News and Announcements
CASE-KSU Competition is offered to students at KSU through the Center for Student Leadership, which seeks to be the benchmark for ethical leadership development at Kennesaw State University.
C2P in partnership with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Atlanta is offering a Special edition of CASE-TiE competition for college students in Georgia for innovative and entrepreneurial service learning projects linked to their academic discipline starting in the fall 2010 semester. To apply go to: www.srvicebook.org (CASE-TiE)
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see also: http://atlanta.tie.org/
C2P in partnership with GreenBuisness Works will announce the CASE-Sustainability Ga. competition winners on October 28, at Cobb Galleria at the Business Expo. Application deadline is September 30. Apply at www.servicebook.org (CASE-sustainability)
http://greenbusinessworksexpo.net/sponsor/campus-community-partnership-foundation
http://socialenterprise.emory.edu/content/greenbusiness-works-expo-2010
C2P and TiE Atlanta are pleased to announce a Book Talk by the renowned author Gurcharan Das on his latest book "The Difficulty of Being Good" hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology followed by a book a signing.
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The New York Campus Compact is providing students NY campuses access to six grants to support innovative community service projects, through the Community Academic Service Entrepreneur (CASE) Grant program. Supported by the Kellogg Foundation, the CASE Grants encourage students to collaborate with a community organization, work with a faculty member, and develop an effective response to a pressing community need. All applications are made on www.servicebook.org and are evaluated by a panel of NYCC reviewers http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/communityservice/students.shtml :http://www.nycc.cornell.edu/membership.htm
University of St. Thomas: Community Justice Project wins the Partnership Award in Minnesota. Law students, local youth, and disenfranchised community members address civil rights issues, increasing dialogue and improving relationships between law enforcement agencies and communities of color and to combat gang violence. See photo.on bottom right.
CASE competition specifically for addressing Environment-Sustainability (water conservation and energy) is open to all college students in Georgia. GreenBusinessWorksExpo is the host organization.http://greenbusinessworksexpo.net/
http://greenbusinessworksexpo.net/sponsor/campus-community-partnership-foundation
Three finalists are: • Augsburg College's Campus Kitchen Project • The University of Minnesota's Cedar Humphrey Action for Neighborhood Collaborative Engagement (CHANCE); • The Community Justice Project of the University of St. Thomas School of Law, in partnership with the St. Paul chapter of the NAACP.
Northwestern State University: student builds a science learning environment for HeadStart students, Louisiana State University: Project to build a Playground [photos], LA-Tech: Project of Laura Thomas: clean-up and revitalization in low income neighborhood, Nicholls State University: Project of Elise Hotard: Graphic design skills to create materials to thank donors, River Parishes Community College: Project of Todd Borne: develop curriculum for basic computer skills to teach senior citizens and those served by Council on Aging http://www.rpcc-cis.com/csci/NewCTS/
C2P is pleased to announce a partnership with the Centre For Equity and Inclusion (CEQUIN), to offer its CASE grant competition to college students in India to be "entrepreneurial" in devising new and innovative ways to apply their class room learning to address diversity and women societal issues. CEQUIN (http://cequinindia.org/) will be the host organization for C2P's new CASE 4 W. Program Focus: dignity of women, capacity building, education, empowerment, economic development, nutrition; health etc.
Ruban Manu, second year Masters Student in Computer Science has won the CASE grant from C2P under his faculty advisor, Dr. Santoh Vempala. The Basic Laboratory Information System (BLIS) is a joint initiative of the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and participating countries and provides electronic laboratory information management systems in public health labs in developing regions. http://www.servicebook.org/content/view/287/112?project_id=370 CASE Grant Competition is offered to students of Computing for Good (C4G), a course which uses computing as a platform to improve lives and find innovative solutions to address community needs.http://www.cc.gatech.edu http://www.cc.gatech.edu/news/foundation-commits-1k-future-c4g-student
March 2010
Rajiv Bera, a Senior student, of International Relations at LSE wins the Community Academic Service Entrepreneur grant from C2P for his project "Detention, Immigration and International Relations" and working with the London Detainee Support Group. The runners up are: Chelsea Byers a Ph.D student in Government and Madeleine Wright, MSc. student of Social Policy
March 2010: Heather Grove has won the Community Academic Service Entrepreneur (CASE) grant to help fund educational outreach activities for the Hatter Harvest organic garden a student organization dedicated to food, health and environmental sustainability awareness and education. Advisor: Dr. Gregory Sapp, Marchman Chair of Civic & Social Responsibility.
February 2010
Community Academic Service Entrepreneur Grant Competition becomes part of a course offered on Iconic Entrepreneurship at Emory Goizueta Business School.
January 2010
Katya Zepeda: University of Minnesota and Christen Tomy, College of St. Benedict win the CASE grant in Minnesota. Katya will use the grant to raise funds for the Crookston food shelf by hosting an Empty Bowls Dinner. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/umcweb/news.
Crookston student awarded grant : Crookston Daily Times
Grand Valley State University/Godfrey-Lee Public Schools Summer Literacy Center
Michigan State University – Adolescent Diversion Project
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy – Hope Medical Clinic.
Students and Community Clinic collaboration at Harvard School of Dental Medicine: A new model of community clinic, where academic institution and community organization (low income families) can collaborate and the collaboration becomes part of the academic curriculum. Read more on: ServiceBook.org http://www.servicebook.org/content/view/287/112?project_id=338
To apply go to:
www.micampuscompact.org/carterawards.asp
Applications due by October 30, 2009
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For more information:
http://www.mncampuscompact.org/index.asp?Type=B_PRGSRV&SEC={A02B3BF7-451B-4D53-B8B8-3815F213ABD9}
MN Campus Compact announces Nov. 30, 2009 as the deadline for the CASE grants applications for this cycle.
Following students have won the CASE grant in NC.
Mary Moore Lowenfield Davidson College
Faculty Associate: Stacey Riemer, Assistant Dean of Students for Community Service.
Robert Stephens UNC-Chapel Hill
Faculty Associate: Della Pollock
Michigan Campus Compact has successfully completed the student CASE projects for 2009.
Three Students Awarded Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneur Grants
See student videos:
Georgia Pacific becomes a sponsor for C2P Community Academic Service Entrepreneur grants (CASE) for Ga. Pacific scholarship recipients starting Fall 2009.
Member Perspective: Campus-Community Partnership Receives $10,000 Carter Partnership Award
The program, which was started in 1999, recently won the Campus Community Partnership Award In April, former first lady Rosalynn Carter presented the award herself to faculty responsible for the camp. With the recognition came $10,000 for the program.
A junior and a sophomore student at East Wake Academy in North Carolina have won CASE grants for city park restoration, and student engagement in senior managed care facility.
- Sharing the Gifts of Music (PDF)
Orlando Arts Magazine, Nov/Dec 2008
April 7, 2009 - Read more... (PDF)
Two finalists are listed below:
Winner will be announced on April 7, 2009 by Mrs. Rosalynn Carter.
- Panjab University News (03-01-09)
- Times of India (03-02-09)
- Indian Express (03-02-09)
- Chandigarh Tribune (03-02-09)
- Hindustan Times (03-02-09)
Feb. 27, 2009 - Read More...
April 2009 - Carter Award will be presented at the Simon Benson Award Dinner April 7, 2009. The award winning community-university partnership teams will be awarded $10,000 and $5,000 each will be awarded to two partnerships as runners-up.
Center for Academic Excellence
Jan. 23, 2008 - Following three programs have qualified as CASE winners. All proposals will receive individual grants to implement the projects, and a Certificate of Merit signed by President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter.
- Early Childhood: "Bachpan: The Foundation of an Individual’s Personality"
- Environment: "Conserving the Traditional Water Resources: for the Remote Villages in Panjab"
- Socio-Economic Development: "Waste Newspapers: A Lifeline for the Slum Children"
- International Award For Social Work Students of Panjab University
- Panjab University, India
- NEWKERALA.com
- Coca-Cola India
- Press Release
Jan. 10, 2009 - Read more...
Carol Plas of Eastern Michigan University is a recipient of the Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneur (CASE) grant. Read more...
The first virtual world college service projects competition winners will be announced on December 4. 2008 Read more…
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View PDF (see: Recognition)
Vision: Our vision is that students enhance their education with academically-connected community service, and that this experience leads to a lifelong commitment to serve the community and make a difference to the lives of others and their own.
Mission: Our mission is to introduce, encourage and inspire students and faculty to engage in community service as an educational strategy by organizing competitions for the best innovative and entrepreneurial ideas for student-led, academic-service work and the best practices in ongoing campus-community partnerships.
Examples
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CASE, Engineering Design and Business Plan Model addresses a community need: A student at Univ. of Dayton, Ohio, builds a Solar Autoclave to sterilize medical instruments for remote village in South America with no electricity and creates local job opportunities.
See video » - An Environment Project wins the Partnership Award: Watershed Stewardship Program at Portland State University included 112 community organizations, where 27,000 volunteers donated quarter million hours to install 80,000 plants and restore 50 acres of watershed along two miles of river. Individual projects are led and supported by 700 students working as part of their class projects and so far have resulted in two master's theses and three research articles.
President's comment on the program (video)
Partnership Award 2010, Minnesota
Partnership Award 2009, Michigan
Energy efficient housing for low income families in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm.
Video of the project »
Partnership Award 2008, Oregon
Partnership Award 2007, Germany
Partnership Award 2006, India
High School Campus Academic Service Entrepreneur
Program in the UK
Students, Baber and Ryan, Academic Service Entrepreneur winners at the London School of Economics.
Program in India
Videos
US President Advocates Foundation's Program, Internationally (CNBC video)
US President's speech at the National Campus Community Partnership Award
Student from Univ. of Dayton, Ohio builds solar autoclaves for rural medical clinics in Nicaragua
Campus Community Partnership & Social Entrepreneurship
The foundation recognizes the best practices in campus-community partnership programs and students innovative ideas to address social problems through service learning projects. Awards are given to the best campus-community partnership programs, and grants are given for social entrepreneurship linked to student's academic discipline. ServiceBook.org administers the awards and the grants and is an online connectivity for students, faculty, and community. More »
Programs of the Foundation
Community Academic Service Entrepreneur (CASE)
This is a competition for social entrepreneurs in which students submit innovative proposals to effectively address the needs of the community and the winners receive a grant to implement their project under faculty supervision.
Apply For CASE
CASE Brochure (PDF)
Example Program
Videos
Criteria
Campus Community Partnership Award
This award recognizes the best practice of a campus community partnership program in which there is a shared decision making and academic integration of service. Winners receive a Partnership Trophy and Certificate of Excellence in Academic Service Learning from the foundation. (right)
Criteria
Example Program Video
CNBC video
ServiceBook.org is an online community which connects students, faculty, administration and community. It receives and administers applications for awards and grants. Visit www.ServiceBook.org
Students winning projects from Germany, India, South Africa, South America, UK, and the US.
- Hydraulic design and a water treatment plan to supply portable water in areas with unsafe drinking water.
- Student using robotics to expose inner city students to science and mathematics.
- A solar-powered autoclave sterilizer developed by a mechanical engineering student for a remote village which does not have electricity.
- Developing an art project to address the emotional needs of children in homeless shelters.
- Student engaged in a micro finance project to help a developing community keep it's capital in the local community and helping to make it grow.
- College student teaching reading skills to elementary school children and serving as a mentor.
- Student helping inner-city youth to develop employment skills.
CASE-Competition Project of Students at Louisiana State University
Campus Community Partnership Award in Illinois
