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Board of Directors

The Board is responsible for the general direction and oversight of the Compact, including formulation of all policies pertaining to membership, dues schedules, programs, budgets and priorities. The Board of Directors consists of the chief executive officers (i.e., presidents, chancellors, and deans) of all member institutions throughout the state of Montana.

Daniel Bingham, Dean  The University of Montana-Helena College of Technology

Joe Callahan, Interim Chancellor   Montana State University-Northern

Jim Cargill, President Dawson Community College

Royce Engstrom, President  The University of Montana-Missoula

Carole Falcon-Chandler, President  Aaniiih Nakoda College
Rolf Groseth, Chancellor   Montana State University-Billings
Melody Henry, President  Stone Child College

Waded Cruzado, President  Montana State University-Bozeman

Donald Blacketter, Chancellor  Montana Tech of The University of Montana

Stefani Gray Hicswa, President   Miles Community College

Jane Karas, President   Flathead Valley Community College
Billy Joe Kipp, President  Blackfeet Community College

Michael Mace, President   Rocky Mountain College

Eugene McAllister, President the University of Great Falls

Luana Ross, President Salish Kootenai College

Joe Schaffer, Dean  Montana State University-Great Falls COT

James Shanley, President   Fort Peck Community College

Richard Storey, Chancellor  The University of Montana Western

Thomas Trebon, President  Carroll College
David Yarlott, President Little Bighorn College back to top

National Campus Compact

Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1100 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education. To support this civic mission, Campus Compact promotes community service that develops students' citizenship skills and values, encourages partnerships between campuses and communities, and assists faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement into their teaching and research.

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Benefits of Joining

The Montana Campus Compact connects Montana's campuses and communities to meet the educational and service needs of both sectors through programs such as MTCC VISTA, Faculty and Student Fellowships, Campus Corps, and Montana Raise Your Voice, and through initiatives including Montana Athletes in Service and Student Community Service Scholarships. To fulfill our mission, we:

Create Supportive Academic Environments for Community Engagement
Each year, students at the Montana Campus Compact member institutions spend thousands of hours participating in community service. These students participate in programs designed to connect low-income Montanans with affordable housing, tutor prison inmates for the GED, protect Montana's environment, meet the needs of the hungry and homeless in our state, teach Montana's children to read, and many more critically important endeavors.

Much of this work is done through academic course work, known as service-learning . Students at all of the Montana Campus Compact's member institutions can take advantage of courses that link genuine community service with rigorous academic content. The number of Montana college students exposed to service-learning courses continues to grow each year.

As a result, communities receive valuable assistance and expertise, and students have the opportunity for useful, hands-on experiential learning. For example, across the state at Montana Campus Compact member institutions, engineering students use their expertise to solve real community problems, computer science majors supply computer assistance to nonprofit organizations, and accounting students provide financial know-how to low-income families. In addition, college students from all academic disciplines engage in the hard work of citizenship by learning the importance of the political process and voting, lending a hand at public schools and libraries, and serving meals to those in need.

Promote Community Service and Civic Engagement in the State
The Montana Campus Compact continues to collaborate actively with the other streams of service in Montana, including the Office of Public Instruction, the State Commission on Community Service, and the Corporation for National and Community Service State Office. This Cross-Stream Training Committee has developed a unified state plan for state community service initiatives.

The Montana Campus Compact network has the opportunity to host the Campus Corps program, which provides a framework for academic service-learning, statwide student training, and AmeriCorps positions.

Form Partnerships with Business, Community, and Government Leaders
The Montana Campus Compact gathers leaders from various sectors - education, government, business, and community - to discuss critical issues and trends of mutual concern. These assemblies create opportunities for renewed civic and community discourse, improved educational and economic opportunity, expanded democratic participation, and the application of higher education's intellectual and material resources to help address the challenges confronting Montana communities.

Provide Timely, Vital Information to Our Members
The Montana Campus Compact compiles and disseminates research and literature on the impact of service-learning, volunteerism, and other forms of civic engagement on member campuses and in the communities in which they serve. The Montana Campus Compact also distributes a multitude of widely read publications, featuring current issues and trends, research findings, faculty curricula, and innovative model service programs.

Provide Awards for Outstanding Service Work
Each year, national Campus Compact honors outstanding students and faculty members from across the nation with the prestigious Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award and the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning. The former is given to students for creating and participating in vital public and community service initiatives; the latter, to faculty for integrating community service into their own academic curriculum as well as into the curriculum throughout their institution. Award recipients also receive funding to help support their continued efforts to address community needs. All Montana Campus Compact member institutions are eligible to nominate faculty and students for these national awards.

Organize Conferences, Forums, and Meetings
Member presidents, faculty, students, and community service directors have many opportunities to participate in conferences, workshops, forums, and meetings sponsored by the Montana Campus Compact. These gatherings provide a unique setting for exchanging ideas, expertise, and successful program models to enhance the quality of life on our campuses and in our Montana communities.

Provide Resources, Funding, & Grants to Member Institutions
Since 1993, the Montana Campus Compact has awarded thousands of dollars to member campuses. The money, given in the form of grants, direct cost assistance, Education Awards, and fellowships, assists students and faculty members in building supportive structures and curricula, which combine service with academic achievement, and assists in creating the necessary infrastructures for expanding the Montana Campus Compact's work. Campus support and funding awards are available from MTCC through two distinct programs: Montana Campus Corps and the MTCC VISTA Project.

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Join Now

Simply click on one of the email links below.

Member Institutions -

• Become a Campus Compact Member Institution - contact our Executive Director
• Become an MTCC VISTA member or host site- contact Brian Christianson
• Become a Campus Corps AmeriCorps member or project- contact Eric Cardella, Emily Clark, or Josh Vanek

The Montana Campus Compact * 302 University Hall * Missoula, MT 59812-3960 Phone: (406) 243-5177 * Fax: (406) 243-5407
Please send comments and/or questions to: mcgovern@mtcompact.org

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