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INSIDE Civic Engagement: 3 A Minnesota Tradition Compact TRUCEN Mission & Goals 4 Thinking Aloud: 5 CAMPUS COMPACT Current Network within a Network Educating Citizens Building Communities Penn President Amy Gutmann’s Passion SUMMER 2010 for Engagement Compact Current is the news- letter of Campus Compact, r. Amy Gutmann, president of the University of which provides leadership, resources, and advocacy to Pennsylvania, is widely regarded as a world-class support civic education,com- munity building, and campus scholar whose research addresses many key issues engagement for more than D 1,100 member campuses. facing our society today—from religious freedom, to race and affirmative action, to ethics and public affairs. She also views herself as an active citizen of Penn’s vibrant West Philadelphia University President, Dr. Amy Gutmann community. As a member of TRUCEN (The Research Univer- sity Civic Engagement Network), we asked her about the role of research universities in promoting civic engagement. Campus Compact has CC: You’ve said that you, “want to make education has never been more essential for received generous support from KPMG Penn a more powerful transformational both the quality of individual lives and the for the Compact Current. force locally, nationally, and internationally.” progress of local, national, and world Why is this important? economies. Registration Open… AG: Penn’s focus is to bring the most creative CC: In 2009, Penn was named #1 as a ideas and innovative knowledge to bear on ‘good neighbor’ for its model. How did Presidents Leadership problem-solving that the world needs. We your presidency contribute to that Summit 2010 begin locally with issues in our own neigh- accomplishment? borhood and extend as far as our partnerships October 12 & 13, 2010 in China, India, and Africa. Far from an ivory AG: Being a good neighbor is so central to Georgetown University tower, Penn is driven by the vision of our my priorities as Penn’s President that I Hotel & Conference Center founder Benjamin Franklin, who held that the announced as the first event of my inaugura- Washington, DC noblest aim of a university is to teach all tion in 2004 a community service day for all Maximizing ‘d’emocratic things “useful and ornamental” so that young Penn faculty, staff, and students. Since then, Partnerships for Student people from all walks of life are inclined to the spirit, quality, and quantity of the Penn and Economic Success live well by contributing as much as they can community’s service and our partnerships to their friends, family, communities, country, have increased every year. I encourage stu- Campus Compact member and humankind. dents to learn while they develop leadership presidents may now register to skills, whether by taking academically based attend this invitational forum at No university has an innate right to exist; service-learning courses, by volunteering in www.compact.org. instead we prove ourselves deserving of pri- university-assisted schools, by helping to Preregistration required. vate and public support by showing how rebuild communities devastated by Hurricane Member registration fee: $150. much of a positive difference a Penn educa- Katrina, or by engaging in the hundreds of State Director fee: $75. tion can make in the world, where higher leadership and partnership projects that we run. Schedule: 10/12 5 pm - 9 pm Continued on page 2 10/13 9 am - 2:30 pm Continued from page 1 In 2008, I announced that Penn would Penn’s growth under the Compact is clear. fund an additional 400 community service We’ve increased undergraduate financial aid Campus Compact is a national coalition of more opportunities for students through Penn’s by 78% since the Compact was launched, than 1,100 college and university presidents— representing some 6 million students—who are Fox Leadership Program, Civic House, and creating an ever more diverse student body. committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher through our Barbara and Edward Netter Thanks to generous support from donors, education. As the only national association dedi- Center for Community Partnerships. These we have over $100 million to invest in cated solely to this mission, Campus Compact is a leader in building civic engagement into campus three programs embed Penn’s community integrating knowledge across disciplines and academic life. Through our national office and service in the most path-breaking and through our Penn Integrates Knowledge network of 35 state offices, members receive the training, resources, and advocacy they need to innovative leadership education for Penn (PIK) initiative, which recruits eminent, build strong surrounding communities and teach students. We give students opportunities to interdisciplinary faculty leaders to Penn. students the skills and values of democracy. work on real problems that affect real We’ve already recruited ten path-breaking Campus Compact comprises a national office communities, resulting in future leaders PIK professors each of whom holds a joint based in Boston, MA, and state offices in CA, CO, who understand the interconnectedness appointment in two of our great schools. CT, FL, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NY, OH, OK, OR, between themselves, our community, and PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, and WV. For the larger society and world. CC: How does Penn’s participation in contact and other information, see TRUCEN benefit higher education more www.compact.org. CC: What was the genesis of the Penn broadly? Board of Directors Compact and how have you translated it CHAIR into action? AG: TRUCEN’s focus on advancing civic John J. DeGioia Georgetown University engagement in research universities is a AG: I believe in the importance of the principle that Penn subscribes to both VICE-CHAIRS pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, but inside and outside the classroom and we Jane A. Karas Flathead Valley Community College I also passionately believe that universities are proud to be among TRUCEN’s Richard R. Rush California State University have a responsibility to use the knowledge founding members. Research universities Channel Islands and understanding they generate to serve educate many future leaders of society, so it MEMBERS humanity. Enlisting our intellectual creativity is of great significance to the future of the Louis Albert Pima Community College- and guided by our sense of social world that students who attend research West Campus responsibility, Penn can demonstrate the universities are educated to become Lawrence S. Tufts University Bacow capacity of great teaching and research democratic, caring, and creative citizens. Wilson Bradshaw Florida Gulf Coast universities to contribute substantially to University the betterment of the world. TRUCEN also emphasizes democratic Warrick L. Carter Columbia College Chicago research—learning from and with the James B. Dworkin Purdue University-North I introduced the Penn Compact in 2004 to community—working to solve global Central capture the vision of the Penn community problems that are manifested locally—for Carole Falcon- Fort Belknap College Chandler as far larger than that of any one person. example, poverty, inadequate health care, David L. Giunta Natixis Global Associates Fittingly, the entire Penn community now and struggling schools. owns it: faculty, students, alumni and parents, Karen Gross Southern Vermont College staff, and all those who contribute to our Finally, TRUCEN is particularly focused on James T. Harris III Widener University mission. We all pursue three major goals that advancing engaged scholarship—scholarship JoAnn Haysbert Langston University give meaning and inspire purpose to our with the explicit goal of having a positive Teresa Iannaconi KPMG LLP mission: to increase access; to integrate impact on the world. This approach resonates Shirley Ann Rensselaer Polytechnic Jackson Institute knowledge across disciplines (breaking down strongly at Penn, because our focus is to Alex Johnson Community College of silos between departments and schools); and integrate theory and practice to solve real- Allegheny County to put our knowledge to work in our world problems and advance knowledge. CC John Keating University of Wisconsin engagement locally and globally. John Sirek McCormick Foundation James Votruba Northern Kentucky University Compact Current, the national newsletter of Campus In addition to member support, Campus Compact receives EXECUTIVE STAFF Compact, is distributed three times a year to all Campus financial support from The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Maureen F.Curley President Compact member institutions. KPMG Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education, The Editorial Correspondence: Address all correspondence to Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Jenzabar Foundation, and Julie Elkins, EdD Director of Academic TOSA Foundation, among others. Initiatives Sue C. Kelman, Editor, Compact Current, Campus Compact, 45 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111. Sue C. Kelman Director of Communication Email: [email protected]. Amy Smitter Director of Institutional 2 Development A UMN graduate student in chemistry ignites a passion for A UMN astronomy graduate student shows students in a K-12 Explorers from the UMN-sponsored program "Go North" science during an outreach program for a Twin Cities Cub program how massive objects like black holes can distort work with area schools to promote the Arctic Adventure Scout group. images of more distant objects. Learning program in K-12. University of Minnesota: A Systems Approach to Institutionalizing Civic Engagement When TRUCEN members discuss excellent, academy-wide systems that support and encourage civic engagement, the University of Minnesota (UNN) is often mentioned. We asked Andrew Furco, Associate Vice President for Public Engagement at UMN to explain how this has been accomplished. “As the only Land Grant and Research I university in the state, Until then, civic engagement had been highly reliant on indi- our Land Grant mission built upon an agricultural model is a vidual professors. Now, each college prepared a statement on centerpiece of the institution. President Robert Bruininks’ how it would operationalize the new guidelines.