Apply today! Community Engagement Professional Retreat
January 7, 2020
Save the Date: June 22 – 24, 2020. Application coming in January.Â
About the Retreat
Location:Â Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Campus, 2710 S Country Club Rd, Woodstock, IL 60098
Dates: Monday, June 22 – Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Audience:Â Community Engagement Professionals based on Campus Compact member campuses in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Cost:Â Registration is $500 for members/ $1,000 for nonmembers and includes meals and lodging in single occupancy rooms with private bathrooms.
Retreat Goals
- Create an inclusive learning community in which personal and professional experiences are honored.
- Allow space for participants to reflect on the gifts and passion and affirm their commitment to the field.
- Expand participants’ capacity to
- Deepen engagement across the institution,
- Lead through times of change in higher education, and
- Exercise leadership with an equity lens.
- Explore tensions and challenges inherent in the work and identify ways to address them.
- Share tools and strategies to strengthen participants’ ability to foster and deepen their campus’s engagement with communities.
- Envision and strategize how participants can help shape the future of the field.
- Develop an individual action plan to share participants’ learning and further the work on their campuses and beyond.
- Create the conditions for participants to relax and recharge in a welcoming environment.
With questions, contact Kelvin Alfaro kalfaro {at} compact(.)org or 608-839-7331.