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October 17, 2003
KANSAS JOINING CAMPUS COMPACT
Congradulations to the state of Kansas, Kansas State University has been kind enough to list information on Kansas Compact, "MANHATTAN -- On Oct. 15, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will join the Kansas Board of Regents and 16 college and university presidents to launch Kansas Campus Compact. Founding member presidents of Kansas Campus Compact will sign the organization's charter, recommitting their institutions to the civic purposes of higher education. Gov. Sebelius and Reggie Robinson, president and chief executive officer of the Kansas Board of Regents, will sign as witnesses to the charter."
"Kansas Campus Compact has as its mission the civic renewal of higher education."
"Our purpose is to promote civically engaged citizens, through creating and expanding academic, co-curricular and campus-wide opportunities for community service, service-learning and civic engagement," said Mary Hale Tolar, executive director of Kansas Campus Compact at Kansas State University."
"Kansas is the 30th state, and most recent, to establish a compact and affiliate with the national Campus Compact."
"Kansas is joining with 29 other states that have put the civic mission of higher education so high on their agenda that they are forming a state compact," said Liz Hollander, executive director of the national Campus Compact. "Together, over 900 campus members can be a real catalyst for the reassertion of the role of higher education in educating the next generation of active participants in America's democracy."
"Hollander will address the Kansas Board of Regents at their meeting in Topeka on Wednesday prior to the signing ceremony. The official launch of Kansas Campus Compact will be at 4:30 p.m. in the former Supreme Court Chambers at the Kansas Statehouse."
Hopefully this information will serve as a gateway to promoting civic endeavers like Civic Honors.
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