A Guide for Students Creating Engaged Campuses

Have you ever wanted to…

Fund your passion? Raise your voice?

Call your Senator?

Plan a meeting, event, or campaign that actually works?

Have you ever wondered…

How do I get my campus talking?

What inspires volunteers? Who holds the power my campus?

What can I do?

This VCC guide for Students Creating Engaged Campuses is full of answers to these questions and TONS more. There is a copy available at every VCC member campus, so please contact your community service coordinator to see the full version of the manual. Your campus may also order a copy of manual for $25.

• What is Vermont Campus Compact?
• Who's Who at VCC
• Vermont Campus Compact Student Programs

II. How Higher Education Works - Make it Work for You!

• Know Your Campus - Introduction
• Decision-Making Bodies on Campus
• Know Your Campus Survey
• Community Mapping Resource Guide
• Glossary of Higher Education
  (This section was adapted from National Campus Compact Mapping Resource Guide)

III. Campus Dialogue Resource Guide - Get People Talking!

• Dialogue Overview
• Logistics
• Facilitating a Dialogue
• Sample Forms and Checklists
• Resources
  (This section was adapted from National Campus Compact Dialogue Resource Guide)

IV. Planning Extraordinary Events

• Organizing an Event on Your Campus
  (Created by: Student Environmental Action Coalition)
• Speakers
• Unique Event Ideas
• Event Planning Forms

V. Fundraising at its Finest

• Strategies for Successful Fundraising
• The 5 Most Common Volunteer Fundraising Mistakes
• 25 Ways to Raise Funds for Your Volunteer Work
  (This section was adapted from "Raising Funds for Your Volunteer Work," Middlebury College)

VI. Running a Student Group - Nuts and Bolts

• Sharing an Inspiring Vision (Created by Interaction Associates, LLC)
• Creating and Using a Mission Statement (Adapted from World Union of Jewish Students)
• Creating Your Agenda (Created by Mary Fillmore)
• Designing a Meeting that Works (Created by Mary Fillmore)
• Getting Unstuck: Common Problems in Meetings and Some Solutions (Created by the Vernal Project)
• Financial Information for Clubs and Organizations: Budgeting (Created by Notre Dame College)

VII. Organizing and Advocacy - The Next Level

• Just Add Consciousness; A Guide to Social Activism
  (Created by Oxfam America, Campus Outreach Opportunity League, Bread for the World)
• Guides for Transforming the World

VIII. Working with the Government - Local, State AND the Feds

• A Citizen's Guide to Vermont Town Meeting (Created by Deborah Markowitz, VT Secretary of State)
• A Guide to Understanding State Government and Connecting with Legislators (Created by Vermont Campus Compact)
• Working with Congress (Adapted from Maine Campus Compact)
• Directory of Elected Officials

IX. Voting - The Nitty Gritty How-to Guide

• Voting Specifics Overview
• Student Voter Registration Toolkit

X. Service Projects from A to Z

• Why People Volunteer
• Doing Service in Groups (Created by the University of Maryland)
• Preparation, Action, Reflection, Evaluation (Created by the University of Maryland)
• Service Reflection Toolkit & Reflection on the Go (Created by the Northwest Service Academy)

XI. Small Projects and Everyday Actions - a.k.a. Engagement for Slackers

• Projects that Require Minimum Effort (Adapted from National Campus Compact)
• Everyday Actions (Adapted from the Middlebury College Activist Resource Guide)
• Resources on Sustainable Living

XII. Campus Profiles

• Individual Profiles of VCC Member Campuses

XIII. Get Connected

• Web Resources
• Annual Conferences

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