Carter Partnership Awards from Illinois Campus Compact! Read more about their award-winning partnerships in the press release.
CAMPUS COMPACT AWARDS GRANTS IN ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, and WISCONSIN
Campus Compact has been awarded funds from Lumina Foundation for Education to engage states in Lumina’s KnowHow2GO (KH2GO) Campaign 2009-2010. Now, grantees in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin are receiving additional monies to expand college access and success programs in their states and regions.
BOSTON — Young people in all socio-economic groups have college aspirations. But despite their aspirations, low-income students and those who are the first in their families to pursue higher education are severely underrepresented on college campuses. Now, Campus Compact state affiliates in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin have been awarded grants to reinforce and expand efforts already underway to prepare students as young as 6th grade for college.
The grants are the result of a generous donation to Campus Compact’s national office from Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indiana-based organization committed to enrolling and graduating more students from college—especially low-income students, students of color, first-generation students and adult learners. Lumina’s goal is to increase the percentage of Americans who hold high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
Awardees include the Illinois Campus Compact, which is led by Executive Director Kathy Engeklen; Indiana Campus Compact led by Executive Director Margaret Stevens; Michigan Campus Compact led by Executive Director Renée Zientek; and Wisconsin Campus Compact led by Executive Director Pamela Proulx-Curry, Ph.D.
KH2GO is a multiyear effort sponsored by the American Council on Education, Lumina Foundation for Education, and the Ad Council that encourages 8th through 10th graders to prepare for college using four simple step or messages:
1. Let everyone know that you're getting ready for college and need their help.
2. Take the tough classes to be ready for college.
3. Find out what kind of school is the best match for you and your career goal.
4. If you think you can't afford college, think again. There's lots of aid out there.
In making the announcement, Campus Compact President, Maureen F. Curley, noted, “Access to and success in college have been issues of deep concern at Campus Compact for many years. We were honored when Lumina Foundation chose to fund us so significantly earlier this year, and—in turn—we are happy to pass along some of their largess in the form of these modest grants.”
“Thanks to Lumina, Campus Compact will also convene a first-of-its-kind, invitation-only summit on October 12th and 13th for our 1,100 member college and university presidents,” Curley continued, “We will meet at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. to explore new partnerships that may help ensure success for students and for institutions alike.”