Community and Civic Engagement Institute

The Annual Campus Compact for Wisconsin Civic and Community Engagement Institute (CCEI) is a time for community and civic engagement professionals, faculty, and administrators to get together, reflect on their work, learn about cutting-edge practices and news ways to conduct their work, and discuss important topics related to strengthening the civic infrastructure on college campuses. The landscape of higher education funding and the economic impact of colleges on communities in the state of Wisconsin are changing, and campus leaders gather at the Institute to consider ways that colleges and universities may improve the quality of community life through civic engagement, produce solutions in a changing economy, and assess and document impact on student learning.

2020 Civic and Community Engagement Institute
March 17 & 18, 2020 (Rescheduled)
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Cost

  1. Dinner: $45
  2. Institute: $65
  3. Awards Dinner and Insitute: $110

Social Action: Providing Students with a First-Hand Experience of Democracy and Power

Scott Myers-Lipton, PhD.
Professor, Sociology
San Jose State University

Dr. Scott Myers-Lipton is Professor of Sociology at San José State University, and is the author of CHANGE! A Student’s Guide to Social Action (Routledge, 2018), Ending Extreme Inequality: An Economic Bill of Rights Approach to Eliminate Poverty (Paradigm 2015), Rebuild America: Solving the Economic Crisis through Civic Works (Paradigm 2009) and Social Solutions to Poverty: America’s Struggle to Build a Just Society (Paradigm 2006), as well as numerous scholarly articles on racism, education, and civic engagement. With his students, Dr. Myers-Lipton co-founded the successful efforts to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10 in San Jose and to modernize San Jose’s business tax. He also co-founded.

with his students the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign, an initiative to develop 100,000 prevailing wage jobs for local and displaced workers after Hurricane Katrina. He has worked to help students develop solutions to poverty by taking them to live at homeless shelters, the Navajo and Lakota nations, the US Gulf Coast, and Kingston, Jamaica.

Conference Hotel Information

Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel and Convention Center

Best Western Website

Address: 1 North Main Street, Oshkosh, WI 54901

To make a reservation, please call 920-230-1900 and ask for the Civic Engagement Institute Rate Code!

Important details to note: 

  • The rate will be $82.00 for single occupancy and $99.00 for double occupancy (these rates do not include tax.)
  • For tax exempt status, please bring in your form when checking in.
  • Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel and Convention Center offers a full service restaurant in-house called Ground Round at River’s Edge. They serve breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night appetizers in the bar area.

Gruenhagen Conference Center

Gruenhagen Conference Center Website

Address: 208 Osceola Street, Oshkosh, WI 54901

Gruenhagen Conference Center, the on-campus guest house at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, is privileged and honored to provide lodging for the Civic Engagement Institute.

We invite you to contact our Gruenhagen Conference Center Guest Reservations Center at 920-424-1106 seven days a week, between the hours of 7 am and 12 midnight to make your reservations!

Important details to note:

  • All lodging rooms are very affordably priced.  Each room accommodates two persons, and includes a 4.2 cubic foot refrigerator and true freezer, as well as a microwave.
  • All rooms are carpeted and have other nice furnishings such as beds, dressers, and desks.
  • We have common bathrooms on the floors, with private shower stalls.
  • We offer on-site laundry within Gruenhagen Conference Center.
  • We provide wireless access free of charge, and also have a 20 workstation computer lab with free printing.
  • We have a recreational lounge with a large screen TV, pool tables, dart boards and a ping pong table.

**Our rate is $40 per night, per room.  An additional $4.00 per night room tax is charged per requirement.  We permit two lodging guests per room!

  • Cranky Pat’s Pizza Located at: 100 N Main St, Oshkosh, WI 54901
  • Becket’s Located at: 2 Jackson St, Oshkosh, WI 54901
  • The Ruby Owl Tap Room Located at: 421 N Main St, Oshkosh, WI 54901
  • Ground Round at River’s Edge Located at: 1 N Main St, Oshkosh, WI 54901
  • Fifth Ward Brewing Company  Located at: 1009 S Main St, Oshkosh, WI 54902
  •  Bar 430 Located at: 430 N Main St, Oshkosh, WI 54901
  • Mahoney’s Restaurant and Bar** Located at: 30 Wisconsin St, Oshkosh, WI 54901 

**This option is closer to Gruenhagen Conference Center**

Early Morning Coffee Options

  • Planet Perk Located at: 100 City Center, Oshkosh, WI 54901
  • Caramel Crisp and Cafe Located at: 200 City Center D, Oshkosh, WI 54901
  • Big Apple Bagels** Located at: 60 Wisconsin St, Oshkosh, WI 54901

**This option is closer to Gruenhagen Conference Center**

Past Civic and Community Engagement Events

The annual Campus Compact for Wisconsin Civic Engagement Institute (CEI) is a time for community and civic engagement professionals, faculty, and administrators to get together, reflect on their work, learn about cutting-edge practices and news ways to conduct their work, and discuss important topics related to strengthening the civic infrastructure on college campuses. The landscape of higher education funding and the economic impact of colleges on communities in the state of Wisconsin are changing, and campus leaders gather at the Institute to consider ways that colleges and universities may improve the quality of community life through civic engagement, produce solutions in a changing economy, and assess and document impact on student learning.


2019 Civic Engagement Institute
March 21 & 22, 2019
Alverno College

A press release regarding the event is available here.

Download the full 2019 program here:

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Institute Host:

UW-Whitewater

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Check out the 2018 Program, Presentations, and Photos!

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Keynote: “Design Thinking + Community-Engaged Problem-Solving” with Dr. Lesley Sager, Director of the Design Thinking initiative, UW-Madison School of Human Ecology

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2016 Civic Engagement Institute
April 18, 2016
Medical College of Wisconsin

Check out the 2016 ProgramPresentations, and Photos!

Keynote: “Revenue Generation in Higher Education Civic Engagement” with Todd Barr, former Executive Director of the Trent Community Research Centre – a non-profit organization in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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