SEED COALITION

RECOGNITION PROGRAM - SEED COALITION HELD ITS ANNUAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM WHERE INSTITUIONS PARTICIPATE BY NOMINATING STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. EIGHTY-NINE ENTITIES AND INVIDIVIDUALS WERE HONORED AT THE 2024 PROGRAM FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM LANGUAGEAMERICORPS PROGRAMS - IOWA & MINNESOTA CAMPUS COMPACT FACILITATES TWO AMERICORPS PROGRAMS SERVING MEMBER CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN BOTH STATES. THE IAMNCC VISTA COMMUNITY CORPS STRIVES TO ELIMINATE POVERTY THROUGH CAMPUS-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS BY PLACING FULL-TIME CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE IAMNCC CIVIC LEADERS AMERICORPS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON RETENTION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS FIRST-GENERATION, LOW-INCOME, AND/OR STUDENTS OF COLOR. CAMPUSES UTILIZED MEMBERS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PEER-MENTORING AND NEAR-TO-PEER MENTORING FOR THEIR STUDENTS. COALITION BUILDING AND LEARNING PROGRAMS - IOWA & MINNESOTA CAMPUS COMPACT HELD THREE NETWORK GATHERINGS FOR STAFF AND FACULTY FROM THE NETWORK TO LEARN AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BEYOND THEIR CAMPUSES. IAMNCC ALSO CONVENED A PRESIDENTS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FEATURING PHILANTHROPY FOR ACTIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN JUNE 2024. IAMNCC ALSO FACILITATED A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE SERVING 8 CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS AND TWO SESSIONS OF THE ENGAGED FACULTY INSTITUTE THAT SERVED OVER 30 HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS.