In fall 2002 Meredith College became a charter member of the North Carolina Campus Compact (NCCC), affirming its commitment to civic engagement. Membership within NCCC not only augments the College’s desire to enhance its students’ citizenry beyond the four years of college education, it serves as a valuable resource to enrich Meredith’s service-learning program. Workshops, conferences, and access to speakers and resources highlights faculty and student interests, thereby expanding the enthusiasm for this program, and enables us to connect and collaborate with other North Carolina campuses.

North Carolina Campus Compact
www.elon.edu/nccc
“North Carolina Campus Compact (NCCC) was formed in the fall of 2002 by fifteen North Carolina higher education presidents. Elon University president Leo M. Lambert assumed a leadership role in the organization by serving as the executive committee chair and hosting North Carolina Campus Compact on the Elon University campus. Initial organizational goals focus on providing opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to develop a civic ethic, developing a network of service-learning practitioners to share resources and expand strategies, and integrating service-learning into higher education curricula.”

Mission
“The North Carolina Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents established to increase campus-wide participation in community and public service and to integrate community service as a valued component of undergraduate education. The members of the Compact are committed to enhancing students' sense of responsibility, citizenship, leadership, and awareness of community, while reinvigorating higher education's concern for improving the quality of life in our society. North Carolina Campus Compact is a member of National Campus Compact.”

Campus Compact
www.compact.org
“Campus Compact was founded in 1985 by the presidents of Brown, Georgetown, and Stanford Universities, and the president of the Education Commission of the States. It was established to counter the mid-80’s belief that college students were materialistic and self-absorbed, more interested in making money than in helping their neighbors. These founding presidents believed that this public image was false; they noted many students on campus who were involved in community service and believed many more would follow suit with the proper encouragement. Toward this end, these educational leaders founded Campus Compact.

Over fifteen years later, with its national office located at Brown University and network offices in 30 states, Campus Compact has a rapidly growing membership of more than 850 public and private two- and four-year colleges and universities, located in 43 states and the District of Columbia.”

Information on NCCC and Campus Compact was pulled from the North Carolina Campus Compact’s webpage.