New York Campus Compact is an association of college and university presidents and their campuses committed to promoting active citizenship as an aim of higher education. We encourage member institutions and prospective members to utilize the resources available on this site for college and university presidents, community service and service learning coordinators, faculty and students.
October 11-12, 2012: The Second Annual Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference: Promoting Clear Pathways to Civic Engagement, hosted by Dartmouth College
With support from a CNCS Martin Luther King Jr., Mini-Grant, Le Moyne College, Onondaga Community College and Cazenovia College hosted “Celebration of Hope: An Evening of Inspiration to Benefit the Ariang Priomary School in the Republic of South Sudan.” The event, which attracted over 100 attendees, raised $3,635 and generated 425 cards and letters of support and encouragement for the 400 children enrolled at the school which was founded by Le Moyne and Onondaga alumnus Gabriel Bol Deng, who arrived in Syracuse in 2000 as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan.
Celebration of Hope, was the culminating event in a CNCS supported Semester of Service at Le Moyne. The event included a keynote address by Mr. Deng, African craft fair, and multi-campus card and letter writing project called Letters of Hope.