Central College participates in Iowa Campus Compact

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Discussion

February 12, 2010

Central College’s President David Roe serves on the executive board for the Iowa Campus Compact. Students from 19 colleges and universities in Iowa, including Central College, are engaging and volunteering as a part of a national effort providing $5.7 billion annually in service to their communities.

The Iowa Campus Compact came together in 2003 to promote the public purpose of higher education to educate students for civic and social responsibility and to help improve Iowa’s communities. Since 2007, more than 250 college students have served in the Iowa Campus Compact AmeriCorps Program, logging more than 75,000 volunteer hours and recruiting an additional 2,500 college students to volunteer.

This year, the compact has 23 AmeriCorps VISTA members serving in their local communities. Since the beginning of this academic year, those VISTA members have recruited over 5,000 volunteers who have served in excess of 25,000 hours of service. They also garnered more than $27,000 of in-kind and cash resources for the community.

Monday, March 29, the Iowa Campus Compact will partner with the University of Iowa’s office of sustainability on a “Going Green” event at the state capital to promote the responsibility of building a sustainable future for Iowa.

Iowa Campus Compact member institutions are AIB College of Business, Allen College, Buena Vista University, Central College, Clarke College, Coe College, Cornell College, Dordt College, Drake University, Grand View University, Iowa Wesleyan College, Iowa Western Community College, Loras College, Morningside College, Northwestern College, St. Ambrose University, Simpson College, University of Iowa and Wartburg College.