Announcing: The Community Academic Service Entrepreneur (CASE) Grant Competition at Oglethorpe University
The Campus Community Partnership Foundation (C2P) and Oglethorpe University are offering the Community Academic Service Entrepreneur Grant (CASE) competition for Oglethorpe students. The Center for Civic Engagement hosts the competition.
Application submission Deadline: September 30, 2011
Summary
Grant Package: $ 2,500
Campus Community Partnership Foundation (C2P) is announcing the CASE competition for students at Oglethorpe University. The winner of the competition would receive the following: $1,000 to implement the innovative community service project, $500 scholarship applied to the winning student’s college account and a $1,000 stipend for the faculty advisor for guiding the student and submitting a short report on the value added to the student, the community and education.
The Campus Community Partnership Foundation:
The mission of C2P is to foster higher education academic service learning and civic engagement with grants and awards for best practices and innovative new ideas that improve the lives of people in the community and improve student education.
The Community Academic Service Entrepreneur grant:
Community Academic Service Entrepreneur (CASE) grant is a student competition for an innovative and entrepreneurial community service project linked to the student’s academic discipline.
Students receive the following:
- The winning proposal is provided $1,000 for implementing the project.
- The student winner receives a Certificate of Merit from C2P.
- The winner of the competition receives a letter from President Jimmy Carter.
- C2P publishes a “snapshot” version of student proposals and a summary of the winning student’s project report on its websites, www.C2PF.org and www.ServiceBook.org.
- Students who successfully complete their projects and post an updated project reflection report on ServiceBook receive a $500 scholarship credit to their college account.
Students do the following:
- Identify an innovative community service project.
- Recruit a community organization as a partner.
- Recruit a faculty member to oversee the project.
- Apply for the grant by filling out an application on www.ServiceBook.org. (steps are posted on the homepage of this website)
- Keep a running account of project activities and fund expenditures.
- Post a project summary report at the conclusion of the project on www.ServiceBook.org.
- In addition to posting a project summary report, students are strongly encouraged to create a documentary of the project via video, PowerPoint, briefing to other students, etc.
Faculty advisors receive the following:
- The faculty advisor of the student is provided $1,000 for the purpose of expanding the practice of service learning through this project and submitting a short report on the value added to the student, the community and education.
- The faculty member receives a Certificate of Distinction from C2P.
- The faculty advisor would receive a letter from President Jimmy Carter.
Faculty advisors do the following:
- Help a student identify an innovative community service project.
- Help a student recruit a community organization as a partner.
- Help a student refine an application.
- Monitor and support a student’s work on his or her project.
- Support the student in development of a reflection report on the project.
Minimum requirements for students to apply for CASE:
- Applicants must be full-time students, either graduate or undergraduate
- Applicants must identify and secure a letter of participation from a prospective community partner, (in the US, students must secure a copy of the community organization’s IRS tax exempt status determination letter).
- Applicants must secure an endorsement letter from a faculty member willing to oversee the project.
For more information go to: www.C2PF.org
To apply, go to: www.servicebook.org
Contact: Tamara S. Nash, Director, Center for Civic Engagement, tnash@oglethorpe.edu,
404-504-1976
