Campus Compact

📚 Student Impact Summer Webinar Series: Showcasing Newman Fellow Mini-Grant Projects

This spring, Campus Compact awarded more than $72,000 in mini-grants to 58 Newman Civic Fellows across the country. Since then, these student leaders have been putting their ideas into action and tackling some of today’s most pressing challenges in their communities! 💡

Across four virtual sessions throughout June, Fellows will share their project goals, outcomes, and lessons learned while leading change in their communities. Learn from emerging civic leaders, explore replicable ideas and models, and connect with peers and partners.

📆 Series begins Tuesday, June 2 at 1 p.m. ET with Civic Action & Community Advocacy.

Each session focuses on different project themes, so register for one - or all four!

🔗 Click the link in our bio to learn more and register now!

This , Campus Compact EnviroCorps celebrates the power of trees and the people who care for them. Whether they’re in rainforests, deciduous forests, or our own backyards, trees are vital to sustaining terrestrial life.

Trees cover almost a third of land area. Doing the math, that accounts for an estimated total of 3 trillion trees!

They provide oxygen through the process of photosynthesis, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Many animals also depend on trees to call their homes and to find food. 80% of all life on land exists in forests, yet this critical ecosystem is declining at an alarming rate.
As forests lose latitudinal coverage, so do animals that depend on them—and the solution is not as simple as replanting trees. Revitalizing tree coverage requires careful consideration of the native biodiversity within each ecosystem.

That’s where Campus Compact EnviroCorps members come in. They take on environmental stewardship firsthand, motivating community engagement to help preserve our water, air, and land (trees included).

Across the country, members are putting this work into action. At Clark University, Tulane University, and Washington University in St. Louis, they focus on identifying trees and expanding tree coverage in their communities through stratification, GIS tracking, environmental education, and volunteer coordination in partnership with local organizations.

So, the next time you see a tree, give it a hug for everything it does for you and the land. Happy Arbor Day!