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CAMPUS PARTNER BENEFITS

“We value your civic mission”

Membership with Partners for Campus – Community Engagement (PCCE) demonstrates your institution’s commitment to civic and community engagement. lt adds value for students by connecting them to other students in the state, region, and nation who are also developing their civic skills, deepening their ability to think critically and engaging in real-world community challenges, which prepares them for life and work.

PCCE offers members unparalleled opportunities for collaboration, coordination, and recognition to advance their work in the community. We offer services to institutions which represent all sectors of higher education in New York and Pennsylvania: public and private, two and four year.

High-Value Programs & Services

PCCE offers an array of programs and services designed specifically to help members of all types achieve the most impact with their civic engagement work.

1. Strategic planning & leadership development:

Members use our expertise to guide effective approaches to strategic issues such as governance of disparate engagement efforts, faculty roles and rewards, program assessment, and ways to connect engagement with institutional priorities such as student retention, community development, global citizenship, and public and donor relations.

PCCE also provides both leadership development and forums for sharing expertise with others. Members can take advantage of opportunities such as state and local gatherings to share innovative work among students, faculty, and community engagement professionals.

2. Professional development & capacity building through networking and resource sharing:

PCCE members have access to a host of hands-on professional development opportunities to increase campus capacity and program effectiveness through regional, and state wide conferences to local workshops. We offer discounts to PCCE sponsored events such as workshops, institutes and conferences which focus on topics such as:
o Strategic planning and resource alignment
o Collective impact and partnership development Service-learning theory and course development 
o Engaged faculty & department initiatives
o Institutionalization of civic and community engagement through engaged scholarship and community-based research
o Measuring and communicating impact

PCCE also provides both leadership development and forums for sharing expertise with others. Members can take advantage of opportunities such as state and local gatherings to share innovative work among students, faculty, and community engagement professionals.

3. Grant Offerings:

Our regional Americorps VISTAs (valued at $25,000 each) and Summer Associates help build capacity of the university-community partnerships (UCPs) that serve thousands of PCCE regional residents living in poverty. PCCE also awards mini-grants ranging up to $3000 each to support the civic imagination of UCPs. These mini-grants focus on a wide range of civic issues, such as climate resilience, strengthening democracy, and racial equity. Finally, PCCE offers Civic Innovation Scholarships of up to $1000 for undergraduates who propose a project that addresses a local civic/community issue.

4. Individual consultation & support:

Membership with PCCE gives you access to one-on-one consultation and small-group training in areas that are important to your campus. Such topics can range from strategic program development and assessment to interdisciplinary cooperation to community group processes and team building in order to maximize the effectiveness and impact of your programs.

Capacity Building for Civic and Community Engagement

​ln addition to providing strategic leadership, resources, funding, and public advocacy for campus engagement efforts, Partners for Campus – Community Engagement (PCCE) offers a host of local and statewide training and networking opportunities. These sessions focus on sharing information and resources to increase skills, efficiency, capacity, and support for civic engagement and studentleadership on campus. They are custom-designed to fit your institution’s context.PCCE offers members unparalleled opportunities for collaboration, coordination, and recognition to advance their work in the community. We offer services to institutions which represent all sectors of higher education in New York and Pennsylvania: public and private, two and four year.

Capacity & Knowledge Building

  • Service-learning theory and practice
  • Engaged scholarship and teaching
  • Community-based research
    Program planning and management
  • Leadership training
  • Project management
  • Team building and conflict resolution
  • Education for democracy & civic dialogue
  • Critical reflection
  • Student learning outcomes & assessment
  • Alternative spring breaks

Financial Support & Grant Management

  • Program design for VISTA grants
  • High-value outcome and performance measures
  • Regional mini-grant program
  • Data collection and assessment
  • Reporting results: telling the story

Strategic Planning for Long-Term Impact

  • Institutional strategic planning
  • Engaged faculty & department initiatives
  • Engaged scholarship: Tenure and promotion
  • lnstitutional culture: Diversity, equity & privilege
  • Resource development
  • Program Sustainability

Community Collaborations

  • Partnership planning: vision and values
  • Best practices in community partnership development
  • Community asset mapping
  • Aligning interests: MOUs and other tools
  • Establishing advisory committees
  • Measuring and communicating impact

PCCE is committed to providing members with the individual training they need to build, support, and sustain programs that will have a lasting impact on campus and in the community.

Interested in Joining?