Partners for Campus - Community Engagement
1. What We Do
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) convenes, connects, and empowers campuses and community partners to build equitable and just relationships with communities in order to advance a democratic society for the public good. With our support, we envision that every campus-community partnership embraces the values of transformation, collaboration, equity, stewardship, service, leadership, empathy, and reconciliation.
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) convenes, connects, and empowers campuses and community partners to build equitable and just relationships with communities in order to advance a democratic society for the public good. With our support, we envision that every campus-community partnership embraces the values of transformation, collaboration, equity, stewardship, service, leadership, empathy, and reconciliation.
2. What Sets Us Apart
Programs and Initiatives such as:
Programs and Initiatives such as:
- Civic Innovation Scholarships awarded to students for community engagement projects
- AmeriCorps VISTA projects that help build sustainable partnerships
- Civic Imagination Grants to support campus-community initiatives of regional importance
- Communities of Practice
- CoP Facilitator Trainings
- Issue-focused CoPs, including DEI, Place-Based Partnerships, Developing Civic-Minded Graduates, & Community-Engaged Teaching & Learning 101
- Affinity Groups & Roundtables tailored for specific audiences
- Exclusive access to online resources on place-based partnerships
- Workshops on timely issues, such as applying for the Carnegie Classification for Community Engaged Institution
- Programming to mobilize student voting and education
- Customized professional development workshops and convenings, such as Building a Civic Action Plan, Strategic Thinking for Civic Engagement at Your Institution, Engaging in Difficult Dialogues
3. What Members Are Saying
“It’s always inspiring being a member institution and being on the board, sharing ideas and visions with other college presidents. And, as we morph this organization, bringing in community partners in a much more strategic way as part of the core governance of the organization, we'll get better and more creative ideas by having a more diverse governance structure than we've had in the past.”
“It’s always inspiring being a member institution and being on the board, sharing ideas and visions with other college presidents. And, as we morph this organization, bringing in community partners in a much more strategic way as part of the core governance of the organization, we'll get better and more creative ideas by having a more diverse governance structure than we've had in the past.”
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Dr. Kevin Drumm, SUNY Broome President and Partners for Campus-Community Engagement Board Chair
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"It is important to be a member of this organization because you can get resources through PCCE that you cannot get anywhere else. PCCE is an organization that is focused on what we need to do to really engage our community partners, our faculty, and our students in the community to truly be anchor institutions. And, I think the diversity, equity, inclusivity, and justice piece has to be at the forefront of higher education’s work. I'm really pleased that PCCE is centering it."
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Dr. Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, Albright College President
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"An organization like PCCE, at this time I think, is not only necessary, but it brings hope for the future that we can work together alongside both higher ed community partners, and regional government and that we can reimagine what our communities look like together."
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Vippy Yee, Rosenberg Director, Center for Ethics & Civic Engagement, Penn State University
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Learn more about Partners for Campus-Community Engagement from this video introduction!