To serve all members of our society, our colleges and universities must put Equity at the center of their work, not just as a desired outcome, but also as integral to the process of education – how we do what we do. To serve their public purpose, our higher education institutions must also commit deeply to Civic and Community Engagement in teaching and research.  Our faculty reward systems (including promotion, tenure or long-term contracts for non-tenure-track faculty, and post-tenure review) shape whom we attract, support, and retain as faculty.  This symposium will explore how faculty reward systems can be structured to support both of these critical and intersecting themes in higher education–Equity and Public Engagement.  How might we transform the culture, policies and practices of our reward systems to recruit and retain the faculty we need?  Sessions throughout the day will begin to address these questions and will be customized to faculty and campus executives who are essential to the process.

Learn more: https://ccsne.compact.org/event/advancing-equity-through-publicly-engaged-scholarship/

Building on regional campus food insecurity work – 2017 Voices of Hunger on Campus event held at Bunker Hill Community College, as well as meetings on student food insecurity in Connecticut and Rhode Island – CCSNE is co-hosting Voices of Hunger on Campus: Meaningful Change Together with Worcester State University. This year’s Voices of Hunger on Campus summit will bring together campus staff, faculty, and community partners from across the region to share and highlight work on campuses, provide tools and resources, and identify opportunities to collaborate in the work to alleviate food insecurity on campus.

For more information about sessions, presenters, and registration go to http://ccsne.compact.org/campus-food-insecurity-summit/