JRCPA-National 2008 Finalists Announced
Following three programs have been selected as the finalists for the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration (JRCPA) as examples of best practices for campus community partnerships.

The winner will be announced at the CNCS conference and receive the award by President & Mrs. Carter on June 3, 2008. Read more…

JRCPF: Dr. Patrick Crecine
Our beloved board member, John Patrick Crecine passed away on April 29, 2008. He was an inspiration, a scholar and above all a friend. His insight and vision was instrumental in setting the early direction of JRCPF, for which we will be eternally grateful. Read more…

Carter Partnership Award (JRCPA) will be presented by President & Mrs. Carter at the National Conference for Volunteering & Service on June 3, 2008 in Atlanta, Ga. JRCPF is also participating in the Immersion Learning Session to be held at The Carter Center on Monday, June 2, 2008.
http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/
nominate.htm
http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/
program/immersion.htm

Southeastern student awarded Carter Foundation grant.
http://www.selu.edu/news_media/
news_releases/2008/march/carter_grant.html

GE Foundation is donating to JRCPF through its matching funds program.
http://www.ge.com/foundation/grant_initiatives/
matching_gifts.html

From the London School of Economics:
The winner of this year's Carter Academic Service Entrepreneur Grant is Robin Miller, an MSc in Human Rights student working with the Kurdish Human Rights Project aimed at providing the Kurdish London Diaspora with legal support, training, and information to stimulate dialogue surrounding barriers to rights. As part of this project, there will be a conference, followed by small round-table discussion, and a series of training accredited by the Law Society of England and Wales.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/carterGrant/

Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award at the Corporation of National Community Service
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation (JRCPF) will host a Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration (JRCPA) at the annual meeting of the Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS).
http://www.servicebook.org/content/view/353/1/

JRCPA-Germany will be held on September 18, 2008 at the University of Mannheim.
http://www.uni-mannheim.de/english/

CASE coverage in the The Orlando Sentinel
2 Stetson students get Carter backing. The $1,000 grants encourage academic outreach programs in the community.

Two Stetson University student projects are the first in Florida to be awarded Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation’s Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneur grants for service programs that incorporate academic learning and community involvement.

CASE Grant announcements made in the follwing states. More to come:

• Georgia
  • Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving
• Virginia
  • The Myers-Lawson School of Construction, Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Tech Service Learning Center
• Louisina
  • Louisiana Campus Compact
• Ohio
  • Ohio Campus Compact
• Minnesota
  • Minnesota Campus Compact

JRCPF partners with Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad, to reach college students across India for JRCPF's global movement of civic engagement.

International Journal of for Service Learning in Engineering announces the CASE Grant:
http://www.engr.psu.edu/IJSLE/Carter.htm

JRCPA winner announced in New Hampshire: Saint Anselm College and Girls Inc.
Mrs. Carter presented the Carter Partnership Trophies and the Carter Certificates of Merit to the winner in Manchester on Nov. 6, 2007. The partnership also received a check in the amount of $10,000. The other finalists were Keene State College - Big Brothers Big Sisters and Colby-Sawyer College - Kearsarge Regional School District. They received the Carter Certificates of Merit and checks in the amount of $7,000 and $5,000 respectively.

President Carter speaks on Civic Engagement at JRCPA-Germany: See video

JRCPA-Germany President & Mrs. Carter inaugurated JRCPA at the Universität Lüneburg on October 4, 2007. Campus community program from the University of Mannheim won the first prize followed by, Leuphana (University of Lueneburg) and University of Duisburg-Essen.

http://www.leuphana.de/index.php?id=7562
http://www.leuphana.de/

JRCPF and Panjab University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote academic civic engagement through college and university students across the state of Panjab, India and with Witwaterstrand University in Johannesburg, to promote academic civic engagement in South Africa.

Students to win the CASE grants for community service projects is announced in newspapers across India: Hindustan Times, Swatantra Bharat, Aaj, Panjab Kesri, Rashtriya Sahara, Swatantra Chetna, Rashtradoot, Samachar Jagat, Daily News, Mehka Bharat, Seema Sandesh, Jansamasya. On line application in India is exclusively available through our partner website: www.dostpost.com. The announcement for the grants (PDF).

JRCPA-2007 Winner announced at the Governor’s Service Awards in Michigan by Campus Compact: Madonna University and the All Saints Neighborhood Center. (PDF)

Lead Sponsors: Chemical Bank, Corporate Sponsors: Ford Motor Company Fund, Sodexho, Inc, Chartwell’s Higher Education, Central Michigan University, One of the Gold Sponsors: University of Michigan-Dearborn, Silver sponsor: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Aligarh Muslim University announces Carter Academic Grant for Its students in UP.

Panjab University announces Carter Academic Grants for students in Panjab.