AmeriCorps VISTA - Franke Global Leadership Initiative Program Analyst

About Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement

Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement (MCNCE) serves as the intermediary for this project. MCNCE is a coalition of colleges and universities dedicated to fostering civic engagement, service learning, and volunteerism across Montana. Led by CEOs from participating institutions, MCNCE works to improve community life and educate students on civic and social responsibility, preparing them to be thoughtful, compassionate, and engaged leaders.

The Franke Global Leadership Initiative (GLI) mission is to provide a globally-focused education through the pillars of global awareness, leadership, and experiential and interdisciplinary learning. It is a 12-credit certificate program open to all students at the University of Montana that pushes students to work through a variety of challenges within global themes (inequality and human rights, culture and politics, resources and sustainability, public and global health, and technology and society).

Franke Fellows engage with real-world challenges, participate in Beyond the Classroom Experiences, including study abroad programs and internships, and complete team-based capstone projects. Fellows also benefit from scholarship funding to support their Beyond the Classroom Experiences, helping to ensure that all students, regardless of financial means or origins, can participate in learning opportunities such as study abroad programs and internships.

The goal of this project is to improve the Franke Global Leadership Initiative’s processes for recruitment, retention, and civic engagement. Another aspect of the project is to strengthen and improve Franke GLI’s partnership with Soft Landing Missoula in order to foster a culture of service learning and service leadership in the Franke GLI. This project will help the Franke GLI to identify resources to expand their capacity to recruit, retain, advise, and serve students while also evaluating longer-term funding sources to increase their staffing.

The VISTA member will help the Franke Global Leadership Initiative expand data tracking to better understand the student population and how to serve students’ needs. Through Franke GLI’s partnership with SLM, the VISTA will specifically focus on the recruitment and retention of students from low-income and first generation college student backgrounds. The VISTA will develop systems for organizing and analyzing data related to student participation and barriers to access.

will track financial aid and Pell Grant status. The VISTA will search for and draft grants to enhance program opportunities. The VISTA’s collaboration with the UM Foundation will raise money for scholarships to support international experiences as well as campus-based scholarships to assist students with tuition and college related expenses.

Service Areas:

• Community Outreach
• Community and Economic Development
• Education
• Tribal

Skills:

• Writing/Editing
• Computers/Technology
• Recruitment
• General Skills
• Communications
• Team Work
• Education
• Fund raising/Grant Writing
• Leadership

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